I had been asked if I had photos of the roots of chicory (sikkori) and sweet cicely (Spansk kjørvel) for a talk about wild edible roots. I therefore […]
Cellar vegetables / Winter vegetables
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Cellar and Garden Greens: 6th April 2022
The greens that went into last night’s wholegrain spelt quiche are listed below the picture!CELLAR: Dystaenia takesimana shoots; Forced hogweed (bjørnekjeks) shoots (Heracleum spp.); Forced Taraxacum (dandelion / […]
Food
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March soba greens
Today it reached an unusually warm 16C here which encouraged the first bumble bees and honey bees out! The picture shows the greens (and whites) used in tonight’s […]
Birds
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Natural bird food is best
I garden for the birds and other wildlife as well as myself and believe that bought bird food (sunflower seeds) is not necessarily a good thing as it’s […]
Biannuals / Perennial vegetables
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Unusual October veg
A few unusual vegetables this October from the Edible Garden and House:1. I’ve been trialling around 20 different chicories this year from seed from the German seed bank […]
Blanching / Cellar vegetables / Edible flowers / Food / Perennial vegetable shoots / Root crops / Salad
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The winter’s first salad shoot salad
The first winter shoots were harvested from the cellar today. It is almost totally dark in the cellar and currently about +6C. The blanched shoots in the picture […]
Edible flowers / Edimentals
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Chicory flower season
I let chicories self-sow in the garden and after introducing many vegetble cultivars and ornamentals I have a bit of a mix of flower colours and forms! Here […]