tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946015936621899127.post711964517512773860..comments2024-03-11T04:33:57.318-07:00Comments on Forest Garden Plants: Experimenting With Tuber Crops in DevonSymbiosishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14164907510051426108noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946015936621899127.post-19260446263889758582015-08-19T20:21:22.502-07:002015-08-19T20:21:22.502-07:00Thanks for the great post on your blog, it really ...Thanks for the great post on your blog, it really gives me an insight on this topic.<br /><i><b><a href="http://www.gardenplantsnursery.com/" rel="nofollow">garden plants</a></b></i>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08071479515371030118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946015936621899127.post-41053948635329474532013-10-08T11:26:15.494-07:002013-10-08T11:26:15.494-07:00Thanks for the info, Charlie! Really liked Robin H...Thanks for the info, Charlie! Really liked Robin Harford's site. Lots of good seaweed posts there. That's one of my subjects, but good info is hard to find, especially for anything not eaten in Asia. Fortunately we have a lot of seaweeds in common between the UK and the North Pacific. <br /><br />Deep bow, <br /><br />Robin<br />Rusty Ring: Reflections of an Old-Timey HermitRobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08522501894058291952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946015936621899127.post-7258550363264626342013-10-06T12:51:18.452-07:002013-10-06T12:51:18.452-07:00Hey Robin, great to get your message, thanks!
Tha...Hey Robin, great to get your message, thanks! <br />That's funny, I know of another Robin - who has written books about foraging in the UK - Robin Harford - check out his recipes here! http://www.eatweeds.co.uk/category/wild-food-recipes<br /><br />If you don't have it already, I really recommend getting a copy of Martin Crawford's 'Creating a Forest Garden' where there's loads of fascinating information on these kinds of plants and how to grow them...<br /><br />Shame you're so far away as I'd love to send you some of the tubers to try for yourself.... I'm sure you can source them in the US though?<br /><br />Best wishes friend,<br /><br />Charlie<br /><br />Symbiosishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14164907510051426108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946015936621899127.post-42049181082969021022013-10-03T09:51:56.306-07:002013-10-03T09:51:56.306-07:00Hi Charlie. Great site! I'm a forager on the N...Hi Charlie. Great site! I'm a forager on the North Coast of western North America (British Columbia, Washington), where our growing conditions and wild plants are very similar to yours. I'm intrigued by your experiments; I've wanted to try eating and growing these Andean tubers for years. <br /><br />Have you tried evening primrose roots? (Not a tuber, but an interesting subterranean edible.) They make intriguing pickles, kind of purplish, with a faint horseradish snap. The flower is beautiful, and the young shoots are edible too. They grow exuberantly around here, and are common in our flower gardens. <br /><br />I wrote a book about this stuff a few years ago, called "The Neighborhood Forager". (Sorry about the misspelling; Yank publisher.) Many of the plants you mention here are in it: daylily, kousa dogwood, gingko, hawthorn, Tropaeolum... For what it's worth. <br /><br />Anyway, just wanted to leave a shout from the far side of the planet. Really like your blog!<br /><br />Robin<br />Rusty Ring: Reflections of an Old-Timey HermitRobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08522501894058291952noreply@blogger.com