Vegalicious March 2009: Rhubarb Salsa Rhubarb is such an amazing vegetable, used as a fruit. It’s so fun to go out in the garden on an early spring morning, still chilly with fog, and see the little red nubs of the rhubarb plant beginning to come above the ground. Rhubarb is one [...]

New Routes: March 2009 by Jill Coleman It has been so nice to see the sun at last and actually to feel warm when we are at work. Only a couple of weeks ago we could only make out the first stirrings of early growth on the New Routes site. Now the gardens [...]

Hellebores are perfect plants for dull positions. Their beautiful paper blossoms are a league above many other plants grown for their winter colour such as hideous primula. They prefer part-shade and rich soil. ——————————————————————————————————————————- Fennel & Fern readers can get 10% off on flower, vegetable and fruit seeds and plants at Victoriana Nurseries. Just click here to [...]

Photo courtesy of Steve Thoroughgood Coming across a mulberry tree is always a lovely surprise. These beautiful trees awake a childlike enthusiasm in quite serious adults, as harvesting their fruit involves clambering through their gnarled branches and stuffing the sweet, plump berries into your mouth, as the juice spills over your fingers. ——————————————————————————————————————————- Fennel & [...]

:shallots:, by Helen Lehdorf Hoorah for March turning up on our doorstep, fresh faced and full of beans. Now’s the time to sow your shallots indoors. Space about 5cm apart or grow in toilet roll tubes. Plant out in April after hardening off, and you’ll have clumps of the lovely, miniature onions ready by June [...]