Another great long PDC weekend here in Malvik lead by Norway’s Mr. Permaculture, Jan Bang! Some pictures from the last meal for this time….before we all meet again […]
Berries
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Black raspberries /Svartbringebær
My favourite September berry here is Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry or blackcaps / svartbringebær)…this plant was seed propagated from North American cultivar “Black Hawk”, perfectly complementing red raspberry (bringebær)…gives […]
Garden tour
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Edibles at the Gothenberg Botanical Garden
A picture album of edible species spotted in the Gothenberg Botanical garden on the last day of August 2017! Thanks to Johan Nilson for showing me around! Post […]
Talks / walks
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Høstivalen edible walk and talks
The only picture I took during Saturday’s two edible plant tours of Hurdal Ecovillage, the farm, the rectory garden (Prestegårdshagen) and the CSA scheme (andelsbruk)! This was part […]
Annuals / Farm / Perennial vegetables
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A 2012 visit to the Århus CSA near Skien, Norway
Yesterday was the 5th anniversary of a memorable visit to the Århus CSA scheme and Tom Harald Eckell’s magical vegetables with Rita Amundsen, Margaret M. Meg Anderson and Veronica Samycia! Never have […]
Berries / Bushes / Garden tour / Perennial vegetables / Trees
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Walk with Bosse in the Gothenberg Botanics
I visited Bo “Bosse” Blomquist last year outside of Gothenburg and despite it being a bit late in the day and almost dark at the end, I was really […]
Drying / Edible flowers / Edimentals / Nursery / Onions / Perennial vegetables / Talks
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Around the world in 80 Alliums
Yesterday, I gave my first talk about my (second) love of onions (alternative title All you wanted to know about Alliums but were afraid to ask!)….fittingly in the […]
Garden tour
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Royal Botanic Garden Edible Garden Award
Thanks to Robin Allan for sending me this link. The Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh has won an award for its Edible Garden and look at the picture […]
Talks / walks
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Allinge talk and walk
Thanks to Eliane Vivi Frieda Bonde for inviting me to Bornholm…a great day with a knowledgeable international group of foragers, gardeners, permaculturists, farmers, foodists and wwoofers / workawayers! […]
Garden tour / Talks
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Talk at the Gothenburg Botanical Gardens
It was a great honour to finally get to talk at the Gothenburg Botanical Gardens last night….not just once but twice as the first talk (picture) was sold […]
Onions
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Alliums 28th August 2017
A few more Allium pictures from the garden :) Post Views: 127
Perennial vegetables / Talks
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Talk in the Gothenburg botanical gardens
Tomorrow evening, I’ll be giving two talks in the botanical garden in Gøteborg (Gothenburg) in Sweden, the first at 1700 is sold out, but there are I think […]
Birds
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Bramblings in the garden
A flock of some 30 bramblings (bjørkefink) were breakfasting in the garden this morning :) Post Views: 124
Invasive plants / Talks
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Invasives talk at the Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre
I gave a lunch time talk today for staff at Artsdatabanken (the Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre) in Trondheim…I gave a choice of 3 titles that I couldn’t decide […]
Onions
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The Allium garden at Ringve
A little secret I’ve had since last autumn (apart from a select few) when I was told that I would get my very own Allium bed at the […]
Butterflies and moths
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Flutterbies
After a very cold start to the summer, Malvik has had record warm weather over the last month which has helped the populations of butterflies! They love my […]
Annuals / Edimentals
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Poppy “weeds”
Added a few more overview pictures of my vegetable beds intertwined with poppies! No way are these weeds….so the other so-called weeds are just plants doing their job […]
Birds
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Chiffchaff fertiliser!
Young chiffchaff fertilising the garden this afternoon :) Post Views: 106
Onions
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Welsh comet
Impressive Welsh onion (pipeløk) bed formed as a comet tail at Hurdal CSA / Ecovillage this week! Post Views: 128
Ferns
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30 point ostrich!
On the way up the mountain at Alvastien Telste I found a particularly fertile ostrich fern with 30 fertile fronds! This is the edible wild plant equivalent of […]
Forest Gardening / Fruit / Nut trees / walks / Wild Edibles
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Perennialen III: Alvastien Telste – from fjord to shieling
Documentation of yet another amazing day during last week’s Perennialen III in Hardanger!! Pictures taken on a fantastic 6-7 hour round trip from Eirik Lillebøe Wiken and Hege […]
Edimentals / Onions / Perennial vegetables
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Recent Alliums in the garden; August 2017
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Edible flowers / Edimentals / Food / Perennial vegetables / Polyculture / Salad
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Extreme salad film
On 19th May 2017, filmakers Ane Mari Aakernes and Berit Børte of Grow UP City filmed me in the garden collecting ingredients for an extreme salad, made with […]