Скачать или смотреть Food forests its not just about TREES - The Cuckoo Flower

Relax and see what’s around you. - Thought to coincide with the arrival of the first ‘Cuckoo bird’ and spring time. The native Cuckooflower, also known as 'Lady's-smock', is a springtime perennial in damp, grassy meadows, streams and riverbanks, Its pale pink flowers bloom from April to June.
It’s also edible! Flowers leaves stem taste like watercress, gets bitter after coming into flower but is still safe to eat.
Cuckooflower has leaves at the base in a rosette, it’s upright stem has small, pale pink or purplish flowers. Each flower has four petals(mustard family) although double-flowered varieties do appear.
**Always stay safe when foraging or eating something you’ve not had before. You need to be 100% sure of your identification, 100% sure that your foraged item is edible, and 100% sure that you are not allergic to it (it is good practice to always try a small amount of any new food you are consuming). If in doubt, leave it out!

Join us - A 20 year experiment to see if they could grow a food forest in the harsh conditions of North Scotland. After being told we couldn't grow trees in the far north of Scotland Graham (Singer songwriter & Children’s author) and Rebecca (Wildlife artist) we decided to grow trees and build a more self sufficient system in Caithness with our children. Now surrounded by trees, fruit bushes, fruit trees, meadowsweet etc.
“We have built our forest in a windswept, boggy area with salt air and long dark winters. But not just trees but food within it to help us live within a sustainable ecology that benefits plants animals and us.”
Trees though are much more than I thought they not only giving mental and physical health they have welcoming non judgemental feel that sometimes seems almost personal, characterful..do they have intelligence beyond what we think. Years spent building this small foodforest have led me to think perhaps, yes!

Graham also formerly a professional gardener having designed and looked after several large country estates suffers from CRPS following an injury 2 years ago and some of his time will be taken creating awareness of the condition.

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