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I see people elsewhere comment about how "polite disagreements are healthy to debate" but I just want to put my foot down on one thing.
Whether pineapple belongs on pizza is a debate, and someone saying they are not in favour of it is a disagreement.
Whether trans rights are human rights is not a debate, and someone saying trans people should not have basic rights, even if they do so with all of the decorum and politeness in their words, is not a disagreement.
It is violence.
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European Lily-of-the-Valley by paolilli on iNaturalist.
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y'all know what time it is! it's monthly fic rec time!!!
i decided to move this to the first so i wouldn't miss any fics that might be posted on the last day of each month!!
& a small, kinda sad update:
usually this is where i'd link to my fic-recs blog, but i hit the character limit on my filter page where i have my recs organized and when i made a new page it saved over the first one.
all of my filters and recs on that page are now gone and have to be manually re-done. you can still find my recs by scrolling through the blog, but the filter page is going to be under construction until i can get everything fixed and re-added!!
Alex Keller
❀ click click boom - @writeforfandoms
i don't see a lot of alex fics, so this was already a fav as soon as i saw it, but then i read it and ???? hello???? this was so good??? the characterization of alex alone was amazing, and the rest was like the cherry on top!!
❀ convallaria majalis - @nightingale-ghost-writer
19.2k words of absolute perfection. a fic i have been looking forward to and now that it's out, i just can't get enough of it! did i have to take breaks while reading so i could twirl my hair and kick my feet? yes. was it worth every second? yes.
Arthur Morgan
❀ the fire in your eyes || part VII: horseshoe overlook iii | part VIII: horseshoe overlook iv | part IX: horseshoe overlook v - @cowboydisaster
if there's one character i love more than anything in the world, it's arthur morgan and this series has only made my love for him that much stronger. so beautifully written, i couldn't stop reading-the whole time with a smile on my face. the entire bar scene in part vii??? i was crying with laughter. this is def one of my fav series i've ever read and i am on the edge of my seat waiting for more!
Carlos Oliveira
❀ the way we let it stay - @uselsshuman
this is a fair warning right now that most of the resident evil fics on this list are going to be from em. she has single-handedly ignited my hyperfixation for RE and all of her fics are incredible. including this one!
❀ old wounds new loves - @uselsshuman
i love little cute domestic fics, and carlos is so real for not liking cereal. “Waking up and eating a bowl of cold soggy food? No, thank you.” i feel that on such a spiritual level. also protective!carlos is just the best!!
Javier Peña
❀ arepas - @mvtthewmurdvck
i know i already went feral over this fic, but i'm going to do it again because i love this fic so goddamn much!! this fic is incredible, the way everything feels so natural between javi and reader, the teasing, the friends to lovers trope, everything about this is just so beautiful!!
❀ a broken sight - @mvtthewmurdvck
i don't understand how you can write a character so perfectly. i will never not be amazed by the way you write javi. and the angst??? ugh "He’s here. Like you needed him to be." don't mind the noise that's just me sobbing in the corner.
❀ the dreams we made - @mvtthewmurdvck
there's nothing like a good ol' helping of jo angst. this hurt in all the right ways, completely ripped my heart out and shattered it only to put all the pieces back together again and fill the cracks in with gold.
❀ nowhere to run || file room + accusations | sunshine yellow | a new day - @mvtthewmurdvck
the series that got me into narcos, i actually started watching the show just so i could read the perfection that is this series!! am i potentially spoiling things for myself a little bit? yes, but it's absolutely worth it because this series has me by the throat.
Joel Miller
❀ want. - @mvtthewmurdvck
literal poetry best described by this gif:
John "Soap" MacTavish
❀ none lacking sins - @halcyone-of-the-sea
listen, i like soap. he's not my fav, but he's a really good character. this fic though? it's moved soap up to my top five favorite characters. this made me want to read nothing but soap. i must've read this a dozen times, i was immediately sent into a soap hyperfixation. every aspect of this fic is just amazing. stunning. perfect.
❀ the hanging tree - @writeforfandoms
had me on the edge of my damn seat trying to figure out what was going. the worry and the tension built up so wonderfully i was dying to know what was about to happen and omg i was not disappointed. and the way jen writes soap is just *chef's kiss*
❀ i will wait - @mvtthewmurdvck
this fic had me realize how much i crave soft!soap and just fluff with soap in general. the tender moments warm my heart up something fierce and make me all giddy. like waking up to the perfect sunrise.
John Price
❀ puppy love || one | two | three | four - @writeforfandoms
puppies and price? what more could someone ask for? these two are so cute together and with the added cuteness of the puppies (and gaz lol) it's just an overload of cuteness in the best possible way!
❀ scratches in the surface - @halcyone-of-the-sea
was not expecting a part two to one of my favorite price fics, but damn if this wasn't a fantastic surprise. the angst is top-tier here and as much as it hurt, i couldn't stop reading and will probably read it again a million more times.
❀ neon medusa || part 1: static in the airways | part 2: warning signs - @yeyinde
CYBERPUNK!AU????? WITH PRICE????? WRITTEN BY YEYINDE???? SIGN ME TF UP!!! i am feral, consumed by how excited i am for this series and how utterly fantastic it's been so far. i will never get tired of lev's fics, and how gorgeous her writing is.
❀ untitled - @lunarvicar
okay this was adorable. the way price drops everything to get to her apartment, immediately ready to protect her is just sooo perfect. and her being freaked out by ghost adventures?? asdasljlsjd relatable.
