Veg 🥦

# Perennial vegetables

_Resilient, delicious & nutritious_

![Close up of kale leaf](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_390,h_219/v1559502337/kale-21EB2C25.jpg)

##### [The Backyard Forest](https://www.natureworks.org.uk/backyard/) by [Jake Rayson](https://www.natureworks.org.uk/)

[natureworks.org.uk/backyard/veg](https://www.natureworks.org.uk/backyard/veg/)

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* Greetings & welcome to The Backyard Forest!
* My name is Jake Rayson & I'm a forest gardener & forest garden designer
* This section is all about setting up a productive perennial vegetable patch

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# Course overview

1. [Introducing](../intro/)
2. [Plan](../plan/)
3. [Design](../design/)
4. [<span class="u-bg-aqua">Protect</span>](../protect/)
5. [<span class="u-bg-aqua">Perennial Veg</span>](../veg/) 👈
6. [<span class="u-bg-aqua">Canopy</span>](../canopy/) 
7. [Ground Prep](../prep/)
8. [Shrubs & Ground Cover](../shrubs/)

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* Number 3 in series of 8 lectures in total
* First 3 lectures are about observing, planning and designing. 
* Middle 3 lectures getting hands dirty starting the _structure_ of the garden: establishing windbreaks, building features, establishing paths and planting the canopy layer, the big trees. 
* Final 2 lectures are about filling in the structure: clearing the ground, and then planting the shrubs and the ground cover.

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# What you’ll learn

![Close up of kale leaf](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1559502337/kale-21EB2C25.jpg)

1. Importance of accessibility
2. Protecting your crops
3. My pick of perennial veg

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# Why perennial?

![Rows of veg, all in a line](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1562357894/glebelands-3FCADAE1.jpg)

* More resilient
* More nutritious
* Soil health & wildlife
* [Vegetables for the Venerable](https://backyardlarder.co.uk/2018/11/vegetables-for-the-venerable/)

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* Big cultural shift: different plants with different harvests, & different ways to cook
* Perennials fill the ‘Hungry Gap’ of annual veg
* It doesn’t have to scale at homes
* Annuals constant work: sowing, planting out, weeding, watering…
* Planting 4,000 leeks
* Backyard Larder articles
  * [Vegetables for the Venerable](https://backyardlarder.co.uk/2018/11/vegetables-for-the-venerable/)
  * [Update 1: Vegetables for the Venerable](https://backyardlarder.co.uk/2019/02/vegetables-venerable-update/)
  * [Update 2: Vegetables for the Venerable](https://backyardlarder.co.uk/2019/06/vegetables-venerable-update-2/)
  
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# 1. Accessibility

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# 1. Accessibility

![Hoverfly on small white flowers](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1573476908/hoverfly-169-E5ECB490.jpg)

1. Paths 👈
2. Signage
3. Close to kitchen
4. Access to knowledge
5. Attention

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* Access for predators & pollinators

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# People paths<br>lead to<br>attention

![Mown grass path, polytunnel & trees in background](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_480/v1558731383/path-B5621E0D.jpg)

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* Wood chip on sloped paths, as ‘meshes’ together
* Bark better for flat paths, lasts longer
* To stop grass creep, edge paths with branches

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# 1. Accessibility

![Hoverfly on small white flowers](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1573476908/hoverfly-169-E5ECB490.jpg)

1. Paths
2. Signage 👈
3. Close to kitchen
4. Access to knowledge
5. Attention

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# Good signage<br>is easier<br>for everyone

![3 wooden signs saying: Spinach, Cabbage, Onion](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_480/v1572977322/signs-DEE19707.jpg)

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# 1. Accessibility

![Hoverfly on small white flowers](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1573476908/hoverfly-169-E5ECB490.jpg)

1. Paths
2. Signage
3. Close to kitchen 👈
4. Access to knowledge
5. Attention

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# Close to kitchen

![CAD plan of forest garden](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1580908407/cad-hedgerows-parterre-169.png)

* _Zoning_
* Most used, closest
* Herbs → salad → leafy greens

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# 1. Accessibility

![Hoverfly on small white flowers](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1573476908/hoverfly-169-E5ECB490.jpg)

1. Paths
2. Signage
3. Close to kitchen
4. Access to knowledge 👈
5. Attention

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# Access to knowledge

![Screenshot of Backyard Larder website](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1572876511/backyard-larder-191104.jpg)

