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tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45723
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 05 4:48 pm Post subject:
Sounds good to me.

Northern_Lad

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
Posts: 14210
Location: Somewhere

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 05 4:48 pm Post subject:

nettie wrote:

The cow parsley ...

I thought Parsley was the lion?

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 05 5:10 pm Post subject:
Do I get a say in any of this?

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45723
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 05 5:12 pm Post subject:

cab wrote:

Do I get a say in any of this?

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5888
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 05 5:36 pm Post subject:
I'd like to sign up too please.....

leebu

Joined: 23 Nov 2004
Posts: 418
Location: east yorkshire

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 05 11:53 pm Post subject:
Ooh I'd be up for that. Go on. I promise to stand at the back and won't say a word unless spoken to.... I'll even carry the shovel I think it's a bloody good idea- think of it Cab, your own foraging disciples, ready to walk the Earth and spread the good word. What egomaniac could ask for more?

moggins

Joined: 24 Feb 2005
Posts: 942
Location: Gloucester

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 05 2:38 pm Post subject:
Please, please. pretty please? I'll be good too!! It's okay seeing these things in books but sometimes you really need to have seen a plant up close and personal before you feel safe about picking it. Central england especially good for me too I can even provide a patch of woodland to wander through if one is required

tinyclanger

Joined: 27 Dec 2004
Posts: 190
Location: in the kitchen, baking

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 05 5:04 pm Post subject:
Pictures of what horseradish looks like would be great plus where to find watercress and if it's ok to eat it, wasn't there something in RC about liverfluke and watercress? We have a river out back and I would love to try growing some but not sure how to get started or if it's a siutable location.

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 05 8:31 pm Post subject:

Tinyclanger, you have to be careful with liver flukes on watercress in any watercourse that has any livestock on or near it. Basically, that means cook any wild watercress you find.

Or, get a bucket and three pots of compost, and buy watercress seeds from Nickys Nursery (find her in the links section). Grow the watercress till it's, say, got well developed seed leaves in wet compost, and put the pots in the bucket. Stand them in water till the plants are looking a bit bigger, then weigh the pots down with pebbles and fill the bucket with water till it's about four inches above the level of the watercress. It'll crop all summer, into autumn, prociding you change the water every few days.

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 05 8:32 pm Post subject:
Oh, and horseradish. Big, dock like leaves, but glossier and paler green than dock. Pick a leaf and scrunch it up and smell it, the horseradish smell is unmistakeable. Or I could get this smegging scanner working...

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 10744

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 05 8:41 pm Post subject:

cab wrote:

watercress seeds..

I second this...we grew ours in seed trays inside gravel trays last year, but I think they might benefit from the extra soils in Cab's version. Can't wait to plant some more (it's survived all winter in our pond too, but I don't think we'll be eating that even though the only livestock upstream of it are tadpoles, sticklebacks and the odd rogue chickens

)

We got our seed from Marshalls if that's any help.

McLay455

Joined: 23 Nov 2004
Posts: 89
Location: West of Scotland

Posted: Fri Aug 26, 05 5:31 am Post subject: Horseradish
You can buy horseradish root at Tesco often. I planted it, and in two years have a big plant.I will photo it when I get a minute.but the leave lkook like a big docken and are over 12" long Good luck and be safe! Ivan

boff

Joined: 23 Mar 2005
Posts: 354
Location: Still alive and kicking

Posted: Fri Aug 26, 05 6:48 am Post subject:

tahir wrote:

cab wrote:

Do I get a say in any of this?

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