There is such an abundance of lovely flowers out at the present.
Do any of the STW have a wildflower garden or pictures to share??
No pictures, but me and the family have been out picking them all day 😛
W[u]lid[/u]flowe[u]r'[/u]s what?
😉
Does dandelions, ragwort, moss and daisies count?
I would say anything that grows wild and looks beautiful-flower wise.. 😮
Didn't have the camera with me but saw lots of what I think was [i]Cladonia[/i] today, very purdy lichen.
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It's starting to hatch...
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Just hope I have not bought a box of weeds 🙂
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we've got some nice wood anenomes and some blue bells coming through at the moment. The forget-me-not was trampled by the dog and the primroses are doing well too. I might take some pictures tomorrow if it's nice.
I read the OP title as WILDFOWLERS. Was hoping for some tales of pink footed geese on the foreshore and 3" magnum cartridges. Never mind....
Yep, I noticed the multitude of wild flowers in the woods today - carpets of little yellow, white, and violet, coloured flowers, sometimes mixed. No idea what they were called but the looked very pretty and I felt strangely connected to my feminine side - not something which happens very often.
Last couple of days...
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found a load of wild garlic looking bright and sweet. going out tomorrow with a bag 🙂
Wow some lovely pictures there!
Everything is coming into blossom now,beautiful colours bluebells always one of my favourites.
Was out for a ride this morning - the best time of year when the sun is shining.
Is this a Broom Shrub? Whatever it is, it's pretty prolific around here.
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looks like gorse to me though Gorse and broom look alike!
Looking at google images, I think you might be right.
@jon173
It's gorse.
here's the wild flowers in my garden I promised
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not wild but they are pretty
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Does anyone know what this last one is?
Does anyone know what this last one is?
Looks like a Celandine to me - Ranunculus ficaria if you're posh.
Not the Uk - Italy last year but the most astonishing display of wildflowers I have ever seen if anyone is interested.
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Looks like a Celandine to me - Ranunculus ficaria if you're posh.
[i]Ranunculus ficaria[/i] if your properly posh!
Pulled a load of lesser celandine up from my garden last night. Hope that in doing so I don't promote more growth as is possible with the little tubey things spreading.
Highclimber- very pretty indeed,beautiful!
@a_a - oooh, get you! 😀
Your suposed to be thepurist!
TJ your italian meadows are nice but not a patch on a good Pennine Hay meadow.
Wild garlic, homegrown spinach, mint and pea soup last night.
The blue bells on the malverns are starting to come out, but not in big carpets yet. Wondering if the drought will stop them from being quite so thick and lush this year...
Thinking about going out to pick some nettles later...
Anyone tried... dandelion bhaji
I missed the recipe other than Dandelions of course.
😉The blue bells in Marple are starting to come out, but not in big carpets yet. Wondering if the constant down pours will stop them from being quite so thick and lush this year...
redthunder - how's your wildflower mini meadow coming along? We're about to strim and dig ours sometime over the weekend
How have you created your wildflower meadows?
I hear this is a work of unparalleled genius:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320706003521
We've just ordered some meadow and wildflower seeds from meadowmania for a patch in the garden 🙂
Hey redthunder, saw your post on this thread a while ago and was intrigued by the Dandelion Bhaji thing...so...
Stoner Jr Sr and I went out a'forragin' this morning on the common, and then after slim pickings went round our orchard which yielded better.
This lot:
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Turned into this lot:
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Using this recipe:
http://www.food.heronweb.ca/recipes/dandy-burgers.html
and...they were bloody lovely. Nom factor 7/10.
Not sure how much flavour came from the onions and herbs (I used a handful stuff like parsley & dill from the garden rather than the two in the recipe), but there was a very distinct "flowery" flavour from the dandelions. And of course the crispy batter cant help.
If you've got a spare hour tomorrow, I highly recommend taking the kids out with a bag and have a go.