Daughter of the Soil

Just as a break from the veg reviews, I thought I'd post up a couple of pics taken in the garden today. The top one is a yellow hellebor...

Age: introduced c.1843 Background: bred by William Fairbeard, a nurseryman in Kent, England. It was originally called Fairbeard's Cham...

Age: unknown My supplier: Heritage Seed Library Pros: pretty beans and pods, mad yields, long season, trouble free Cons: none that I not...

Age: pre-1970 My supplier: Heritage Seed Library Pros: beans are large and go through beautiful colour changes Cons: string! string! str...

Age: unknown but estimated around 1899 Background: apparently maintained single-handedly by a shepherd, William Little, for over 50 years....

Age: not sure Background: originally from Russia (Moscow) My supplier: Heritage Seed Library Pros: very vigorous plants, solid fleshy fr...

At last, here they are. I had been saving up the reviews to post together in batches, but have now decided to do each one separately ... whi...

Ah, good old leaf beet. Not only is it one of the few vegetables still productive at this time of year, but it easily wins the title of pret...

I've been tagged by both Patrick at Bifurcated Carrots and Greenmantle to post up five things about myself that I haven't mentione...