Please subscribe to my youtube channel!1. Perennial Edge https://youtu.be/qRsQt_U0Ujo The edges of my annual beds in the garden are not so productive as they are drier because of […]
Dandelions
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Moss-leaved dandelion = Taraxacum tortilobum
I’ve been trying to find out what species the legendary moss-leaved dandelion (as featured in my book) and some other cultivated varieties actually are. I took the series […]
Seed sAVING
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Start of the seed saving season
As usual, the first seed of edible plants to be collected from the garden is dandelion, this year on the last day of May.The moss-leaved dandelion (Taraxacum sublaciniosum […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Today’s permaveggies
Presenting the 14 permaveggies used in tonight’s Indian dal! Here are the ingredients:Around the outside: Blanched sea kale / strandkål (Crambe maritima)Stinging nettle / brennesle (Urtica dioica)Top left […]
Dandelions / Perennial vegetables
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The mossy dandelion
It’s 100 years since Vilmorin-Andrieux’s The Vegetable Garden: Illustrations, descriptions, and culture of the garden vegetables of cold and temperate climates was published! The plant I most associate […]
Food / Perennial vegetable shoots
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Self-produce from the garden
Here’s yesterday’s fresh produce* from the garden….the joy of perennial vegetables! However, snow overnight will make harvest more difficult the next few days! Here’s today’s list:Aegopodium podograria (ground […]
Food / Foraging / Perennial vegetables
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Belated happy birthday to me
The first veggie food I ate was macaroni cheese and chips at Edwin Jones (now Debenhams) in Southampton, a treat when we Mum took us shopping back in […]
Dandelions / Leafy greens / Onions / Perennials / Tempura / Tubers
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Perennial vegetable tempura
April 2014 and Yngvil (aka Ms. Saladdy) was helping out in my garden, her practical experience for her education to become a gardener! I’ll let her tell her […]