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Behemoth



Joined: 01 Dec 2004
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Location: Leeds
PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 14 2:49 pm    Post subject: Wild Garlic Reply with quote
    

First shoots pushing through up here, mighty fiery!

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon
PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 14 4:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Duck eggs are back on sale too. It's omelette time.

chez



Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35934
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset
PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 14 4:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

It's the first proper harbinger of spring for me - duck egg and wild garlic omelette. I'm hoping the stuff I planted in the garden has survived the winter, too.

sgt.colon



Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.
PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 14 5:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Yep it's popping through in our garden as well.

mochyn



Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales
PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 14 5:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Must go to the woods for a look

Finsky



Joined: 10 Sep 2011
Posts: 847
Location: Notts.
PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 14 5:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Mine are just coming through...not big enough for harvest yet.
I did pick some three corned leek yesterday so something fresh and oniony atleast

mochyn



Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales
PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 14 5:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Nope: not showing yet. Bluebells are though

dpack



Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45374
Location: yes
PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 14 6:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

mochyn wrote:
Must go to the woods for a look


when i read this that was my first thought im off to hudds this week and know some ace patches ,round here the ones i know are far too doggy for comfort

LynneA



Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Posts: 4893
Location: London N21
PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 14 8:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

First little shoots popping up in the garden.

Picked a decent sized batch of unforced rhubarb on Sunday.

Nicky cigreen



Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9702
Location: Devon, uk
PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 14 8:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

yup saw some down by the river bank spring is springing

12Bore



Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey
PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 14 9:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Mine arrived a fortnight ago, already had it as a liner in the cup whilst poaching eggs, lovely!

Mistress Rose



Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15539

PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 14 8:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Smelt the wild garlic when I was last in the seriously garlicky patch a few weeks ago. Must check again soon. Haven't seen any elsewhere yet. We coppiced that area last year, and a lot of other things have developed over the spring and summer, so am interested to see what happens to the garlic. May well be an decrease, but we have so much that I am not worried. Not edible, but saw some celandine flowers yesterday.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35056
Location: Devon
PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 14 11:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Celandines have been popping up for weeks here. Wild garlic is well on the way. Snowdrops are over their best. Sloe blossom starting to peep out, also elder and hawthorn leaves. Daffs breaking out all over the place! It's all starting to happen

eta - celandine roots are edible and meant to cure piles!

Green Rosie



Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 10498
Location: Calvados, France
PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 14 10:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Been picking leaves for a couple of weeks - I cannot believe how early everything is this year

No omelettes here but DUCKLINGS ARE HATCHING

Mistress Rose



Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15539

PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 14 7:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The wild garlic is coming up, but still not much more than 3" high and not properly unfurled yet. Found several patches through the wood yesterday.

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