❀ untitled - @yeyinde
i live for domestic bliss, and this fic just scratched that itch so well. there's something so comforting and homey about this fic, just the quiet intimacy between price and reader, the cute back and forth, this line: “Gaz said I looked like an Edwardian lord—” an absolute comfort fic if i've ever read one.
❀ comforts of home - @halcyone-of-the-sea
this fic had me weak, literally struggling to read cause i was too busy looking like this at my phone
❀ barking dog - @yeyinde
jealous!price is not something i see often, but damn if i don't want to see more of it after reading this. i am obsessed with the way lev writes price, how real and natural and captivating he is in her fics.
❀ wicked pyre - @yeyinde
you can't just give me dragon!price and expect me not to love it. i am so feral for monster!au's and this is saldkjaslda i can't be normal after reading this, i am feral, so enraptured by this fic and the entire concept of dragon!price.
❀ origami boats - @halcyone-of-the-sea
a sequel to the best price fic of all time???? say less. this fic was in my top three before i even started reading, i just knew it was going to be good. well, it wasn't just good, it was great. stunning. heart-breaking in a way that gives you the best kind of hurt.
Kyle "Gaz" Garrick
❀ high hopes - @writeforfandoms
gaz my sweet mans. as one of my favorite characters, i tend to be picky with my gaz fics, but this fic right here? loved it. adored it. read it six times with a bigger smile on my face each time.
❀ cult of vagabonds || prologue | landless gull | snail & thrush - @halcyone-of-the-sea
not only is this a gaz series, but it's one written by halcyone who can never write a bad fic. this is immaculate. i can't even describe how much i love this series so far and how much i can't wait to see where it goes!
❀ boom - @sleepiexx
ok but like this was so good?? the tension, the desperation, the way gaz was so ready to die with her. i'm shook. and that ending???? i’m giggling, i’m blushing, i’m re-reading this fic a million more times.
Leon Kennedy
❀ leon kennedy masterlist - @uselsshuman
i'm gonna be real here for a second, this entire section was 99% made up of em's leon fics. i couldn't choose which ones to add, which ones were my favorite, because i loved them all. so i'm just putting a link to her leon masterlist, because every single one of those fics deserves to be seen and read and given all of the love that they deserve.
❀ enough || one | two | three | final - @uhlunaro
i have one word for this series: wow. just wow. i have never been more thankful to find a series after it was already done because i would've gone crazy waiting to see what happened next! which part was my favorite? all of them. every single one. the hurt, the dialogue, just the way leon is written. i'm speechless.
Simon "Ghost" Riley
❀ exit row || exit row, part iii | exit row, part iv- @lunarvicar
the phrase "post-dick flashback" will live rent free in my head until the day i die, i was wheezing. i'm convinced there isn't a character nat can't make me love, because her portrayal of ghost here?? 🔥🔥🔥
❀ happiness || diamond ring | fearless | - @lethalchiralium
more of my favorite family man!simon series!!!!!! yesssss!!!!! i swear with every new addition, i just love this series more and more. i am so stressed reading it, but i love every second of it.
❀ the effect you have - @mvtthewmurdvck
screaming, crying, throwing up. how do you do it, jo? how do manage to make me hurt and heal my heart so beautifully in every single fic? how dare you, but also thank you so much.
❀ the captain || part 6 | part 7 | thunder - @as-is-above-so-below
omg i can't. y'all can't just keep giving a+ quality family man!ghost fics and expect me to be normal. you can't just give me cute shit like:
“Gaz frug.”
and not expect me to be like:
also, i am absolutely in love with freyja. the way her relationship is written with ghost and the kids is so lovely and has me kicking my feet and twirling my hair.
❀ ghost at the beginning of your relationship - @angelltheninth
cute. adorable. sweet. i love me some good fluff and even more so soft!ghost and this was the perfect combination of both of them! and simon having "guard dog energy" is so funny and so correct.
❀ ménage || refuge | resolution - @lilywastaken
my new go-to for simon fics. the relationship between simon and reader and between simon and the 141 are both so great. and oh my god that wild ride of emotions i went during part five had me stressed tf out i couldn't stop reading! such a great and fun series.
❀ making progress - @constantcrisis19
"dragged into the CoD fandom kicking and screaming" and still delivering an absolutely amazing fic. the teasing, the small talk, the faint smile?? incredible. the entire conversation about powerful music?? fantastic.
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C A L L O F D U T Y
MODERN WARFARE 2019
A L E X K E L L E R
Blood on My Hands // @uselsshuman
One of the first Alex Keller pieces I've read back in the day. I still remember being curled up falling asleep as this popped into my feed.
Convallaria Majalis // @nightingale-ghost-writer
(Tangent before we begin, I struggled typing the title of this fic. No joke)
Arguably one of my favourite Alex one shots. I keep gravitating back toward it, and re-reading. The sentence about "sweet boy, could it be you need me too?" Holds free real estate in my brain
Tessellate // @deadbranch
MDNI - filth with plot. But Price and younger American Price, Alex? Yes please, I'll take that fever dream
Various HC // @deadbranch
Some are so out of the box and gives him another layer to his humanity outside of "previous CIA operative and current Freedom Fighter". I love it.
MODERN WARFARE 2022
T A S K F O R C E 1 4 1
141 Family Universe // @uselsshuman
Lord, have mercy on my soul. This is too damn cute. It's extremely heartwarming. Watching their little families grow.
J O H N "S O A P" M A C T A V I S H
Don't Blame Me // @bloodyknucklesforme
Soap x F!OC, "Nina". I initially read this on AO3, and found it here incidentally. The author continues to post little snippets about their lives.
