Tag Archives: Welsh onion

Introducing Carole’s Garden

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Anni Kelsey

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 | 9 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

The garden recovering from a setback

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Anni Kelsey

As time passes I am becoming more convinced that the (Telford) garden is becoming increasingly fertile and also more resilient and able to recover from setbacks. Recently we had to have the fence renewed down one side of the garden … Continue reading →

Posted in Permaculture, Polycultures, Telford Garden | Tagged jerusalem artichok, leaf beet, nettle, Oca, tree onion, Welsh onion, Yacon | 3 Comments

Using diverse crops to ensure a yield (2)

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Anni Kelsey

If my garden is not resilient it is nothing; and as the summer moves on this is becoming ever more apparent. The garden may be small, but for the area it occupies it is productive and I hope to improve … Continue reading →

Posted in Forest Gardening, perennial greens, Perennial Vegetables, Permaculture, Polycultures, roots and tubers, Suppliers, Telford Garden | Tagged Chinese artichoke, compost, Daubentons Kale, field beans, forest gardening, Oca, resilience, Welsh onion, wild rocket, Yacon, yield | Leave a comment

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

Wonderful Welsh onions

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Anni Kelsey

I harvested two Welsh onions this afternoon. They were approximately 95 cm tall at the highest point and yielded 200g of green leaf and 125g of stem. I use the leaves raw in salad, or if they are a bit tough they can be lightly … Continue reading →

Posted in Forest Gardening, perennial greens, Perennial Vegetables, Permaculture, Suppliers, Telford Garden | Tagged Welsh onion | 16 Comments

Fertility

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Anni Kelsey

Spring progresses with a green tide surging through the garden. Every year I am amazed at how fast the dark emptiness of the winter months is engulfed by exuberant growth through April and May. Building fertility is intrinsic to forest gardening. I use … Continue reading →

Posted in Forest Gardening, perennial greens, Perennial Vegetables, Permaculture, Polycultures, Telford Garden | Tagged broad bean, cardoon, compost, Daubentons Kale, fertility, garlic, good King Henry, mulch, nettle, Permaculture, polyculture, Welsh onion, wild strawberry | Leave a comment

Things are going well ….

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Anni Kelsey

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 →

Posted in Forest Gardening, perennial greens, Perennial Vegetables, Permaculture, Polycultures, roots and tubers, Telford Garden | Tagged Chinese artichoke, chives, jerusalem artichoke, Oca, Sorrel, Welsh onion, wild rocket | 2 Comments