I’ve never seen real bread for sale, you can tell from the weight. The loaves I made yesterday weighted in at over 1.5kg! This sourdough was made from […]
Arachnids
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Velvet mites
At the moment there are many of these tiny red so-called velvet mites (probably Trombidium holosericeum) crawling around hunting on open soil and compost in the garden. I […]
Climbers / Food / Perennial vegetables / Salad
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Happy Habby Pizza
Last night’s dinner was a 100% wholegrain sourdough pizza with Hablitzia, four cheese and poppy seed topping… The dough was made from a selection of whole grain organic […]
Birds / Fjord views / Sun / weather
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Record warm spring
We’re enjoying record warm days for the first half of May….today is the 5th day above 20C…. enjoying an early breakfast in the garden …..and I can hear new […]
Talks / walks
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Extreme Salad Man on Gardener’s Question Time
Thanks to Anna who told me she’d heard my name mentioned on BBC Gardener’s Question Time yesterday in connection with my June appearance at the programme’s summer party […]
Article
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Edimentals reach India!
http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/homes-and-gardens/what-are-edimental-gardens/article23849307.ece Post Views: 100
Bees / Edimentals / Perennial vegetables
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Early May in Malvik
Just a random selection of pictures from the garden from the last few days! 130518: Added a few more 160518: Added some Trilliums now at their best Post […]
Community Garden
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Bastard digging at Væres Venner
Thanks to Guren Efferus (Efferus Veksthus) for the box of plants which have arrived in good condition….and the box can also be recycled! As the temperature dropped yesterday evening, after […]
Birds
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Chiffchaff dance
Chiffchaff (gransanger) in the garden yesterday doing her ancient traditional dance… Post Views: 134
Birds
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New wave of migrants
There was a big arrival of African migrants in the night and this morning I registered my first pied flycatcher (svarthvit fluesnapper) singing in the garden, a group […]
Fruit
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KVANN at Njøs
English: pictures from Norwegian Seed Savers visit to Njøs, an old fruit research station near Leikanger in Sogn! We saw Stein Harald Hjetnes’ own developed Celina pear as […]
Perennial vegetable shoots / Perennial vegetables
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permakulturplanter.no visit!
A great visit from my old friends Irja Frydenlund and Benjamin Bro-Jørgensen from Tingvoll and permakulturplanter.no popped in this afternoon with little Asimina and Ainora (what’s that backwards?!!). […]
Invasive plants / Perennial vegetables
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Around the World with Fuki
Fuki (Petasites japonicus) is a popular spring vegetable in Japan and Korea. It has also been introduced as an ornamental in Europe and in North America as a […]
Perennial vegetables / weeds
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Tsukushi
Tsukushi (Equisetum arvense) or field horsetail is a much loved spring vegetable in Japan and Korea. In Norway, it is called kjerringrokk or åkersnelle and is only used […]
Birds
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Dunnock and Starlings
Starlings (stær) are now established in one of the 35+ year old nest boxes…and a dunnock (jernspurv) has been singing its heart out at the top of a […]
Perennial vegetable shoots
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Perennial veg pakora
Pakora or bhaji is a popular snack in Indian and surrounding countries. Growing up in the UK, vegetarian Indian food has always been part of my diet since […]
Talks / walks
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Extreme Salad Man at Mount Stewart events this summer
I’m appearing at two events at National Trust property Mount Stewart in Northern Ireland this summer. I’ll be doing talks and walks and talks at both events 9th […]
Garden tour / Perennial vegetable shoots / Perennial vegetables
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Oslo Botanical Garden, Tøyen, spring edibles
On a break in my journey from Trondheim to Hvaler I had a few hours edible-spotting in the Oslo Botanical Garden (full of – not allowed to pick […]
Foraging / walks
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Day 2 of the Hvaler Permaveggies Course
On the second day, we started with the second part of my talk and then had a walk on the beach at the Ytre Hvaler National Park looking […]
walks
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The perfect birthday gift: a botanist for the evening!
What a perfect present….an evening with Anders Often, one of Norway’s leading botanists and a lovely person too! Thank you Randy Gunnar Lange and Ingunn Bohmann. I’d never […]
Foraging / Forest Gardening / Garden tour
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Permaveggies course on Hvaler
Fantastic spring weather for the first day of our weekend permaveggies course arranged by Hvaler Hagelag on the Hvaler islands in southern Norway. Great group of old and […]
Book / Perennial vegetables
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New Norwegian Fruit and Vegetable Encyclopedia with Hablitzia and Hosta
Published this month is a new Norwegian Fruit and Vegetable Encyclopedia written by Kari Vetlesen Among its pages you will find both Hablitzia and Hosta (mentioned for the first […]