The Extreme Salad Man was asked last night to make a salad…..but he only managed 55 in total. He blames the fact that he was only given an […]
Birds
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Cuckoo in the garden
One of the “problems” with being aware of nature is that I often sleep lightly. I was first woken at about 2 am by distant cuckoo (gjøk) song […]
Birds
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Shelduck feeding
When I woke this morning at 6:30, I noticed what looked like a goose in the field below the house. Zooming in with my camera, it was a […]
Beans / Food
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Broad bean (fava) pakora
A little over a year ago we made pakora (Indian fried vegetables) with 65 perennial vegetables to celebrate my 65th birthday (see https://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=25405)I made the following comment: “Just […]
Seed sAVING
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Marie Gaden RIP
I was very saddened to hear that Marie Gaden has died at 91. I learned so much from Marie about gardening and I have so many plants that […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Fasciated dandelion- udo- sea kale salad
Not something I can make very often as I don’t find fasciated dandelions very often! A simple salad was put together, made fascinating with a fasciated dandelion.The blanched […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Today’s permaveggies
Presenting the 14 permaveggies used in tonight’s Indian dal! Here are the ingredients:Around the outside: Blanched sea kale / strandkål (Crambe maritima)Stinging nettle / brennesle (Urtica dioica)Top left […]
Book / Forest Gardening
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Der Essbare Waldgarten von Malvik
This is the title of an 11 page article on my garden in a new Austrian book on edible forest gardens and agroforestry systems by permaculturist Bernhard Gruber. […]
Talks
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Edimentals at the Southeastern Plant Symposium
EDIMENTALS GOES MAINSTREAM? Following on from my visit to Joe Hollis at Mountain Gardens and on the back of a successful talk at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens in […]
Bees / Birds / Community Garden / Seed sowing
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Wagtail at the North Pole
North Pole? Yesterday I worked for the first time this year at the Væres Venner Community Garden where KVANN (Norwegian Seed Savers) and I are involved. When I […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Perennial Baccalao with victory onions
We occasionally eat wild fish and are particularly fond of baccalao (dried salted cod from Lofoten).These were yesterday’s ingredients (list at the bottom): Top left and clockwise: Dandichokes […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Habby Mac-Cheese 2021
A wonderful birthday dinner again this week!As is the tradition since I left home, my birthday dinner has been Macaroni Cheese with rhubarb crumble for dessert. Mac Cheese […]
Onions / Perennial vegetables
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Unintentional presents
Yesterday was my birthday and the best presents were all unintended as birthday presents:1. Allium victorialis from a large stand that has naturalised from a farm garden in […]
Birds
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Good times for gulls
The annual large flocks of gulls are now here resting in the bay after feeding following farmers’ ploughs all day. They are mostly common gulls (fiskemåke) and black-headed […]
Forcing / Perennial vegetables
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Does udo resprout
During a webinar recently somebody asked me recently whether udo (Aralia cordata) resprouts in the same season if one cuts it. I said I would give photographic evidence […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Perennial veggie saag and stuffed blue congo paratha
The favourite food of an average Englishman of my generation is Indian and I’m no exception. Yesterday I was inspired to make perennial veggie aloo saag and stuffed […]
Climbers / Food / Perennial vegetable shoots
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Habby pizza time with Urui shoots
We are now rapidly approaching maximum Habby (Hablitzia tamnoides) harvest, so most meals now have masses of shoots of this amazing perennial vegetable. We make sourdough bread every […]
Climbers / Food / Perennial vegetables
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Habby pea soup
Yesterday was the first day above 10C this year and my Hablitzia (Caucasian spinach) plants are really growing fast. We used those in the picture together with thinned […]
Sun
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I’ll never tire of that view!
Woken at 5:58 am by the first rays of the sun and bird song as warmer weather has arrived at last. Post Views: 101
Food / Perennial vegetable shoots
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First Garden Forage of 2021
Most of the greens are now finished in the cellar, so time for the first harvest in the garden despite for the fact that it’s been snowing off […]
Dandelions / Perennial vegetables / Winter vegetables
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Dissected dandelion bud
We’ve been eating dandelions for lunch every day now for almost 3 months from the roots dug in the autumn and there’s still loads (see my post in […]
Birds / Snow
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Redwings are back
I was in the garden this morning and heard the contact call of the (European) redwing (rødvingetrost), described as a thin, drawn and sharp “sreee”. It’s always a […]
Perennial vegetables / Snow
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Hail Hablitzia
Yesterday it hailed on my collection of Hablitzia plants…and today they were covered in a white blanket: Post Views: 156
Birds
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Pinkfeet fly-past
Large fly-past by pinkfeet (kortnebbgjess) yesterday. I noted 9 flocks in total and 6 flocks of in total 900 birds between 14:15 and 15:30. The map showing all […]