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Blanching / Perennial vegetable shoots / Perennial vegetables / Root crops
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The last roots
The last roots I harvest in the autumn are perennial vegetables for eating in the winter. I usually do this as late as possible and some years harvestng […]
Garden tour
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A Cool Windy Planet Experience at Powerscourt
Back in September again and I was in Ireland and my friend Orlaith Murphy had set up a diverse tour of great local gardens for me! My first […]
Edimentals / Tubers
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Jack-on
My friend Jack-on (Polymnia edulis) enjoys a bit of company and you can see he’s happy! Post Views: 112
Uncategorized
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Digging for victory
I’ve been following and supporting the discussions that we need to Dig for Victory against climate change as though we were in a war….this is the progress so […]
Birds
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Flock of woodpeckers?
I’ve never seen more than 2 great spotted woodpeckers (flaggspett) at one time in the garden, so it was a surprise to see 3 of them around the […]
Birds
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RIP Bombycilla garrulus
It doesn’t happen very often but the last few days at least 3 waxwings (sidensvans) flew into a window on the house, two of which recovered (have put […]
Fjord views / Moon
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Nightime views
A few shots from the house this evening! Post Views: 150
Beans
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Broad bean diversity 2018
Broad (fava) bean diversity 2018! This was the first harvest at Væres Venner community garden in Trondheim! This is the only (and original) bean for making falafel and […]
Herbs / walks
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On the Guadiana River
During my stay in Mertola, we did two short walks along the river. The first pictures are from near the town centre, the second group from Canais do […]
Birds / Fruit
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Waxwings on apples
I sorted my stored apples yesterday and put out ones that had begun to rot for the waxwings and thrushes outside the kitchen window. This was the scene […]
Garden tour / water plants
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Jorge’s edible water garden
I’ll always be grateful to my friend Jorge Carona as without him I would never have been invited to Portugal. The story of how we met is told […]
Foraging / Fungi
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Sopptur 16th November
(Sopptur = Mushroom picking / fungal foray) Still masses of winter chantarelle in the woods despite for frosts a week ago…and a few chantarelle and hedgehog fungus…. Post […]
Course / Talks / Walk and talk / walks
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Tour de Portugal links
Perennials Resistence in Mertola, Portugal (video and interview) http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=20370 Herdade do Freixo do Meia http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=20042 Freixo de Cima http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=20133 In search of the wild asparagus at Bombeira do Guadiana […]
Birds
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Bombycilla garrulus and Coccothraustes coccothraustes
How DO they make up those scientific names? A small group of waxwings (sidensvans) in the garden with 4 hawfinches (kjernebiter) provided entertainment (distraction) this afternoon….waxwings are berry […]
Garden tour
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Freixo de Cima
On the afternoon of my arrival at Freixo do Meio (see previous posts and also http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=20042), Jorge Carona and I were loaned an electric vehicle to explore the […]
Blanching / Dandelions / Foraging / Forcing / Perennial vegetables
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Dandelion harvest
Dandelions are one of my favourite winter perennial vegetables. During the summer, wild dandelions sow themselves on my cultivated beds….one of the advantages of having too much open […]
Birds / Sun
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Jackdaw acrobatics
A flock of some 150 jackdaws were having fun this morning playing acrobatics in the wind! Post Views: 144
Walk and talk
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Herdade do Freixo do Meio
Many thanks to my friend Alfredo Sendim for inviting me to hold a course at his amazingly diverse Herdade do Freixo do Meio farm. It is run as a […]
Garden tour
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Edible plants in the Orto Botanico Padua
On a work trip to Italy on 4th April 2009 I took the opportunity to visit Orto Botanico in Padua. Founded in 1545 by the Venetian Republic, it is […]