Posted on Dec 13, 2018
Over 30 Edible Perennials in a Small Garden!
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I usually have a perennial family reunion near the end of the season to pick fruit and vegetables. In turn they get to take home a bounty for the upcoming winter.
Word of the Day : December 13, 2018
perennial
adjective puh-REN-ee-ul
Definition :
1 : present at all seasons of the year.
2 : persisting for several years usually with new herbaceous growth from a perennating part.
3 a : persistent, enduring.
b : continuing without interruption : constant, perpetual.
c : regularly repeated or renewed : recurrent.
Did You Know ?
Nowadays when we talk about "perennial plants," or simply "perennials" (perennial can be a noun, too), we mean plants that die back seasonally but produce new growth in the spring. But originally perennial was equivalent to evergreen, used for plants that remain with us all year. We took this "throughout the year" sense straight from the Romans, whose Latin perennis combined per- ("throughout") with a form of annus ("year"). The poet Ovid, writing around the beginning of the first millennium, used the Latin word to refer to a "perennial spring" (a water source), and the scholar Pliny used it of birds that don't migrate. Our perennial retains these same uses, for streams and occasionally for birds, but it has long had extended meanings, too.
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Examples :
"Kieran [Culkin] called Saines in 2016 after a two-year hiatus to say, 'You know, I think I want to act again. I want to do This Is Our Youth.' Written by Kenneth Lonergan, … the play has become a perennial showcase for young actors." — Sam Kashner, Vanity Fair, December 2018.
"Making the kids think of school as important to their complicated, often tragic lives—while meeting the demands of the curriculum—was a perennial struggle." — Sarah Stodder, The Washingtonian, November 2018.
Word of the Day : December 13, 2018
perennial
adjective puh-REN-ee-ul
Definition :
1 : present at all seasons of the year.
2 : persisting for several years usually with new herbaceous growth from a perennating part.
3 a : persistent, enduring.
b : continuing without interruption : constant, perpetual.
c : regularly repeated or renewed : recurrent.
Did You Know ?
Nowadays when we talk about "perennial plants," or simply "perennials" (perennial can be a noun, too), we mean plants that die back seasonally but produce new growth in the spring. But originally perennial was equivalent to evergreen, used for plants that remain with us all year. We took this "throughout the year" sense straight from the Romans, whose Latin perennis combined per- ("throughout") with a form of annus ("year"). The poet Ovid, writing around the beginning of the first millennium, used the Latin word to refer to a "perennial spring" (a water source), and the scholar Pliny used it of birds that don't migrate. Our perennial retains these same uses, for streams and occasionally for birds, but it has long had extended meanings, too.
Build your vocabulary! Get Word of the Day in your inbox every day.
Examples :
"Kieran [Culkin] called Saines in 2016 after a two-year hiatus to say, 'You know, I think I want to act again. I want to do This Is Our Youth.' Written by Kenneth Lonergan, … the play has become a perennial showcase for young actors." — Sam Kashner, Vanity Fair, December 2018.
"Making the kids think of school as important to their complicated, often tragic lives—while meeting the demands of the curriculum—was a perennial struggle." — Sarah Stodder, The Washingtonian, November 2018.
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We used to host the family reunion at our house and it was a tradition that the family could graze in the garden and we would also clear out the canning pantry giving away all of the canned fruits and vegetables that were from last year or before. No one ever got food poisoning
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