Rumex vesicarius (bladder dock) is an annual relation of sorrel from southern Europe, North Africa and West Asia. I sowed the seed in the winter in a seed […]
companion plants / Herbs / Onions
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Accidental companions
Accidental companions: a Sherpa onion (Allium wallichii) has set up home in the middle of my greek mountain tea (Sideritis syriaca) with a few self-sowed dandelions for good […]
Tubers
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Monster spring beauty tuber!
I was transplanting some Allium canadense bulbs today and disturbed this large spring beauty (Claytonia virginica) tuber only just below the surface! I’ve tried growing this species from […]
Fjord views
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After the rain
This morning’s view! A good rainfall in the night and waterbutts are full again, saving a lot of watering before leaving for the Norwegian Permaculture Festival tomorrow! Post […]
Butterflies and moths
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Garden pebble
Garden pebble (kålpyralide) (Evergestis forficalis) found in the garden yesterday whilst weeding…only one report before in my area Trøndelag (from 1986!)…..and yet another pest of brassicas :( Post […]
Birds
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Greenfinches on Tragopogon
Greenfinches feasting on goatsbeard (geitskjegg) (Tragopogon pratensis) seeds this morning! Post Views: 137
Article / Heirlooms
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Artikler om grønnsaksarven fra Hagetidend
I 2011 skrev jeg en serie artikler om vår grønnsaksarven til Norsk Hagetidend. Etter Skog og Landskap sidene ble nedlagt er artiklene ikke lenge tilgjengelig på nettet. Derfor […]
Butterflies and moths
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Speckled Wood: new for Malvik
This rather damaged speckled wood (skogringvinge) turned up in the garden this morning….and it turns out to be the first record of this butterfly in Malvik kommune… The […]
Botanical Garden / weeds
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Weeding Vermont!
Yesterday was my most intensive weeding day of the year so far, first 2-3 hours finishing the weeding of KVANN’s bed at Væres Venner community garden followed by […]
water plants
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Brown Cress is Back
BROWN CRESS IS BACK! I received a tip via permies.com that hybrid brown watercress is again available in Europe! In my book I wrote (in the piece about […]
Onions
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The perennial bed onions
A little video showing various Alliums about to burst into flower on a bed I’ve always called the Perennial Bed as it was the first bed devoted to […]
Fjord views / Sun
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Morning beams
Following reports of unwanted aliens being deported via the airport in the background of this shot….they’re back! Post Views: 120
Edimentals / Perennial vegetables
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Earthquake proof Crambe!
An old stone wall collapsed below the house in the winter on top of one of my Crambe cordifolia (ornamental sea kale / buskstrandkål) plants….well, it bounced back […]
Fjord views / Sun
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Bi-coloured fjord
The fjord was looking greeny blue all day in the sun, perhaps coloured by an algal bloom, then the wind picked up and a front moved across the […]
Bulbs / Edible flowers / Edimentals
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Edimentalilies
I’ve been enjoying my edimental lilies this week and eating the flowers, both as salad and in last night’s tempura! More about edible lily bulbs in the following […]
Fjord views / Sun
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Whirligig light show in Skatval
Strange goings on…on the other side of the fjord in Skatval :) Post Views: 136
Food
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Emmer multispecies tempura
Tonight’s dinner was the first tempura of the year, made with Emmer wheat….delicious! With Mustard “Giant Red”, dandelion, Hosta flower shoots, assorted lily flowers, ground elder, Daubenton and […]
Climbers / Perennial vegetables
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Old Growth Hablitzia today!
My oldest Hablitzia (Caucasian spinach) planted here in 2001 is the right of these two plants, the one on the left is self-sowed! Post Views: 139
Biannuals
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Tragopogon capitatus
A new edible in the garden in flower today is salsify relative Tragopogon capitatus from Xinjiang in China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan! The seed were sourced from […]
Birds
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Common gull threatening on the balcony!
11pm last night and I opened the bedroom door onto the balcony and a common gull (fiskemåke) decided I was a bit too close to its chick that […]
Tubers
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Harerug bread
Harerug? Literally meaning “Hare rye” is a plant found in Norway from the outermost coast to the high mountains and is also one of the few edible plants […]
Community Garden
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Weeding at Være
Spent the day with assorted Væres Venner (Friends of Være) weeding the KVANN (Norwegian Seed Saver) gardens. The good news is that almost all the couch grass has been […]
Onions
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The Allium (Chicago) garden at Ringve at the end of June 2018
The Allium garden at Ringve has grown well as have the so-called weeds (mostly very young birch trees!). I spent the afternoon weeding and documenting the right hand […]
Nutrition / Perennial vegetables
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Hosta nutrition
A nutritional analysis of Hosta is reported in the enclosed open access article from Japan (2017): “Analysis of essential macro-micro mineral content of twelve Hosta taxa” by Mehraj, […]
Forest Gardening / Garden tour / Urban farming
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Parkens Grøde
Thanks to Elena Katarina for showing me Parkens Grøde at short notice on Sunday evening before I took the train home! The other gardener Marcia Kyle and a […]