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#AdventBotany 2019 Day 12: Let it Snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Written by
Alastair Culham
Posted on
12 December 201915 December 2019

By Amie Bolissian-McRae How can you make your White Christmas dreams come true every year if you don’t live in a winter wonderland country like Norway or Canada? Well, you…Read More >

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#AdventBotany 2019 Day 11: Brandy

Written by
Alastair Culham
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11 December 201912 December 2019

By Alastair Culham A key winter preservative for mincemeat, Christmas puddings and cakes, as well as fruit is alcohol.  The classic alcohol for these is French Brandy (Cognac or Armagnac)…Read More >

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#AdventBotany 2019 Day 10: The Catalan Tió de Nadal or “Christmas Log”

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Alastair Culham
Posted on
10 December 201911 December 2019

By Dawn Bazely Civil Society at the Climate Change Negotiations in Spain The 25th annual “Conference of the Parties” to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change is currently meeting…Read More >

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#AdventBotany 2019 Day 9: How to make a drop spindle

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Alastair Culham
Posted on
9 December 20199 December 2019

By Claire Smith The first component you need for making your drop spindle is a stick. The stick needs to be nice and firm, nice and straight, ideally not much…Read More >

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#AdventBotany 2019 Day 8: Epiphytic Ericaceae – Christmas baubles of the cloud forest

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Alastair Culham
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8 December 20198 December 2019

By Robbie Blackhall-Miles Diversity fascinates me and when a plant family is as big as the Ericaceae I can’t help but to want to understand the processes that led to…Read More >

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#AdventBotany 2019 Day 7: An un-repressed redhead

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Alastair Culham
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7 December 20199 December 2019

By Alastair Culham Cabbages include a great variety of crop species and selections but today’s featured cabbage the the staple of Christmas lunch, the red cabbage. For me, there is…Read More >

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#AdventBotany 2019 Day 6: Deck the halls….

Written by
Alastair Culham
Posted on
6 December 201911 December 2019

By Claire Smith Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly… But not until Christmas Eve, otherwise you’ll have bad luck! Once your holly (Ilex aquifolium) and other festive evergreens are…Read More >

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#AdventBotany 2019 Day 5: Lumps of Delight

Written by
Alastair Culham
Posted on
5 December 20199 December 2019

By Alastair Culham Where would Chistmas be without those dusty cubes of jelly-like substance covered in choking sugar dust? Dickens features ‘Lumps of delight’ in chapter 3 of The Mystery…Read More >

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#Advent Botany 2019 Day 4: like a lemon

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Alastair Culham
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4 December 20199 December 2019

By Alastair Culham Lemons are small yellow fruit from Citrus limon with a waxy peel and a refreshing smell. Lemon zest and juice form part of the recipies I use…Read More >

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#AdventBotany 2019 Day 3: A red hot poker with a mysterious past

Written by
Alastair Culham
Posted on
3 December 201914 April 2020

By John David For those of you who, like me, find the experience of the short days and long nights of mid Winter a seriously depressing one, the existence of…Read More >

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