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Alexander's Salad Greens
« Thread Started on Feb 18, 2009, 8:35pm »
aka black lovage from the distinctive black, curved seeds and the carrot-celery-parsley-dill fragrance of the foliage
-i can't remember when we got the seeds or from where they came from, but probably a dozen years ago from a botanical garden in France, a few plants came up and then disappeared into the active process of diversity gardening that commands our attention each year
-during the past several years, they have become the most successful early, prolific, edible, green growing plant in our early spring garden
-they give early green for mixing with compost from the kitchen
-they have somewhat deep tap roots that bring up minerals for deeper reaches of the garden beds, just like gobo
-interesting to find an adaptivar from Europe that thrives so well in the PNW
-earth chestnut, Bunium bulbocastaneum, does well here also but not like Alexander's
-seems like a good candidate for a green drink fertilizer to feed the later brassicas, alliums, cucurbits, solanums, grasses
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Re: Alexander's Salad Greens
« Reply #1 on Feb 19, 2009, 2:34am »

We had a little discussion about Alexanders a few weeks back. Have a read here:

http://alanbishop.proboards60.com/index.....ead=2082&page=2

Not really hardy enough for my climate, but I succeed by mulching in the autumn.

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« Reply #2 on Feb 28, 2009, 1:03am »
-have yet to see a variegated Alexander's among thousands of seedlings which right now are volunteering in droves
-reminds me of other successful umbels like Angelica archangelica and Turkish parsley which appreciate the mildness of our moist fall/winter/spring
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Re: Alexander's Salad Greens
« Reply #3 on Feb 28, 2009, 11:51am »
Have you heard of the Norwegian traditional Angelica archangelica cultivar "Vossakvann" with solid stems?

It has an interesting story

http://www.skogoglandskap.no/filearchive/angelica_fossaa.pdf

I'm growing it and will hopefully have seed next autumn.

What is Turkėsh Parsley?

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« Reply #4 on Feb 28, 2009, 12:20pm »
Interesting read, Stevil.
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« Reply #5 on Feb 28, 2009, 5:35pm »
I think Turkish Parsley is a cultivar of Petroselinum crispum.

I had always thought of Angelica as being either for medicinal use or candied for cake decoration. Having looked it up in Cornucopia, I see that it has its place in the kitchen too. If you have seeds to spare, I'd love to try the Vossakvann.
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« Reply #6 on Mar 1, 2009, 3:08am »
I won't have seed until the autumn - remind me again then!
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« Reply #7 on Oct 25, 2009, 3:54pm »
I had never heard of angelica gardens: the name sounds very new age-like, but they must have been a major food source for centuries. Count me in for some vossakvann seeds!
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« Reply #8 on Oct 25, 2009, 4:02pm »
Oh, and has anyone eaten the roots of alexanders?
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Re: Alexander's Salad Greens
« Reply #9 on Oct 25, 2009, 5:04pm »
Sorry, but none of my plants didn't flower this year and I haven't managed to find an alternative source - try again next year...

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« Reply #10 on Oct 28, 2009, 8:20am »
Lieven: What are the roots supposed to taste like?
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