A couple of helpers cleared the sycamores and Norwegian maples that had grown up again along the lane at the bottom of the garden. Now you can once […]
Climbers / Perennial vegetables
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Hablitzia accession overview 2019
Hablitzia accession overview 2019 The following gives an overview of the sources of Hablitzia I know of (if I’ve missed any, please let me know!) My oldest plant […]
Uncategorized
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Bombus consobrinus on Himalayan Balsam
Long-tongued Bombus consobrinus (lushatthumle) which almost exclusively feeds on Aconitum has turned up in the garden over the last few days on Himalayan balsam / kjempespringfrø (Impatiens glandulifera). Thanks […]
Birds
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Biological control
This chiffchaff (gransanger) is doing its best to control the invasion of diamond back moths (kålmøll) larvae! On cress (karse) and radish (reddik) being grown for seed! I […]
Food
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Veggie wholegrain pizza with New Zealand Spinach
My daughter asked if we’d like to come and join her and her friend in Napolitana (the village pizza restaurant). We were actually just about to eat pizza […]
Herbs
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Lemon balm rescue
Getting on for 35 years ago, we created what we called the Herb Bed in the garden for sun-loving herbs. It was the most sunny part of the […]
Butterflies and moths
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Painted Lady Larva on Mallow
When I saw this larva in the garden on a cultivated Malva sylvestris (common mallow / apotekerkattost), I didn’t imagine this was a painted lady / tistelsommerfugl (Vanessa […]
Garden tour
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Tante Grusom and Edvin “Fallskjerm” Trygg visit
I haven’t laughed so much during a garden tour for a long time! I had the pleasure to show Cathrine Johnsen, who operates a wild foraging company (Fru […]
Berries
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At last….mulberries
It’s been a long wait, but I can finally taste a few mulberries….both my bushes which are about the same age started producing after about 15 years, although […]
Berries / Food / Salad
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Saskatoons and salad
At the weekend at the Permalin Farm summer festival I met an English-German couple Johnny and Anna who were on a long campervan holiday in Norway, doing some […]
Course
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Perennials at the summer festival at Permalin farm
28th July 2019 was a great day in the company of some lovely people from a number of different countries (Chile, Finland, Germany, North Carolina in the USA) […]
Edible flowers / Edientomental / Edimentals / Perennial vegetables
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Edimental of the Day is Malva alcea
Malva alcea (greater musk-mallow, cut-leaved mallow, vervain mallow or hollyhock mallow / Norw: rosekattost) is a mallow native to southwestern, central and eastern Europe and southwestern Asia, from Spain north to southern Sweden and east to Russia and Turkey. It is easy to confuse […]
Birds
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Woodpigeons and the opium poppy
I love to get up early on Sunday mornings, in particular in the holidays as there are few vehicles on the road, no aircraft flying in to the […]
Butterflies and moths / Edientomental / Entomental
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Butterfly prefers onion to butterfly bush!
The warmth has encouraged the Buddleja (Butterfly bush / Sommerfuglbusk) into flower, but this small tortoiseshell (neslesommerfugl) still prefers Alliums! Buddleja isn’t edible, but it is one of […]
Mammals
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Our main predator….
I don’t think I’ve blogged about a very important component of the garden ecosystem…so presenting: The garden would be a quieter place without this one! Post Views: 126
Perennial vegetables
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The garden gnome!
This year’s udo (Aralia cordata) is bigger than ever following the cool damp early summer here! More about my largest vegetable udo here and in my book: http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?s=aralia+cordata […]
Trees
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Rowan, birch and lime
The trees are full of fruit / seeds this year, so it looks like we are going towards a good winter for the birds! Post Views: 205
Birds
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Nutcracker song in the garden
Over the last week there’s been up to 4 Siberian nutcrackers (nøttekråker) in the garden. Unsure what they’re eating at the moment as the hazelnuts aren’t ripe yet, […]
Fjord views / Moon
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Night returning to Malvik
As we move away from midsummer, night is returning to the north! Post Views: 157
Slug
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Leopard foreplay
I encourage this kind of thing in my garden: The leopard slug or great grey slug / boasnegl (Limax maximus) is an introduced species, but unlike the spanish […]
Birds
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Fieldfare in the garden
Fieldfares (gråtrost) don’t breed in the garden but nearby. After the breeding season, a few forage for the first berries in the garden. Saskatoons / søtmispel (Amelanchier spp.) […]
Perennial vegetables
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Saving sorrel seed
Sorrel (Rumex acetosa) is found throughout Europe, even in alpine habitats up to 2,100m in the Alps and 1,900m in Norway. It ranges eastwards as far as Japan and […]
Climbers
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Oh no, sorry greenbrier…
Last summer I discovered a climber in a hedge in the garden. It turned out to probably be Smilax lasioneura, the Blue Ridge carrionflower, a species closely related to Smilax herbacea, […]
Annuals / Edientomental / Edimentals
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Opium poppy season is here again
My annual vegetable beds are once again aglow with opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) flowers, my favourite annual edimentals. These are my favourite “weeds” that come up year after […]
Article / Climbers
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Artikkel om Hablitzia i Listera / 2009
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