I didn’t expect to find a bumble bee feeding first thing this morning but I found this Bombus hypnorum (tree bumblebee/trehumle) busy visiting flowers of Ribes divaricatum and […]
Fjord views / Snow
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More of the white stuff
Most of yesterday’s snowfall melted during the day, but it was back again this morning… Post Views: 131
Perennial vegetables / Snow
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No problem, we’re perennials!
It was forecast several days ago but it was uncertain if the snow would lie down here at sea level. Nevertheless it was a shock to wake to […]
Food / Perennial vegetables / Root crops
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JA Quiche
Jerusalem artichokes (JAs / jordskokk) in quiche? Why not?Yesterday’s quiche included JAs, Hablitzia tamnoides (Caucasian spinach / stjernemelde), Aegopodium podograria (ground elder / skvallerkål), dandelion (løvetann), rehydrated dried […]
Climbers / Perennial vegetables
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Hablitzia picture gallery
As I’ve mentioned elsewhere I eat more Hablitzia tamnoides (Caucasian spinach / stjernemelde) than any other spring vegetable and have eaten it every day now since the beginning of […]
Brassica / Dandelions / Edible flowers / Ferns / Food / Onions / Perennial vegetables
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A 65 Veggie Pakora at 65
To celebrate my 65th we made indian pakora with 65 (or so) different perennial vegetables. Going for a new title, this time EPM (Extreme Pakora Man)! Any better? […]
Birds / Spring / weather
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3 swallows don’t make it summer
I was surprised yesterday to see my first swallows of 2020, 3 of them hunting in the garden for a few minutes. We’re experiencing the coldest weather this […]
Food / Foraging / Perennial vegetables
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Wild domesticated edibles and 65 habby days
Tonight’s omelette had more or less only wild edible perennial plants from my area in it, although all grow in my garden, managed in some way…with one exception […]
Fruit
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From one a day to over 20!
I only eat fruit that I grow or pick in the woods myself. For 5 months from November I only eat fresh stored apples from the cellar and […]
Edible flowers / Perennials
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Early May Edible Flower Bouquet
A posey of edible flowers:Primula denticulata Primula elatior (oxlip / hagenøkleblom)Primula vulgaris hybrid (primrose / kusymre)Claytonia virginica (spring beauty)Arabis alpina (Alpine Rock Cress / Fjellskrinneblom)Arabis caucasica (Wall Rock Cress […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Pizza greens 1st May 2020
Presenting yesterdays greens used on a veggie 100% whole grain barley/spelt/rye sourdough pizza were:Hablitzia tamnoides (Caucasian spinach /stjernemelde) (eaten now every day since the beginning of March and […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Habby-Dandy MacCheese
A wonderful birthday dinner yesterday!As is the tradition since I left home, my birthday dinner has been Macaroni Cheese with rhubarb crumble for dessert. Mac Cheese was the […]
Digging
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Birthday excavations
Many thanks for all the birthday greetings yesterday! Last year’s signature tune was When I’m 64 by the Beatles, but this year’s I’ve been looking forward to most. It’s […]
Food
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Quinoa greens
Tonight’s 22 greens from the garden with yacon used in a quinoa stir-fry (with garlic and chili in addition):Brassica oleracea (perennial kale / flerårig kål)Hydrophyllum virginianum (waterleaf, indian […]
Birds
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Close dunnock encounter
I’ve never been this close to a dunnock (jernspurv) before. They are normally really shy and although they sing every spring I have no sightings of young birds […]
Food
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More perennial vegetables for dinner!
A new collection of perennial vegetables from the garden on 25th April 2020, now back to cool, overcast weather. All are managed in some way. Carum carvi (caraway […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Today’s perennial catch
23rd April 2020 perennial greens used in a delicious quiche (eggepai):Hablitzia tamnoides (Caucasian spinach / stjernemelde)Myrrhis odorata (sweet cicely / spansk kjørvel)Rumex acetosa (sorrel / engsyre) Campanula latifolia (giant […]
Butterflies and moths
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Brimstone butterfly and moth
Brimstone butterflies (sitronsommerfugl) have become much more common on the other side of the fjord in recent years and I saw one in the garden for the first […]
Food / Onions / Perennial vegetables
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Victory falafels
Falafels can be home grown over most of Norway and if we are serious about climate change should become standar fare in kitchens, restaurants and supermarkets throughout the […]
Birds / Fjord views
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The wild dawn call of the Curlew
I am so fortunate every year to hear the song of the curlew (storspove) singing in the bay from early April and through most of the summer, sometimes […]
Onions / Perennial vegetables
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Earliness and diversity in Victory Onion
Victory onion or seiersløk (Allium victorialis) in Norwegian has one of the most widespread geographic distributions in the Allium genus from the Pyrenees to the Far East. In […]
Perennial vegetables
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Forest garden companions
Here’s two favourite companions of the edible woodland garden: Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum) and the climber Caucasian spinach (Hablitzia tamnoides). The plant is for the waterleaf to gradually […]
Onions / Perennial vegetables
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Mass Victory Onion Germination
Mass germination around one of my victory onions /seiersløk (Allium victorialis). I’m not sure where this accession originates. Post Views: 149
Breeding / Food / Onions / Root crops
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Caraway root breeding and Karvekaalsuppe
I’ve been selecting caraway (Carum carvi) through 4 generations now for larger roots. I plan to have a larger number of plants from next year at our community […]
Article / Onions
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Trøndersk geirlauk: tilbake etter 1000 år på Island
English: This is the Norwegian version of the story I published in my book Around the World in 80 plants about a wild onion (Allium oleraceum) that was […]