{"id":21775,"date":"2022-08-02T18:47:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T22:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=21775"},"modified":"2022-08-30T18:49:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T22:49:41","slug":"dundurn-castle-kitchen-garden-aug-22022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=21775","title":{"rendered":"DUNDURN CASTLE KITCHEN GARDEN aug. 2,2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
EPISODE 621   DUNDURN CASTLE KITCHEN GARDEN AUGUST 2,2022<\/p>\n

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\u201cAlan, we must drive to Hamilton today.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cTo damn hot\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cBest day tos ee the Dundurn Castle kitchen Garden\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSounds unimpressive\u2026a kitchen garden!\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cYou will be surprised\u2026probably one of the best gardens you will ever see\u2026<\/div>\n
full of things to eat.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cKitchen gardens are often full of weeds\u2026.like the Borage which has<\/div>\n
taken over our farm garden.  Borage\u2026bah, Humbug!\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cYes,they have Borage.  Did you know it is edible\u2026like cucumber.  And the<\/div>\n
flowers are a delicacy\u2026.accent a cool drink.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a weed.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cNot so. Loosen up, Alan.  The garden is nearly two acres\u2026stands on the south side<\/div>\n
of the castle at Dundurn.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWouldn\u2019t it be betters of my time  for me to try and control the borage at our<\/div>\n
farm\u2026stepping on it, slicing it, trying to get the blessed  roots.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSilly.  There is another reason you should go…<\/div>\n
At Dundurn, one whole wall is devoted to espaliered apples and pears just<\/div>\n
like your grandfathers’ Victorian Garden at Eywood.<\/div>\n
 in Herefordshire.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cEywood was demolished in 1954 just like many other immense estates after<\/div>\n
the war.  I don\u2019t like to be reminded.  Granddad was a very proud head gardener\u2026like<\/div>\n
Capability Brown.\u201d<\/div>\n

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\u201cOk, start the car\u2026I think you will ve surprised\u2026.It will take less than an hour<\/div>\n
to get there.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWho maintains the Dundurn Kitchen garden?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cYou will see..by he way, the garden tour is  free.”\u201d<\/div>\n

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And so we went to Dundurn Castle to see their kitchen garden.  It is magnificent…<\/div>\n
criss crossed with trails and plantings.  Rather starling.   Borage is valued.  I <\/div>\n
thought it was a weed.  Bet no reader of this introduction has ever heard of borage.<\/div>\n
I must look up recipes.<\/div>\n

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DUNDURN CASTLE KITCHEN GARDEN<\/div>\n

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Marjorie is cautioned about seed seeking.<\/div>\n

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Marjorie found one Elephant Ear, about 3 feet high.  Our Elephant Ear has now reached 7 feet and cannot be moved from<\/div>\n
the farm kitchen to the bright sunlight outside the farm house.   No big deal I suppose but we do have bragging rights<\/div>\n
with Elephant Ear enthusiasts.<\/div>\n

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\u201cOne problem , Alan, \u201c<\/div>\n
\u201clike?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cElephant Ears are inedible.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cAs far as we know.\u201d<\/div>\n

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\u201cAlan, what did you think of the Dundurn Kitchen Garden?  Seriously!\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cI thought it was terrific\u2026worth three hours of our lives.”<\/div>\n

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EPISODE 621   DUNDURN CASTLE KITCHEN GARDEN AUGUST 2,2022 alan skeoch aug. 2, 2022 \u201cAlan, we must drive to Hamilton today.\u201d \u201cTo damn hot\u201d \u201cBest day tos ee the Dundurn Castle kitchen Garden\u201d \u201cSounds unimpressive\u2026a kitchen garden!\u201d \u201cYou will be surprised\u2026probably one of the best gardens you will ever see\u2026 full of things to eat.\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}