An album of pictures from my visit to RHS Wisley Gardens on 11th March 2019 just outside of London, one of my favourite gardens for edimental spotting which […]
Talks
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Cobham and Chobham
My second talk in the UK was in Cobham in Surrey for Plant Heritage, an organisation that administers 620 national plant collections (https://www.nccpg.com) including Jackie Currie’s national Allium […]
Perennial vegetables / Root crops
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A visit to a Wasabi farm on the Izu peninsular in Japan
On 3rd April 2016 I was on an amazing study tour in Japan to witness first hand the cultivation of perennial vegetables. These are wild native species which […]
Food / Onions / Perennial vegetable shoots / Perennial vegetables / Tubers
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February barl-emm-otto
A multispecies barlemmotto for dinner last night. Barlemmotto? Think risotto made instead with wholegrain BARley and EMMer wheat grains :) The ingredients are shown with the pictures! Post […]
Fungi
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Enokitake=Velvet Shank=Vintersopp
One of the hardiest fungi appears often midwinter in mild winters. It is the velvet shank (vintersopp in Norwegian, meaning winter fungus; Flammulina velutipes). The recent mild weather has […]
Fjord views / Moon
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Moonrise over Værnes
98% full moon rising over the airport at Stjørdal this evening! Post Views: 187
Food / Onions / Perennial vegetables / Winter vegetables
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The first garden forage of the year!
After 3-4 weeks of snow cover, the weather this week changed dramatically and we had the second warmest February day over the last 100 years with over 10C! […]
Fjord views / Sun
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Northern rainbow
The first rainbow of the year in the northern sky! The position of rainbows is highly seasonal here, but at this time when the sun is low over […]
Food / Onions
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Mast-o Mooseer
In 2015, I blogged on “A Year in the life of the Persian Shallot” (see http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?page_id=893) and dried a few onions for future use. Persian shallot can be […]
Birds
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Goldfinch flock returns
They’ve been absent for some time apart from a single bird occasionally. A flock of 6 birds were in the garden most of yesterday: 1) …with Yellowhammers (gulspurv), tree […]
Birds
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Blackbird greeting
Blackbirds (svarttrost) are still shy forest birds here, so I was surprised that this one came to greet me this morning right outside my home office! Post Views: […]
Seed
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THE NEW EDIMENTALS SEED TRADE LIST FOR 2018-2019
Welcome to my new seed trade list for 2018-19. 16, 17 and 18 in brackets indicates the harvesting year for the seed. Concerning seed quantity: as I don’t […]
Seed sprouts
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Cut and come again peas
Save your own pea seed and sprout your own in winter indoors, some of these used for a stir-fry dish last night! If sown in soil, they can […]
weather
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Sunrise cloud front
High cloud front moving nothwards at sunrise this morning, now totally overcast. Post Views: 128
Fjord views
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Sea smoke and light shows in Malvik
Sea smoke drifting past this morning’s light show and a shot taken at dawn! Post Views: 122
Seed / Sowing / stratifying seed
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Winter seed sowing and recording
Here’s how I sow and record perennials sowed mid-winter for stratifying. They will be left outside until they germinate in April-June, some not until 2020! Post Views: 118
Article
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Om Spiselige Norske Fremmede Arter / About edible Norwegian alien species
English at the bottom! I forbindelse med et lunsjforedrag hos Artsdatabanken i Trondheim 21. august 2017 fikk jeg en liste over alle 71 planter i Svart høy risiko (SE) […]
Seed
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Perennial vegetable seed sowing season
More seed arrived this week and, a bit late this year due to my 1st February project deadline I’ve started sowing seed, now stratifying under the snow outside! […]
Fjord views
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Patterns on the fjord
Intriguing patterns (oceanographic fronts / fjord dynamics) on the fjord Post Views: 132
Birds
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Greenfinches sunbathing
Greenfinches (grønnfink) enjoying the sunshine in the garden with a few yellowhamers (gulspurv) amongst the aspen (osp) buds! Post Views: 149
Birds
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Thirsty goldfinch
A lonely thirsty goldfinch (stillits) in the garden this morning :) Post Views: 159
Food / Perennial vegetable shoots / Winter vegetables
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Winter quiche
I’m often asked what I do with all my winter perennial shoots and other stored vegetables! One favourite is a vegetarian quiche (eggepai). Easy to make and it […]
Article
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