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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: Jerusalem artichokes
In a Vase on Monday – Seaside metaphors
I’ve been doing lots of activities firmly focussed on autumn: jam making, blackberrying, seed and leaf collecting, grass scarifying and I found myself wistfully thinking back to the summer that never really seemed to completely happen. So now I have … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers
Tagged Gardening, In a vase on Monday, Jerusalem artichokes, Monkshood, Seaside themes, Summer, symbolism
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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
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