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An Easy Way To Grow Potatoes in Your Garden

An excellent way to produce all the spuds you and your family will need.  This is a great way to produce potatoes for your home and is way more environmentally friendly than purchasing super market...

Alternative Crops for UK Smallholders and Farms

With the ever changing climate and faster developing technologies, a new form of agriculture is emerging. These facts have given rise to a new generation of farmers and farming practices which atte...

Tropical Wild Edibles - Bamboo

Botanical name: Bambusa x Common names: BambooFamily: Bambusoideae, part of the Poaceae (grasses) family. Considered as one of the oldest existing grass family plants on Earth. It is a perennial ev...

A Guide to British Fauna - Edible Dormouse

Scientific Name : Glis glis, Myoxus glis L., Sciurus glis Common Names : Edible doormouse, Fat doormouse Physical appearance : The edible dormouse is the largest dormouse in existence. Its combine...

Tropical Wild Edibles - The Coconut Tree

Botanical name: Cocus nusifera Common names: The Coconut Tree, Coconut, Coco nut, Family: Arecaecea Physical Appearance and Character: A medium palm growing up to 30 metres in height. It reaches ...

Tropical Wild Edibles - Osage Orange

Botanical name: Maclura pomifera Common names: Osage orange, horse apple, hedge, hedge apple tree, bowwood tree, bois d’arc, monkey brains, monkey ball, yellow-wood and mock orange. Family: Not in ...

Tropical Wild Edibles - The Avocado

Botanical name: Persea americana Common names: Avocado, Avocado Pear, Alligator Pear Family: Lauraceae, the “Laurels”.   Physical Appearance: A medium sized tree that grows up to 20 metres in heig...

Tropical Wild Edibles - Taro - A yam like tuber

Botanical name: Colocasia esculenta Common names: Taro, Kalo, Dasheen, Madhumbe, Marope, Magogoya, Patra, Godere Physical Appearance: A perennial tropical plant which is cultivated as a root vege...

Tropical Wild Edibles - The Achacha

Botanical name: Garcinia humilis Common names: Achacha, Honey Kiss, Achachariu Family: Clusiacea Physical Appearance: A small, evergreen, shrub or tree growing to approximately 2-10 metres in heigh...

Tropical Wild Edibles - Jabuticaba

Botanical name: Plinia cauliflora Common names: Brazilian grapetree, jaboticaba, jabuticaba Physical Appearance: A relatively small, slow to grow evergreen that can reach a height of up to 15 metr...