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Tag Archives: Sorrel
Collecting as much food as I can from the garden (3)
This is an update on how I am doing with my resolve to collect as much food from the garden as possible (see the previous two posts at http://annisveggies.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/collecting-as-much-food-as-i-can-from-the-garden/ and http://annisveggies.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/collecting-as-much-food-as-i-can-from-the-garden-2/). So far this year I have been able to … Continue reading
Where are the frosts?
We are having spectacular sunny autumn weather. When I drive home from work the surrounding Shropshire countryside is outstandingly beautiful with silhouettes of trees outlined against the pale golden glow of the late afternoon sun. This time last year the roads … Continue reading
I’m wondering about the chicory
I am wondering if the chicory I am growing as a mineral accumulator (dynamic accumulator in some books) is really suitable for my perennial veggie polyculture. The plants around it are not growing as vigorously as some others in the … Continue reading
Posted in Forest Gardening, Perennial Vegetables, Permaculture, Polycultures
Tagged chicory, dynamic accumulator, mineral accumulator, Oca, Sorrel
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Things are going well ….
There’s nothing like the feeling of holding fresh picked garden produce and looking forward to not too far off moment when you can taste it. The other day I gathered a bunch of mixed greens comprising wild rocket, chives, Welsh onions, land … Continue reading
Flouting the “rules” 2
What happened to the seeds I sowed on 21st February rather earlier than the packets indicated? Walking stick kale germinated on 22nd March Wild beet germinated on 21st March Chinese kale on 21st March Perpetual spinach on 22nd March Sorrel … Continue reading
Buying Perennial Vegetables from France
I’m rather like a child at Christmas when I see the postman coming with a parcel for me. Today there were two! I have ordered Daubenton’s kale and some other perennial veggies – oca, yacon, perpetual leeks and sorrel from two … Continue reading
Posted in perennial greens, Perennial Vegetables, roots and tubers
Tagged Daubentons Kale, Oca, perennial vegetables, Perpetual Leek, Sorrel, Yacon
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Flouting the “rules” to see what will happen
In previous years I have studiously followed the instructions on seed packets regarding the correct time to sow seeds. This year I seem to be throwing caution and last year’s seed packets to the wind and starting things off really … Continue reading
