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Tudor Allotment.

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 7:22 pm
by Nature's Babe

Re: Tudor Allotment.

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 8:38 pm
by snooky
Tudors??Image

Re: Tudor Allotment.

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 9:37 pm
by Nature's Babe
Hi Snookey, :lol: Has anyone grown the strawberry spinach they show on the allotment?

Re: Tudor Allotment.

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 5:42 am
by alan refail
Nature's Babe wrote:Has anyone grown the strawberry spinach they show on the allotment?


I grew it for a few years, back in the days when I would try anything unusual.It is edible only in the sense that it won't kill you or make you ill, but it is tasteless.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chenopodium_capitatum

Cracking digital cameras them Tudors had :wink: :wink:

Re: Tudor Allotment.

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 9:19 am
by Nature's Babe
Thank you Alan, I had a feeling that might be the answer, looks pretty but not much leaf and you say not much taste either !