S I M O N "G H O S T" R I L E Y
The Captain // @as-is-above-so-below
(Link is to their general fanfic taglist).
It's been months since I initially read this, but I can still remember key moments that bring varying emotions (ex. "We're having a baby! We're having a baby!" And "I can't push, not again").
Dad! Ghost // @nsharks
I found this amazing little trilogy one night while scrolling for Soap fluff and holy crow. Am I happy I did. Exploring both sides of Mr. Riley (Ghost and Simon) and how the lines eventually blur. Feat. Uncle Johnny and his new best friend: Simon's wife.
K Y L E "G A Z" G A R R I C K
C A P T A I N J O H N P R I C E
Tessellate // @deadbranch
MDNI - filth with plot. But Price and younger American Price, Alex? Yes please, I'll take that fever dream
GHOSTS
L O G A N W A L K E R
D A V I D "H E S H" W A L K E R
Warm Blankets // @uselsshuman
Hear me out. Warm, cuddly, slow mornings with Hesh and Riley. (Sign me up, RIGHT NOW)
K E E G A N P (????) R U S S
CHARACTER X CHARACTER AO3
Into the Fray // Tofu_Ghost - Keegan Russ x Logan Walker
The cholula conversation had me in tears (and moreso when my dude bought us cholula without knowing). And Logan listens to the Twilight soundtrack when he's sad
Discovering Kinks // samithemunchkin - Keegan Russ x Logan Walker
MDNI - drunk Keegan and selectively mute Logan learning intimate details about themselves during an intimate time
Heaven Called (Hell Sent) // defiantdevi - Keegan Russ x Logan Walker, Ghost x Soap
Reaper!AU, not gonna lie this one hurt a bit.
Brothers Keeper // emianium - Logan Walker x Hesh Walker (familial)
This one hurt a lot.
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Welcome to the Ghost-Writer’s Corner
Currently writing for: Elden Ring!
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Although I try to avoid outright NSFW content, this blog will post and reblog content that toes the line. Please read individual fic tags and be aware. 💙
Nightingale Recommends
My tag system is: #nightingale recommends #fandom name #character name #character alias #character x reader
Try searching the name of your favorite fandom or character to see if I love them, too!
Find me on AO3! Nightingale_Ghost_Writer
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By the Grace Of [Sorcerer Rogier x Fem!Tarnished] - In progress! Updated 4/18/24
Modern Warfare Reboots
Promises - a MWII Mini Series
You needn’t read one to read the other, but they happen in the same universe! Both set during/after the events of the reboots- MW2019 (if I can actually write Price, Gaz, and Alex installments) and MWII 2022
Maybe [Soap x Fem!OC]
Possibly [Ghost x Fem!OC]
MWII One Shots
I’ll never use Y/N in reader-insert fics, but I will assign callsigns! Set outside of the canon MW universe.
Your Wildest Dreams [Soap x Fem!Reader]
Convallaria Majalis [Alex Keller x Fem!Reader]
MWII Headcanons
141 Headcanons - The Five Love Languages
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Decided to try and make an ask blog for majalis~! Feel free to ask him some questions
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20 questions ^_^ tagged by @transgayleorio <3 thank you pia!!!
1. name: nika!
2. zodiac sign: aries :-]
3. nickname: mmmmdon’t have one? nika is only two syllables! u__u
4. height: umm 5′3 i think maybe maybe
5. languages: english and enough tagalog to know when ppl are talking about me =__=
6. nationality: american
7. fav season: autumn! and winter. and spring. summer too. wait but mostly autumn
8. fav flowers: hydrangeas specifically lacecaps but paniculatas are also very pretty but also i love miss convallaria majalis of my namesake (maybells) and oh there’s so many. skeleton flowers are also very pretty i’ll leave it at that ;__;
9. fav scent: hm idk how to answer this i don’t have one!
10. fav color: yellows and pinks! warm colors in general
11. fav animals: frogs n otters ^__^
12. fav fictional characters: alluka nanika umm ... i guess also shinobu kny but purely for aesthetic reasons (very pretty butterfly lady)
13. coffee, tea, or hot chocolate: hot chocolate!! i don’t rly like tea or coffee
14. avg hours of sleep: umm... 4-7 hours i think (?)
15. dog or cat: kitty cat :-]
16. number of blankets you sleep with: only one its this great fluffy wolf blanket that has a little hoodie and arm holes so you can wear it and its also the greatest thing that i own
17. dream trip: miku concert miku concert
18. blog established: late 2016 but i didn’t start using it until i got into mp100 lol
19. followers: 1675 hi...
20. random fact: one of my favorite things in my room is this rly pretty cute hanging elephant charm.. i’ve had it for as long as i can rmbr and i’m pretty sure my parents brought it over from the ph. it has these tiny little bells hanging from it and its rly cute :-]
tagging YOU @you (pointing) because <3 i am shy
thank you for reading!
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Hello! I hope it’s not a bother but could you please give me some tips on taking care of a potted lily of the valley? I planted a few roots about a month ago. There’s two leaves growing now but one of them is getting yellow. Thank you! (I really like your blog BTW)
Thank you! So Lily of the Valley, aka Convallaria majalis? Container culture (is what I’m assuming you’ve done with them, if not then a lot of this info is still applicable) for them isn’t too hard; part sun to full shade (or a bright window if indoors- that being said indoor culture for them is potentially bad for them like some other perennials), moist but not swampy/wet rich potting soil.
