A small flock of 6 Fieldfares / Gråtost in the garden today…no wonder the apples I was putting out were disappearing so quickly.. Post Views: 109
Garden tour
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Fosen Folkehøgskole winter visit to the Edible Garden
Pleasant winter garden visit this week from a students at Fosen Folkehøgskole curious about permaculture, forest gardening and foraging……I don’t think I’ve shown folks around the garden in […]
Seed / stratifying seed
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More seed stratifying in the garden..
Next batch of 60 or so perennials for stratifying :) Stratifying=cold treatment in the garden in an open to the elements cold frame.. Post Views: 128
Birds
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Woodpecker drumming
This great spotted woodpecker was playing for me this morning a little trill on the top of the electricity pole :) Post Views: 219
Brassica / Leafy greens / Perennial vegetable shoots / Perennial vegetables
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Purple-veined variegated perennial Homanics kale!
I found this beauty in my cellar at the weekend…it wasn’t variegated during the summer, but in the cool low light conditions of my cellar this is the […]
Birds
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Whooper swan family visiting
A family of Whooper swans (sangsvane) visited the mud flats below the house this afternoon! Although it’s quite a common bird in parts of my area and I […]
Moon
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Full moon drifting cloud
Sitting here at my desk with a fantastic view of a full moonbow again…and this time here’s a short video of thin cloud drifting past :) Post […]
Foraging
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Two month early spring foragables at 63.5N
It was one of the mildest December / January periods here since records began in the 1800s, no snow at sea level and no snow forecast, 3-4 cm […]
Talks
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Around the World Around the World talk on Youtube
Last weekend’s Around the World in 80 plants talk which was broadcast live Around the World is now available on Youtube in 3 parts – for all you […]
Trees
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Spring is here?
If spring comes with the first flowers, then it’s here already. Hazel (hassel) and the first oxlip (hagenøkleblom) are just about in flower! Post Views: 106
Food
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Kosmorama Film (and Food) Festival
Join me at Trondheim’s Kosmorama Film Festival’s Gourmet Cinema on Thursday March 9th at 1600! You will see a special screening of Michael Pollan’s documentary “In Defense of […]
Talks
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Around the world in 80 plant video from Hurdal
Presenting the entire 3 hour Around the World in 80 plants talk (in English for the first time), which was live streamed yesterday from Kjøkkenhagen in Hurdal Ecovillage, […]
grain / House plants / Root crops / Tubers
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Jicama-ahipa à la Henry quinoa
One of the culinary highlights of the year is the annual Jicama (hee-ka-ma) meal….if you’ve never eaten yam beans or Jicama (Pachyrhizus erosus), you haven’t lived! I grow […]
grain
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The svedjerug story
https://vimeo.com/124598269 Follow the link above for a good video in English where Johan Swärd, winner of the Norwegian Plant Heritage prize, tells the story of Svedjerug (literally Slash and […]
Course / Talks
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Mini tour of Canada
Thanks to my long-term “virtual” friend, vegetable and fertilizer innovator extraodinaire Michel Lachaume, I have been invited by well-known Québécois farmer and author Jean-Martin Fortier to hold a […]
Birds
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An ornithological sensation: Red-breasted flycatcher in Malvik!
The most unexpected bird to appear in my garden was an adult male red-breasted flycatcher (dvergfluesnapper) on 25th May 1995, found unfortunately dead on the door step :( […]
Spring / Trees
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First spring leaves
As usual, mild winter weather makes Padus asiatica think it’s spring! Post Views: 156
Poisonous plants
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Deadly flowers
Big surprise to find these in the garden today…one of the few deadly plants in my garden…they’ve been here for years, but I’ve never seen them in flower […]