Anserina

Perennial vegetable and agroforestry enthusiast

[Anserina @AnserinaAg]

https://t.co/8zYygdEn5Z a new newsletter on my journey into small scale agroforestry

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We're getting really close to finding our plant suspect now (Argentina sumatrana). We found the description of this plant in the last article, and in this article we close in on a photo of a close relative.

https://t.co/gzTf4Zl9K2

#botany #plants #taxonomy

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In part 2 we delve deeper on the hunt for a picture and description of the elusive suspect, Argentina sumatrana. This series is written in hopes that it will help ordinary people on their journeys to track down rare plants https://t.co/c0PuQ571bu

#plants #botany #taxonomy

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Well here we go, a new series which talks about the detective work needed to track down obscure plants, written from the point of view of an outsider to taxonomy and biology academia

https://t.co/V51WDxWeY1

#academia #taxonomy #silverweed #detective

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@hkort Yes the plan to change this at some point, it's just starting out as a series. 🌿

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Listen to me being interviewed about my Common Silverweed breeding project.

In times past it has been used as a root crop but its relatively narrow edible storage roots are hard to harvest/prepare

https://t.co/eCFJqT9HXm
https://t.co/oUkOPMRaYo
#silverweed #plantbreeding

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A bit of fun this week. I've written about my top 5 silverweeds. I'm guessing most people haven't heard of many of these beauties.

To learn more about these unique and gorgeous Silverweeds (Argentina sp.), visit https://t.co/jYNSLyYkTl

#rareplants #silverweed

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In this post, I talk about ways of sourcing materials for your food forest for free

https://t.co/Jf5LpjR3gx

#foodforest

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A few weeks ago, I started a series on sourcing food forests from the one of the view of the average Joe. Here's the first post: https://t.co/AYeBqCxuej
#foodforest #agroforestry #budget

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I decided to revisit X for a while. In this article, I decided to revisit my reasonings for wanting to breed silverweed as a staple crop: https://t.co/i9PGhUDJFy

#foodforest #silverweed #plantbreeding

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https://t.co/RgP9YMIf3G

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@Rhizowen @PdraicFlood https://t.co/WnWN0Z4wNG

This is a key paper to read about I think.

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Selection criteria for intergeneric crosses with silverweed https://t.co/1X0r0WBs9f

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https://t.co/OYT8cfOMiG

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@PdraicFlood @Rhizowen Interesting. Can you tell me about the climates you found them in?

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Status update about silverweed breeding https://t.co/s51DGYG6Pi

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@NFC_Fruit I believe I've found a new and tasty variety of from-seed Apple in my local park. If it is a new variety, how do I go about "registering" it so its genetic heritage can be preserved? I have taken some scions and grafted it to my back garden apple tree just in case.

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Lovage Tea, Levisticum officinale, introduced by the Romans to the UK. Savoury broth taste, similar to celery.

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@BackyardLarder Do you happen to know which species it is?

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@PdraicFlood Send me a DM and I'll give you my address

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Have unpotted all the collected silverweed plants and studied the roots and chosen the ones with the following three characteristics:
1. Most vigorous
2. Straightest roots
3. Thickest roots
whilst also maintaining good genetic diversity.

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@BackyardLarder I'd like to buy some 😄