It’s not easy being a Wwoofer at my place as this spring when I discovered two of my prize dandelions had been weeded ;) She was devastated when […]
Uncategorized
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Redback in the garden?
Red-back in the garden? Well, it has a red back but it’s Enoplognatha ovata (Candystripe spider / rødstripet kule-edderkopp) and it’s not at all dangerous!! It seems it’s […]
Climbers / Perennial vegetables / Propagation
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Dividing 1-year old Hablitzia plants
Hablitzia roots have an astonishing number of shoots waiting to grow if you cut them down…I like to think that this is an adaptation to human grazing pressure, […]
Perennials
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66 today!!
Congratulations to my dear Mum and Dad on their 66th wedding anniversary today!! And 66 has a special significance in my family, as heard at 0:58 in this […]
Birds
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Nutcracker and greenfinch
Breakfast in the garden, and a Siberian Nutcracker landed in the tall spruce tree, followed by a greenfinch… Today is forecast to be the year’s warmest, 27C, already […]
Edible flowers / Edimentals / Perennial vegetables
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Scorzonera in full flower
Scorzonera hispanica in full flower at the moment!! The flowers are good in salads… Post Views: 82
Butterflies and moths / Edimentals
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Ligularia japonica and the Admiral
Ligularia japonica flowering for the first time in the garden and an Admiral checked it out :) Eaten in Japan, I haven’t tried it yet… Post Views: 157
Birds / Breeding
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Breeding swifts?
Working in the garden today and I was surprised by two swifts flying low behind the house and one entered an old starling box on the outhouse…. I’ve […]
Course / Permaculture
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Permakultur Grunnkurs /PDC Malvik
Permakultur Grunnkurs (PDC) Trondheim/Malvik , 3 helger sommer/høst 2017 Permaculture Design Certificate Course (PDC) in Trondheim/Malvik over 3 weekends this summer/autumn See also https://www.facebook.com/events/808432835979618/ [gview file=”http://www.edimentals.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Trondheim-PDC-Info-lang1.docx”] Post Views: 204
walks / weeds / Wild Edibles
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On the rocks
Some pictures taken on the beach and rocks below the house while being filmed yesterday harvesting seaweed! Post Views: 127
Birds / Seed / Trees
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Siskins and birch
Birch seed scales are currently falling in the garden thanks to the feeding of siskins (grønnsisik)…. Added videos of a siskin feeding on fallen birch seed next to […]
Edible flowers / Edimentals / Salad
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Filmed extreme salad!
This weekend, I have a film crew in the garden (more later) and a multi-species salad was of course on the agenda. We made this last night and […]
Edible flowers / Edimentals / Onions
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Allium bouquet
I collected this bouquet of Alliums in the garden today :) Post Views: 194
Farm / Perennial vegetables / Permaculture
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La Ferme des Quatre Temps
The reason for my trip to Canada in March / April 2017 was because I was invited by Jean-Martin Fortier to visit and give a talk and discuss […]
Garden tour
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Knut Langeland was here!
It was a thrill to suddenly find Knut Langeland on my door step, on the way to Tromsø! We spent a pleasant couple of hours chatting and looking […]
Dandelions / Ecovillage
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Taraxacum “Hurdal Broad-leaved”
Found this beauty yesterday in Hurdal Ecovillage…now transported to Malvik for further study! Post Views: 116
Talks
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The Masonic Hall in Montreal
On 11th April 2017, I gave a talk to chefs, friends and with wine and good food in Montreal’s masonic hall ;) Thanks to Michel Lachaume for organising! Many of […]
Garden tour / Perennial vegetables / Polyculture
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Kerstin’s polyculture gardens!
I was blown away by Kerstin Lye’s garden in the Hurdal Ecovillage….a great example of a naturalistic polycultural mix of perennials and annuals and a great inspiration for […]
Salad
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Advances in Edimental Salads
Introducing the up-side down edimentals salad ;) Post Views: 107
Birds / Nut trees
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Pinenut crackers
Great excitement yesterday morning (11th July 2017) to hear the familiar call of nutcrackers in the garden of the rectory where I’m staying here in Hurdal! Excited to […]
Salad
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Having salad fun in Hurdal
Hurray for the Hurdal salad, complete with borallium antenna and Hurdal’s Rose! Berit Børte about to attempt to communicate with the […]
Sweetener
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Stephe and the Stephia
Stephe about to devour his namesake, a Stephia in Hurdal Ecovillage ;) (since my youth, I’ve shortened my name Stephen to Stephe, as I wasn’t given a v […]