Tag: garden
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Mystery Plant!
While a lot of my seeds haven’t been taking, I’m so glad to see that these ones have. The only downside: I have no clue what they are. They could be tomatoes, chillies, lemons, aubergines, peppers, or so many other things. I know a lot of plants look like this at this stage, but whatcha…
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Goddamn, Why Won’t They Take?
I have a few seed trays where a) I have no clue what I put in there, and b) none of it’s even growing… It’s a little rage inducing. I was trying to overwinter these, goddamn it. I truly hate when these garden fails hit. But it’s something important for all preppers out there to…
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Am I Actively Growing Nettles? Hell Yes!
Funnily enough, my grow beds are the only place in my garden where the stinging nettles grow. You’d think I’d be ripping them out from the get-go, but I love nettles! They feed your garden, and if you use them right, they feed you. Pick the leaves, fry ’em up in some butter with some…
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My Grow Beds!
Finding grow beds can be such a pain in the backside. They end up being expensive and just die on you after a year half the time. So last year, desperate to have a decent growing section in our garden, I decided to make a couple of them from scrap wood. Don’t get me wrong,…
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Yarrow
Another plant I really want to forage, as I’ve heard so much good about it! It’s meant to grow everywhere, so there’s a good chance I’ve just walked past it without knowing. Historically, it was a popular tobacco substitute, so if society were to ever disintegrate, yarrow could be a great thing to trade. As…
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Recommended Website: Eatweedsuk
Robin Harford from Eatweeds – The Forager’s Guide to the Wild Edible Plants of Britain https://share.google/lrOffoVlTvvhwXOa8 This chap’s website is brilliant, full of knowledge! I highly recommend for anyone wanting to delve into more plant knowledge.
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Alexander
Aka Smyrnium Olusatrum This is a plant I really want to go out and find. It’s known to grow along the seaside and in hedgerows, so I need to do a proper explore along the coast. It’s meant to have green-yellow flowers that mature into a black fruit. The roots are meant to be black…
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Daisy Tea
Spring is finally here! And the first thing I’ve done? Pick and dry daisies for tea! They smell gorgeous, but they’re also great in that they: Even better: they’re everywhere! So make them into a tea or a poultice, or whatever else takes your fancy! Stick them in a salad, or make a nice lip…
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The Good Neighbors: A Beginner’s Guide to Companion Planting
Gardens, it turns out, have a social life. The way we tend to picture a vegetable garden: tidy rows, one crop per bed, everything in its place, is actually a fairly recent and very human invention. Left to themselves, plants grow in communities. They share resources, signal to each other, attract or repel insects, and…
