April 25, 2010, Multiply, the gardening starts no 10

Yesterday I went to collect the little solar powered pond pump from the post office. Today was supposed to be my day in the garden but it has rained and rained and rained so much that today changed from being a garden day, to a computer day. It did stop raining for a short while and I ventured out into the garden but it was so wet I had to come back again.

I noticed  my rhubarb has another new leaf unfurling,And the first of the periwinkle has flowered,

And my lovely little patch of dandelions have returned,

And I have a new arrival, not sure what it is though.
(photos taken yesterday when it wasn't raining)

Tags: garden, plants

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delete reply djdx wrote on Apr 26, '10 Thanks for that link, artimisia. :-)

delete reply artimisia wrote on Apr 26, '10 yes am 100 persent sure...and here are some recipes http://www.celtnet.org.uk/recipes/ancient/wild-food-entry.php?term=Common%20Scurvy-grass

delete reply artimisia wrote on Apr 26, '10 djdx said Lovely photos. The last one is, I believe, candytuft, thlaspi, iberis sempervirens. well it is a brassica, dj but iberis has more slender pointed leaves that are not succulent....it is in my opinion a scurvy grass. http://www.first-nature.com/flowers/cochlearia_officinalis.php if it is which i am pretty sure it is then it contains vitamin c in its leaves...they may well taste sharp and may be an addition to salads such as french sorrel which adds the sharp note in a mix of leaves... who can say whether it is agreeable but sailors thought it helped with scurvy..

delete reply bennett1 wrote on Apr 25, '10 forgetmenot525 said always looking to extend the amount of edibles in the garden :-) http://homecooking.about.com/library/weekly/blflowers.htm Use caution.

delete reply bennett1 wrote on Apr 25, '10 forgetmenot525 said does this mean i can eat it?? Well, one way to test would be to break a stem off and taste it. But what if it has strychnine? I would have killed you with my advice. Oh nooooooooooooo......

delete reply djdx wrote on Apr 25, '10 Lovely photos. The last one is, I believe, candytuft, thlaspi, iberis sempervirens.

delete reply brendainmad wrote on Apr 25, '10 I've never seen it here and can't think of any reason why it wouldn't grow here.

edit delete reply forgetmenot525 wrote on Apr 25, '10 brendainmad said Rhubarb is not grown in Spain. do you mean it CAN'T grow because of the climate or something, or just that no one DOES grow it?? cos if it would grow there must be some way og getting you some, it grows like a weed here.

delete reply brendainmad wrote on Apr 25, '10 Rhubarb is not grown in Spain. I miss Marks and Spencer's for their rhubarb crumble.

edit delete reply forgetmenot525 wrote on Apr 25, '10 brendainmad said ou'll be having some rhubarb crumble! Hi Brenda.......rhubarb isn't every ones cup of tea but personally I love it. And the good thing is it spreads like wildfire so hopefully very soon I will have a HUGE patch of rhubarb

edit delete reply forgetmenot525 wrote on Apr 25, '10 bennett1 said t looks like a member of the mustard family. does this mean i can eat it??.................always looking to extend the amount of edibles in the garden :-)

delete reply bennett1 wrote on Apr 25, '10 Upclose it does not look like candytuft. It looks like a member of the mustard family.

delete reply brendainmad wrote on Apr 25, '10 You'll be having some rhubarb crumble!

edit delete reply forgetmenot525 wrote on Apr 25, '10 am going to try and repost all the pictures so you can enlarge them

edit delete reply forgetmenot525 wrote on Apr 25, '10 just reposted that last picture using firefox instead of IE and now it does enlarge if clicked on

delete reply bennett1 wrote on Apr 25, '10 You mentioned columbine a bit ago and I discovered on the way to looking something else up that I can send them to the UK, if you would like I can send you some. They are biennial so won't bloom for a year. I agree that the bottom may be candytuft but would like to see them bigger.

delete reply artimisia wrote on Apr 25, '10 forgetmenot525 said Sorry about that..............seems to be a problem with using Multiply and IE, if I post pictures using firefox there is no problem, but for some weird reason I can't figure out, firefox isn't behaving very well at the moment. Maybe I'll just open in firefox and see if I can repost. The leaves of this plant are waxy, I think its something that grows wild alongside the beach here. yep i have seen it on the bank of the severn i know what you mean...when got time i will look it up in my book.....do you get sanfire[samfire?] on your beach...? that's great eating g...great pickled...its not that and some of the sea cresses are poisonous/not edible...hehe supper time is coming up i cant talk without linking to food lol

edit delete reply forgetmenot525 wrote on Apr 25, '10 artimisia said e pics wont get bigger Sorry about that..............seems to be a problem with using Multiply and IE, if I post pictures using firefox there is no problem, but for some weird reason I can't figure out, firefox isn't behaving very well at the moment. Maybe I'll just open in firefox and see if I can repost. The leaves of this plant are waxy, I think its something that grows wild alongside the beach here.

delete reply artimisia wrote on Apr 25, '10 looks like a cress of some sort...don't think it is woodruff but cant see the leaves...the pics wont get bigger

delete reply greenwytch wrote on Apr 25, '10, edited on Apr 25, '10 the last one looks like it might be candytuft. iberis sempervirens? not sure of the spelling, LOL. looks like it's all coming along nicely.