by Emma | Jun 15, 2018 | environment, ethnobotany, gardens, grains
The English obsession with grass came into being in the 17th century, when the close cut lawn was a status symbol of the rich. Only they could afford to take land out of production for purely aesthetic purposes, and maintaining a lawn before the invention of the mower...
by Emma | Dec 21, 2017 | food, food waste, grains
Recently I was reading the results of a survey (which, annoyingly I can’t find now) about why we waste so much food, and it turns out that a significant proportion of people don’t like eating leftovers. They’d rather just throw them out. They have a...
by Emma | Jul 8, 2017 | environment, ethnobotany, food, foraging, fruit, grains, herbs, space, tendrils, unusual, veg, What can I do?
Hello! Tendrils wilted in the heat yesterday, but I have revived it in a bucket of water over night and I think it will stay fresh enough to provide you with some wonderful weekend reading 😉 If you’re heading to Cornwall this summer, foragers are being being...
by Emma | Jan 14, 2017 | ethnobotany, foraging, fruit, grains, permaculture, science, tea, tendrils, unusual
Hello, and welcome to Tendrils! This week the UK has been in the grip of what used to be called wintry weather, but is now touted as something a lot more apocalyptic. My garden wasn’t in the path of
by Emma | Sep 28, 2016 | ethnobotany, gardens, grains, science, space
This is a ‘green and pleasant land’, due at least in part to our national obsession with lawns 🙂 Now that the cooler, damper weather is upon us, it’s time to stop bemoaning the brown and crispy look of our lawns (did that happen this year?) and look...
by Emma | Aug 27, 2016 | ethnobotany, flowers, grains, science, unusual, veg
Welcome to Tendrils! Your weekly recap of the most interesting internet information on plants and gardening. We start this week with a bit of history…. The Maris Piper – a famous potato variety – is 50 years old this year. There’s a whole blog...