Lesser whitethroat (møller) singing in the garden with a blue tit (blåmeis) joining in. In the second video you can hear snatches of the subsong. Lesser whitethroats overwinter […]
Fjord views
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Twinkle twinkle Trondheims-fjord
Early morning view from the house :) Post Views: 141
Food / Onions / Perennial vegetables
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SO/TR Pizza
I have a feeling that no one else had this pizza last night! SO/TR? Sherpa Onion/Turkish Rocket of course, better known (to the botanist) as AW/BO or Allium […]
Climbers / Perennial vegetables
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Hablitzia: from seed to flowering in 4 months
I’ve often noted that Hablitzia plants grow slowly the first year or so, but under ideal conditions (more warmth than we get outdoors here) they can grow fast…I […]
Climbers / Perennial vegetables / weeds
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Hablitzia as a weed!
Hablitzia as a weed!While researching Hablitzia tamnoides for my book Around the World in 80 plants (2014) I found the following simple entry in a 19th century encyclopedia […]
Birds
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Robin’s fiend #1
My friend the robin’s worst fiends are all the neighbour cats…..and he/she has young to protect now.I hear the robin alarming before I see the cat. Post Views: […]
Edimentals / Root crops / Tubers
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Rice lily
Rice lily or riceroot (Fritillaria camschatensis) is a great hardy edimental, and exclusive root vegetable, although don’t expect large yields. The small (but many) sweet tasting tubers often […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Veggie rich pie
AROUND THE WORLD IN THE EDIBLE GARDEN; Part 3 – Southern Europe and the Mediterranean countriesInviting you to the third in a series of dinners from Malvik’s Edible […]
woodlander
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Trillium days in the edible garden
I’ve been unable to find any ethnobotanical documentation that native americans used Trilliums (wakerobins) for food. They were rather considered as medicinal plants (see http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=trillium) and was also […]
Food / Onions / Perennial vegetables
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Garden wild green soup
Last night we made a green pea soup and apart from the Hablitzia (Caucasian spinach / stjernemelde), I used perennial vegetables growing in a wild part of the […]
Dandelions / Fasciation
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Fascinating fasciated dandelions
I was working at Væres Venner Community Garden yesterday and noticed a deformed (fasciated) dandelion flower. This can be caused by a range of factors including random genetic […]
Dandelions / Edible flowers / Perennial vegetables
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Japanese white dandelion
My Taraxacum albidum is looking good at the moment!The seed for this came from the Scottish Rock Gardening Club seed list 2016/17 (SRGC3660) and I planted two plants […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Korean tempura and dipping sauce for perennial vegetables
AROUND THE WORLD IN THE EDIBLE GARDEN; Part 2 – KoreaInviting you to the second in a series of dinners from Malvik’s Edible Garden where we “forage” from […]
clouds / Fjord views / Sun
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Föhn Skyscapes
A strong warm föhn wind has blowing for the last 24 hours and with it some fantastic skyskapes! Post Views: 168
Birds
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Icterine warbler and Brambling
A few days ago it was snowing, today it could reach 20C for the first time this year! And the warmer southerly winds has brought in a new […]
Annuals
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Elephant Head
I trialled over 50 different amaranths here about 15-20 years ago, hoping to find one that was early enough to produce seed in our short cold summer. The […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Cherokee Pizza
AROUND THE WORLD IN THE EDIBLE GARDEN; Part 1 – The Cherokee lands of Eastern North AmericaThe first in a series of dinners from Malvik’s Edible Garden where […]
Fjord views / Sun
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Greys and browns
It’s still cool here, but with the snow line receded upwards we are left with a lot of brown from the naked fields and the greys of the […]
Birds / Trees
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Singing Brambling
Bramblings (bjørkefink) are common breeding birds at higher elevations, but it’s just possible that they will breed here one day. This is the closest I’ve got with a […]
Fjord views
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The calm before the storm
Slightly warmer today and the first day for 5 or 6 days without new snow on the ground. A beautiful tranquil start to the day until, 5 minutes […]
Birds
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Common gulls house hunting
A pair of common gulls (fiskemåke) testing the neighbour’s chimney for size this morning: Post Views: 141
Climbers / Perennial vegetables / Snow
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Floppy Habby
It’s that time of year that Hablitzia tamnoides (Caucasian spinach / stjernemelde) goes all floppy and needs help to go upwards rather than sideways! The floppiness you see […]
Birds / Ferns / Garden tour / Garden views / Perennial vegetables
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A tour of the lower parts
I thought I’d take you for a tour of the lower parts of the garden including the forest garden. No commentary, let’s just listen to the birds and […]
Ferns / Food / Perennial vegetables
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Green Ostrich Pasta
I noticed yesterday that the ostrich ferns (strutseving) in the forest garden had put on a spurt despite the cold weather and were almost past the harvesting stage. […]
Birds / Fjord views / Snow
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Third day of snow
3 mornings in a row new snow has greeted me, but it mostly melts again during the day. I’m feeling for people in the north where the arctic […]