Archive - The Monkey Puzzler

Glycyrrhiza: the liquorices

Food and medicine from the old world and the new

Jun 15 •

Martin Crawford

May 2024

Early spring salads

What we've been eating the last 6 weeks

May 4 •

Martin Crawford

March 2024

Comparative test of grape leaves for edibility

Mar 11 •

Martin Crawford

January 2024

Thoughts on soil fertility

Less is more .... sustainable

Jan 28 •

Martin Crawford

Climate change, plant adaption and guilds

Diversity rules

Jan 4 •

Martin Crawford

November 2023

End of season reflections

Everyone's gone nuts

Nov 2, 2023 •

Martin Crawford

September 2023

Acorns for food

A new open source paper has been release from Eric Toensmeier well worth eading for anybody interested in acorns as a food source. Titled The Status of…

Sep 10, 2023 •

Martin Crawford

June 2023

Honeyberry delights

Taste tests of a lovely early fruit

Jun 2, 2023 •

Martin Crawford

April 2023

Flower colours and your health

Recent research has looked at the psychological effects of different flower colours in the UK*. The researchers found that two separate phenomena were…

Apr 3, 2023 •

Martin Crawford

March 2023

A surprising use for a 'boring' border perennial

Mar 5, 2023 •

Martin Crawford

December 2022

Grape vines and climate change

Vines moving northwards and upwards, but are monocrop vines sustainable?

Dec 10, 2022 •

Martin Crawford

November 2022

Shredding Prime Ministers

I just shredded three Prime Ministers and two Monarchs.

Nov 22, 2022 •

Martin Crawford

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