There is a quite a laundry list as to what could be causing it to have yellowed leaves, especially when in a container culture setting (without a pic and current conditions context its a bit harder to narrow it down). Could be yellowing from drought, from root rot from overwatering (especially likely if the flowerpot doesn’t have any drainage holes), from not enough light, from too much light (sunburn), from summer heat, from underwatering, and/or possibly even pests.
From my own experience I find Lily of the Valley, at least in my climate to become a bit of an aggressive little beast, so beware if you planted it in any gardenbeds!
#sorry if the answer is a little generic- its hard to not be with the limited context#plantblr#ask#askbox#theknittingshadow
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Trials In Tainted Space Debug Mode
A save editor for the game Trials in Tainted Space. TiTsEd allows you to edit your character's stats, and possibly other things in the future. Requires, at least, Windows XP (which means it also works with: Vista, 7, 8, and 10) and the.NET Framework 4 (full or client profile). WARNING: The original game is meant for age 18+ or where considered as adults. I am not encouraging those who don't fit into this to look up the game. This video is censored to allow for a more. A save editor for the game Trials in Tainted Space. TiTsEd allows you to edit your character's stats, and possibly other things in the future. Requires, at least, Windows XP (which means it also works with: Vista, 7, 8, and 10) and the.NET Framework 4 (full or client profile). 107 Responses to PUBLIC TRIALS IN TAINTED SPACE 0.6.86. There are 2 ways that I know of to activate or deactivate debug mode. Open up an older version of the game that has access to the debug mode. Use Minerva (which was suggested @PendragonZera).
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Tales of Androgyny
Hi there! This is a lewd/erotic/adult/pornographic game featuring characters with androgynous features, some male, some female, some... slime? You play as a feminine guy that looks like a gal, and you do lewd things with guys, gals, monster guys, monster gals, and... slimes? It's a stance-based RPG with rogue-lite elements and a frankly suspicious number of phallus(es? odes?) written, drawn, and programmed by us, the Majalis team, consisting of two programmers, one artist, one writer - making in all, two! It's a custom built game using libgdx.
If you like feminine characters with dongs, you've come to the right place. However, this game has very few hermaphroditic characters.
We're currently in an alpha release phase, so the major systems are done and we're mostly adding new features and content.
We also stream development of this game at https://picarto.tv/majaliswrite and art asset creation https://picarto.tv/majalis at regular intervals, so follow us there if you want to chat, ask questions, or watch the development process.
Some game features (not all currently implemented):
Animated combat sprites for characters and enemies
Animations and CG-style sets for out of battle lewd scenes
A story mode as well as a free-form play mode
Light WRPG-style character customization
Challenges and lewd achievements
If you want to support the development of this game, we do have a regularly updated Patreon page with the latest builds, along with unrelated artwork and erotica.
Current version: Version: 0.3.03.0 (Patreon: 0.3.04.0)
Updated 12 days agoStatusIn developmentPlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux, AndroidRatingAuthorMajalisGenreRole PlayingTagsAdult, Character Customization, Erotic, Fantasy, JRPG, LGBT, libGDX, Perma Death, Roguelike, Turn-Based CombatAverage sessionA few minutesLanguagesEnglishInputsKeyboard, MouseLinksHomepage, Patreon, Twitter, Source code
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Download the .rar file, extract it into a folder, and click the executable for your chosen platform and you should be good to go! For Android, load the .apk file onto your device and you can open it - may need to use a file browser app.
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The discord is much more convenient for me to post announcements and directly interact with players (I’m available on there pretty much every day) So I’ll be using that (and sometimes twitter for big announcements) for all future news!
Apologies if you preferred to use this blog to get news on the game, I just wish to migrate to a platform that saves me stress and time, so I can put that time into the development 🙂
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Don't feel bad about girlrotting, because from rot, new life can emerge
You may girlrot today, but tomorrow, you girlsprout, and girlbud, and girlblossom
Into the beautiful girlflower you are
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11/25/17 blog question 4
This may time like easy question that i hope to develop as i write just a head note.
The question is what other invoices spices have hit Wisconsin and what problems do they bring?
