Daily Archives: November 17, 2017
Aerial heroics
Always a joy to watch the aerial heroics of jackdaws (kaie) over the house in the evenings before flying into the roost….did I tell you I’m coming back as a jackdaw?
Skirret harvest 2017
A good skirret (sukkerrot) harvest again…I don’t grow much as this perennial root and shoot vegetable is not totally hardy here. I have a few plants along the southern house wall which are covered in winter to protect against hard frost.
Skirret-chufa stir-fry
The tallest skirret challenge
(Nobody has challenged my world record 2.3m skirret)
Skirret shoots