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There's loads of wild garlic in the verge opposite - I might try to sneak a root. From what I've heard on Gardeners Question time using a pot is wise, as with eg mint - the main challenge is to stop it taking over. And also as with my herbs, I'm not eating anything the dog can pee on!

Vair' wise Errol

Have to admit that in the autumn when I'm picking blackberries on walks, I make sure I'm harvesting from above german shepherd urination level.

Hmm. I'll have to keep an eye out. It will be like a little piece of home.

There's a thought- at what age do we stop referring to where we grew up as "home"? I've lived in Cambridgeshire for half my life, yet Pembrokeshire is still home.

I got billions of bluebells in the garden. Is more in front garden, side garden and down the driveway. Billions I tell ya.This photo is just a big chunk down by the shed, also the rhubarb is going nuts near the other shed. Some was covered over in the frosty times, some wasnt, but it's all still growing. Might be enough for a crumble soon, and I might just need the fruit in another week if no fresh food appears in my kitchen.
I dug out the slow cooker today and shoved in, some sorry looking carrots, an onion, sprouted garlic, tin of tomatoes, and chicken thighs. Calling it hunter style chicken, unless it burns, then it's called cajun.

Scuse the dog shit, thought I had picked it all up before taking photo

Calling it hunter style chicken, unless it burns, then it's called cajun.

I'm going to use that one .

Calling it hunter style chicken, unless it burns, then it's called cajun.

Brilliant.

Are those bluebells? They look like Muscari (grape hyacinths) to me.

My bluebells have leaf but nowhere near flowering yet (NW England)

Are those bluebells? They look like Muscari (grape hyacinths) to me
You got me, 🤷‍♀️ I have no idea, 5 years I been living here, 5 years I've called them bluebells. 5 years no one has corrected me. So I dunno.

Wikipedia tells me that Muscari are commonly known as bluebells in the US ... they're blue and sort of bells so why not.

Wild garlic brings back memories of walks through The Hermitage in Edinburgh. The stench! Lovely.

Just call them pearl hyacints as we do here that way they sound more interesting .

they're blue and sort of bells so why not
Works for me, 🙂

'Pearl hyacinths' is a lovely name.
Beautiful, whatever they are, I'm just a pedant. I went to look at my bluebells and there is sign of a few flower spikes but it seems to be on the random white ones. White bluebells.

Do you have British bluebells or European ones Errol? Since some of us are being pedantic.

They're 'bluebells dug up from the ILs neighbour's garden and given to us 25 years ago'.

Grape hyacinths, I think - mine are out, too, but my bluebells haven't flowered yet.

Loads and loads of it near me. Recipes please?

I'm sure google will find you some recipes; a couple of years ago when I got quite a bit of garlic mustard appearing in my garden I found recipes for that (mostly pesto IIRC).
I might have a look to see if I've got any growing up now, it grows a bit higher than dachshund widdle range.

Wild garlic and garlic mustard are very distinctive but obviously do be careful if you're tempted forage for anything else - there are some edible plants which look quite similar to toxic ones.

RosesandIris not got any recipes, as I have not yet plucked up the courage to pick any, but it is used quite a lot for marinating beef. Those i have tried have been store-bought and have tasted lovely.

Re. your picture, it is lovely, a sea of green, makes me want to swim in it .

I'm guessing the majority of those leaves are bluebell in which case hopefully you'll have a sea of blue to post before long?(Unless they're gone-over snowdrops?)

Only the broader-leaved plants in the bottom left corner of Roses' photo are wild garlic. As Errol says, the others are probably bluebells.

RosesandIris

It's amazing stuff, isn't it?

Excellent photo!

Womble

Are you absolutely sure? There are acres and acres of the stuff near where I live. It all smells and looks exactly like wild garlic I can assure you. Has little white flowers too.

Rose I have both in my garden and just popped out to take photos. The first is wild garlic, the second is bluebell (which is a bit floppy as I just recently removed a load of green alkanet which was swamping it). The two have rather different leaves. Possibly it's as Errol said, it's gone-over snowdrops? Have they flowered already? The wild garlic in my garden is only just forming buds, as is the bluebell. I'm being pedantic, I know, but it's because bluebell and snowdrops are both toxic.

I'll tell MIL of the new sub-species Errol. She's very particular.
We have a bluebell growing in our lightwell of all places.