A collection of pictures from last weekend in the garden!
Quinoa “Stephe” is ripe
Quinoa “Stephe” is ripe
Eristalis pertinax (Gulfotdroneflue, a hoverfly) on late flowering Heracleum hybrid.
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Self-sowed Ragged Jack Kale
Buckwheat and Tagetes
First Jerusalem Artichokes in bud from Paolo Gaiardelli’s 1st generation hybrids
Sonchus kirkii from New Zealand, the original perennial sow thistle used by the Maori! See my book!
Malva moschata and blackberries
Perennial buckwheat, Fagopyrum dibotrys in flower
Perennial buckwheat, Fagopyrum dibotrys edible top shoots
Old man’s beard, Clematis vitalba, young shoots are edible cooked
Variegated borage (agurkurt)
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3 of my Begonias currently in flower and all are edible
Allium guttatum
Allium guttatum
My Sweet Chestnut is still alive!!
Tar spot on Norwegian maple, Rhytisma spp.
Udo (Aralia cordata), my largest vegetable, heavy with fruit!
Udo heavy with fruit!
Elderberry Samnor, one of the new early hardy high yielding cultivars..
Allium angulosum with secondary flowers…
Allium angulosum with secondary flowers…
Pink flowered perennial chicory is a beauty!
Endive in flower
Endive in flower
Aster yomena, one of the species eaten (young shoots) in the Far East, flowering for the first time!
Aster yomena, one of the species eaten (young shoots) in the Far East, flowering for the first time!
Aster yomena leaves
Silphium integrifolium (Wholeleaf rosinweed): Only used medicinally as far as I can see. Some species in this genus are used as a chewing gum..
Urtica gracilis (Slender nettle or California nettle) in flower
Urtica gracilis (Slender nettle or California nettle) in flower
Perennial vegetables, Edimentals (plants that are edible and ornamental) and other goings on in The Edible Garden
