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Quote of the day:
“O, that lone flower recalled to me
My happy childhood’s hours
When bluebells seemed like fairy gifts
A prize among the flowers”
– Anne Brontë
Forage in May for:
Hawthorn, Lime leaves, Red Clover, Ox-eye Daisy, Garlic Mustard, Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum), Dandelions
Tag Archives: Oca
Wordless Wednesday – Ah, the forgotten, saved Oca from last year!
Posted in Food, The home garden, Vegetables, Wordless
Tagged #Growyourown, #GYO, Gardening, New Zealand yams, Oca, Oxalis tuberosa, root crop, Tubers, vegetables
6 Comments
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 – Tangential to a Summer Solstice
If only we could keep going with these lovely long days. But it is already midsummer and by the time we reach my birthday in August I know that the nights will most definitely be drawing in, even though the … Continue reading
Six on Saturday – The vagaries of mail order and spring weather
27/04/2019 Wooh, one day shorts, the next duffle coats! And this wind today looks to be pretty much the end for all that lovely snowy blossom bedecking the apple, pear and cherry trees in the garden. Plants are certainly having … Continue reading
Posted in fruit, Six on Saturday, Vegetables
Tagged #GYO, Gardening, Kiwi 'Issai', Oca, Photography, Staphylea pinnata, Wild garlic
21 Comments