Given that narcissus bulbs are toxic; why would they be in a food preparation area.
Most tulips also need a hot summer bake to form the flower bud. Tulips are found from Southern Europe all the way to through to China. Certainly...
@Jiffy Congratulations.
Narcissi originally come from Southern Europe and North Africa with a centre of diversity in the Iberian Peninsula. They tend to like damper...
Carted a load of stuff to the compost heap, turned the top over on the adjacent heap, pruned the rosemary and the bay. Then cut back a number of...
That's exactly what happened to me earlier.
Could be birds, pigeons or sparrows can ruin spring bulbs certainly in my garden. Some years yellow crocuses are completely wrecked.
@ViewAhead Your link doesnt work as it's trying to find Narcissus Tree Laude which doesn't exist on that site. You'll need to use Google or...
Interestingly if you put the proper name for that daffodil in it censors you and shows tree. I blame dirty minded Americans and the general lack...
We had another inch of rain yesterday evening. Currently sunny and 7°C, reaching 10°C later. Light breeze from the west.
Wolfsbane, so called as that was what it was used for, various Aconitum species also called Monkshood, Leopards bane, Devil's Helmet, typically...
Aconites are probably more toxic and better looking.
Mandrake although perennial is not frost hardy so you will need to protect over winter.
It's use in brewing, in Germany, was banned in 1516
Woad presume you mean Isatis tinctoria. See A Modern Herbal | Woad
You will get something that might be bitter and it might be greenish, but it won't be absinthe. Pernod is 40% alcohol and real Absinthe is about...
Today mild, brightening up later this morning. Breeze from the west. Since midnight Saturday we've had nearly 3" of rain so very wet underfoot...
The main problem with making your own Absinthe in the UK is lack of domestic access to 100% alcohol for the extraction. In theory you could...
Yes "La Fee Verte" and not really "olden" times only just over a 100 years ago, within the memory of some members of this forum. I think the...
Elon and his friends need those rare earths and metals for their businesses.
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