What is salad?
The news that Iceberg lettuces are being rationed in the UK, due to supply shortages, has made me ponder the nature of salad. When I was growing up, salad was Iceberg lettuce, sliced tomatoes and cucumber. I didn’t eat salad. Fortunately for me, my definition of salad...
Planting and growing freedom
Yesterday I read that Trump adviser Myron Ebell, a climate change denier, thinks that the green movement is the greatest threat to freedom. He might be right. The green movement might be the greatest threat to his freedom to exploit and pollute the planet and foist...
2017 New Year Resolutions for the Gardener
It’s time to shake the mud of 2016 off our boots, and head to prepare the soil for 2017 (metaphorically speaking). I have the bones of a planting plan for next year, which will be subject to revisions, and we know which areas of the garden still need work. In the two...
Tendrils: 161008
Hello and Welcome! This week’s Tendrils is a special edition, focusing on the wondrous world of the edible hedge (sometimes known as fedges – fruiting hedges or food hedges). I’m trying to come up with some hedgerow vegetables, so I can call them hedgetables, but I’m...
How to protect your plants from pernicious wind effects
When I was younger (so much younger than today), I learned how to ride a motorcycle. Whilst discussing the effects of weather on road conditions, my instructor said, the most dangerous effect comes from a type of weather you can’t see. What is it? I confidently...About Me
Hello, my name is Emma.
I'm an ethnobotanist. I love edible and useful plants, and my garden is my sanctuary. I'm building a beautiful, bountiful paradise in my back yard.
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