The first pinkfeet (geese) / kortnebbgås passing over last night! Post Views: 152
Birds / Fjord views / Sun
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Dawn chorus of one: 23rd March 2020
A woodpigeon (ringdue) singing the dawn in this morning. Post Views: 139
Root crops
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Parsnip men!
When my kids were young I made up a now legendary (in our family at least) story that I told them at bedtime about the Potato Men….potatoes that […]
garlic bulbils
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Early emerging garlic
I planted garlic late (early January) this year as it froze early, but they are emerging 2-3 weeks early! The second picture is from an area with closely […]
Onions / Perennial vegetable shoots
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Japanese victory onion
Allium victorialis earlier this week in the garden. I harvested half of these shoots. This is an accession I received seed from Iku Kubota in Japan in December […]
Food / Perennial vegetable shoots
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Self-produce from the garden
Here’s yesterday’s fresh produce* from the garden….the joy of perennial vegetables! However, snow overnight will make harvest more difficult the next few days! Here’s today’s list:Aegopodium podograria (ground […]
Birds
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Silent Spring?
Not in the way Rachel Carson was thinking back in the 60s although that crisis (the biggest one) is also lurking under the surface too….but the current crisis […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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More from the garden
We seem to be at least a month ahead of normal this year. I don’t normally see new shoots of ground elder (Aegopodium) until the middle of April […]
Food / Perennial vegetable shoots
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Catch of the day!
Yesterday’s harvest mostly from the garden (blanched dandelions and horseradish from the cellar):Ground elder (skvallerkål)Lesser celandine (vårkål)Perennial kale (flerårige kål)Seombadi (Dystaenia takesimana)Dandelion (løvetann)Allium x proliferum (walking onion / […]
Birds
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March Waxwing
I’ve only twice before recorded waxwing (sidensvans) in March here. They arrive in large numbers in October and November and are usually gone again by the end of […]
Birds / Fruit
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Nervous blackcap on apple
A male blackcap (munk) in the garden feeding nervously on an apple that a fieldfare (gråtrost) has been guarding attacking any bird that gets near. …and then demonstrating […]
Trees
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Curry Leaf House Plant
The leaves of Murraya koenigii (Curry tree or curry leaf plant) are commonly used in curries and in chutneys in India. Although it’s a small tropical tree (<6m), […]
Food / Onions / Perennial vegetables
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Slowly Approaching the time of Plenty: Spring!
Tonight’s sourdough pizza greens, all harvested outside after most of the snow disappeared during the day. From the top and clockwise; Ficaria verna (lesser celandine / vårkål), Allium […]
Onions / Sowing
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Pricking out Alliums
It was warm enough to sit outside yesterday and “prick out” (i.e., transplant into bigger pots) all the spring onions and leeks I’d sown a week ago inside. […]
Perennial vegetable shoots / Winter vegetables
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Winter Tradescantia shoots
I’d potted up some Tradescantia ohiensis shoots in the autumn as I’d planned to offer a few roots to members of the Norwegian Seed Savers’ (KVANN) perennial vegetable […]
Course / Forest Gardening / Perennial vegetables
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Announcing the 4th Permaveggies course in the Edible Garden
Norsk: Se lengre ned på siden English: This is the course for you who want to learn more about perennial vegetables and forest gardening in a course held […]
Mammal
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Otters in the water
3 otters swimming across the bay again this morning: ….which reminds me of this song by Harvey Andrews, a folk singer who often played support to rock bands […]
Salad
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Buzz Buttons
Serving a side-salad of leaves of Acmella (Spilanthes) oleracea is guaranteed to get the juices flowing and lead to a lively discussion at dinner… Widely known as the […]
Birds
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February Blackcap
A blackcap (munk in Norwegian) was foraging the last yew berries this afternoon outside the kitchen window. Post Views: 151
Perennial vegetables / Talks
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Perennial vegetables webinar on Youtube
The recording of webinar last week on perennial vegetables is now up on Youtube:https://youtu.be/DO_BdCXqaE0 The webinar was part of the course “Ett år i Omställning” (one year in […]
Perennial vegetables / Seed sprouts
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Perennial Myrrhis Sprouts
Sweet cicely (spansk kjørvel) is considered to be one of the worst invasive plants here and is now banned for sale and we don’t offer it through the […]
Birds / Onions
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Redpoll workers
Today at the Ringve Botanical Gardens I found the Allium garden was full of little workers eating the masses of birch seeds that had fallen during the winter….saving […]
Birds
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Record early Robin
Ever since I moved here in 1984, it’s been one of the year’s highlights to hear the first robin (rødstrupe) singing in the spring and I’ve recorded this […]