Hints and tips:
...The wet weather had made those stalwarts, universal pansies, rot in their window boxes; Oxford university’s crew was crushed in the Boat Race; an uninvited hare ate the buds off my tulips....
...Or, as the season changes, I’m watching the branches of the large maple-leaved plane tree that grows directly in front of my window, looking for signs of fist-tight buds....
...And if it isn’t already clear that my taste buds are shot, I’m also partial to a dollop of grated horseradish....
...For the first time ever, the plants of Clematis montana on my garden’s arches remained brown in April....
...The tone is set from the start: dried tomatoes stuffed with fried herbs, fermented tomato and blackcurrant, served with salted unripe blackcurrants and pickled elderflower buds that tastes of nothing less...
...Might Cornus sericea Bud’s Yellow be a winner? Several suppliers list it but I honestly do not know it....
...They returned two weeks later to bite off every flower bud which had emerged meanwhile, hundreds in all....
...They are supremely lovely, of course, if their buds escape a late spring frost, but they are not wise choices for narrowish walls of moderate height....
...Instead of letting its pips grow, buds from seedlings are grafted on to rootstock and grown into trees that produce only that variety....
...Oh, and not too much brown! Otherwise, it just looks a little too dead.” There is as much art in drying as there is growing....
...Cook for a few minutes until brown. Repeat on all sides until brown all over. Add the heads of garlic, the strips of lemon skin and the sage to the pot. Let them sizzle for a minute....
...While a starling seems a disappointing brown to us, it looks to fellow avians a symphony of purples, green and blues....
...Then I will revert to weekly Tomorite to encourage flower-buds. Use it at half strength on white-flowered dahlias as it can give them a brown flush otherwise. What about roses?...
...They were finished in brown cardboard, for an authentic cigar look and feel, and came in cigar flavours, with a twist — cigar leaves flavoured with coffee, almonds or vanilla....
...I begin with a tour of the garden, noting the unwanted plants, otherwise known as weeds, which are in bud or flower....
...Herbaceous perennials were put to bed for winter, so as not to leave any unsightly brown bits once the summer show had ended....
...Upcycled furniture has been used throughout the building; newer furniture was made with environmentally friendly materials such as mango wood or bamboo (as are the cotton buds and toothbrushes)....
...Its brown marbled decoration would be beautiful by itself, but its mint green edge detail pushes this humble mug into the sublime....
...He wore a pair of thin-rimmed, perfectly circular spectacles and a modest, brown suit. Gross walked calmly outside to a waiting police van, a wiry figure between grim-faced officers....
...£5 for a brown-leaved Mocca begonia? £65 for a pair of fuchsias 3ft high on three canes? £2.95 for a potted wild flower that will flower only for a fortnight?...
...Brown sugar and cinnamon punctuate every layer too, and an extra hit of sweetness comes from a light dusting of sugar over the top....
...I set my coffee down and slide the books into the brown envelope I brought from London. I write Raghu’s name on it, then look up as a young woman enters the café....
...Campari can be brutal on the taste buds. Yet as a cocktail ingredient, it’s very forgiving....
...Very cold nights turn the flowers on many magnolias and camellias a dirty brown. If a wisteria’s buds are too far advanced, a sharp April frost will wipe out its flowers altogether....
...Therein lies the biggest point of all — not so much about our taste buds but about how we imagine identity today....
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