Month: June 2010
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Strawberry spinach
Chenopodium capitatum, of the family of weed goosefoot and the seed quinoa, is a pretty little plant that produces edible leaves (to be eaten as spinach – cooked, or raw but in moderation) and red berries at each leaf node, which American Indians used as a dye, and when ripe should taste like wild strawberries.…
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GO experiments update
The salad cardboard collars are regaining ground as slugs have annihilated one unprotected head. Tree spinach have got leafminers, though. — Although I had to spend the last two evenings behind a watering hose (which you know I hate) the heat has pushed all the crops and last night I had salad made with my…
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How I came to make elderflower cordial
Wood pigeons like to land on the gooseberry bush, all staked and netted as it is, in search of fruit, but they only manage to break branches and make all the berries fall on the ground. I recovered a good bowl-full, but they are too hard to eat yet and too few for jam-making, so…
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I can't believe…
… I did forget all about borage’s use! It is true that at the time when I was writing about it last year my mind was set on my degree, still… Borage can be used in salads and stir fries, and I have been pulling it, because it was taking over the asparagus bed! I will try some tonight: all…
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Guess the plant!
Guess what the seedling is… a clue: it started off as the seed leaves you can see in the background. Another clue in the next picture: does the minute husk-like fleck remind you of anything I wrote recently?
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Broadbeans and rhododendrons
After a couple of handfuls of rocket over the last few weeks and three or four asparagus spears, last night I picked the first decent crop of the year: my broadbeans (you can see the lovely flowers and how they looked last week)! They are still smallish, but enough to make a lovely pasta sauce.…
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What I won't do for my veg…
Last night I arrived on the plot with the mission to sow some more seeds, as I do not have much time to get the next generation of veg ready to plant out. However, on opening the shed I realised I had no working clothes! Going home and back was out of the question: too…
About Me
M.Paola Andreoni
I got the first allotment in 2007 (in the UK) and started growing my own food for the first time. Learning as I went along was not enough, so I studied some horticulture. I am striving to abide by organic principles. Brexit gave me a new life in the Netherlands, and two new plots by a nature reserve.
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