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Digging Up Earthnuts (Conopodium Majus)
By Simon Mitchell


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There are certain items of promotional wear that just seem to get the point across better than others. Fun types of advertising means will always be more popular than boring pieces and that`s why pin badges have been a favourite for many years now. As promotional pieces go, pin badges can be perfect because they look cool and trendy and can be worn by a variety of people. For effective types of advertising, pin badges are powerful little products and they make great items of merchandise which can be worn on a daily basis. Up and coming bands that are promoting a new record or concert can use pin badges to good effect and politicians have been well known for dishing out pin badges when election time approaches. There are many different types of pin badges to choose and they come in plenty of cheery colours that will look great on many garments. Companies like Awesome Badges specialise in the production of the Pin Badges and they can happily provide plenty of customers with these pinned products. Regardless of the size of your promotional campaign, they can keep you in a solid supply of super Pin Badges. Customers will find that the Pin Badges are highly cost effective as thousands of products can be printed for a fabulous fee. The pin badge sizes vary but they usually come in either 25mm or 58mm and you can download the artwork that you want printing on the products. Promotional pieces don`t come much finer than perfect types of Pin Badges that can be pleasantly worn with pride.

Embroidered Baby Blanket
When I tuck my toddler in for the night she always snuggles down with her favourite teddy under her special fleecy blanket. It`s become a standing joke within our family because whenever we stay anywhere different we have to have teddy and the blanket with us. Every little boy or girl should have their own special blanket which they can cosy up to when they like. From the moment they enter this world they could have an Embroidered Baby Blanket that was totally unique to them. Retailers sell special types of blankets for little boys and girls. These soft fleece items are available in blue or pink and come with cute little characters upon them. As well as teddies, bunnies or dinosaurs other types of embroidery also feature on the blankets. The baby`s name and date of birth can sit proudly on the Embroidered Baby Blanket so that there is no doubt whose blanket it is and when they were born. Given out as a gift to proud new parents an Embroidered Baby Blanket makes an utterly charming type of present. Our little girl wouldn`t be without her blanket and it`s not hard to imagine that babies around the country would adore their very own personalised type of soft fleece coverlet.


The custom of grubbing for Earthnuts, or Pignuts is as ancient as mankind itself. Although these tasty tubers are beloved of pigs (hence the name) they are a most unusual and rewarding woodland snack and there was a time when they were a popular nibble for country children on their way to and from school.

The fern like leaves appear along with the Lesser Celandine in the spring. During May and July they develop umbellifer heads with white flowers not unlike Cow Parsley. According to Gerard and others the Dutch once ate them `boiled and buttered, as we do parseneps and carrots`. Unearthing a pignut is a delicate operation. The root disconnects from the tuber very easily, which can be several inches from where the stem appears above ground.

Follow the stem under the earth using careful scraping with a twig, fingernail or knife. Eventually you will reach the pignut which is covered with a chestnut coloured skin. If you can wash the nut at this stage it avoids getting muddy fingernails while peeling. As soon as I found the one shown in the picture, an earthworm appeared and dived into the hole it left!

Scrape off the papery outer coating to reveal the Earthnut. The older name for Earthnuts is `Earth Chestnuts` and this gives you a clue to their taste - a chestnut texture but with a more earthy taste. There`s nothing like carefully digging one of these up during a walk in the woods. Do it with your fingernails. As the earthy taste hits the senses you are drawn more completely into contact with the nature around you. A true `pomme de terre`.

Gerard`s Herbal mentions that `There is a Plaister made of the seeds hereof, whereof to write in this place were impertinent to our historie`....Probably witches again! Earthnuts get a mention in Shakespeare`s `Tempest`, from Caliban as he promises:

"I prithee, let me bring thee where crabs grow;
And with my long nails I will dig thee pignuts".

With thanks to R. Maybee, R. Phillips and M. Woodward’s version of Gerard`s Herbal.

For more information about this article and/or the author visit http://www.simonthescribe.co.uk/pignuts.html

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