English speakers: See the summary at the bottom! Skorsonerrot, svartrot, jordskonnerot eller bondeasparges Scorzonera hispanica er en av de nye rotgrønnsakene som har kommet til Norge de siste årene. […]
Perennial vegetables / Root crops
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The perennial Rampions: shade tolerant edientomentals!
This is my third article published here this week, written as part of a 3-year project funded Landbruksdirektoratet (Norwegian Agriculture Agency), this time in English! As the last […]
Perennial vegetables
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Stolt Henrik: Blad og brokkoli grønnsak, flerårig kornplante og godteri i en og samme plante
English speakers: See the summary at the bottom! I går publiserte jeg en artikkel om scorsonerrot, en plante med mange bruksområder(se Scorzonera). En annen plante hvor alle deler […]
Article / Onions
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Om Norrlandsløk / Norrland Onion
English speakers: See the summary at the bottom! Jeg har tidligere skrevet om Norrlandsløk i min bok Around the World in 80 plants. Dette er en spennende storvokst […]
Events / Talks / Walk and talk
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Events in 2019 with the Extreme Salad Man!
I’ve just updated my list of events for 2019 on my main events page, http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?page_id=262 Hope to see some of you at one of these events! 19th February Malvik […]
Article / Wild Edibles
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Mot en Norsk Spiselig Flora / Towards a Norwegian Edibles Flora
English text at the bottom! Jeg har opp gjennom årene prøvd å dyrke over 6000 spiselige planter i Malvik like øst for Trondheim. Dette har vært inspirert av […]
Fjord views
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Cloud jet
Today’s view shows an unusual cloud over the fjord ending in Hommelvik where it’s currently -10C, presumably caused by a jet of cold air falling from the mountains […]
Birds
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Fieldfare and woodpigeon
Fieldfares (gråtrost) only take fruit, whereas blackbirds and robins seem to largely ignore apples and eat other crumbs. They defend their apples against other fieldfares. I have currently […]
Birds
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Hawfinches in the garden
There’s been a single hawfinch (kjernebiter) in the garden for several weeks but yesterday there were five….and it’s all about SIZE…that beak means other birds don’t threaten their […]
Moon / Sun
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Eclipse dawn
As the moon re-emerged from the eclipse this morning in the west, this was the view in the opposite direction! Post Views: 88
Perennial vegetables / Snow
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Perennial kale snow blanket
Just the tallest of the perennial kales are now visible above the snow! Hope this continues as there’s a much better chance of them overwintering when there’s a […]
Birds
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Yellowhammers
With deep even snow covering all the fields, grain eaters are hungry. I put out some grain and rolled oats today and it didn’t take long for 50 […]
Fjord views / Moon
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Full moon rise
A fantastic moon rise over Forbordsfjellet this evening…but it looks like it will cloud over before the eclipse in the morning! Post Views: 126
Uncategorized
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Grain eaters
With 40-50cm of snow in the farm fields, grain-eating birds are desperate for food. Today, some 30 yellowhammers (gulspurv) and many hooded crows (kråke) and jackdaws (kaie) were at […]
Onions / Perennial vegetable shoots
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Perennial shoots in the snow
Plenty of greens as perennial vegetable shoots are now in season here! Post Views: 153
Fjord views / Snow / Sun
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Snow scenes
Several days with snow showers and we now have the deepest snow for this time of year since 1986! Under the thick layer of snow the soil is […]
Beer / Perennial vegetables
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Gamle Norske Humle
Medlemmer av Norwegian Seed Savers (KVANN) får igjen mulighet gjennom Årboka som kommer i februar å bestille stiklinger av de gamle Norske humleplantene som er samlet i en […]
Sun
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The first morning of 2019
The sun finally appeared today briefly above the southern hills and I saw my first sun shadow this year!! Whoohoo! We made it through the long night again! […]
Perennial vegetable shoots / Salad / Winter shoots / Winter vegetables
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H for Hablitzia Extreme Salad
The Less than Extreme Salad Man has been in action with the year’s multi-species salad! A few hours before the polar low storm hit and snow covered the […]
Fjord views / Snow / weather
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January storm
It was a dramatic night here with high winds, snow, hail and there was even a thunderstorm at 4 am (not common in winter here!)….a Polar Low (polar […]
Root crops / Winter shoots
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Long Horseradish root
We’re nearing the end of a very mild period with no frost in the ground, so I’ve been doing a lot of unseasonal work in the garden. Yesterday, […]
Garden tour / Permaculture
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Kim Tyner’s wonderful “permaculture” garden in Wicklow!
Continuing my tour of Wicklow gardens which Orlaith Murphy had arranged for me! After a great lunch at Wendy Nairn’s house I was unprepared for the amazing garden […]