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Moonwaves · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 80 Location: Dusseldorf

All this talk about horseradish reminded me of this post from a blog I really enjoy, Musings from a Stonehead:

http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2007/01/08/preparing-horseradish/

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tringle · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:38 am Post subject:

I was going to aske about watercress too as we have a stream running through the garden. When it gets to use it is about 2 miles from a spring, running through farmland with cattle grazing. And about 6 houses in some proximity to it, any idea if it would be safe to eat watercress from that. Or is there some way to test he water for safety.
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wayland · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 1171 Location: Campile. Wexford

The main problem is with the liver fluke. The life cycle of this nasty needs a water snail as a host. Running water is not user friendly to the snail which prefurs ponds and boggy ground, So I should think that as long as you have a half decent flow you will be fine. As far as the farm and livestock are concerned they should not be a problem to you. No more than giving your vedgy patch a load of manure and then picking a lettuce etc. Just give your cress a good wash as per normal. Wink

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irishfarmer · Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 15

i bought two packs of seeds ridiculously easy to grow!!!!go for it

GB · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Posts: 317 Location: Ireland

Tesco sells bags of watercress in the salad section. I buy it regularly and have just thrown some into the stream out front and plan to do the same out back. Just pick out the strong stems and either root in water on window sill or just put in stream.
I even grew it for a summer in a window box full of water. Dead easy plant to grow Very Happy

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tringle · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:22 pm Post subject:

blowin · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:15 pm Post subject:

tringle · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:25 pm Post subject:

oooh, so where does that leave me watercress wise, safe or not safe?

And as for darling husband he did once give me wild sorrel to eat, which wasnt wild sorrel and I threw up Confused

Thats why I check here first of course Laughing

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GB · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Posts: 317 Location: Ireland

sounds a bit suspect to me Wink

but if you are really worried about the state of the water that the cress is growing in you could get it tested. Or put in a small water feature of your own. just a small rill with a recirculating pump at one end and cress planted in. It has worked for me in the past Very Happy

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wayland · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 1171 Location: Campile. Wexford

I cant find any watercress in the shops around here. Does anyone know of a seed supplier on line that can supply these.

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