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Licorice plant flowers, viewed really close up! This is the licorice root herb that is used medicinally, it doesn't smell of aniseed like the confectionery licorice in case you're wondering! 🙂 #flowers #purpleflowers #licoriceflowers #licorice #herbs #medicinalherbs #medicinalplants #macro #macrophotography #permaculture #foodforest #multisensorygarden #biodiversity #gardendiversity #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermaculture #naturephotographyPlumcots, a cross between plums and apricots, are juicy like plums but have that apricot nectar sweetness, really delicious! This variety is named Flavour Rouge. Just like apricots, plumcots shouldn't be pruned in winter either, as they're prone to gummosis. Prune in summer after fruiting in temperate climates. #fruit #stonefruit #plumcot #permaculture #foodforest #multisensorygarden #biodiversity #gardendiversity #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermaculture #naturephotographyIt's summer berry season and the boysenberries are fruiting! 🙂 Boysenberries are a blackberry hybrid, most likely crossed with a loganberry and raspberry. The berries are much larger than blackberries, and have a juicy, sweet tart flavour, combing the rich wine flavour of blackberry with the tang of loganberry and the sweetness and floral aroma of raspberry. #berries #boysenberry #brambles #brambleberry #permaculture #foodforest #multisensorygarden #biodiversity #gardendiversity #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermaculture #naturephotographyCranberries have very unique looking flowers, but they're not often noticed because they're so small! In case you're wondering, they take about two years before they start flowering. 🙂 #flowers #unusualflowers #cranberry #cranberryflowers #macro #macrophotography #permaculture #foodforest #multisensorygarden #biodiversity #gardendiversity #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermaculture #naturephotographyThese interesting pink-purple flowers are the flowers of the comfrey plant, which is a member of the Boraginaceae (Borage) family. This is a very useful plant, it's leaves can be used as a compost starter, and to make fertiliser. It's often planted along chicken runs as a forage plant, the leaves are very high in protein, and contain vitamins A, C, E and several B vitamins, even B12! Comfrey is also a traditional medicinal herb, and in farming it's used as a nutrient trap on slopes at the edges of properties. The deep tap roots can mine nutrients and reclaim them, bringing them back to the surface in the leaves, preventing nutrient loss from a site. 😲 #comfrey #permacultureplants #herbs #medicinalherbs #medicinalplants #chickenforage #flowers #pinkflowers #macro #macrophotography #permaculture #foodforest #multisensorygarden #biodiversity #gardendiversity #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermaculture #naturephotographyBlueberries in all their glory, they're as nutritious as they are pretty! 🙂 I've had the best success growing blueberries in pots because it's easier to create the soil conditions they need, acidic, moist and well draining. Most gardeners don't realise how much water blueberries need in summer. In the main garden beds here they get quite straggly with sparse foliage and produce low yields. When growing in garden beds, to save water, plant blueberries together with other thirsty plants which require full sun, and provide extra water to that garden bed only. #blueberries #berries #superfoods #macro #macrophotography #permaculture #foodforest #multisensorygarden #biodiversity #gardendiversity #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardeningeadonably #deepgreenpermaculture #naturephotographyA close-up photo of the unusual and rather pretty bell-shaped flower of the Chilean guava, (Ugni molinae or Myrtus ugni) which produces a small deep red berries around 1cm in size, packed with a sweet, fruity and slightly spicy flavour. These plants are attractive shrubs which can be hedged, and are quite easy to grow. 🙂 #flowers #berryflowers #chileanguava #berries #ediblehedge #macro #macrophotography #permaculture #foodforest #multisensorygarden #biodiversity #gardendiversity #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermaculture #naturephotographyHorehound bug (Agonoscelis rutila) is a member of the family of insects known as shield bugs or stink bugs, which are sap-sucking pest insects. These armoured little marauders display bright warning colours alert potential predators such as birds and lizards to beware! Stink bugs have an interesting chemical defense, they emit a foul odour when disturbed.These bugs also can sequester (bind and store) pungent mustard oil compounds called glucosinolates in their bodies, which they obtain by feeding on plants from the brassica family, making them taste bad to predators, causing a long lasting burning taste in the mouth. 😲 Thankfully they have many natural enemies which eat them still, planting wildflowers and herbs will attract parasitic wasps and flies. Praying mantises will eat the adults. Nature has things under control... 🙂 #insects #bugs #horehoundbug #stinkbug #shieldbug #orangebug #orangeandblackbug #macro #macrophotography #permaculture #foodforest #multisensorygarden #biodiversity #gardendiversity #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermaculture #naturephotography
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Identifying and Growing Edible Aloe Vera
Aloe vera is a hardy succulent semi-tropical plant which is native to North Africa and the SW Arabian Peninsula, but at the present time can almost be found worldwide. It’s a very tough plant which will grow in poor soil … Continue reading →