Well here a list of the plants
Norway maple
Alliaria petiolata—Garlic mustard
Arctium minus—Common burdock
Berberis thunbergii—Japanese barberry
Bromus inermis—Smooth brome
Campanula rapunculoides—Creeping bellflower
Celastrus orbiculatus—Oriental bittersweet
Centaurea maculosa—Spotted knapweed
Cirsium arvense—Canada thistle
Convallaria majalis—Lily of the valley
Convolvulus arvensis—Field bindweed
Crepis tectorum—Hawksbeard
Daucus carota—Queen Anne's lace
Dipsacus laciniatus—Cut-leaved teasel
Dipsacus sylvestris—Common teasel
Elaeagnus angustifolia—Russian olive
Elaeagnus umbellata—Autumn olive
Elytrigia repens—Quackgrass
Epipactis helleborine—Helleborine orchid
Euphorbia cyparissias—Cypress spurge
Euphorbia esula—Leafy spurge
Festuca arundinacea—Tall fescue
Glechoma hederacea—Creeping Charlie
Hemerocallis fulva—Orange daylily
Hesperis matronalis—Dame's rocket
Hieracium aurantiacum—Orange hawkweed
Hieracium caespitosum—Yellow hawkweed
Hypericum perforatum—St. John's wort
Iris pseudacorus—Yellow iris
Leonurus cardiaca—Motherwort
Lonicera maackii—Amur honeysuckle
Lonicera morrowii—Morrow's honeysuckle
Lonicera tatarica—Tartarian honeysuckle
Lonicera × bella—Bell's honeysuckle
Lotus corniculatus—Bird's-foot trefoil
Lysimachia nummularia—Moneywort
Lythrum salicaria—Purple loosestrife
Melilotus alba—White sweet clover
Melilotus officinalis—Yellow sweet clover
Morus alba—White mulberry
Myosotis scorpioides—Forget-me-not
Myriophyllum spicatum—Eurasian watermilfoil
Pastinaca sativa—Wild parsnip
Phalaris arundinacea—Reed canary grass
Phragmites australis—Common reed grass
Pinus sylvestris—Scotch pine
Poa compressa—Canada bluegrass
Poa pratensis—Kentucky bluegrass
Polygonum cuspidatum—Japanese knotweed
Populus alba—White poplar
Potamogeton crispus—Curly-leaf pondweed
Rhamnus cathartica—Common buckthorn
Rhamnus frangula—Glossy buckthorn
Robinia pseudoacacia—Black locust
Rosa multiflora—Multiflora rose
Rumex acetosella—Sheep sorrel
Saponaria officinalis—Soapwort
Securigera varia—Crown vetch
Solanum dulcamara—Climbing nightshade
Tanacetum vulgare—Tansy
Trifolium pratense—Red clover
Trifolium repens—White clover
Typha angustifolia—Narrow-leaved cattail
Typha × glauca—Hybrid cattail
Ulmus pumila—Siberian elm
Vinca minor—Common periwinkle
I place this list in this way to show the size of the problem and how this does not deal with the animals, algae, or fungus that have moved into the ecosystem. The basic problem they hold is destroy the ecosystem since these new spices lack a natural check to keep them in balance from overpopulation and remove spices That have libations due to the check and balances of nature. Do to this They have place The Chapter NR 40 to place limits and approves need to move new spices into the state. These measures are need to insure safety of the ecosystem.
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Foraging Wild Garlic
I am blogging a foraging a wild herb profile every month throughout the year & listing what is available to for the current month in the UK. Please be careful when foraging and refer to a guide book. My favourites are Food for Free by Richard Mabey, River Cottage Handbook no.7 Hedgerow by John Wright & The Thrifty Forager by Alys Fowler. Also be aware not to over forage as you need to leave enough food for the wildlife.
Wild Garlic Allium Ursinum from the liliaceae family
Folk Names: Bear’s Garlic, Bear’s Leek, Broad Leaved Garlic, Buckrams, Devil’s Garlic, Gypsy’s Onions, Moly, Ransoms, Ramp, Ramps, Ramsons, Roman Garlic, Stinkers, Stinking Jenny , Wood Garlic.
Appearance & habitat: Wild Garlic is a tall hairless perennial plant which grows in large numbers in damp, acidic soils in shaded deciduous woods/forests in most parts of Europe, Northern Asia & Northern America. Leaves can be harvested in January (if it is mild).
The leaves are broad, elliptical, shiny, spear-like and can grow up to 25cm long. The stem is long and triangular shaped. The flowers are white, star shaped, in a round umbel with 8-12 segments. The plant gives off a sweetly pungent, strong garlic scent and tastes more like chives, and gentler than conventional garlic. They tend to flower before trees get their leaves in April to June, and this is what gives off the yeasty-garlicy smell that is a giveaway sign of wild garlic. The leaves are very similar to Lilly-of-the-Valley (Convallaria majalis), Autumn Crocus (Colchicum autumnale) and Wild Arum (Arum maculatum) which are extremely poisonous so do take caution, only pick if it smells of garlic when crushed.
Culinary uses: Wild Garlic leaves can be substituted for garlic or spring onions, can be treated like spinach in eaten raw in salads, sandwiches, combined into sauces, butter, mayonnaise, dressings, soups, stews, omelettes, stir-fries, risotto, makes a fantastic pesto (see recipe) and can be boiled as a vegetable. Add it towards the end of cooking to preserve freshness. The leaves can be used as a wrap and compliments tomatoes. The bulb can also be eaten raw but digging up wild plants is not good for wildlife, the bulb is very small so is hardly worth the effort. The flowers can also be eaten as seed pods or flowers.
Nutrition & Benefits: Wild Garlic is rich in iron, vitamin C, vitamin A, manganese, copper, magnesium, traces of Selenium, antioxidants, Aallicin, Adenosine. Traditionally used as a spring tonic, to cleanse the blood and boost the immune system. It is beneficial for rheumatism, reducing high blood pressure and blood cholesterol levels, asthma, emphysema, digestive problems and cleansing the blood. It has anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties that protect against free radicals. The juice can be used as a household disinfectant but I wouldn’t advise this because of the odour it gives off. The juice is good for weight loss and applied as a poultice to areas of rheumatic pain, arthritic joints, boils and abscesses. It increases the blood circulation locally.
History & Folklore: Wild Garlic is an indicator of ancient woodland and has been eaten for thousands of years. The first use of wild garlic can be traced to the Mesolithic period in Denmark from a archeoligical find, and to Neolithioc settlement, Thayngen-Weier in Switzerland, where there is a high concentration of pollen within the layer of the settlement.
The vernacular name Ramsons is from Anglo Saxon Old English Hramsa and Ramsey in Essex and Ramdale in Lincolnshire are places which take their name from the plant. Hramsa means Rank derived from the butter and milk of cow which have eaten Ramsons to be bitter or rank. Ramsdale derives from the Norse name Raumsdalr, meaning Valley of the River Rauma in Oppland and Møre og Romsdal in Norway. “Raum the Old”, son of King Nor is the legendary founder of Norway who is linked to the Raumi tribe. It was grown in monastic gardens as food according to an account from the 16th century.
