My first ripe North American golden currants or buffalo currants (gullrips), Ribes aureum, were awaiting my return from the US today. This is probably the black-fruited cultivar “Black Pearl”. […]
Fjord views / Sun / walks
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Home again
Great to be home again after my non-stop tour of Eastern and Mid-West USA. 12 talks and 2 walk and talks complete without any deviations from plan! Thanks […]
Talks
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Seacoast Permaculture in Portmouth, NH!
Many thanks to Amy Antonucci and Seacoast Permaculture for arranging the second of my two part Around the World in 80 plants talks in Portsmouth, NH on Friday […]
Nursery / Perennial vegetables / Permaculture / Talks
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Perennial Vegetables and Edimentals in Maine
A great evening at the Resilience Hub in Portland, Maine after a tour of Aaron Parker’s Edgewood Nursery where I’m staying! Possibly the best stocked edible perennial nursery […]
Permaculture / Talks
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Live in Holyoke!
It was a great evening last night in Holyoke, Massachusetts last night with a great group of knowledgeable permaculture folk! I was also on a tour of Eric’s […]
Talks
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The Extreme Salad Man in Atlanta
Many thanks to all who turned up for my talk in Atlanta last night. I’m told there were almost 200 people :) The book store sold all 25 […]
Garden tour / Perennial vegetables / Walk and talk
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With Joe Hollis in Paradise!
What an amazing place, at Joe Hollis’ Mountain Gardens in North Carolina yesterday! My favourite forest garden anywhere!! At 77, Joe is still expanding having purchased more land […]
Seed
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Curious double New Zealand Spinach seeds
Harvesting my New Zealand spinach seed this afternoon I noticed that several of them had secondary satellite seeds attached…a second seed seems to have grown out of the […]
Plant Heritage / Potato
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This year’s Norwegian heritage potatoes
This is the second year we’ve grown the ten (new) virus-cleaned mini-seed potato varieties made available every year through the national Norwegian program, managed by Norwegian Seed Savers (KVANN), […]
Food / Salad
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Rapini salad for Andrew
Fellow seed saver and friend Andrew McMillion is staying for a couple of days…giving a seed saving lecture in Trondheim. Andrew is leader of KVANN’s (Norwegian Seed Savers) […]
Talks
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Edimentals tour of the US
I’ll be giving a series of talks and courses in the US from 22nd September to 6th October, including at Joe Hollis’ Mountain Gardens in North Carolina; at […]
Nut trees
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American chestnut at Ringve in Trondheim
There’s a great little American chestnut tree (Castanea dentata) just outside the office building at Ringve Botanical Garden in Trondheim where I work. This one has bloomed almost […]
Butterflies and moths
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Red-green carpet
Another nocturnal beauty from the garden, Chloroclysta siterata (the red-green carpet / mørk irrmåler): Post Views: 155
Berries / Foraging
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Cranberries
We have two species of cranberry here: Vanlig tranebær (Vaccinium oxycoccus) and småtranebær (Vaccinium microcarpum). Found a bog covered in one or both species today. Have to return in spring […]
Birds
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Eiders on the fjord
A flock of almost 100 Eider ducks (ærfugl) in the bay at the moment! Post Views: 152
Butterflies and moths / Hoverfly / Insects / Pollinators
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Early Autumn Pollinators
With only a few inflorescences left on my Buddleja plants, the red admiral and painted lady (tistelsommerfugl) butterflies are transferring their attentions to other flowers in the garden, […]
Butterflies and moths
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Pink-barred Sallow / Fiolettbåndet Gulfly
Here’s a previously unseen beauty in the garden (until I started trapping moths this summer). It’s Xanthia togata (The pink-barred sallow / fiolettbåndet gulfly). This is an autumn flying moth […]
Butterflies and moths
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Peak butterflies
There are record numbers of butterflies in the garden at the moment, crowding on the last Buddleja flowers. A few days ago, I counted 35 butterflies, about equal […]
Garden tour
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KVANNs Åpne Hager / Norwegian Seed Savers Open Gardens
Norsk: Det arrangeres åpne hager i KVANN’s (Norwegian Seed Savers) nettverk denne uken. Mine to hagevandringer er dessverre utsolgt, men du kan se hva vi holder på med […]
Walk and talk
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Walk and talk at Jøssåsen
I enjoyed my visit to Jøssåsen Landsby (Camphill Village) here in Malvik in the inland higher part of Malvik kommune. It’s too long since I visited! Inger Line […]
Mammals
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Porpoises on the fjord!
A group of, I think, harbour porpoises (nise) seen from my sitting place in the garden :) Post Views: 161
Poisonous plants
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Giftodden
OM GIFTODDEN Idag var jeg en tur ut til Malvikodden som ligger på andre siden av Malvikbukta fra oss. For 20 år siden kjempet flere av oss for […]