Perennial seeds are all germinating together, so a lot of work this week pricking them into larger pots before a permanent place in the garden! Post Views: 119
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Experimental Farm Network
I finally got round to joining the Experimental Farm Network and these arrived in the post from Nathan Kleinman. Thank you guys! Post Views: 214
Annuals / Perennials / Seed
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Sonchus seed
I couldn’t resist these two packets in a Chinese seed catalogue someone tipped me about. Never seen common sow thistle seed for sale (first picture), perhaps a cultivar?…and […]
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Stratifying seed
Seed stratifying in the garden are visible again as the snow melts. They are covered with a double window frame which I lift off when it rains or […]
Onions / Perennials / Seed / Sprouts
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Hungry gap sprouts
I moved 10 buckets of roots and stratifying seeds of edible perennials for sprouting and eating before the spring greens come on tap…filling the hungry gap. These have […]
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SRGC seed are here…
Yes, perfect timing for the weekend and Margaret Young was in the letter box when I got home…well, Margaret is synonymous with the Scottish Rock Garden Club for […]
Birds / Edimentals / Seed
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Goldfinches on chicory
I’ve only ever seen goldfinches feeding on burdock seeds (Arctium) in the garden before. This morning I saw them both on nettle seed heads and then on these unharvested […]
Fruit / Seed
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Chaenomeles cathayensis
A packet of seed arrived from a friend in a botanical garden that I trade with occasionally today. Chaenomeles cathayensis! I think there’s enough seed here to turn […]
Perennials / Seed
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The ALE seed shop
A good Canadian source of many of the plants in my book! http://asterlanedibles.ca/seeds.html Post Views: 170
Biannuals / Brassica / Forest Gardening / Seed
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Alliaria capers
I have two helpers in the garden this week and one of the jobs was to pull up all the garlic mustard / løkurt which was in danger […]
Perennials / Seed
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Soup greens
Tonights perennial greens. I sometimes eat wild fish, so these greens were added to a fish soup, spiced with ground Hogweed seeds! From left to right: Scorzonera greens, […]
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Lovage sprouts
In recent years, I’ve been experimenting with seed of perennials for winter greens, here the first time I’ve tried lovage / løpstikke sprouts. I sowed in November in […]
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Russian veggie seed
One of the members of Norwegian Seed Savers emailed me that she was going to Russia and would I like any seed….now, I have genetic defect that leads […]
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In the postbox…..14th February 2015
Always a nice surprise to get a packet from James Cheshire :) Thanks :) Post Views: 84
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In the post box….12th February 2015
Thanks to my friend Telsing in Canada for this nice mix of oriental greens, the first time I’ve seen seed of Houttuynia cordata and some other interesting perennials […]
Edimentals / Perennials / Seed
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Fourteen new potential Edimentalliums!!
It’s XMAS!! In the post box today, a nice selection of Allium selections from the Onion Man….very kind of him trusting me with some of his best ornamental […]
Bushes / Edimentals / Forest Gardening / Herbs / Invasive plants / Perennials / Permaculture / Seed / Shrub
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SRGC seed has arrived
For the unusual vegetable enthusiast, the place to find seed are the alpine garden clubs’ seed exchanges: Scottish Rock Garden Club (SRGC), Alpine Garden Society (AGS) and the […]
Climbers / Edimentals / Forest Gardening / Herbs / Invasive plants / Perennials / Permaculture / Seed
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The Live in London tapes
While I was in London in December I met London Permaculture’s Stefan Geyer at St. Athan’s Hotel in London for a chat and it’s now available for all […]
Annuals / Bushes / Climbers / Edimentals / Forest Gardening / Herbs / Invasive plants / Perennials / Permaculture / Root crops / Seed / Shrub / Trees
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The new Edimentals seed trade list for 2014-2015
SEE THE NEW SEED LIST Welcome to my new seed trade list for 2014-15. 12, 13 and 14 in brackets indicates the harvesting year for the seed. Concerning […]
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Garlic bulbil sprouts on the way up
My garlic bulbils are on the way up in my living room, sown densely a week ago….soon time to harvest the winter’s first garlic sprouts :) Variety: Estonian […]
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Shoreditch Radio Interview on Around the World!
An Interview with the Extreme Salad Man Stephen Barstow at www.Shoreditchradio.co.uk on Sunday 18 January at 20:00 UTC This is an interview I did in London with London Permaculture’s Stefan […]
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From the vaults: my Edible and Useful Plant Seed Trade List from 2000!
14 years ago and my seed list had some 1,000 entries and I even added a usage code (from Plants for a Future)……… Edible and Useful Plant Seed […]