When I visited Japan in early spring 2016, I noticed a violet/purple flower growing as an ornamental in some gardens and also escaped as a weed. I finally […]
Food
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24 hour Danish Rye Bread
I’ve just taken my first Danish Day Rye Bread out of the oven…thanks to Søren Holt for the tip on baking the bread for 24 hours at 70C!! […]
Perennial vegetable shoots / Perennial vegetables
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Udo farm visit in Tokyo
Here’s an album of my own pictures from our visit to Tokyo’s underground Udo forcing holes… More about Udo (Aralia cordata) on my web site www.edimentals.com Thanks again […]
Perennial vegetables
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Underground Udo video
To see an underground Udo (Aralia cordata) farm has long been a dream. My dream was finally fulfilled this spring and below you can see a short video […]
Perennial vegetables
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Harvesting before the frost penetrates too deep
The last 3 days, I’ve been harvesting as quickly as I can as it’s very cold for the time of year (max. about -6C today) and the earth […]
Brassica / Perennial vegetables
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Taunton Deane Perennial Kale video
A short video of the wonderful Taunton Deane perennial kale at Knighthayes Court in Devon, UK where I visited on May 13th 2016. See more pictures here: http://www.edimentals.com/pictures/index.php?/category/112 Other pages […]
Birds
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Waxwings on elderberry
A flock of some 100 waxwings / sidensvans were feeding this morning on elderberries /svarthyll in the garden! Enjoy! Post Views: 155
Berries
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Worcesterberry marbles
…well with the temperature at -8C this morning, I harvested these Worcesterberries, as hard as marbles, and after thawing they are still good :) This is the only […]
Birds
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Pink-footed geese migration
Two flocks of pink-footed geese (kortnebbgjess) passed over the house today…on the way south from the stopover area just north of here…this morning it was -8C and the […]
Food / Invasive plants
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Invasive Moonglow Quiche
As I suggested earlier today, veggie quiche would be tonight’s dinner (as two years ago on this day) now that I’m back here in Malvik :) With cold […]
Garden tour
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Unusual edibles at Chelsea Physic Garden
Last Monday I arrived in London for a work /family trip and despite a 2-3 hour delayed flight due to fog, I was able to have two hours […]
Foraging
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Bike ride to Findhorn
On the second day of my stay with Kirsty Reid and Chris Johnstone at Teeny Weeny Farm (Dyke, Moray) I cycled over to visit Findhorn! There had been […]
Perennial vegetables
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Taking cuttings of perennial kales
Some pictures of my beds of perennial kales. I took cuttings of 6 or 7 varieties today in case the mother plants don’t make it through the winter. […]
Root crops / Tubers
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My first Yacon flower after 10 years of trying!
I also finally flowered a yacon here! I’ve been growing Yacon now for 10 years, my first harvest here was on 28th October 2006 and I was pleased […]
Fruit
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My first fig..
I’ve unsuccessfully tried growing figs in my old unheated greenhouse, overwintered in the cellar. Now, for the first time I’ve finally succeeded! This young Bornholm fig grown all […]
Oca / Root crops
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Indoors Oca plantation
I’m lucky that I have plenty of space in the house..so this unheated room is from now until Xmas harvest an indoor Andean root crop plantation – the […]
Seed
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Packing and sorting seed
A few pictures of seed I cleaned and packed for trading, offering to Norwegian Seed Savers and using in the kitchen today! 131116: Added a few more that […]
Berries
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Worcesterberries? still going strong
Despite many frost nights, I’m still harvesting berries of this mystery berry in my garden….I think it’s a form of Worcesterberry (a selection of Ribes divaricatum) which has […]
Salad
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End of October salad
Just about to eat this….the olive like fruits are fermented wild plums…thanks Søren Holt (just found them at the back of the fridge) Post Views: 151
Beans
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Edible Lupins
Here are just a few pictures of lupins I’ve grown in my garden (click the pictures for more information)! Lupins have been grown for food since ancient times […]
Onions / Seed
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Even more onions……
I thought I’d increase the vegetable biodiversity in my garden a little….seeds of potentially 28 new onions have arrived! Post Views: 111
Edible flowers / Edimentals / Salad
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Terje Visnes’ salad photo on show!
Last week, I blogged about the opening of an exhibition in Trondheim by a photographer Terje Visnes who must have taken thousands of pictures for the local newspaper […]
Anredera cordifolia / Food / Root crops / Vegetarian
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3 Basellaceae for Xmas dinner
For Xmas dinner 2007, I made nut roast with roast vegetables including two members of the Basellaceae family (known as the Madeira vine family). It contains the following […]
Chili / Climbers / Food
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Basella stir-fry
Harvested some of my bedside Basella greens tonight for a stir-fry with garlic, chili, chicory, parsley, dried chantarelle, broad beans and perilla…. served with soba (organic buckwheat noodles). […]
Course / Talks
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Weekend course at Nesheimstunet
A few pictures from this weekend’s course on perennial vegetables based on my book for Haugaland sopp- og nyttevekstforening (Haugaland useful plant society). I gave two 4 hour talks […]