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Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 19023
Location: Leeds

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 14 2:49 pm Post subject: Wild Garlic
First shoots pushing through up here, mighty fiery!

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42219
Location: North Devon

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 14 4:47 pm Post subject:
Duck eggs are back on sale too. It's omelette time.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 14 4:57 pm Post subject:
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.

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 14 5:04 pm Post subject:
Yep it's popping through in our garden as well.

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 14 5:07 pm Post subject:
Must go to the woods for a look

Finsky

Joined: 10 Sep 2011
Posts: 847
Location: Notts.

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 14 5:28 pm Post subject:
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

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 14 5:41 pm Post subject:
Nope: not showing yet. Bluebells are though

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46207
Location: yes

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 14 6:42 pm Post subject:

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

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 14 8:47 pm Post subject:
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: 9878
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 14 8:52 pm Post subject:
yup saw some down by the river bank spring is springing

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 14 9:47 pm Post subject:
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: 15966

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 14 8:16 am Post subject:

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: 35057
Location: Devon

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 14 11:21 pm Post subject:
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

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 14 10:07 am Post subject:
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: 15966

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 14 7:34 am Post subject:
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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