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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
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Quince – Paradisal fruit within our reach
Imagine the Garden of Hesperides. Imagine eating one of the mythical golden apples that grant immortality. Then picture a quince. It’s possible they were one and the same (the ancient roman agricultural writer Columella speculated that they were). So there … Continue reading
Posted in Food, History, Nature, Recipes, Trees
Tagged cooking, Cydonia oblonga, Food, fruit, Fruit leather, Harvest, Meechams Prolific, pome, Quince, recipe, Trees, Vranja
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When life gives you lemons, make elderflower champagne
As the hedgerows start to light up with plate-sized heads of elderflower (Sambucus nigra) waving like a circus act in the gusting winds, it is time to collect or buy bottles ready to make Elderflower Fizz. Elderflower Fizz is a … Continue reading
Posted in Drinks, Plants, Recipes, Whimsy
Tagged Cordial, drinks, Elderflower, Fizz, lemons, recipe, Sambucus nigra
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