Yesterday at dawn sounded like spring again in the garden and I heard both woodpigeon (ringdue), robin (rødstrupe), chiffchaff (gransanger) and the two in the videos. The first […]
Butterflies and moths
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Iron prominent moth
I caught Notodonta dromedarius (Iron Prominent moth / Dromedartannspinner) in the garden yesterday! Post Views: 186
Fjord views / Sun
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Waking at sunrise
I woke this morning just as the sun rose, now just after 6 am, and what a view! :) Post Views: 136
Salad
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Hazel’s salad
My lovely daughter Avellana has been working at the Botanical Gardens in Trondheim this summer. It’s been lovely having her around and we’ll miss her! I made two […]
Hoverfly / Insects
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Pellucid Fly
Pellucid Fly or Hvitbåndethumleblomsterflue (Volucella pellucens) is quite common in the garden and is a hoverfly! Post Views: 157
Fjord views
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Fjord views at dusk and dawn
Very autumny view at 10 pm last night and a beautiful dawn heralding a spell of possibly record warm weather! Post Views: 117
Birds
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Close encounters
I’ve had a couple of close encounters with birds the last couple of days: 1) My local robin (rødstrupe) has been getting braver and braver over the last […]
Course / Garden tour / Salad
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BINGN Student Visit to the Edible Garden
It was a busy weekend. On Sunday, a group of 6 third year BINGN students, a three year biodynamic apprenticeship program in the Nordic countries were here for […]
Garden tour
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Visit from Austrian Hobbits!
Saturday was a great day with the garden full of Austrians and to make them feel at home I took them to the steepest parts of my garden […]
Berries / Fruit
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The Last Garden
After 3 years, I’ve finally finished the last cultivated area in the garden on the steep slope below the pond. The soil is very shallow, so I’ve terraced […]
Fjord views
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Hazy morning
Hazy this morning as warmer less clean air from the south moved in today.. Post Views: 129
Garden tour / Salad / Talks / Walk and talk
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The Edible Garden Land Centre Opening
During KVANN’s (Norwegian Seed Savers) annual meeting weekend in Trondheim we had an official opening ceremony for my garden, The Edible Garden (Den Spiselige Hagen), as a Permaculture […]
Spiders
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Pumpkin spider / Korsedderkopp
Araneus diadematus is commonly called the European garden spider or sometimes the pumpkin spider (korsedderkopp). I presume this is the male carefully approaching the female without being eaten for […]
Rodents
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Wood mouse
It’s not often I can film a mouse in the garden. A very young wood mouse (småskogmus) Post Views: 98
Uncategorized
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The Ladies 15, Admirals 2
Painted Lady (tistelsommerfugl) numbers have gradually increased over the last few days and I counted 15 today with two Red Admirals. A week ago the situation was reversed […]
Berries
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Bilberries
In the local paper was a report that it was a bad year for bilberries (blåbær) locally. I’m glad we didn’t listen and went anyway as it was […]
Butterflies and moths
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Painted Ladies vs Red Admirals
Yesterday there were 15 Red Admiral butterflies in the garden and 2 Painted Ladies, today the Ladies beat the Admirals 8-6 :) Post Views: 153
Fungi
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That Chantarelle Moment
That special moment each year when you see the first large group of chantarelles in the woods! Used in a delicious green wholegrain spelt pasta sauce with Malva […]
Butterflies and moths
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Invading Admirals
There were at least 15 Red Admiral butterflies in the garden yesterday, mainly on Buddleja! Post Views: 104
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Pizza Hemerocallis
Tonight’s pizza ingredients found on a random forage in the garden: 3 different day lily species flower buds, including the first yellow Hemerocallis altissima, H. citrina (in the […]
Talks
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The Alston lecture in Atlanta, Georgia
On 24th September, I’m doing the Alston lecture at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens :) Free entry! https://atlantabg.org/calendar/alston-lecture-around-the-world-in-80-plants-an-edible-perennial-vegetable-adventure Post Views: 157
Birds
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Close encounter with a cuckoo
On my bike ride to Ringve today, I saw a bird sitting on the path in front of me. I thought first it was a sparrowhawk that had […]
Beans / Potato / Spice
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Broad beans, falafels, new potatoes and golpar
Today I harvested the year’s first broad beans at the Væres Venner Community Garden where KVANN (Norwegian Seed Savers) are developing a garden: I also harvested the first […]
Climbers / Edimentals / Perennial vegetables
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Floriferous Hablitzia
There couldn’t be more flowers on my oldest 17 year old Hablitzia tamnoides (Caucasian spinach / stjernemelde)! Post Views: 146