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Tag Archives: kale
don’t do anything until you have to and then only do the minimum
I am working on a new book and hence all my writing effort has gone into that and there just hasn’t been sufficient spare time to keep this blog up to date. Nor has there been much time to spend … Continue reading
Posted in Borderland Garden, Forest Gardening, Fruit, Fruit trees, Principles of forest gardening
Tagged apple, chokeberry, currants, gage, garlic, kale, medlar, plum, raspberries, tiny fruit trees
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Reviewing 2017
My previous reviews of the year just gone have been more factual and measured than this one will be. However much of my focus through 2017 was not so much what was growing in the garden or how much produce … Continue reading
Enjoying a summer’s day
It is 16th July and the sun has come out after a dull morning. I would have liked rain as it has been incredibly dry for this part of the world, but despite that most plants are doing well (and … Continue reading
Posted in Borderland Garden, Fruit, Fruit trees
Tagged blackcurrant, gooseberries, jostaberries, kale, marjoram, parsley, redcurrant, tree onions, whitecurrant
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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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Review of spring polyculture patch
This bed was started in the spring of 2014. Originally I just needed somewhere to transplant a number of perennial vegetables from my first bed in this garden (below) which was about to be covered over with an extension to … Continue reading
Using diverse crops to ensure a yield
This is turning out to be a very wet summer so far. Of course this is not unusual for the UK, British weather is notoriously variable. It is therefore equally certain that the performance of different crops will vary from … Continue reading
Dreaming of perennial polycultures and forest gardens
I really enjoy reading other people’s blogs; in particular the regular posts on This Low Carbon Life (http://transitionnorwich.blogspot.com/) and the Social Reporter’s blog on the Transition network site (http://www.transitionnetwork.org/stories/charlotte-du-cann/2011-09/welcome-social-reporting-project). The varied posts are unfailingly inspirational, informative, moving and practical; and … Continue reading
Posted in Forest Gardening, perennial greens, Perennial Vegetables, Permaculture, Polycultures, roots and tubers, Telford Garden
Tagged apples, chicory, dream, gooseberry, jerusalem artichoke, kale, Oca, skirret
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Adaptability … versatility … resilience ….?
Now we have the wintry weather I was yearning for a few months back with all its attendant discomforts. Yesterday afternoon I was at the shops with the wind blowing fast and furious and battering my face with mini ice balls. They … Continue reading
Posted in Forest Gardening, perennial greens, Perennial Vegetables, Permaculture, Polycultures, Telford Garden
Tagged kale, resilience
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Cooking from the garden – roasted perennial (and other) root veggies
A large part of the value and purpose of my experiments with perennial vegetables is to make the most of my garden by producing food that is easy to grow, lasts year after year – and very importantly – tastes … Continue reading
Collecting as much food as I can from the garden (2)
Since resolving to maximise the food output of the garden (within the limits of the space currently available) I have realised there are quite a few aspects to consider: I cannot expect all the food from the garden to look like it … Continue reading
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