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Edimentals / Perennial vegetables
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Appalachian Greens
I can go out into my garden and “forage” spring greens from anywhere in the temperate Northern Hemisphere! This week I foraged possibly the top two traditional spring […]
Perennial vegetables
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Forsøk med flerårige grønnsaker i fjellet
English summary: We believe that we could grow a lot more food in the Arctic and Norwegian Mountains buy using perennials rather than annuals. These are the first […]
Seaweed
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IKEA Seaweed Bags!!
I finally discovered a useful IKEA product :) The 38th consecutive year moving seaweed from beach to garden! Post Views: 204
Edimentals / Perennial vegetables / Permaculture / Salad / Walk and talk
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Grand Opening of The Edible Garden Permaculture LAND Centre
Grand Opening of The Edible Garden Permaculture LAND Centre (Thanks to Berit Børte, Kjell Hødnebø, Lone Dybdal, Elin Mar, Bell Batta Torheim, Inger Line Skurdal Ødegård and Margaret […]
Fjord views / Sun
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Changing fjord views
A change in the weather from summer temperatures with dirty air from the south and Saharan dust has been replaced by fresh Arctic air and snow showers and […]
Perennial vegetables / Salad
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Hail and Kale salad!
A collection of edibles in the garden today which had been hailed on—and my first hail salad…..but nothing on this one: https://twitter.com/farmingainteasy/status/889675766526509056 Post Views: 193
Edimentals / Onions
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Allium atrosanguineum is back
I thought I’d lost this unusual onion, Allium atrosanguineum, but one flower head appeared again this week and there are two other plants, one of which is being […]
Birds / weather
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15 Swallows don’t make a summer!
I was woken this morning to the sound of swallows (låvesvale) outside and a flock of some 15-20 birds were feeding low over the tree tops encouraged northwards […]
Garden tour / Garden views
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2019 Fosen visit
I got home from my trip at 8am this morning! At 10:30 a great group of students studying self-sufficiency (sjølbergerlinja) at Fosen folkehøgskole (Fosen Folk High School) visited […]
Birds
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New arrivals
These little fellows arrived back in the last couple of days! Post Views: 158
Birds
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Red Throated Divers
I can now hear red throated divers (smålom) calling and displaying on the fjord every day! A couple of videos from yesterday. They breed on small lakes inland […]
Perennial vegetables / Root crops
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Spring beauty time in the garden!
My spring beauties are flowering in the garden, appearing a little before wood anemones (hvitveis). The one I grow is Claytonia virginica and last summer I found this […]
Book
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The 5th reprint
DHL arrived yesterday with 200 new books of the 5th reprint of Around the World in 80 plants! This time 15 minor mistakes and improvements have been made! […]
Birds
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Today’s performance
who became the third species in 3 days to sing to me! Sat under the old gnarled birch tree in the garden having breakfast this morning and I […]
Biennial / Food
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Karvekaalsuppe
Yesterday was time for the annual karvekaalsuppe party in Malvik. The young spring shoots of caraway are ready for harvesting in early spring (April to early May). They […]
Fjord views / Sun
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Reflections from Stjørdal
Evening sun reflections from across the fjord at Stjørdal about 13kms away and the mountains beyond! Post Views: 125
Insects
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First Butterfly
My first butterfly of the year has emerged in the garden, a small tortoiseshell (neslesommerfugl), seen on one of the last winter aconites (vinterblom). I was surprised to […]
Birds
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Today it was the blue tit!
Today it was warm enough to sit outside and work for the first time this year (with a thick jumper)….and today it was the resident blue tit (blåmeis) […]
Birds
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My friend Robin redbreast!
I was in the garden most of the day, sawing up firewood and storing it for the winter. I was followed around by my friend the robin (rødstrupe) […]
Fjord views / Sun
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Early Rise in Early April
This is the best time of year for getting up at the crack of dawn, lots of birdsong too! The sunrise at the moment is about 6 am…..but, […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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9th April veggies
Tonight’s garden foraged perennial veggies for an oriental stir-fry! Lots of Hablitzia (stjernemelde), ground elder (skvallerkål), Svenskelauk (a form of Allium fistulosum), sweet cicely (spansk kjørvel), dandelion (løvetann), […]
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