Pumpkin Soup Recipe (Simple)
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Month: December 2019
Mashua Red Stripes
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Mashua is a tuberous Nasturtium, extremely hardy and well suited to our cold temperate maritime climate in Ireland. It has been used by humans for 8000 years and has been in cultivation for about 1400 years in Peru and Bolivia at over 3000 meters above sea level. The whole plant is edible. The leaves and […]
Oca Mexican Red – Sold out
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This variety is rare and only available in very limited numbers for now, but next year we are hoping to offer it at better value per tuber. Oca is an ancient tuber from the Andes. It’s in the wood sorrel family. They are easy to grow, need no attention and very little space. Oca are […]
Decorative Garden Stones
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At Birdland cottage we up-cycle and carefully handcraft decorative, yet useful items such as cans, bottles and bird houses. These are all unique items and are hand finished to a high standard for them to last a long time even with daily use. These decorative garden stones have a long lasting lacquer finished. No. 1 […]
Decorative Bottles
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At Birdland cottage we up-cycle and carefully handcraft decorative, yet useful items such as cans, bottles and bird houses. These are all unique items and are hand finished to a high standard for them to last a long time even with daily use. These decorative bottles have a long lasting lacquer finished. No. 1 – […]
Decorative Cans
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At Birdland cottage we up-cycle and carefully handcraft decorative, yet useful items such as cans, bottles and bird houses. These are all unique items and are hand finished to a high standard for them to last a long time even with daily use with. The decorative cans are ideal for storage or for kitchen utensils […]
Jerusalem Artichoke Aurora Rubin
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Jerusalem artichokes are a tuberous sunflower from north America. They’re not from Jerusalem and they are not artichokes either. The original name is Giro Sol, to turn with the sun which in Italian sounds like Jerusalem and they have a similar flavour to artichokes. It is a versatile and useful plant with it’s many uses […]
Yacon and Apios Harvest – Ancient Edible Tubers
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Apios americana is also known as ground nut and it’s old folk name is travelers delight. It’s a rare edible perennial from north America and it’s tubers are connected like a string of sausages. Apios is a climber with ornamental flowers. Please let us know if you have Apios Priceana tubers or seeds, we’d like […]
Yacon Starts – 2 Varieties (Sold out)
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Yacon starts are not available as part of the pre-sale. A limited number will be made available at the beginning of March. Yacon is another one of those edible perennial tubers from the Andees. It’s daisy like yellow flowers and tropical leafs make a beautiful ornamental to grow in any garden. The tubers are crisp, […]