* [Alison Tindale](https://twitter.com/BackyardLarder) at [Backyard Larder](https://backyardlarder.co.uk) 👈
* [Mandy Barber](https://twitter.com/IncredibleVeg) at [Incredible Vegetables](https://www.incrediblevegetables.co.uk)
* [Stephen Barstow](https://twitter.com/s_barstow) at [Edimentals](http://www.edimentals.com/blog/)
* Alan Carter [Of Plums and Pignuts](https://scottishforestgarden.wordpress.com/) 
* Plants For A Future [PFAF.org](https://pfaf.org/user/Default.aspx)

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# Access to knowledge

![Screenshot of Incredible Vegetables website](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1594151579/incredible-vegetables.jpg)

* [Alison Tindale](https://twitter.com/BackyardLarder) at [Backyard Larder](https://backyardlarder.co.uk)
* [Mandy Barber](https://twitter.com/IncredibleVeg) at [Incredible Vegetables](https://www.incrediblevegetables.co.uk) 👈
* [Stephen Barstow](https://twitter.com/s_barstow) at [Edimentals](http://www.edimentals.com/blog/)
* Alan Carter [Of Plums and Pignuts](https://scottishforestgarden.wordpress.com/) 
* Plants For A Future [PFAF.org](https://pfaf.org/user/Default.aspx)

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# Access to knowledge

![Screenshot of Edimentals website](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1594151426/edimentals.com.jpg)

* [Alison Tindale](https://twitter.com/BackyardLarder) at [Backyard Larder](https://backyardlarder.co.uk)
* [Mandy Barber](https://twitter.com/IncredibleVeg) at [Incredible Vegetables](https://www.incrediblevegetables.co.uk)
* [Stephen Barstow](https://twitter.com/s_barstow) at [Edimentals](http://www.edimentals.com/blog/) 👈
* Alan Carter [Of Plums and Pignuts](https://scottishforestgarden.wordpress.com/) 
* Plants For A Future [PFAF.org](https://pfaf.org/user/Default.aspx)

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* [Edimentals & Perennial Vegetables Facebook Group](https://www.facebook.com/groups/273637002647408/), managed by Stephen Barstow

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# Access to knowledge

![Screenshot of Of Plums and Pignuts website](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1594211891/of-plums-and-pignuts.jpg)

* [Alison Tindale](https://twitter.com/BackyardLarder) at [Backyard Larder](https://backyardlarder.co.uk)
* [Mandy Barber](https://twitter.com/IncredibleVeg) at [Incredible Vegetables](https://www.incrediblevegetables.co.uk)
* [Stephen Barstow](https://twitter.com/s_barstow) at [Edimentals](http://www.edimentals.com/blog/)
* Alan Carter [Of Plums and Pignuts](https://scottishforestgarden.wordpress.com/) 👈
* Plants For A Future [PFAF.org](https://pfaf.org/user/Default.aspx)

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# Access to knowledge

![Screenshot of Plants For A Future website](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1572877705/pfaf-191104.jpg)

* [Alison Tindale](https://twitter.com/BackyardLarder) at [Backyard Larder](https://backyardlarder.co.uk)
* [Mandy Barber](https://twitter.com/IncredibleVeg) at [Incredible Vegetables](https://www.incrediblevegetables.co.uk)
* [Stephen Barstow](https://twitter.com/s_barstow) at [Edimentals](http://www.edimentals.com/blog/)
* Alan Carter [Of Plums and Pignuts](https://scottishforestgarden.wordpress.com/) 
* Plants For A Future [PFAF.org](https://pfaf.org/user/Default.aspx) 👈

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# 1. Accessibility

![Hoverfly on small white flowers](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1573476908/hoverfly-169-E5ECB490.jpg)

1. Paths
2. Signage
3. Close to kitchen
4. Access to knowledge
5. Attention 👈

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# Attention

![Weeds in bark mulch](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1543960218/weeding-44068045164.jpg)

* Paths & signage!
* Will always need to weed 🙂
* What grows naturally?
* Shady forest garden

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# 2. Protection

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# 2. Protection

![Raised beds, with orange marigolds growing at edges](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1565295191/raised-beds-A41D17F3.jpg)

* Weed _(verb)_ 👈
* Slugs
* Wind
* Netting

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* Weed is not a noun!