According to Essex folklore, the allium family is one of the most useful plants in curing illnesses. Aubrey 1847 “Eat Leekes in March and ramsons in May And all the year after physicians may play”
It is known as Bear’s garlic/leek in Europe as brown bears where partial to digging up and eating the bulbs when they awoke from hibernation.
Recipe for Wild Garlic Pesto
100g Wild Garlic leaves
50g Parmesan cheese
50g toasted pine nuts
2 tablespoons olive oil
Lemon juice squeezed from half a lemon
Salt & pepper
Wash the leaves thoroughly and roughly chop with scissors. Pulse the pine nuts for a few seconds in a food processor, then add the leaves, olive oil & parmesan. Add lemon juice, salt & pepper to taste, if the pesto needs to be thinned add more oil.
Plants you may expect to find in June;
Borage leaves & flowers, Bellflower flowers, Bittercress, Brooklime, Broom, Common Chickweed, Common Fig, Common Mallow leaves, Common Orache, Common Sorrel, Darwin’s Barberry berries, Elderflower, Fairy-ring Champignon, Fat Hen, Fennel, Garlic Mustard, Garden Orache, Good King Henry, Gooseberry, Hastate Orache, Hawthorn, Hogweed, Lemonbalm, Nettle-leaved Bellflower flowers, Perennial Wall Rocket, Pignut, Marsh Samphire, Rampion, Red Goosefoot, Spearmint, Spear-leaved Orache, Stinging Nettle, Sea Beet, Shaggy Inkcap, Shepard’s Purse, St George’s Mushroom, Three-cornered garlic, Watercress, Watermint, Wild Leek, Wild Rose flowers, Wild Strawberry, Wild Thyme, Wood sorrel,.
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Nicknames: Lily
Gender: female? idc really
Star sign: aries
Height: 170cm
Time: 10:13am
Birthday: April 9
Favourite bands: hmm.. White Stripes? Blur?
Favourite solo artists: Regina Spektor, Alanis Morissette and Patti Smith
Song stuck in my head: Loveless by Lorde, I loved the album
Last movie watched: I think it was Civil War
Last show watched: boku no hero academia.. it counts right? :D
When did I create my blog?: I don’t remember let me check... March 2012... wow
What do I post: for the time being Voltron, Yuri on Ice, art and memes
Last thing I googled: money conversion to USD
Do you have other blogs: yeah i have so many i lost count
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Why did you choose your URL: shortened version of “convallaria majalis” which is the scientific version of my name
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What am I wearing: long red skirt and a white tank top and white sandals... and i hear that we’re expecting a hailstorm today oops
How many blankets I sleep with: up to 3 during winter
Dream job: storyboard artist on a tv show
Dream trip: Japan ofc! Australia! USA! Italy (this one is more likely to happen!)
Nationality: Turkish
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Plants we must have, plants we can’t have…
This week Team AG discusses what plants they can't be without and which they wouldn't touch with a (very long) rake handle
Garry Coward-Williams, editor
Every plant variety in my garden fulfils a different role and thereby a unique place in my horticultural affections; the highlights of this year so far are the 100 or so daffodils I planted in the lawn which came up beautifully bringing joy to early spring, and there is the sea thrift I’ve planted in the new rockery.
But what couldn’t I do without? Well, it’s between two plants, but they are so very different in every way. The choice is between my ‘Red Duke of York’ potatoes and my ‘Gertrude Jekyll’ rose (my favourite of four David Austin varieties in my garden).
Garry can’t have enough red ‘Duke of York’ spuds growing in his garden
I only grow first early potatoes so the lifespan of my potato obsession is around 14 weeks and let’s be frank — potato plants are hardly the beauty queens of the garden border. However, prior to harvest they are of constant concern, fuss and speculation — will it be a good crop? Are they getting enough water? Should I feed them a little more?
I don’t have the space to put them in the ground, so I have them growing in 27 containers — some purpose-made ones and many re-purposed compost bags. All is pregnant expectancy until each bag is upended in the wheelbarrow.
And nothing beats that wonderful feeling when it’s a better than average crop with some big’uns!. Finally of course there’s the best part of all, the eating!
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I am always keeping an eye on the roses, which I’ve had for a couple of years now and they are starting to come into their own. They’re had most of the usual problems like black spot, but so far this year they are all sporting healthy green leaves and full of buds ready to burst. I think this year will be their best so far and I am most excited to see them spring into bloom.
[Roll on the drums..!] it’s a tough decision but I’m going to choose ‘Red Duke of York’ potatoes!
Garry can’t grow rhododendrons well in his soil
In terms of what I wouldn’t grow, I’m going name Rhododendrons. Why? Simply because I have the wrong soil – it’s not acidic enough — not that this stopped the previous owners of the garden from planting two of them! I give them ericaceous feed, but they really don’t belong here and I certainly would not plant any more.
Lesley Upton, features editor
The flower I couldn’t do without in my garden is lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis). I remember it growing underneath the front window at home when I was a child and the smell was gorgeous.
Lily of the valley.
It took me three attempts to get lily of the valley to grow in my garden – but I eventually succeeded. Now, when I get a waft of that smell, I’m immediately taken back to my childhood.
I think our clay soil was too heavy when I planted the first rhizomes, so I added some well-rotted compost and they started to grow – and spread. I now have them turning up in the lawn and between cracks in the paving.
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I don’t do very much to them, apart from watering in dry weather. I suppose I should take more care of them, but they seem to manage pretty well on their own.
