We never thought to ask, but what would you plant where you are living now ? Do things like our little wild strawberries and ransoms thrive there too ?
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We never thought to ask, but what would you plant where you are living now ? Do things like our little wild strawberries and ransoms thrive there too ?
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To add my two pennth ,I went through a prepping phase and wanted the garden to be edible but not look like edible apart from the herbs etc, I bought a lot of those James wong seeds,(but had poor germination). And what I found is a lot of stuff got hammered by slugs and snails and some didn't like the dry summer we had,so what got eaten a lot and what didn't thrive without minimal additional watering I pulled or didn't replant. Unfortunately the Wifes male continental x rabbit and its French lop female friend escaped their pen and totally decimated the garden including the lawn ,so I gave up.
But what about alpine strawberries or the native ones there really small so hard to spot.
But what about alpine strawberries or the native ones there really small so hard to spot.
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Oh yes, I think most kinds of strawberries will thrive here
During summer this place is like an oven, and the strawberries we had this year are without doubt the best ones I have ever tasted, in my life! We are definitely expanding our strawberry production next year.This winter I am chopping down an area of trees (about 30x20 meters), to make room for a medium grow house, and a vegetable garden. I have a plan for it all, and I hope to grow a lot of herbs, spices, vegetables, berries, fruits and what not. I just need to finish mapping out the area and put order to it all.
And I really need to restrain myself, expanding gradually, so that I won´t end up like The Mad Hatter out in the fields...
My horses and chickens provide me with a steady supply of pooh, so I hope my vegetables will look like Arnold Schwartzenegger
Well Fang you, Fang you very much...i cant take the credit though...it's been around for very long time now. Get involved...if you see a planter in someones garden that's looking a bit worse for wear....get in and sneak a few seeds in the thing under the cover of darkness. Beware of the Dog though..
Those look like ickle jewels of intense flavour happiness Toddy.
Despite being born in Scotlands soft fruit basket I wouldn't thank you for a normal strawberries. Smell nice but always a let down of the highest order taste wise. When wee wild ones though... Heaven, bit of fresh ground pepper on them and it's pure ambrosia. Also make the best strawberry & chilli vodka.
Sadly they're pretty thin on the ground 'round here, still heaps of wild rasps to stuff in my cakehole.
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Couple of years ago, had a surplus of tomato plants so I planted them along the edge of some private woodland, had some fruits, nowhere as many from home. Nice to have fresh off the plant and had with lunch when out for a bimble.
Thats interesting.
I was wondering if other plants could fair as well - mostly tubers- Pots , Jerusalem Artichokes , Oca's etc
If it would keep going year upon year.
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I have planted chives and fennel at the entrance to one of our car parks in rather neglected planters. They were ripped out by the council . The planters are now overgrown with ivy and weeds.
They also destroyed all the wild strawberries along the path onto town..I rescued a few, and they now live happily in my garden. Not a one to be found "in the wild"now.
They've just cut down a very productive patch of wild raspberries.
I planted a 4 foot high sweet chestnut tree I grew from a nut, I think it has been terminated as it no longer exists.
It's so sad . I live in a very rural environment and they treat it like a city park.
They also destroyed all the wild strawberries along the path onto town..I rescued a few, and they now live happily in my garden. Not a one to be found "in the wild"now.
They've just cut down a very productive patch of wild raspberries.
I planted a 4 foot high sweet chestnut tree I grew from a nut, I think it has been terminated as it no longer exists.
It's so sad . I live in a very rural environment and they treat it like a city park.
I have.
Within walking distance of my house there's a small scruffy patch of unused land which has been totally neglected by the council and everyone else for at least the past 25 years. For as long as I have known it has always been overgrown with nothing there apart from brambles and stinging nettles which have never been trimmed back.
A few years ago I visited with a trowel and a bag of broken up pieces of Jerusalem artichoke (it's actually part of the sunflower family but has an edible root that tastes like artichoke hence the name). To plant them I just stuck the trowel into the ground, lifted up a small divot of soil, popped a piece of Jerusalem artichoke underneath then let the divot flop back down on top of it. Using this method I managed to plant about 20 of them around the edge of the patch of ground in less then 5 minutes.
The patch of ground looks much prettier than before. During the summer months there are now several 5 foot tall bright yellow sunflowers growing there which regularly get visited by bees. Despite never having done any maintenance for several years it's nice see them still growing well whenever I drive past.
I chose to plant Jerusalem artichokes because you only need to plant them once and then without any maintenance they will grow really easily and produce lots of pretty flowers. They will come back year after year on their own too. In fact the biggest problem with them is that they can grow and spread a bit too easily so be careful to plant them well away from other peoples gardens, any kind of farmland or anywhere else where there is a risk that they could spread to and take over an area if you're not careful.
As I mentioned earlier the roots of these sunflowers are edible too and make a tasty alternative to potatoes if boiled or fried. Also when left in the ground over winter they will stay good and ready to eat right through any frosts and well into March or April when there's little else around growing to eat.
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I have.
Within walking distance of my house there's a small scruffy patch of unused land which has been totally neglected by the council and everyone else for at least the past 25 years. For as long as I have known it has always been overgrown with nothing there apart from brambles and stinging nettles which have never been trimmed back.
A few years ago I visited with a trowel and a bag of broken up pieces of Jerusalem artichoke (it's actually part of the sunflower family but has an edible root that tastes like artichoke hence the name). To plant them I just stuck the trowel into the ground, lifted up a small divot of soil, popped a piece of Jerusalem artichoke underneath then let the divot flop back down on top of it. Using this method I managed to plant about 20 of them around the edge of the patch of ground in less then 5 minutes.
The patch of ground now looks much prettier than before. During the summer months there are now several 5 foot tall yellow sunflowers growing which regularly get visited by bees. Despite never having done any maintenance for several years it's nice see them still growing well whenever I drive past.
I chose to plant Jerusalem artichokes because you only need to plant them once and then without ever needing any maintenance they will grow really easily and produce lots of pretty yellow sun flowers. They will come back year after year on their own too. In fact the biggest problem with them is that they can grow and spread a bit too easily so be careful to plant them well away from other peoples gardens, any kind of farmland or anywhere else where there is a risk that they could spread to and take over an area if you're not careful.
As I mentioned earlier the roots of these sunflowers are edible too and make a tasty alternative to potatoes if boiled or fried. Also when left in the ground over winter they will stay good and ready to eat right through any frosts and well into March or April when there's little else around growing to eat.
Nice to know that there at least a few veg that take to a free range life.
