Tag: november
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Herb in a Vase – November: Teasel
I have a love-hate relationship with teasel. Her sculptural, egg-shaped heads, covered in little prickly hooks, have a sort of architectural beauty that does make them stand out in a flower arrangement. But oh boy, does she fight back! So prickly, I come away from handling her looking like I’ve been wrestling an angry cat!…
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November Herb Walk
It was summer when we sat together in the garden discussing plans to start a monthly herb walk. ‘Should we continue through winter?’ someone asked, clearly aware that many of the medicinal plants and flowers are not so evident in the fields and hedgerows of winter. Quickly the consensus was ‘yes’. Yes, because it sets…
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Herb Walk
For November our herb walk will be at Breakheart Quarry We’ll meet at 10am at the carpark at Breakheart Quarry and walk for about an hour around the different environments of the quarry. We’ll be particularly on the look out for interesting trees and fungi. Come along and join us, it look like it will…