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Category Archives: Perennial Vegetables
perennial vegetables
It was nearly 16 years ago when I first wondered about the possibility of there being such a thing as a perennial vegetable. Much has happened since then. Despite there being almost no information available at the time I was … Continue reading
becoming delightfully obsessed
alongside the evolution of the forest garden there is the evolution of the forest gardener As forest gardeners we are all unique individuals and each forest garden is the result of the unfolding of the gardener’s hopes, intentions and interactions … Continue reading
Taunton Deane kale in flower
This has never happened before – my Taunton Deane kale is just coming into flower. I have had the plant for years and it has always been just leaves and I have propagated it with cuttings. It’s a lovely plant … Continue reading
Posted in Borderland Garden, perennial greens, Perennial Vegetables
Tagged Taunton Deane kale
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Massive perennial kales
Perennial kales were one of the first perennial vegetables I tried to acquire and from that time to this they have always been a mainstay of my garden. This year they have surpassed themselves in growing even more massive than … Continue reading
Alison and The Backyard Larder
All over the place wonderful, dedicated and insightful gardeners are working away developing their own particular specialist niche in our human-gardening-ecosystem. One of these lovely people is Alison Tindale, a lifelong gardener who grows, sells and blogs about some her … Continue reading
Posted in Guest posts, Perennial Vegetables, Polycultures, Relationship with nature, Suppliers
Tagged lycopus asper, sochan
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Garden journal – 6 October 2017
I did some ‘work’ in the garden today. Not counting minor interventions like taking off dock leaves and flowering stems it was the first time I had done anything since pruning the fruit trees and removing the flowering stems from … Continue reading
Posted in forest garden development, Fruit, Polycultures, roots and tubers
Tagged apple, chives, garlic, grape hyacinth, honesty, lamb's lettuce, land cress, narcissi, Oca, tree onoins
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The ‘Garden Room’ border
In permaculture edges are regarded as valuable spaces, having the properties of the two areas they border. Most of my growing spaces could be regarded as edges, but in particular those round the house. All the way round the sides … Continue reading
Introducing Carole’s Garden
Carole and I have been corresponding for some time now and I love to hear about and see the pictures of how her lovely garden is progressing. I asked if she would like to write about it for a blog … Continue reading
Posted in Edible Perennial Gardening, Guest posts, Perennial Vegetables, Permaculture, Polycultures, Relationship with nature
Tagged Asturian tree kale, garlic chives, herbs, kale, miners lettuce, parsley, red chicory, red orache, red sorrel, sweet cicely, Welsh onion, wild rocket, wild strawberries
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Thinking about strategies
That is to say, thinking about what strategies the plants are using in the garden and how I can appropriately respond. Yesterday I was tidying up the edge of the lawn working my way along the ‘long border’. As I … Continue reading
Forest gardens are natural systems
From the outset a forest garden is designed as a natural system. We provide the physical structure – various edible trees, climbers, shrubs, herbaceous perennials and some annuals – to make the best use of the physical space and ensure … Continue reading
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