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# 2. Protection

![Closeup black slug](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1573647710/slug-6603403827.jpg)

* Weed _(verb)_
* Slugs 👈
* Wind
* Netting

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* Photo 'The Most Important Slug In The World, Part III: To Dungeons Deep' by Benjamin Dobson [on Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/systemaabstra/6603403827/
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# 2. Protection

![Stacks of old branches forming a dead hedge](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1555776614/deadhedge-39D0EDB7.jpg)

* Weed _(verb)_
* Slugs
* Wind 👈
* Netting

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* [Windbreak](https://www.natureworks.org.uk/windbreak/)
* [Nurse tree](https://www.natureworks.org.uk/nurse-tree/)
* [Dead hedge](https://www.natureworks.org.uk/blog/dead-hedging-forest-garden/)

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# 2. Protection

![Wood pigeon on long grass lawn](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1581596360/wood-pigeon-34426184822.jpg)

* Weed _(verb)_
* Slugs
* Wind
* Netting 👈

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* Photo by hedera.baltica on [Flickr](https://flickr.com/photos/hedera_baltica/34426184822/)

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# Treat like annuals<br>until perennial

![Big bushy leaves in raised bed](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1572208170/turkish-rocket-822FC95B.jpg)

Compost • Mulch • Weed

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# Hot compost technique 🔥

![Pallet compost bays](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1565295186/compostbay-5A3C3B80.jpg)

* 3 bays, in rotation
* 50/50 green & brown, chopped
* Plastic keeps moisture in
* Turn twice weekly 😰

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* Mulch everything
* Protect the soil
* Big thank you to Adam and Lesley at [Glebelands Market Garden](http://glebelandsmarketgarden.co.uk) for the experience & knowledge!

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# No-dig

![Raised bed with compost mulch & dozen plants growing](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1572208174/plantain-B915DCB4.jpg)

* [Ruth Stout](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Stout) US pioneer with straw
* [Charles Dowding](https://charlesdowding.co.uk) UK advocate
* Use **compost** mulch
* Apply 1" in winter

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* Protect the soil!
* [The Ruth Stout No-Work Garden Book](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165688.The_Ruth_Stout_No_Work_Garden_Book)
* Straw doesn’t work as mulch in UK because, slugs
* [No Dig Organic Home & Garden](https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/no-dig-organic-home-garden/) by Charles Dowding & Stephanie Hafferty

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# 3. Top 10

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# Top 10 Perennial Veg

1. [Caucasian Spinach](https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Hablitzia+tamnoides)
2. [Day Lillies](https://pfaf.org/user/cmspage.aspx?pageid=63)
3. [Welsh Onion](https://pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?LatinName=Allium+cepa)
4. [Garden Sorrel](https://pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?LatinName=Rumex+acetosa)
5. [Good King Henry](https://pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?latinname=Chenopodium+bonus-henricus)
6. [Perennial Kale](https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Brassica+oleracea+ramosa)
7. [Perennial Leek](https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Allium+ampeloprasum)
8. [Siberian Purslane](https://pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?LatinName=Claytonia+sibirica)
9. [Turkish Rocket](https://pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?latinname=Bunias+orientalis)
10. [Wild Garlic](https://pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?LatinName=Allium+ursinum)

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* [Sea Kale](https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Crambe+maritima) is good too
* Photo 'Flowering sea kale' by UnconventionalEmma [on Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/fluffymuppet/5643574744/)

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# 1. [Caucasian Spinach](https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Hablitzia+tamnoides)

![Pointy green leaves of young Caucasian Spinach](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1573648501/hablitzia-tamnoides-flower-buds.jpg)

* Has its own [Facebook group](https://www.facebook.com/groups/hablitzia/)!
* Herbaceous perennial
* Vigorous climber, up to 3 metres
* Moist soil, tolerates full shade

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* Photo 'Hablitzia tamnoides flower buds' by Marc de Ruijter [on Wikipedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hablitzia_tamnoides_flower_buds.jpg)

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# 2. [Day Lillies](https://pfaf.org/user/cmspage.aspx?pageid=63)

![Dark red long & exotic petals of Day Lilly](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1573648746/hemerocallis-6021369095.jpg)

* No. of species, [huge range of colours](https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/Search-Results?form-mode=true&context=l%3Den%26q%3D%2523all%26sl%3DplantForm&query=hemerocallis)
* Edible flowers & flower buds
* Easy to grow
* 60cm-90cm tall

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* Photo 'Daylily Ed Murray 2011' by jacki-dee [on Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/werms/6021369095)