My lily of the valley are flowering now. I only grow the white form, as I don’t think the scent of the pink varieties is as strong. I pick bunches early in the morning, and while they last only a few days they fill the house with a fantastic fragrance.
In France 1 May is a holiday (La Fête du Muguet) when it’s traditional to offer someone a sprig of lily of the valley (muguet) to wish them good luck in celebration of the arrival of spring.
Chrysanthemum ‘Green Mist’. Credit: Alamy
One thing I will not have in my garden is green flowers. To me, they are unnatural. And surely the whole point of planting flowers is to add colour to your garden – not more green!
Green chrysanthemums, green dianthus, green zinnias – I can’t stand them. And you can forget those lime-green euphorbias, even those with spots of other colours.
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Green hellebores and green tulips are two others to add to the list, while green echinacea is just strange. I think that’s also why I don’t like hostas – even though they do produce insignificant flowers. Give me flowers with lots of vibrant colours any day!
However, if you happen to love green flowers, check out our feature that shows you how to go green in borders and in a vase.
Ruth Hayes, gardening editor
When we decided to write about our must-have and can’t-have plants I was assailed by blind panic. What on earth would I choose? How could I possibly choose just one plant out of the wonderful varieties that grow – or could grow – in our garden?
I ummed and aaghed over it for ages and walked around outside looking at everything growing away in the beds and containers. Cosmos? Globe thistle? Tulips? Anemones? Autumnal dahlias?
Honeywort is unusual-looking and a magnet to pollinators
And then there it was, plain as anything, right in front of me – Cerinthe major ‘Purpurascens’. I love these plants with a fierce devotion, they are – I think – everything a plant should be.
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Robust, interesting, great for wildlife and an absolute magnet for bees. In fact, that final attribute alone should be enough to encourage everyone to grow them.
Cerinthe – also known as Honeywort because folklore has it they are where the bees make their honey – are hardy annuals that are dead easy to sow each year because they scatter their large, 3D triangular seeds about with happy abandon.
Their olive, grey-green leaves are thick and leathery and wrap themselves around the stems in a manner typical of the ‘wort’ family. Their flowers are most unusual, tubular bells hidden away inside clusters of deep purple bracts.
Boy are they beautiful – you can see why the bees come calling. It isn’t unusual to find your Cerinthes buzzing away, with a bee or two tucked up inside their drooping flowers. It is one of the finest sights and sounds of an English garden.
Ruth learned the hard way not to plant mint in a bed!
Now then, before I talk about the plant I wouldn’t ever have growing in a garden let me make one thing clear. I DO like this plant and I do grow it, but in pots, never in the garden because I have learned the hard way that it is a questing thug that will escape its confines and take over a border in a manner that makes a Panzer division look sluggardly.
I’m talking about mint; delicious, cooling, tasty, garden mint. Yes, it is pretty, smells divine when crushed between finger and thumb and makes a wonderful refreshing brew after a large meal, but pop one on a border and you’ve got Day of the Triffids right in front of you.
I knew they were invasive so when I decided – oh rue the day – that one might be nice in a border I planted it in a pot thinking – let’s do a bit more ruing here – that the container would contain the roots.
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And it did, at first, but then a few months later I noticed little minty leaflets popping up around the bed. ‘Not to worry,’ I thought ‘I’ll pull them out and that’ll be that.’
The mint, however, had other ideas and as spring became summer more and more of it started raising its head above the soil.
In the end I had no choice but to dig the whole plant out, by which time its scented tendrils were sneaking around throughout the border. What started out as a small plant turned into something out of Little Shop of Horrors, so mint now stays firmly in its place, in a pot by the kitchen door.
Wendy Humphries Letters page editor
Rosa ‘Gertrude Jekyll’ fill the air around Wendy’s drive with delicious scent
My personal favourite is Rosa ‘Gertrude Jekyll’. I love their sweet scent, their scrunched up flower form and bold pink colour.
My own rose was planted 20 years ago and was a vigorous upright shrub that turned into a climber. It’s positioned against a fence in a confined area and I am especially grateful for this as the strong Old Rose fragrance lingers.
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It’s one of the earliest of the English roses to flower, and in fact my first flower has just opened.
This week, I was lucky enough to see our pair of blue tits stripping the buds of aphids. I knew these birds did this but I’ve never seen it.
My rose needs little attention and has few problems, just a touch of black spot in late summer.
The rose was bred by David Austin Roses and introduced in 1986, and named after the great garden designer Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932).
Wendy thinks yellow flowers are jarring next to others
I know I might sound fussy but I’m a bit snooty about yellow flowers. I love daffodils as they lift the spirits in spring and I allow dandelions in my lawn for the bees to access nectar, but in the borders I am definitely anti yellow blooms.
I just feel they are jarring next to other flowers, especially when the shade of yellow is ‘golden’.
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Doronicum is a perennial that I would never grow, the daisy-like flowers look too much like a weed.
When it comes to yellow flowers, I do make an exception with primroses. The soft primrose yellow flowers make a nice contrast to the emerging red stems of my peonies in April.
Kathryn Wilson, features coordinator
My first grown-up garden was in a rented flat in London – a real luxury in the capital, it was large and sparked an interest I had never realized I had. With grass, borders and a generous expanse of bare earth at the back, it was filled with possibilities.
Peonies remind Kathryn of her first ‘grown up’ garden in London (Image: Alamy)
One of the flowers already in situ was a peony and I loved it on sight. Huge, beautiful, bounteous blooms, set against a backdrop of interesting leaves – not to mention the fragrance – I soon fell under its spell.
