Just to change the topic a little, which plant am I describing ? 1. It has a connection to the Volga. 2. It was cultivated more in England before than after World War II. 3. It was traded by the Romans for medicinal purposes. 4. It comes originally from a cold climate
Not Comfrey. The name is derived from the Volga and from the people who sold it to the Romans (over the Volga). It was used medicinally for about 2,000 years and has been eaten (part of it) for about 150 years. Slugs don't like it.
A bit of a clue - the only things I've ever grown that are naturally 'slug proof' are lavender and rhubarb. Is it one of them?
Correct NZ. The name is derived from Rha = the old Greek word for the Volga & Barbarum (The Barbars having traded the plant over the Volga). The plant also grows wild on the banks of the Volga, but the traded object was the dried powdered root of the Chinese Rhubarb (The plant originally comes from the Himalayas). This was used medicinally for 2,000 years until an English medical student risked a bite into a red stalk and realized that, with cooking and sugar, it could be edible. The plant was cultivated extensively in England up to the war, but then disappeared from culinary use as a result of sugar rationing - and never again reached it's pre war popularity. The leaves are not only poisonous for us - but are avoided by slugs as well. Over to you.
This place was first mentioned in a book published in 1933. It has since been found in Uruguay, South Africa, USA, and can currently be found in China and Papua New Guinea. What is it called? I'm off to bed so if you think you have got it right carry on without me.
All I know is John Hilton wrote about Shangri La in 1933! So, according to popular myth, since debunked, how did the kangaroo get its name?
I do not understand you CD. A local was asked what the animal was and the reply was not understood by the person who asked the question who thought he heard the answer "I do not understand you" in the language of the local.
The myth has it that it was Captain Cook, who was marooned for seven weeks, but yes, it was a misunderstanding of the question! such a shame that it's not a true story! Over to you Ak!
As an Aussie, I see it as only right and proper that I stand back and let others try to answer first......
I have a good question. King Harold Godwinson and his army beat a Norwegian army at Stamford Bridge. Who were the leaders of the Norwegian army and how were the leaders of both sides related?
