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“Fallen leaves on the ground are the golden song of immortal creativity.”
~ Amit Ray
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Alexanders, Chickweed, Sloes, Bullaces, Dandelion Leaves, Rosehips, Hawthorn berries, Cleavers, Burdock Roots, Rowan Berries
Tag Archives: jelly
Mushy medlars make marvellous marmalade
A dreadful title I know, but once there were three words beginning with the letter ‘m’, I just couldn’t stop myself. In fact I’ve made jelly, not marmalade, from some medlars that I gathered last month. The reason that I … Continue reading
Posted in fruit, Recipes, Trees
Tagged cooking, Gardening, Horticulture, jelly, Medlars, Mespilus germanica, Photography, Recipes
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Wordless Wednesday: Need sunshine in December? Grow crab apples.
This vitamin C rich recipe made with rosehips sounds like a wonderful variant on the usual jelly: Rosehip and crab apple jelly
Posted in Food, Recipes, The home garden, Trees, Uncategorized, Wordless
Tagged crab apples, fruit, Gardening, jelly, John Downie, orange, Sunshine
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The Bodacious Cornelian Cherry!
Don’t worry, this post is nothing to do with Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (though I’m secretly fond of the film), it is about Cornus mas, otherwise known as Cornelian Cherry. But funnily enough, it turns out that there is … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Nature, Recipes, Trees
Tagged Cornelian Cherries, Cornelian cherry, Cornus mas, crop, Food, fruit, Harvest, Jam, jelly, pectin, ripe, setting, tree
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