But then the flowers faded and, in time, the foliage also disappeared – completely. Like any first love, it took a while to get over, but I did.
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I moved on, or so I thought. Until, that is, the following spring, when new shoots erupted in the same spot and I discovered that this was no flash in the pan. That peony came back every June, to entrance me all over again.
I now have two of them here in Bournemouth, grown from cuttings taken from my mum’s garden more than a decade ago. Each year they get a little bigger, stronger and more floriferous, and I wouldn’t be without them.
French marigolds (Tagetes) aren’t even French, says Kathryn!
One plant I would be without, however, is the French marigold – those classic bedding tagetes. Brash orange colouring that turns to brown sludge in the rain, ugly flower shape – they’re not even French. Yuk!
Janey Goulding, assistant editor
This is the truth: I clearly remember when my inspirational gardening mum first taught me how to spell ‘nasturtium’. The fascination I already had in words at the age of six was piqued by this bizarre yet beautiful combination of letters and vowel sounds, like chewing down on a musical dream cake.
I recall wrinkling my head in concentration while staring at the crazy print of Sir Gerald Kelly’s Saw Ohm Nuuk that hung in the den, savouring this spellbinding word as it broadened my lexicon and my imagination, and contemplating its bouncy, cheerful pleasures. My adoration has only deepened with age.
Janey loves every aspect of life-affirming nasturtiums (Image: Alamy)
Thing is, there’s just something so innately nice, life-affirming and kind about the nasturtium: it’s like the NHS of the plant world. So helpful and generous, in fact, that as well as filling your pots and borders with veritable mountains of vivid colour and foliage, it’s a reliable weed barrier, a living ground cover, a self-contained mineral farm, a companion plant, a chicken pharmacy and a charming edible garnish, as well as a hostelry for beneficial pollinators, while helping deter pests from any veggies you might be growing nearby.
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The ‘nose-twister’ or ‘nose-tweaker’, as it was once known, works hard in many garden types and sizes, tumbling from teensy pots and rockeries, and thrives in poor soil. Better still, these plants deposit calcium, nitrogen and potassium into the ground as they go in order to support other plant life.
And as well as being good for their floral and chicken chums, they’re good for us, too, providing a peppery source of vitamin C and iron, as well as carotene, B vitamins and iodine, giving a boost to the body’s central nervous system, removing carcinogens and strengthening blood vessels, and even slowing the ageing process. And once you’ve finishing growing and guzzling this cornucopia of kindness, you can save the seeds and start all over again the following year.
Just knowing these jolly, supportive scatterings of loveliness are working their magic nearby makes me feel comforted, and maybe a part of that is all tied up with the wonder of my youth and the nurturing of family bonds that first brought them to me. Yet while I can ramble on for hours about the sublime hues cast by a mass of frolicking nasturtium petals, for me the real bounty and beauty is in those leaves – those wondrous, bobbing, dinner-dish leaves, like nature’s own helping hands, reaching out to play with the breeze, tickle your senses, and give you a happy high five.
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Four fab nasturtiums to try
‘Tip Top Velvet’: velvety petals with a fluffy sheen and pronounced emerald leaves.
‘Jewel Cherry Rose’: a delightful flurry of scrumptious hot pink petals.
‘Empress of India’: a striking blanket of wine red flowers and near-blue leaves.
‘Alaska’: Delightfully dappled and creamy variegated leaves.
Slipper orchids evoke a feeling of foreboding for Janey (Image: Alamy)
Believe me, I struggled with this one. There aren’t many plants I wouldn’t attempt to grow once – heck, I’d even try a paddle-shaped banana beast or an explosive prickly eryngium (yes, Miss Willmott’s Ghost, I’m talking about you). But under duress, I have to admit to a tragic antipathy for the slipper orchid – and I’m pretty sure the feeling is mutual.
Reasons? I’ve got a few. With its substantial labellum lip and open beaky blooms, it basically looks like it’s laughing at me – as well it might, for I know it would have the better of me in roughly fourteen seconds. And that’s on a good day.
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Thanks to its bright green bulbous pollinia nose, twisted spotty arm-like petals and heavy hooked purple chin, it gives off vibes of being put together by a large (sadistic) committee with no sense of cohesion, while also evoking a feeling of foreboding and malevolence that I get from very few other plants in this world.
Alongside its hilariously confused and sinister design is the feeling that it is showing off, yet paradoxically not trying hard enough to win my affections. For this, friends, is how my jib is cut: I want a bit of love, OK?
There are just so many other plants out there that probably won’t laugh at me, and which promise a vaguely easier ride – which is not to say that I want this plant lark to be too easy, you understand. I just want a sense of collaboration and trust – and this contender is all snap, challenge and menace, with precious little satisfaction guaranteed. Also, I’ll admit, given the story of Pinocchio, there’s a part of me reluctant to see this fella come to life.
Sorry if this is your favourite plant. It’s just I have this gut feeling that a life spent slavishly tending to ‘Satan’s Slippers’ (TM) would not be for me. So if anyone ever gets me one as a gift, please know that I will say ‘thank you’ – but on the inside, I will be mildly terrorised and silently weeping as I resign myself to a predictable future orchid death. And I’d rather spare us both the psychodrama of finding out how this plays out.
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Let’s agree to disagree, perhaps violently and profoundly, as I consign this deranged specimen to my own personal Room 101. Sayonara, slipper fiend – and long may you laugh demonically in a galaxy far, far away. For this is where I draw the line: trust me, in the long run, we’re all better off.
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