Put out some oats in the garden and the crows are there in a few minutes! Hooded crow and magpies! Post Views: 107
Birds
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Foraging wren
I hadn’t seen a wren (gjerdesmett) in the garden for a couple of weeks, so it was nice to see one today foraging outside the kitchen. Luckily there’s […]
Birds
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House sparrows
House sparrows (gråspurv) are often ignored but apparently numbers have declined in Europe in recent years, estimated at 70% in the UK. A few years ago it was […]
Birds
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Robin and Blackbird
Both of these thrushes, European robin (rødstrupe) and blackbird (svarttrost) overwinter in small numbers, mainly in the lowlands here. Post Views: 154
Birds
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It’s spring!
Nuthatch (spettmeis) singing in the garden this morning…now it must be spring! ;) Post Views: 133
Moon / Sun
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Moonset and first sunrise dance
It’s BACK and it will soon be spring again… The moon set and the sun rose in more or less the same position on the southern horizon this […]
Sprouts / Winter shoots / Winter vegetables
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January vegetables from cellar and window sills
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Birds / Fjord views
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Bullfinches on cherry buds
Early this morning and the bullfinches were grazing on cherry buds…and as I zoomed in I noticed a goldfinch sitting with them! Post Views: 166
Sun
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Breakfast views
Breakfast time today! Still to see the sun this year directly.’ Post Views: 101
Supermarket
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Korean supermarket in Vancouver BC
I was keen to visit a Korean supermarket when I was in Vancouver and some Koreans I met in Victoria on a walk recommended H Mart, a chain […]
clouds / Fjord views / Sun
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Giant Illuminated arrow
Good morning world! The sun should rise for the first time in several weeks today (but I won’t be here to see it..)…is this what the giant illuminated […]
walks
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Edimentals in Stanley Park, Vancouver
I took the ferry across from Vancouver Island to the city of Vancouver. I’ve already posted a lot of pictures of the birds of fabulous Stanley Park, a […]
Fjord views
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Storm “Cora”
3 videos and a few pictures documenting today’s storm which was named “Cora”, today’s entertaiment Post Views: 131
Seed
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THE NEW EDIMENTALS SEED TRADE LIST FOR 2017-2018
7th January 2018 Welcome to my new seed trade list for 2017-18. 15, 16 and 17 in brackets indicates the harvesting year for the seed. Concerning seed quantity: […]
Birds
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Birds in the garden 6th January 2018
1. Fieldfare (gråtrost) on apple in snow #1 2. Fieldfare (gråtrost) on apple in snow #2 3. European robin in snow 4. I’ve never seen European robin actually […]
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More birds in the garden; 5th January 2018
1. Blackbird (svarttrost) and great spotted woodpecker (flaggspett) 2. Bullfinches (male and female; dompap) on plum buds (not too happy with this), there were 8 birds altogether….hopefully they won’t […]
walks
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Beacon (Camas) Hill, Victoria BC
After the Indigenous Plant Walk the day before, my Airbnb hostess Kelly Kerr invited to show me around the Beacon Hill Park, a 200 acre mix of both […]
Forest Gardening / Garden tour
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Indigenous plant walk in Victoria BC
On 1st April 2017, I visited the Compost Education Centre in Victoria BC, Canada, where I’d enrolled on an indigenous plant walk around the grounds, lead by Ashley […]
Perennial vegetables
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Surroundings around the site of the 2018 Nordic Permaculture Festival
English: It has been announced that this year’s big permaculture event in the Nordic countries, the Nordic Permaculture Festival will be arranged in and around the fantastic village […]
Moon
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Moonset and rise in only 7-8 hours
It was interesting to see that the moon set at about 10am this morning in the north west just before I left for the office in town, and […]
Forest Gardening
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Alvastien Telste’s Multi-layered Food Forest
On the second day of Perennialen III, in early August 2017, we were joined by Rebecca Smith of Norway’s second LAND centre on Byrknesøy on the coast north […]
Birds
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Hawfinch pair
Two hawfinches (kjernebiter) on the bird feeder yesterday. There was also still a flock of 20 or more bramblings (bjørkefnk) and 9 goldfinches (stillits), the latter still feeding […]