It was probably over 25 years ago I sowed some seed of a kiwi (Actinidia deliciosa) from the supermarket just for fun! Little did I know that it […]
Edientomental / Edimentals / Insects / Pollinators
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Bee beetle on the first Sanguisorba flower
It’s always nice to spot a bee beetle / humlebille (Trichius fasciatus) in the garden. I discovered this one on the first Sanguisorba flower of the year! Post […]
Seed
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Nice hairdo!
Somebody commented that this Jack-go-to-bed-by-noon (Tragopogon pratensis) has a hairdo like mine ;) I think it’s rather smart! Post Views: 158
Climbers / Perennial vegetables
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Mother and daughter habby
The daughter Hablitzia tamnoides (Caucasian spinach / stjernemelde) was self-sown in the middle of what was where we parked the car and now where I store plants until […]
Annuals / Edimentals / House plants
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Devil’s claw as an edible house plant
Update 160121: The single plant produced many (over 20) fruits and masses of seed. I’ve added a few pictures at the bottom. I’ll be offering seed to members […]
Perennial vegetables
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Udo record
My 18 year old udo (Aralia cordata) is probably the tallest ever this year (I’m 6 ft or 1.8m). After the coldest May for many years with plenty […]
Brassica / Perennial vegetables
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More perennial kales
The perennial kales overwintered well the last two winters and are looking good. I showed a video of one I got from Walsall Allotments in Birmingham, UK a […]
Fjord views / Sun
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Sun pillar
Sun pillar just before sunrise at 3 am chez moi! Post Views: 143
flower buds / Flower stalk / Food / Perennial vegetables
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Mallows in season #2
…and my second best mallow is the hollyhock mallow or greater musk mallow / rosekattost (Malva alcea), hardy and reliably perennial, here with perennial kale “Daubenton”, flower buds […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Mallows in season
Mallows (Malva spp.) are now in season for harvesting and will from now until autumn be an important source of greens and edible flowers. The best part are […]
Garden tour / Onions
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The Allium garden at Ringve
19th June 2020: Video update from the Allium (Chicago) garden at the NTNU Ringve Botanical Gardens in Trondheim. The heat wave has brought many species into flower and […]
Bulbs / Edimentals / Forest Gardening / Perennial vegetables
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Ornithogalum pyramidale
It’s always a nice surprise to discover a plant in flower in the garden that I thought long dead! Yesterday I discovered a plant that I’m pretty sure […]
Butterflies and moths / Onions
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Diamonds on Allium
I hope diamond back moths (kålmøll) haven’t taken a liking to onions ;) Post Views: 159
Butterflies and moths / Insects / Nettles
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Check your nettles!
Making nettle water (fertiliser) this afternoon and I checked if there were any butterfly / moth larvae under the leaves, but I missed one and this beauty floated […]
Edimentals
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Viola canina subsp montana
Another new edible for the Edible Garden is Viola canina subsp. montana is one of the tall violets. Post Views: 117
Butterflies and moths
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First Admiral
The first red admiral butterfly of 2020 was in the garden yesterday! I bet it’s come a long way! Post Views: 141
Forest Gardening / Perennial vegetables / woodlander
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Flowering waterleafs
A new species in the garden this year is the Pacific waterleaf or slender-stem waterleaf ( Hydrophyllum tenuipes) from California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. It was a […]
Biannuals / Edimentals
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Samaritan’s Goatsbeard: new species for The Edible Garden
Samaritan’s Goatsbeard (Tragopogon crocifolius subsp. samaritanii) is currently flowering, a biannual species from Southern Europe (Italian: Barba di becco di Samaritani). and it’s a beauty! In Scandinavia, Tragopogon crocifolius […]
Edimentals / Food / Perennial vegetables
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Hostas, scapes and broccolis
Last night’s greens included all my 16 Hostas, Allium scorodoprasum (sand leek / bendelløk) scapes; broccolis from sea kale (strandkål), ornamental sea kale (Crambe cordifolia) and Turkish rocket […]
Brassica / Perennial vegetables
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Sustainable kales
I’m more and more convinced that perennial kales are the way forward. After two mild winters I’ve had good overwintering of most varieties except Tree Collards from California. […]
Birds / Nut trees
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Pinus cembra shedding
A week ago I noticed my oldest Pinus cembra was full of male flowers (pictures at the bottom) and yesterday it was shedding pollen as you can see […]
Butterflies and moths
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Comma checking punctuation?
A comma butterfly (hvit C) has been hanging out in the garden the last few days and its favourite perch is an area covered with newspapers. Is it […]
Food / wraps
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Doggy bag leaves
My daughter came over for lunch yesterday and couldn’t eat it all! Could I have a doggy bag she asked…preferably not plastic! Hosta sieboldiana “August Moon” and Ligularia […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Norwegian quinoa and swamp greens medley
13th June 2020 perennial greens were stir-fried and served with quinoa and served with Allium ursinum flowers.Allium validum (swamp or Pacific onion) with flower shootSaxifraga pensylvanica (swamp saxifrage)Gunnera […]