It’s the 23rd day in a row without rain here and this could be the last one…..and sunrises have been beautiful most days! Post Views: 131
Autumn leaves / Fjord views / Trees
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Autumn leaves
Back home from my visit to south western Norway and this is probably THE autumn of all autumns I will ever experience here…..high pressure weather with clear skies […]
Allotment / Bees / Seed
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Stavanger and around
After my weekend course in Haugaland, member of Norwegian Seed Savers, Tone Lise Østboe kindly showed me around gardens in Stavanger and we also visited Rogaland arboretum outside the […]
Salad
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Adresseavisen salad photo shoot…
On 10th June 2014, journalist Hilde Østmoe, with photographer Terje Visnes, interviewed me for regional newspaper Adresseavisen’s Saturday magazine UkeAdressa. It was for a special extended article about urban growing! I […]
Seed
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Arctic ethnobotanical seed wanted
For an Arctic ethnobotanical garden, I’m looking for seed of the following species used for food by native peoples of Alaska! Angelica lucida Arabis lyrata ssp kamtchatica Claytonia […]
Fjord views / Sun
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Dawn 17th October 2016
Another in a row of rainless sunny days. It’s now 2 weeks since it rained and no rain is forecast for the next 10 days. Grass and heather […]
Berries
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Elderberry harvest
10 years ago, I wouldn’t have believed it was possible to harvest elderberries here, but with the new Danish cultivars which are both early, hardy and with large […]
Garden tour / Uncategorized
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Norrland visits Norrland Onion
A pleasant visit today from Angelina Hjelm from a little place called Lillpite (pop. 429 in 2010!) in Norrland in Sweden and a friend, traveller from Brisbane in […]
Moon
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Full moon rise over Stjørdal
Sorry, more moon shots….but tonight’s full moon rise was rather special! Post Views: 98
Birds
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House sparrow house insect catching
Sat at my desk and a house sparrow / gråspurv is catching insects on the warmed up house wall…. Post Views: 103
Potato
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Sarpo Tominia 2016
Sarpo Tominia is as usual the last potato to be lifted here! Post Views: 148
Fruit
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Apple Harvest 2016
Today’s main job – Apple harvest now safe in the cellar, not bad for two trees which have never had more fertiliser than nature supplies…. :) Mostly the variety […]
Perennial vegetables / Permaculture
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Permaculture in Adresseavisen today!
Benjamin Bro-Jørgensen, who together with Irja Frydenlund have started an edible perennials nursery in Tingvoll, Norway, was profiled in today’s Adresseavisen (Hjem magazine) in an article “Den evige […]
Fjord views / Moon
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Aurora over Malvikodden 13th October 2016
There was a weak aurora when I went to bed last night …with the almost full moon brightening the skies, making it less visible… Post Views: 120
Oca / Root crops / Tubers
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Oca and Ulluco safely inside!
With an even heavier frost threatened, I moved all my Ocas and Ullucos inside….but, until I clear space (seeds drying everywhere) they are blocking the entrance to my […]
Perennial vegetables
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Octobasters
There are some great autumn flowering edimentals (or edible ornamentals) in the Asteraceae, and this is my favourite of the lot, Korean Aster or Chwinamul (Aster scaber)….and it’s […]
Salad
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Lunchtime office cress
I grow cress / karse (Lepidium sativum) in my office for lunchtime greens and that is 50 cm from harvest to plate ;) Post Views: 168
Fruit / Perennial vegetables / Trees
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Autumn in my forest garden
My forest garden continues to be super-productive, my udo is on its way back to the soil and is preparing for next year as are my three devil’s […]
Tubers
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Chufa/tiger nut harvest
Not a bad yield considering the size of the plants…this is the yield of one large pot with two plants grown inside. Chufa / tiger nuts (Cyperus esculentus) […]
Salad
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Extreme salad boy!
This young man came over last night and decorated this 135 ingredients “salade à la jambes de fille” for me to celebrate my daughter’s homecoming ;) Post Views: […]
Berries
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Train journey from Vikhammer to Røra
A few pictures taken on my train journey yesterday to Inderøya to talk at the Nord Trøndelag regional gardening club meeting! Post Views: 120