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My book – Edible Perennial Gardening!
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 to s… more →
Anni's perennial veggies
My book - Edible Perennial Gardening!
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wrote 2 months ago: I have been researching and growing perennial veggies since 2005 and blogging about how I do this fo … more →
Bittercress is not bitter
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wrote 3 months ago: What are the properties of wild plants or “weeds” that make them so unwelcome in many gardens? They … more →
Winter Harvest
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wrote 3 months ago: It is 28 January (2013) and there are still a few small fingers of ice on the lawn, the remnants of … more →
Reviewing 2012
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wrote 4 months ago: Yet again the weather over the past twelve months has been really challenging. 2011 was uncharacter … more →
Getting out in the rain to harvest some root veggies
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wrote 4 months ago: Oca plants need time after the autumn equinox to form tubers. The top growth is felled by hard fros … more →
Making more room to grow........
wrote 7 months ago: I have long hankered after more growing space and was really pleased when in early spring my partner … more →
Building a relationship with the garden
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wrote 8 months ago: As time goes on my relationship with the small area comprising my polyculture patches changes and de … more →
Using diverse crops to ensure a yield (2)
wrote 9 months ago: If my garden is not resilient it is nothing; and as the summer moves on this is becoming ever more a … more →
Layers of fruity delights
wrote 9 months ago: Birds are notoriously fond of soft fruit and many gardeners take the precaution of growing blackcurr … more →
Using diverse crops to ensure a yield
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wrote 10 months ago: This is turning out to be a very wet summer so far. Of course this is not unusual for the UK, Briti … more →
Polycultures at the Tefft House
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wrote 11 months ago: This post is a little over due, but better late than never, right? All of the annual beds are plante … more →
How important are aesthetics?
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wrote 11 months ago: Last month I was revelling in parts of the garden looking like a French impressionist painting. Rou … more →
Making light work of it!
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wrote 1 year ago: Around this time of year everything in the garden starts to grow so fast you can nearly watch it mov … more →
True spring onions
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wrote 1 year ago: We all know what spring onions are – right? These days they come year round in the shops and … more →
Collecting as much food as I can from the garden (3)
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wrote 1 year ago: This is an update on how I am doing with my resolve to collect as much food from the garden as possi … more →
Dreaming of perennial polycultures and forest gardens
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wrote 1 year ago: I really enjoy reading other people’s blogs; in particular the regular posts on This Low Carbon Life … more →
Raised beds or no raised beds?
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wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday I received a catalogue from a supplier of horticultural products. These range from plante … more →
Adaptability ... versatility ... resilience ....?
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wrote 1 year ago: Now we have the wintry weather I was yearning for a few months back with all its attendant discomfor … more →
Cooking from the garden - roasted perennial (and other) root veggies
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wrote 1 year ago: A large part of the value and purpose of my experiments with perennial vegetables is to make the mos … more →
