tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639752794702412001.post3531207335199942715..comments2023-11-20T23:21:43.894+00:00Comments on Breathe in and out. Now repeat for as long as possible: Signs of the times: Spring #19Scottish Nature Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020233132563195888noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639752794702412001.post-85348512917147644922010-06-11T17:17:51.570+01:002010-06-11T17:17:51.570+01:00@katepang - what a lot of useful feedback! I'v...@katepang - what a lot of useful feedback! I've tried to find the bracken compost (the name sounds right) for sale around here, but no joy. A couple of years ago, we used hawthorn berries to try to make a kind of turkish delight but it was a bit dry and unsuccessful. I think the berries were too dry to start with.<br /><br />@ian - you are quite right - there are actually genetically quite distinct individual whitebeam tree subspecies on Arran. If I'd known about this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arran_Whitebeams before I finished the post, I'd have added it in!Scottish Nature Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02020233132563195888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639752794702412001.post-85122352025406584522010-06-09T14:08:16.966+01:002010-06-09T14:08:16.966+01:00I think a couple of the local sorbus species occur...I think a couple of the local sorbus species occur in Scotland - the Arran whitebeamsiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639752794702412001.post-26941649171728224492010-06-09T08:43:10.104+01:002010-06-09T08:43:10.104+01:00What a lot here. We have lady's smock in abund...What a lot here. We have lady's smock in abundance in the garden (also known as cuckoo flower I think). It has finished flowering now, as has the hawthorn. Our whitebeams are just finishing flowering. I haven't seen a purple orchid since I was a child. Bracken is being used to make a peat free compost somewhere in UK - I think it might be called Lakeland Gold or some such. Re wild food, hawthorn berries make a very good jelly, but you need a lot of them as they are dry. Same principle as rowan jelly.katepanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04240920127077542199noreply@blogger.com