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# 3. [Welsh Onion](https://pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?LatinName=Allium+cepa)

![Upright oniony stalks with flower buds on top](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1573648932/allium-fistulosum-17194564940.jpg)

* Use leaves as chives, bulb as spring onion
* Flowering stalk hardens
* Dies back in winter
* [Everlasting Onion](https://pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?LatinName=Allium+cepa) 'Perutile' fresh leaves all winter

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* Can get non-flowering cultivar
* Photo 'Welsh Onion Allium fistulosum' by Eric Toensmeier [on Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/132177911@N05/17194564940/)

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# 4. [Garden Sorrel](https://pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?LatinName=Rumex+acetosa)

![Upright green leaves of Garden Sorrel](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1573649088/rumex-acetosa-burschik.jpg)

* Strong lemon flavour
* Mix leaves in salad
* Contains oxalic acid
* Roots, flowers & seeds also edible

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* Photo by Burschik [on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorrel#/media/File:Rumex_acetosa_cultivar_01.jpg)
* Non-flowering Garden Sorrel available

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# 5. [Good King Henry](https://pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?latinname=Chenopodium+bonus-henricus)

![Pointy leaves and long flower spike of Good King Henry](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1573649218/gkh-7379010230.jpg)

* Leaves spinach substitute
* Edible flower shoots & seeds
* Dies back in winter
* Member of Sorghum family

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* Photo 'GKH Flower' by UnconventionalEmma [on Flickr](https://flickr.com/photos/fluffymuppet/7379010230/)
* [Amaranth family](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaranthaceae) includes beets & spinach
* [Goosefoot genus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chenopodium) includes Millet, quinoa, Fat Hen

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# 6. [Perennial Kale](https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Brassica+oleracea+ramosa)

![Purpley green leaf of Taunton Deane perennial kale](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1559502337/kale-21EB2C25.jpg)

* Protect when young
* Daubenton’s Kale, Taunton Deane, Portugese Kale
* Can grow very tall!
* Eat younger leaves, remove older leaves

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# 7. [Perennial Leek](https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Allium+ampeloprasum)

![Line of clumpy of leek-alike plants](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1573649483/perennial-leek-13092082.jpg)

* Cultivar of [Wild Leek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium_ampeloprasum)
* 'St Victor x Oerprei' from [Backyard Larder](https://backyardlarder.co.uk/shop/perennial-leek-st-victor-x-oerprei/)
* [Babington’s Leek](https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Allium+ampeloprasum+babingtonii) smaller & garlicky
* Harvest thicker shanks, replant thinner

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* Photo 'Perennial Leek' by Alison Tindale [on Backyard Larder](https://backyardlarder.co.uk/shop/perennial-leek-st-victor-x-oerprei/)

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# 8. [Siberian Purslane](https://pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?LatinName=Claytonia+sibirica)

![Five petalled lined pink flower, succulent leaves](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1554737894/siberianpurslane-B2C4CD90.jpg)

* Earthy tasting leaves, raw or cooked
* Propagates well if happy
* Makes a good ground cover
* Tolerates full shade

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* Photo by Jake Rayson

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# 9. [Turkish Rocket](https://pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?latinname=Bunias+orientalis)

![Big bushy leaves in raised bed](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1572208170/turkish-rocket-822FC95B.jpg)

* Cook leaves
* Flower buds broccoli substitute
* Loved by slugs!
* Grow from seed

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* Photo by Jake Rayson

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# 10. [Wild Garlic](https://pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?LatinName=Allium+ursinum)

![Path leading through woodland, floor carpeted in white flowers](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1573649600/ramsons-16450748809.jpg)

* Rampant Ramsons in spring
* Pungent smell, delicate flavour
* Cook briefly
* Good ground cover with [Ground Ivy](https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Glechoma+hederacea)

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* Photo 'Wild Garlic (Ramsons) flowering in woodland' by ukgardenphotos [on Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/ukgardenphotos/16450748809/)
* Can take over a plot

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# Backyard Forest takeaways

![Close up of kale leaf](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1559502337/kale-21EB2C25.jpg)

1. Accessibility, attention, protection
2. Treat like annuals until perennial
3. [Plants For A Future](https://pfaf.org/user/Default.aspx)!

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# The End

![Small edible forest garden, wooden planks and woodchip paths](https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_420,h_236/v1591005392/plank-edging-forest-garden-169.jpg)

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