AKG099 - Sweet Violets

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Sweet Violet, photo courtesy of Wiggly Wigglers

This is a special birthday episode of the Alternative Kitchen Garden show and I’m looking at the birth flower for February – the Sweet Violet, Violet odorata. A wild flower here in the UK, the sweet violet has a long history and is linked to Valentine traditions. It’s also edible – check out the information on PFAF; it even warrants its own PFAF article.

I’m going to be growing sweet violets as part of my edible flower garden this year (and they can even be used as a tea herb!). I have seeds from Chiltern Seeds and a plant on the way from Wiggly Wigglers.

AKG Correspondents Robb and Jackie from Sustainable Living are back to tell us more about their off-grid, permaculture project – in this episode they explain about the permaculture principle of self-regulation.

And because it’s my birthday I’m giving presents – I have two signed copies of my book (The Alternative Kitchen Garden: An A to Z) , two copies of Through the Eye of a Needle and a copy of the Book of Rubbish Ideas to give away. Listen out for how to enter at the end of this episode.

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The Alternative Kitchen Garden Seed Appeal aims to raise enough money for the Kew Millennium Seed Bank to conserve an entire plant species and the wildlife it supports.

Posted 16 February 2010, 05:59.  

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