Yazan: Dave | 30 May 2012 | 2 Comments
Categories: foraging, Fruit growing, General Gardening, Wild foods
Fuchsia Both the flowers and berries of the fuchsia are edible. There are even recipes for fuchsia berry jam! The flavour varies from juicy to petrol like. Season – All year round in some parts of the country, will die back in hard frost Hops We all know that hop flowers help flavour beer but [...]
Yazan: Andy Hamilton | 14 August 2011 | 30 Comments
Categories: Budget living, foraging, Fruit growing, Herbs, Home Brew, Homemade, Wild foods
Despite the long lonely days (and sometimes nights) with just a keyboard for company, the occasionally twinge of RSI, the days of procrastination and the slow withdraw from everyday life, I love being a writer and especially a non-fiction writer. One of the main reasons is that I get to choose what to write about [...]
Yazan: Dave | 23 January 2011 | No Comments
Categories: Fruit growing, General Gardening, Reference
In the UK it is winter right up until early March and fruit trees and bushes are in their dormancy period, making this a perfect time to get pruning. During this dormancy the sap has not yet risen so cuts can be made without the tree or bush ‘bleeding’ to death. Some important things to [...]
