Stephe about to devour his namesake, a Stephia in Hurdal Ecovillage ;) (since my youth, I’ve shortened my name Stephen to Stephe, as I wasn’t given a v in my name)…
I gave up sugar poison completely over 10 years ago, apart from the once a year suck on my living room sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum) :) This is a hardy cultivar from Raglan in New Zealand although I grow it indoors all year!
The last of the pot plants moved into the cellar for the winter…a dark, cold existence for this 20 year old New Zealand Phormium, which has never flowered, until spring….source of an excellent fibre and the nectar was used as a sweetener by the Maori…
Perennial vegetables, Edimentals (plants that are edible and ornamental) and other goings on in The Edible Garden
