Jackdaws (kaie) coming in for landing below the house in the bay! It’s a hard winter for them with continuous snow cover! Post Views: 116
Birds
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The first sign of spring
It was Uplifting to witness the first real sign of spring, a single oystercatcher (tjeld), back in the bay yesterday 15th March 2018! Post Views: 124
Garden tour / Talks
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Extreme Salad Man Videos
A: Around the World in 80 plants talk in Hurdal, Norway in 3 parts with index to all the plants and topics covered in the film description: Part […]
Perennial vegetable shoots / Perennial vegetables / Salad / Talks / Winter protection / Winter shoots / Winter vegetables
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Webinar on winter perennial vegetables!
Thank you Emilia Rekestad for putting last week’s webinar on winter perennial vegetables up more permanently on youtube. Emilia first introduces the webinar and the polyculture project through […]
Birds
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Drumming woodpecker
A bit milder today and a drumming great spotted woodpecker (flaggspett) was heard again in the garden this morning! Post Views: 115
Mammals / Moon
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Full moon fjord ice and the otter
A less obvious result of the full moon is drifting ice on the fjord, resulting from unusually high tide releasing ice from the shoreline and floating out into […]
Talks
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Japan and the edible perennials Webinar
Well, I survived the last 3 intensive days, first travelling from the UK whilst preparing for Wednesday’s talk about my study trip to Japan in spring 2016 at […]
Fjord views / Sun
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Back home!
Arrived back home from the UK late last night to -15C and I had to literally plough up the driveway with my suitcase. Nothing frozen in the house […]
walks
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On the Itchen in Hampshire
Great family lunch in a pub at Shawford in Hampshire followed by a walk along the river between Shawford and Hampshire Post Views: 146
Foraging
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Foraging in (Old) Hampshire
It’s difficult to believe that the spring foraging season has come so far here in Hampshire, UK whilst on the other side of the North Sea there are […]
Foraging / Talks
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Hampshire and the Hungry Gap talk!
A few pictures from my Mum and Dad’s garden in Chandlers Ford, a walk around Old Town, Southampton, my talk on Hungry Gap veg at the Art Centre […]
Article / Salad
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Une salade avec 537 différentes plantes
Merci beaucoup, Raphael Maier https://raphlejardinier.wordpress.com/2018/02/21/record-mondial-de-salade/ Post Views: 255
Dandelions / Forager / Perennial vegetables
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RIP The King of the Dandelions, Dandelion Dude Peter Gail
Even though I never met him, I was saddened to learn this morning that one on North Americas leading foragers Peter Gail has died. I first came across […]
Edible flowers
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Begonia still flowering
One edible flower still going strong in my living room on 13th February! A Begonia, but unknown species! Post Views: 143
Birds / Mammal
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Birds in the garden 13th February 2018
1. Nuthatch and Great spotted woodpecker atop a spruce tree 2. My handsome grey red squirrel disappears up the tree with a grunt 3. I had a rodent […]
Mammal
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Handsome squirrel
The handsome red squirrel was back today….most red squirrels I’ve had in the garden over the years have been dark coloured! Post Views: 121
Birds
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Mating long-tailed tits?
Another first for the garden today, long-tailed tits (stjertmeis) displaying and perhtaps also mating? What do you think? Isn’t it a bit early? Another first for the garden […]
Mammal
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Grey red squirrel
An attractive grey “red squirrel” was in the garden this morning; it was 6 years ago I had a squirrel in the garden!! Post Views: 147
Birds
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Yellowhammer and Robin on the bird feeder
Two videos of birds that usually feed on the ground, today on the bird feeder….it was windy and not much competition from other birds! 1. Yellowhammer (gulspurv) 2. […]
Birds
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Drumming woodpecker
Drumming great spotted woodpecker (flaggspett), using the bird feeder today! Post Views: 136
Birds
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Birds in the garden 7th February 2018
Marsh tit (løvmeis) Yellowhammers (gulspurv), part of a flock of 11 birds with a brambling (bjørkefink) Hawfinch (kjernebiter) with nuthatch (spettmeis) at the end! Bird diversity in […]
Birds / Fjord views / Snow
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Snow at dawn
A fresh white view this morning and a beautiful dawn after a good snowfall yesterday.. View with drumming great spotted woodpecker (flagspett) Post Views: 119
Birds / Uncategorized
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White-tailed eagle pair
The white-tailed eagle (havørn) pair flew past again this morning and again landed in trees on Malvikodden… Maybe they’re thinking of nesting there? Post Views: 154