Tag Archives: scorzonera

Will it grow?

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Anni Kelsey

That was the question from the puzzled looking greengrocer in the market the other morning. I was buying a celeriac and as he apologetically told me that it still had leaves on, I replied that it didn’t matter, but was … Continue reading →

Posted in Borderland Garden, Forest Gardening, Perennial Vegetables, roots and tubers, Seeds and seed saving | Tagged celeriac, root chicory, root parsley, scorzonera | 10 Comments

Summer in the garden

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Anni Kelsey

After my post a few weeks ago about a lack of bees, there are more about in both gardens than there were. The Borderland garden is now absolutely buzzing with both bees and other insects. The Telford garden has less, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Borderland Garden, Edible Perennial Gardening, Perennial Vegetables, Polycultures | Tagged biodiversity, jerusalem artichoke, mashua, Oca, scorzonera, skirret, Welsh onion, wild rocket | 1 Comment

Seen on holiday …..

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Anni Kelsey

Just a mention of a few things I noticed whilst having a short camping break this weekend. Firstly, I know it must take a lot of effort to keep camping grounds in order and many sites work hard to landscape with trees, … Continue reading →

Posted in Borderland Garden, Edible Perennial Gardening, Forest Gardening, Fruit, Hedgerow, Perennial Vegetables, Permaculture, Polycultures, Relationship with nature | Tagged blackberry, blackcurrant, bunching onion, chokeberry, elder, fennel, garlic, honeyberry, jerusalem artichoke, jostaberry, land cress, loganberry, raspberry, red currant, scorzonera, tayberry, Welsh onion, wild rocket, Yacon | Leave a comment

Difficulties, problems and mistakes….

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Anni Kelsey

This post is dedicated to everyone who suffers from difficulties, problems and making mistakes ie everyone. I received an email today from someone who has been contending with things going wrong / difficulties that need addressing to prevent problems and … Continue reading →

Posted in Borderland Garden, Forest Gardening, Perennial Vegetables, Permaculture, Polycultures, Relationship with nature, Telford Garden | Tagged dioscorea, Oca, raspberry jam, scorzonera, Welsh onion | 1 Comment

My book – Edible Perennial Gardening!

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Anni Kelsey

I have been researching and growing perennial veggies since 2005 and blogging about how I do this for a couple of years. My aim has always been to be able to find out as much as I could and then … Continue reading →

Posted in Forest Gardening, perennial greens, Perennial Vegetables, Permaculture, Polycultures, Relationship with nature, roots and tubers, Telford Garden | Tagged allium paradoxum, book, Edible Perennial Gardening, lamb's lettuce, Permaculture Magazine, Permanent Publications, scorzonera | 9 Comments

Using diverse crops to ensure a yield

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Anni Kelsey

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 →

Posted in Forest Gardening, perennial greens, Perennial Vegetables, Permaculture, Polycultures, roots and tubers, Telford Garden | Tagged field beans, jerusalem artichoke, kale, Oca, scorzonera, skirret, wild rocket, Yacon, yam | 3 Comments

True spring onions

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Anni Kelsey

We all know what spring onions are – right? These days they come year round in the shops and if you grow them in the garden they are probably ready to eat in the summer rather than spring. For me … Continue reading →

Posted in Forest Gardening, perennial greens, Perennial Vegetables, Permaculture, Polycultures, Telford Garden | Tagged allium paradoxum, chives, scorzonera, three cornered leek, tree onion, Welsh onion, wild garlic, wood sorrel | 2 Comments

Oca in a pot and in shade

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Anni Kelsey

Oca growing in a pot with some lathyrus tuberosus (earth nut pea) looked lovely during the summer and produced 401 g of tubers for a single plant. What’s more they were packed into the pot like sardines and were all a good … Continue reading →

Posted in Forest Gardening, Perennial Vegetables, Permaculture, Polycultures, roots and tubers, Telford Garden | Tagged apple, clove pink, earth nut pea, harvest, lathyrus tuber, mulch, Oca, scorzonera, wild rocket, wild violet, yield | 2 Comments

We have had an unusually dry summer

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Anni Kelsey

This is the driest summer in these parts (Shropshire) for years and for the first time I have had to resort to watering the polyculture patches. Since I began growing perennial veggies they have only been watered to help young plants establish, after … Continue reading →

Posted in Forest Gardening, perennial greens, Permaculture, Polycultures, roots and tubers | Tagged Chinese artichoke, jerusalem artichoke, kale, Oca, scorzonera | 2 Comments

Potted polycultures (1)

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Anni Kelsey

Maybe my interest in polycultures is veering towards an obsession; or perhaps it veered a while ago. My actual garden space is limited so some plants that cannot be accommodated in the main polyculture patches have found homes in potted polycultures. … Continue reading →

Posted in Forest Gardening, perennial greens, Perennial Vegetables, Permaculture, Polycultures, roots and tubers, Telford Garden | Tagged clover, growing in pots, kale, Oca, scorzonera, yam | 1 Comment