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 […]
Food / Root crops
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Skirret-chufa stir-fry
Tonight’s dinner, skirret-chufa stir-fry. Post Views: 156
Perennial vegetables / Root crops
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The tallest skirret challenge
So, is this a world record, Guinness? Oh, sorry you can’t even ID a dandelion can you, so no point asking you ;) My claim is at 2.3m. […]
Perennials / Root crops
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Skirret shoots
I moved a skirret/sukkerrot (meaning sugar root) root into the cellar, planning to eat them….they went missing until I noticed the characteristic edible blanched shoots this morning! The […]
Perennials / Root crops
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Giant Perennial Buckwheat and Skirret
I had no idea that perennial buckwheat (Fagopyrum acutatum syn. F. dibotrys) and skirret (Sium sisarum) could be 2.5m ( 8 feet) tall! Probably a result of our […]