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Quote of the day:
“All your renown is like the summer flower that blooms and dies; because the sunny glow which brings it forth,
soon slays with parching power.”– Alighieri Dante
Forage in August for:
Blackberries, Elderberries, Damsons, Hazelnuts, Wild Plums, Wild Strawberries
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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