tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5553568891433721040.post4915393495537494299..comments2023-10-26T05:52:41.012-07:00Comments on BB's Nature Notes: Identifying wild flowers by their leavesBovey Bellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798594086901897654noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5553568891433721040.post-84044126835884273722009-03-21T08:49:00.000-07:002009-03-21T08:49:00.000-07:00I've made a promise to Maureen at Random Distr...I've made a promise to Maureen at Random Distractions to try eating dandelion greens this year and report back to her :<)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5553568891433721040.post-56359502621567201312009-03-09T05:42:00.000-07:002009-03-09T05:42:00.000-07:00I picked some a few days ago and added them to an ...I picked some a few days ago and added them to an omelette, lovely flavour, but my stomach ached the next day ;) perhaps they were too strong. Hugh.F.Whittingstall is advocating nettle soup in the Guardian - fresh tops, but you can use the new leaves of ground elder as well I suppose, and sorrel of course, though I find it bitter.<BR/>Thelma xthelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5553568891433721040.post-56540658466529397352009-03-08T23:49:00.000-07:002009-03-08T23:49:00.000-07:00A friend's husband is a chef E.G. and he included ...A friend's husband is a chef E.G. and he included Ramsons in a winning recipe last year. I only have to smell them to be transported back nearly 30 years to a wonderful walk in the Purbecks, where a friend and I first discovered Ramsons by sitting in a patch!Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05798594086901897654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5553568891433721040.post-57977996187472502402009-03-08T14:00:00.000-07:002009-03-08T14:00:00.000-07:00The wild garlic is growing really well here in Fra...The wild garlic is growing really well here in France - I've already added it to soups and stews and it's going on top of the next pizza I make.<BR/><BR/>Rosie xA Green and Rosie Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02501989987736281707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5553568891433721040.post-44169943468636956462009-03-08T00:02:00.000-08:002009-03-08T00:02:00.000-08:00Rowan & Kate - I think that plants grow at dif...Rowan & Kate - I think that plants grow at different times in different areas. Here, the first pussy willow "paws" are just coming out (but down the hill by the river, where it's a frost pocket). still no sign on our trees by the front gate. But in town, along the A40, they have passed to yellow blowsyness!<BR/><BR/>I love these country names. I have Richard Mabey's Flora Britannica at my feet, and it is a WONDERFUL book. I was so pleased when I got it.<BR/><BR/>Mara - snap then! Meadowsweet for me because of the proliferation of it growing round here, and when I had my quilt business, I called it Meadowsweet Quilts . . .Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05798594086901897654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5553568891433721040.post-80657382155777195122009-03-07T23:26:00.000-08:002009-03-07T23:26:00.000-08:00In the last week there has been a real surge of gr...In the last week there has been a real surge of growth round here, I even saw the spears of bluebell leaves coming through yesterday. Jack-by-the-Hedge is a wonderful name isn't it - I wonder how it originated?Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13679130612798888266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5553568891433721040.post-56877335593374323602009-03-07T12:54:00.000-08:002009-03-07T12:54:00.000-08:00Hardly anything round these parts, unless I'm look...Hardly anything round these parts, unless I'm looking in all the wrong places! Did see the arum, though, on my last walk.<BR/><BR/>It feels a bit bizarre coming here as I used to keep a nature notes page on Live Journal years ago when my online name was meadowsweet! LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5553568891433721040.post-1466069916795779672009-03-07T03:21:00.000-08:002009-03-07T03:21:00.000-08:00Lovely - we still have bare ground! Garlic mustar...Lovely - we still have bare ground! Garlic mustard is a rampant and difficult invasive for us, lacking its normal habitat and constraints on growth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com