So I took a spare moment to pop out to pick some of the hollyhock seed pods and realised that there were some, but Spring would be the best season.
But once I started pruning to get the pods, I just kept cutting. I'd been wanting to get rid of them from the veggie garden and sow some elsewhere.
So cut cut cut cut, chop chop chop, little digs little digs, and most of that great clump is out. Just one persistent large root that I'll take the choppers to tomorrow.
Now that feels good!
By the same author, an excellent post on #Purslane and how to use it.
@sister_ratched It would have been a good article for that person who asked about purslane.
I have found this too. My efforts to dry a lot of purslane have been vindicated 😄
This is from an interesting article about using garden greens including marshmallows and other mallows, hollyhocks and lots of others.
https://foragerchef.com/common-mallow-plants-cheeseweed
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I know I have posted this pic before but it is getting tantalisingly close to time to pick the pomegranates and quinces. I check them every few days, but watched kettles never boil 😂
I may make very small amounts of quince molasses and pomegranate molasses for occasional use (high in sugar which I am not supposed to have) or gifts. Altho I no longer have a juicer ... so maybe not this year. It depends, maybe I can borrow a juicer for a day.
Making quince molasses is fun. The juice will start off green-yellow in colour and gradually turn a bright red as it cooks.
Makrut limes are also on ripeness-watch, for Indian pickles.
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I was out in the garden to say hello to the bees earlier than they were expecting this morning. Not 1 bee on the 4 tulsi plants!
There are mushrooms growing after the last rains. No wellingtons are planned, they don't look right 🤣
Caterpillars are on the finger lime. I know from past experience that they can decimate it. I will have to deal with them even tho I prefer not to.
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Another plant from my garden - Yarrow. If you look closely you can see a wasp on one of the flowers. Yes, even wasps are welcome in my garden, except the European Wasp. Luckily I see these only rarely.
With many medicinal and some culinary uses, yarrow can also absorb nutrients from the soil and make them available to other plants. I plant it at the end of some of the veggie beds.
I have recently read that it is sometimes added to ferments. I am keen to give it a try, but judiciously as it has a flavour tending on the bitter side.
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9/ Garden Love
I am pretty hopeless at keeping these Garden Love posts all in a thread.
Here is the Lemon Verbena I missed adding. I loved hearing from the people who love LV, and how the pic instantly evoked its scent as you brush past it or pick leaves.
8/ Garden Love
Reposting to keep this pic in the Garden Love thread.
Borage is an excellent pollinator plant, and as a bonus adds a beautiful blue to the garden.
My singing magpie is back! Just warming up atm.
(Yesterday: https://mastodon.au/@LifeTimeCooking/116259692115611506)
Ganga
Wonderdog 🏳️🌈