White-tailed eagle (havørn) in flight past Malvikodden Note that you can see Trondheim (Værnes) airport in the background…this is where eagles were flown out and over to the […]
Birds
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A Gulp, Murder or a Charm?
Take you pick, this is either a Murder of magpies, a Charm of magpies or, charming, a Gulp of magpies… Post Views: 129
Birds
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Bird videos 4th February 2018
This time, a treecreeper (trekryper) on the bird feeder looking for tidbits, bird diversity under the feeder, my resident pair of great spotted woodpeckers (flaggspett) and the last […]
Food / Invasive plants / Perennial vegetable shoots
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Noxious pizza
I’m still alive and well after last night’s noxious pizza. I’ll explain. I used pea shoots from the living room, onion, Allium cernuum shoots harvested from the garden […]
Talks
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The Potential of Perennials for Food Resilience symposium
Happy to announce that I’ll be in Switzerland the week after Easter to attend and talk at a symposium on “The Potential of Perennials for Food Resilience” Here’s the […]
Fjord views
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Hell is cold this morning
In the video I zoom into Hell where the fjord smoke is drifting this morning, a sure sign that the temperature is under -10C! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Norway Post Views: 84
Birds
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Drumming in the garden at -10C
This morning it was -10C, but that didn’t stop this great spotted woodpecker from thinking of spring, drumming from this pine tree in the neighbour’s garden! Pause 0:00 […]
Fjord views / weather
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North East Gale
There’s an unusual wind direction, blowing a gale from the north east today, a sign of cold weather on the way as a low pressure system currently centred […]
Edimentals
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Edimentals.com reaches 1,000 posts!!
I’ve just noticed that in the 3-4 years since I started this Edimentals web site / blog I’ve now (this week) reached 1,000 posts! Below is a screen […]
Fjord views / Moon
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Almost as bright as midwinter
It looks as though it will be cloudy tomorrow night, so here’s a few pictures of the almost full moon. Itwas almost as bright as midwinter here at […]
Moon / Sun
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More “northern” lights
Some more pretty lights seen from the garden yesterday… The moon had on some make-up last night, preparing for the super blue blood moon in two days time! […]
Birds
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Bird count weekend
Over the weekend of the national garden bird count (hagefugltelling) the temperature was stable between -1 and +1C. I registered 23 species in the garden, 7 of which […]
Forest Gardening
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Barstow’s Lund near Lund
I was just sent this picture from my visit to Holma Forest Garden in Southern Sweden <3 (https://www.facebook.com/SkogstradgardensVanner) on 1st September 2017….. I am very happy to be […]
Films / Garden tour
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The complete indexed Extreme Salad Man videos
Many thanks to Ane Mari Aakernes (<3) for putting this play list of Youtube videos she and Berit Børte (<3) made of me last year. All these videos […]
Birds
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27th January birds in the garden
Blue tit (blåmeis) singing Jackdaws (kaie) resting Female blackbird (svarttrost) Post Views: 141
Garden tour / Wild Edibles
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The VanDusen Botanical Gardens in Vancouver BC
After visiting the UBC botanical garden on 4th April 2018, I bussed across town to Vancouver’s better known more formal VanDusen botanical garden, although it’s a younger garden […]
Perennial vegetables / Seed
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Inundated with perennial seed!
Yesterday, I sowed some 110 varieties of perennial edibles….and I had about 20 left to sow….I thought I was finished for now! Guess what was in the post […]
Garden tour
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Mostly Edibles in the UBC Botanical Garden, Vancouver
On 4th April 2017 I visited the University of British Columbia botanical garden in Vancouver, Canada. It was more dfficult to find by public transport as I had […]
Fjord views
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Sea smoke
There was some sea smoke on the fjord this morning as the temperature dropped below -10C in the night! Post Views: 165
Fruit
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Papaws – Asimina triloba – in Norway?
I was asked if it is possible to grow papaws (Asimina triloba) in Norway. I don’t think it’s impossible, but I suspect they need warmer summers than most […]
Birds
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Bullfinches in the garden
Bullfinches (dompap) again feeding on maple seeds, here right outside the kitchen window! Post Views: 174
Food
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What was in tonight’s dinner?
What are the ingredients we see in the first picture? Post Views: 123