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Quote of the day:
“What wondrous life is this I lead!
Ripe apples drop about my head;
The luscious clusters of the vine
Upon my mouth do crush their wine;
The nectarine and curious peach
Into my hands themselves do reach;
Stumbling on melons, as I pass,
Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.”
~ Andrew Marvell
Forage in October for:
Sweet Chestnuts, Sloes, Dandelion Leaves, Rosehips, Hops, Walnuts, Haws (Hawthorn berries), Wild Strawberries, Cleavers, Burdock Roots, Rowan Berries
Tag Archives: Grow you own
Six on Saturday – Good news, bad news
16/11/2019 It’s been wet and whilst we’ve not had it nearly so bad as Wales and the Midlands, outside jobs this week have been severely curtailed. I’ve been distracted in any case by a new car with, what seems like, … Continue reading
Posted in Six on Saturday, The home garden, Vegetables
Tagged #GYO, #SixOnSaturday, crab apples, Dwarf pomegranate, Gardening, Grow you own, Oca, Turmeric
14 Comments
Six on Saturday – Back to Black
OK, so this might be an admission of burning the damson jam this morning. (Yes, it caught on the bottom of the pan. Don’t worry, it is nothing a good soak won’t fix!) But no, it is rather a reference … Continue reading
Delicacies from Delicious Dogwood
A couple of years ago I discovered that you could actually eat the fruits of the dogwood tree Cornus mas, aka. the Cornelian Cherry. So much fruit set that year that in August the bushes became shiny red beacons in … Continue reading
Posted in Drinks, Food, Recipes, Trees
Tagged cooking, Cornelian Cherries, Cornus mas, Gardening, Grow you own, Moraba, Preserves, Sharbat
21 Comments
Choosing Chillies – A Russian Roulette
I’ve been sowing chilli seeds this week and inevitably dreaming of long, sunny days and fresh food, picked straight from the garden. I have to admit that although I grow chillies every year, I am a bit of a wimp … Continue reading
Posted in Food, The home garden, Vegetables
Tagged chillies, Gardening, Grow you own, Horticulture, Photography, pimientos de Padron, RHS
8 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Arabesques and Curlicues
Who can grow such wonderful examples of Romanesco broccoli? Not me for sure, but I wish I could!
Posted in Food, Nature, Plants, Vegetables, Whimsy, Wordless
Tagged arabesques, Curlicues, fractals, Gardening, green, Grow you own, patterns, Romanesco broccoli
12 Comments
Seed Swaps …. and the triumph of the find!
One of the joys of this time of year is planning your seed haul and it doesn’t necessarily have to cost you a thing, because this is the season (Jan-Mar) of Seed Swaps. For instance, this coming Sunday is my … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Nature, Out and about, Plants, Vegetables
Tagged allotments, Gardening, Gardens, Grow you own, Seed swaps, Seedy Sunday
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Eating our way through a thicket of Jerusalem artichokes
Along the boundary fence with our neighbours we have a thick line of jerusalem artichokes, interspersed between coppiced hazel bushes. The artichokes grow up to about 8 foot in our garden and occasionally they flower, with sunflower-like yellow heads, if … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Nature, Plants, Recipes, The home garden
Tagged cooking, Gardening, Grow you own, Helianthus tuberosus, Jerusalem artichokes, perennial vegetables, Root vegetable, sunchokes, Tubers
13 Comments
