I love these broad curiously shaped leaved woodlanders from the Far East, but, sadly, my shidoke (Parasenecio delphiniifolia), which I found in a supermarket and ate in Japan, […]
Foraging
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Vennafjellet walk
A nice walk at Vennafjellet just over the border in Selbu kommune on Monday! We started at Svendalstjørna,walked over to the old seter (mountain farm) at Engavollen and […]
Birds
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Record Oystercatcher flock!
A flock of 68 oystercatchers (tjeld) flew past the house this evening, by far the largest flock recorded in Malvik during autumn (July onwards) :) Post Views: 117
clouds
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Lenticular clouds
Lenticular clouds this morning heralding another warm but windy day up here! Post Views: 143
Edible flowers / Edimentals
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Chicory flower season
I let chicories self-sow in the garden and after introducing many vegetble cultivars and ornamentals I have a bit of a mix of flower colours and forms! Here […]
Bees / Edible flowers / Edientomental / Edimentals / Root crops / Uncategorized
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Rampions for dinner: one of the best edientomentals!
The most successful of the half dozen Phyteuma species I’ve tried in my garden has been a plant received as Phyteuma nigrum (syn. Phyteuma spicatum ssp nigrum), black […]
Moon
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Ecliptical moon rise
A few pictures from last night’s ecliptical moon rise. Because of the hills in the south the full eclipse wasn’t visible! Post Views: 121
Butterflies and moths
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Green-veined white on Patrinia
Green-veined white (rapssommerfugl) on Patrinia triloba v. takeuchiana (honeysuckle family) Post Views: 99
Edible flowers / Salad
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Half my age party!
I “noticed” a few days ago that my little girl Hazel had reached half my age (in number of days)! It was noticed that Hazel would be half […]
Butterflies and moths
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Dark green fritillary
A seldom guest in the garden this morning, a dark green fritillary / Aglajaperlemorvinge (Argynnis aglaja) and the Buddleja is in flower record early! Post Views: 152
Onions
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Allium “Chacha”
Allium “Chacha” is a new bulbilliferous selection of common chives (Allium schoenoprasum)… I hadn’t heard of it when I was offered bulbils by a member of KVANN (Norwegian […]
House plants / Nut trees / Trees / Tubers
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Kurrajong: a house tree with edible roots!
Kurrajong is an Australian tree, Brachychiton populneus, which along with other species of the genus make interesting house plants due to their interesting leaves. Kurrajong leaves resemble poplar […]
Fungi
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Mushrooms for dinner!
Agaricus spp. (champignon / sjampinjong) growing near a compost area in the garden!! Wood mushroom / snøballsjampinjong? Post Views: 150
Botanical Garden / Onions
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The Chicago onion garden at Ringve on 23rd July 2018
I spent the afternoon weeding and deadheading (to stop seed spreading)! There are at least 10 different Chicago onions (Allium cernuum) still in flower! Here’s a little video […]
Bulbs / Edible flowers / Edimentals
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Oriental and asiatic hybrid lilies
This is an asiatic hybrid lily growing in the garden of the flat I stayed in in Jondal during the Nordic Permaculture Festival! According to wikipedia, asiatic hybrids […]
Onions
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Status of the Granvin victory onion location
In June 2009, I was shown the only naturalised stand of victory onion (Allium victorialis) in south western Norway (away from Lofoten Islands – Vestvågøy – and Bodø […]
Onions
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Norwegian report on my 2009 Victory Onion safari to North Norway and Granvin!
In 2009, I travelled to Lofoten to see the naturalised stands of victory onion (seiersløk) / Allium victorialis in Lofoten, the collection of this species at the botanical […]
Bees / Pollinators
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KVANN’s garden at Væres Venner
(Norsk tekst finner du nederst: We spent 3 hours this afternoon weeding and starting to extend the KVANN garden at the Væres Venner Community Garden at Ranheim today! […]
Events / Uncategorized
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Perennialen IV
The 4th Perennialen was the shortest yet, a short visit to Eirik and Hege’s wonderful place and LAND centre at Alvastien in Hardanger after the Nordic Permaculture Festival […]
Festival / Foraging
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The Nordic Permaculture Festival 2018 in Jondal
A few pictures from a great weekend in Jondal at the Hardanger Academy for Peace, Development and Environment A few pictures of edibles in the garden of the […]
Butterflies and moths
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Not Arran Brown
The commonest butterfly here in July is the Arran Brown (fløyesesringvinge), but they don’t often stay still like this one resting on Sanguisorba canadensis leaves… Despite the fact […]
Berries / Birds
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Birds love saskatoons too…
The Saskatoons (Amelanchier alnifolia “Thiessen”) ripened early this year and I was too late netting them against the birds….a young fieldfare (gråtrost) was eating the berries yesterday morning, […]