Yesterday afternoon (8th May 2017) before my evening talk at Nabolagshager, I was invited by Heidi Bjerkan to visit her newest project, Vippa, in Oslo and what a […]
Salad
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Incredible Edible Jevnaker
What an amazing group of people who had assembled in Jevnaker at the weekend to learn more about perennial vegetables, edible weeds and edimentals! It was sad to […]
Climbers / Forest Gardening / Perennial vegetables
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Old growth Hablitzia status 4th May 2017!
Most of this has now been sacrificed (last two pictures) as foragables haven’t come very far where I’m holding a course this weekend (large snow fall recently).. Post […]
Birds
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The pied flycatchers are back
Last year was the first year with no breeding pied flycatchers (svart-hvit fluesnapper) here :( Therefore, it was extra special to find a male catching flies in the […]
Edimentals / Perennial vegetables
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Tradescantia ohiensis
Attractive young and edible leaves of Tradescantia ohiensis… Post Views: 172
Parasitic / Trees
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Misteltoe on Sorbus
I’m not sure how I missed this last summer, but one of the misteltoes (Viscum album) I “planted” about 3 years ago succeeded :) It’s on a Sorbus […]
Bulbs / Tubers
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Dog’s tooth violet
I got this as Erythronium dens-canis “Snowflake” but the petals aren’t pure white, presumably seed propagated.. Leaves, flowers and bulbs of Erythroniums have been used traditionally… Post Views: […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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2nd May Abundance
The change from winter to spring abundance happens very quickly…here’s last nights haul for a very green pasta sauce (it took about 30 mins from garden to table, […]
Climbers / Edimentals / Perennial vegetables
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Prestigious prize to Ronny Staquet for his work with Hablitzia!
Congratulations to my friend Ronny Staquet who recently won a prestigious prize for his efforts in popularising Hablitzia at the Fête des Plantes de Printemps at Château de […]
Brassica
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Sea Kale Yard on the Solent
After my visit to Tim Phillips’ walled garden vineyard (see http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=10678), I was very happy that Susan Campbell found time in a busy schedule to meet and she […]
Fruit / Garden tour
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The Hampshire Walled Vineyard
Late April 2017 and I finally got round to visit some folks in South Hampshire who I’d met at the Walled Kitchen Garden Forum weekend at Croome in […]
Salad
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Extreme salad report in Canadian Gardening
After I made my extremest salad in 2003 with 537 ingredients, I sent a press release to various Norwegian and other magazines. The only one that published an […]
Climbers / Forest Gardening / Perennial vegetables
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My oldest Hablitzia, already vigorous in 2004!
Cleaning out my office and I found a local newspaper article about an open day in my garden almost 13 years ago (August 2004) with a picture of […]
Forest Gardening / Onions / Perennial vegetables
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Naturalised Allium victorialis in Hardanger, Norway
In June 2009, I was shown the only naturalised stand of victory onion (Allium victorialis) in south western Norway (away from Lofoten Islands – Vestvågøy – and Bodø […]
Article
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Around the World in Concrete
Thank you to Sarah Hughes of Concrete Garden Magazine for this nice article written after she attended my Victoria BC talk: http://concretegarden.ca/spotlight-stephen-barstow Post Views: 162
Insects
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Mourning Cloak on Fuki
Mourning cloak (Camberwell Beauty) on Fuki (Petasites japonicus) in the Toronto Botanical Garden, my best view ever of this butterfly, a rarity here! Post Views: 195
Mammals
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Toronto Groundhog
The Toronto Botanical Garden employs a groundhog (woodchuck) to keep the plants well trimmed…here a Sedum ;) Post Views: 149
clothing / Dandelions
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Taraxocks ;)
These were what were waiting in my post box this morning and I’ve been wearing a stupid grin ever since ;) ;) :) Someone who was at my talk […]
Birds / Mammals
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Birds and mammals of BC
A highlight of my visit to British Columbia (apart from the plants) was to experience springtime birds in a different part of the world, and most species I […]
Food
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Homecoming multi-species omelette
Good to get back to my greens…celebrated with a 34 species omelette (36 with Gallus gallus and Bos taurus) ;-) Post Views: 102
Spring / Sprouts
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Back home to abundance!
I returned home this afternoon from my 6 city tour of Canada to a beautiful cool day here on the Trondheimsfjord. Spring is further advanced than anywhere I […]
Garden tour / Seed
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Kamouraska and La société des plantes
Thank you to Charles “Mr. Accordion Pissenlit” Frandelion for asking me over to Saint-Pascal (in the Kamouraska municipality) east of Quebec City and entertaining me with a great […]