Recently in Horticulture Category
We're on holiday in the Var once again, and it's proving unbelievably lovely. Getting here was a different story, but having reached our destination we're clearly going to benefit from the transition of late spring into early summer. This photograph was taken yesterday just outside the village in which we're staying. It was less than a 10 minute walk. Here, the inspiration is all around you — particularly at this time of year.
Horticultural is a weblog devoted to gardening on a London allotment (these days there are weblogs about everything under the sun, or not under the sun as is often the case in London), and a week ago it featured a post about a strangely shaped cucumber (see Strange fruit).
The Chinese cauliflower
While on holiday in France last month I came across a strangely shaped vegetable. It was labelled Chinese cauliflower, and was so weird that I photographed it (see right). I passed up the chance to try it at the time, but now I can't help wondering what it tastes like. Could its taste be as unusual as its shape? I wonder.
PS - I didn't know cucumber was a fruit. What exactly is the difference between fruit and veg?
Tecolote ranunculus - click above
I've decided that Tecolote ranunculus is the plant of the week; at least it is in my garden. Apparently there are 50 acres of fields of these flowers near San Diego, California, which must be spectacular when they're in bloom.
