Demonstrating my weeding technique in Hurdal ;) Post Views: 118
Edimentals / House plants / Root crops
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Tarua
Many years ago, I visited a Polynesian market in New Zealand and bought some tubers that were called Tarua in the South Pacific Islands…similar but different (and larger) […]
Edimentals
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Edimentals hits the Irish Times and Hampden Court Flower Show
Great article on edimentals in the Irish Times with my friend and edimentalist, Orlaith Murphy! https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/gardens/petal-power-on-the-plate-eating-your-garden-flowers-1.3140874 ….and forest gardening and edimentals hits the Hampden Court Flower Show in […]
Pest control / Slug
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Leopard slugs out in strength
My first line of defence against the feared Portuguese slug (Iberiaskogsnegl / brunsnegl) seems to be holding despite a couple of sitings in the garden. Last night I […]
Fjord views / Sun
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Beaming Trondheimsfjord
Shame to leave what’s going to be a fantastic day in Malvik, but different adventures await ;) Now on the train heading south! A light beam was flashing […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Mallow Sorrel Fish Soup
I eat wild fish now and again, but there’s always masses of veggies….and today musk mallow (Malva moschata) is at its most productive, with various Russians sorrels, day […]
Festival / Permaculture / Talks
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Hurdal Nordic Permaculture Festival 2013
I’m visiting Hurdal Ecovillage again this weekend, so thought I would post this album of pictures from the Nordic Permaculture Festival held there in August 2013! https://www.facebook.com/events/219614368452015/ More can […]
Edible flowers / Edimentals / Salad
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Training my granddaughter
3 years ago in July 2014…. Post Views: 101
Edible flowers / Edimentals / Shrub
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Red is the rose
A real beauty is Rosa moyesii from 2700-3800 m in the mountains of Sichuan and Yunnan in China and loving sea-level in Malvik! The petals are deliciously edimental […]
Onions
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Alliums in the Gothenburg Botanical Gardens
Alliums in the botanical gardens in Gothenburg, Sweden on a visit on 16th June 2014. The first batch are from the under cover bulb garden, where watering regimes […]
Talks / walks
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Åfjord course day
A great day in the company of some wonderful people in Åfjord yesterday! Thanks to Astrid Mathilde Petterson and husband Gunnar for arranging the course and for the […]
Field trip
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Field trip near Vienna #2
The second nature reserve I visited just outside of Vienna was near Pfaffstätten, a dry partly wooded hill again on limestone and with an amazing diversity of plants […]
Food / Perennial vegetables / Tubers
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Today’s greens
Including Allium wallichii (Sherpa onion), Tradescantia, Ulluco (sprouted tubers surplus to my needs), Allium hymennorhizum scapes, Day lily buds, Campanula latifolia, Campanula trachelium, Allium scorodoprasum scapes, Rumex acetosa […]
compost
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Compost heap construction
Great to get help from this week’s helper Nicolaj in building this year’s compost heap today, involving mostly throwing earth up hill and carrying sacks of seaweed up…I’ll […]
Fjord views
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A promising start
A promising start to the day with no rain in sight for 4 days and temperature forecast to creep above 20C from Thursday to Saturday…couldn’t be better for […]
Food / Onions
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Scape stir fry
Not garlic scapes as they’re not ready yet, but Chicago onion (Allium cernuum) scapes with Allium scorodoprasum scapes and Scorzonera scapes in tonight’s stir fry! Post Views: 182
Field trip
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Field trip near Vienna
Simon from Arche Noah kindly took me on an early morning botanical excursion to Eichkogel on the outskirts of Vienna during my visit in June 2017. This is […]
Salad
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Not salad again…
Given 30 minutes to make something to eat for darling daughter…yes, I know I’m predictable… Post Views: 153
Fjord views / Sun
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A Double Rainbow Bridge
…appeared over the bay this evening at 21:30….muddy waters hugging the coast flowing from the stream that enters the bay after another day of heavy rain, a shadow […]
Edimentals / Onions
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The Utrecht Allium Border
Probably the best display of Alliums I’ve seen, a special project this year at the Utrecht Botanical Garden, showing off the diversity in the onion family! Quite a […]
Forest Gardening / Perennial vegetables
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Food abundance in the Utrecht Botanical Garden
Just look at the abundance of food in the Utrecht Botanical Garden :) Post Views: 243
Edimentals / Garden tour
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Utrecht Edimentals
Utrecht in the Netherlands has one of the great botanical gadens in Europe alongside Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh, Gothenburg and Kew Gardens! I had a stopover for […]
Onions
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Allium x cornutum
This is Allium x cornutum, a topsetting onion hybrid. One of the parents is Allium cepa, but the second is as far as I know unknown! I dug […]