With the growing season well under way all those ancient edible tubers are starting to wake up from their long hibernation. We’d like to bring you along for the last tuber harvest. Don’t worry tuber season will be back around October. Some are still available on our website for just another week or two. Use […]
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Yacon is another one of those edible perennial tubers from the Andees. It is closely related to Jerusalem artichokes and the sunflower, while it’s daisy like yellow flowers and tropical leaves make for a beautiful ornamental to grow in any garden. The tubers are crisp, juicy and slightly sweet after curing, the fruit of the […]
Mashua is a tuberous cousin of the garden Nasturtium. It’s been used by humans for over 8000 years and in cultivation for 1400 years in Peru and Bolivia. Leaves and flowers are mild and nice in a salad. Tubers can be harvested all Winter or left in the ground where the plant will continue to […]
Harvesting Jerusalem artichokes is one of the most satisfying jobs, it really brightens up that dark time of year. It’s like going out into the garden looking for Easter eggs, you never know what you might find just beneath the surface. Jerusalem artichokes are a tuberous sunflower originally known as Giro Sol, to turn with […]
Part of the Winter Selection available again from October in our pre-sale. Subscribe to our email list to get notified. 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 […]
In this video we’re showing you how we plant our tiger nuts, also known as Chufa. Even though it’s a little late in the growing season to plant them out they should still multiply nicely by the end of November when the first hard frost knocks them back. The best time to plant them is […]
Part of the Winter Selection available again from September in our pre-sale. Subscribe to our email list to get notified. 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 […]