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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: Wild garlic
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
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Bad Foraging
A couple of weeks ago we met up with some old friends for lunch and since we were converging from a number of locations we ended up driving cross-country to get there. En-route I noticed a couple of large patches … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Nature, Plants, Recipes
Tagged countryside, Foraging, Gardening, ransoms, Wild garlic
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