for an ad-free Fetcheveryone experience!

Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

78 watchers

jacdaw Mar 2020 9:50pm, 18 Mar 2020 2,862 posts	0 jacdaw The bullfinches were eating the buds off my damson trees today, too. They come every year, and I get no damsons, ever, in about 17 years. But the bullfinches are so beautiful, and always in a pair. Mice are eating the sweetpea seeds as well as the broad beans. And dancing in the kale seeds. But I probably won't try to kill them. Might bring the trays in overnight.
Dvorak Mar 2020 9:53pm, 18 Mar 2020 19,264 posts	0 Dvorak I make that 20, Cerrers. I'm certainly counting rhubarb You've reminded me - I missed one.
Fragile Do Not Bend Mar 2020 10:01pm, 18 Mar 2020 5,551 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend I have apple, cherry, plum, damson and greengage trees. I have not so far managed to beat the birds to the cherries or the greengages. I’ve redcurrant, whitecurrant, gooseberry and (very small) blueberry bushes, tayberries, strawberries and a fig that so far has been too small to fruit. Also the ? rhubarb, and hedges that include blackthorn (i.e. sloes) and hawthorn (which I believe are edible but I haven’t tried them) and too many pesky wild brambles.
Cerrertonia Mar 2020 10:03pm, 18 Mar 2020 12,095 posts	0 Cerrertonia Perhaps I could count things like rosehips, sloes, hawthorn & rowan? I've certainly eaten things made out of all of them at some point in my life, they grow in the garden and they're not vegetables or nuts. I've grown goji berries from seed in the past.
Markymarkmark Mar 2020 11:19pm, 18 Mar 2020 10,895 posts	0 Markymarkmark Sorry, Berberis? Berries in a pie? Or the leaves? Which bit is edible? Please do tell!
jacdaw Mar 2020 11:25pm, 18 Mar 2020 2,863 posts	0 jacdaw Berberis beries are edible, more or less, depending on species; barberries. I'm fairly certain you can buy dried ones for Persian cooking.
Cerrertonia Mar 2020 6:40am, 19 Mar 2020 12,096 posts	0 Cerrertonia I have dried ones for use in Persian cooking. Ottolenghi's cookery books use them quite a bit. Just never tried the ones in my own garden.
Markymarkmark Mar 2020 6:53am, 19 Mar 2020 10,896 posts	0 Markymarkmark Well well! Thanks!
Angus Clydesdale Mar 2020 7:22am, 19 Mar 2020 17,089 posts	0 Angus Clydesdale Hawthorn jelly is a good alternative to redcurrant jelly, according to my granny.
Dvorak Mar 2020 7:45am, 19 Mar 2020 19,267 posts	0 Dvorak I think today that i might panic-buy composts and seeds.