Tag Archives: Herbals

Know Your Onions….

Posted on 08/10/2022 by The Gardens Trust

Let’s start with a startling fact. What’s the world’s most global food crop? Is it Wheat? Rice? Potatoes? or even the tomato that I wrote about recently? It’s nothing so obvious, rather it is the humble brown, red or yellowish … Continue reading →

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Love Apples and Wolf Peaches

Posted on 30/07/2022 by The Gardens Trust

No that’s not an instruction, but a couple of the old names for something you’ve probably got fresh and in tins in your kitchen. If you have a garden or allotment and enjoy growing your own food you probably have … Continue reading →

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The Daffadill most dainty…2

Posted on 30/03/2014 by The Gardens Trust

NO sooner had I published the last post but I got a comment back from a friend who asked how on earth I could write about daffodils without mentioning THAT poem. I confess that obviously Wordsworth had been on my list … Continue reading →

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Snowdrop Days

Posted on 27/01/2014 by The Gardens Trust

I saw my first snowdrops of the season last week, pushing their way through the semi-liquid mud in a friend’s garden. It almost looked as if it needed swimming lessons. But it set me thinking how archetypally English we take … Continue reading →