Snake Identification video series No. 1 - Black Mamba - Dendroaspis polylepis

🌸 COMMON MALLOW 🌸 This is a common weed in the UK, but it’s sold at market as a delicious vegetable in parts of Greece and Turkey! 🌱 One man’s weed is another man’s… feed? 😅 The leaves have are slightly mucilaginous, like okra, so they’re great for digestion and perfect for curry or thickening a soup or stew! They’re also packed with vitamin A and C, calcium and iron! 🥰 You can find it in hedgerows, gardens and parks and little scrappy bits of wasteland! It seems to be a really good year fo

Per my recent post on Malva Sylvestris⬇️🌸This edible and short-lived perennial is one of my favorites, not just for its beauty but also for its resiliency and prolificacy. ❌Avoid letting it seed freely as it can spread throughout the garden. 🌸Malva sylvestris is a common mallow. Also known as French Hollyhock, Wood Mallow, Tree Mallow, which is in the mallow family (Malvaceae), a cousin of Hibiscus and Hollyhock. 🌍Malva is native to Europe, Northern Africa and Western Asia and has a history o