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Keeping up with the Beet
Following our English culinary ancestry, beetroot remained relatively neglected until it took a turn in the 1960’s. Tinned food and electric can ...
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Our soil is our culture and future. It defines who we are. The terroir of the land, showering us with distinctive local characteristics, shapes the plants, products, and cultural life of a region.
Each plant, each garden and its web of life carries its own personality and shares it bounty unreservedly. This collection ranges far and wide. Sometimes tracing a plant's ancestry and trading routes as it morphs into an important food source. Other times, it highlights the tides of change that elevate the old to the new or uncovers a plants culinary myths, mysteries, and other miscellany.
At its root, the purpose is to ignite an appreciation of the natural world.
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Rhubarb Renaissance: A Curious plant
Originally, rhubarb (Rheum palmatumn) was valued for its medicinal prowess. Native to the wintry steppes of Central Asia, Himalayas ...
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A Hand Spinners Delight
It was a hot spring day in 2012 when the four of us set off in the big silver Ute-the F250-to buy two coloured cross breed wethers from ...
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Cherries, Winter Chill and Christmas
The air is crisp, cold and the early morning southerly winds of change disturb the overnight solitude. Struggling to hang on, as if life ...
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Globe Artichoke: The Edible Thistle
The globe artichoke, an edible thistle, the aristocrat of the Renaissance kitchen garden was seen as the vegetable expression of civilised ...
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A Root that's Worth its Weight in Gold
It’s old, it’s bold and has been around for more than 2000 years. It’s cured the privileged and commoners alike. Its reputation of being ...