I finally got round to joining the Experimental Farm Network and these arrived in the post from Nathan Kleinman. Thank you guys! Post Views: 232
Annuals / Perennials / Seed
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Sonchus seed
I couldn’t resist these two packets in a Chinese seed catalogue someone tipped me about. Never seen common sow thistle seed for sale (first picture), perhaps a cultivar?…and […]
Birds
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Spring choir including Icterine Warbler
On the way to work this morning my first singing Icterine warbler / gulsanger of 2016 at Leangenbukta. The warbler is heard at the beginning with a chaffinch/ […]
Fruit / Grafting
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Bonus Day 4 Permaveggies grafting course
It wasn’t planned at all (the best things aren’t), but our Swedish guests Christian Odberger and Dante Hellstrøm stayed over until Monday evening to dig up a few […]
Course / wraps
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Day 4 of the Permaveggies course and Ligularia wraps!
This was an unscheduled course day for me, my helper Lorna and Berit the camper, as it was a national holiday in Norway and Christian Odberger gave us […]
Course
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Permaveggies course / participant pictures
Here’s an album of wonderful pictures taken by 4 of the course participants, Lorna O’ Lynn, Ilka Clemens, Berit Børte and Christian Odberger :) http://www.edimentals.com/pictures/index.php?/category/108 Post Views: 141
Course
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Permaveggies course Day 1 : Introduction to forest garden design
I was very glad to have Christian Odberger and Dante Hellström from Stockholm University as guests on this year’s course! They kicked off the course on Friday evening […]
Ferns / Perennials
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Permaveggies Course Day 3: Ostrich fern tour along the Homla
As usual, the highlight of these weekends is the incredible walk along the river Homla just 20 minutes from home with large quantities of Ostrich Fern along the […]
Salad / Seaweed
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Permaveggies course 2016 Day 2
Despite the very wet and cold start to the day, it was a fun day in my garden, kitchen and foraging along the shoreline with a great bunch […]
Talks
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Around the World in Oslo!
A full house of a mixed crowd of all ages, some 70 people, had turned up for my lecture at the Botanical Garden in Oslo despite the beautiful […]
Perennials / Root crops
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Skirret shoots
I moved a skirret/sukkerrot (meaning sugar root) root into the cellar, planning to eat them….they went missing until I noticed the characteristic edible blanched shoots this morning! The […]
Tempura / Trees
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Taranome and taranoki
Despite the cool weather, the leaf shoots (taranome) of the small tree Aralia elata (taranoki) are emerging…but I can’t reach them any more….I should cut it down so […]
Uncategorized
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Reflection
After the snow showers had passed, it was a beautiful evening here last night with this colourful view and reflection.. Post Views: 129
Fjord views
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Airport view
This morning’s early view towards Trondheim’s airport, Værnes. Post Views: 132
Perennials / Pesto
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Spring perennial pesto
35 perennials mostly from the garden this evening made into a pesto and served with Japanese green pasta that was purchased in a wasabi shop…it didn’t taste of […]
Uncategorized
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Snow showers all day
Snow showers all day, laying in the hills but not down here, leading to this picture taken from the house :) Post Views: 144
Perennials
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Malvik Fuki
Two pictures of Fuki (Petasites japonicus) taken this morning, one of the delicious wild vegetables I ate in Japan (pictured prepared flower bud tempura, fukinoto) :) Post Views: […]
Fjord views / Snow
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April snow
Woke up to this view at 5 am….still a shock to see new snow at the end of April, but not unusual…this weekend’s plans to sow and plant […]
Perennials
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Perennial veggie quiche 2014
Almost 2 years ago on 29th April 2014, this quiche features perennial vegetables, starring Hablitzia / Stjernemelde, Allium victorialis / Seiersløk, Ground Elder / Skvallerkål, Stinging Nettle / Brennesle, […]
Interview / Magazine article
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Article in Pensjonisten
Nice article / interview by Heidi Løkken in Norwegian magazine Pensjonisten. Download here: [gview file=”http://www.edimentals.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Mann-for-sin-hage-rot.pdf”] Post Views: 177
Shrub / Spice
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Sansho in the cellar
I saw cultivation of and ate leaves of Japanese Pepper or sansho (Zanthoxylum piperitum) several times in Japan…these leaves had sprouted in my cellar (pot grown as two […]
garlic topsets
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Garlic shoot forest
The garlic bulbil shoots had grown into a forest in the kitchen in my absence :) Post Views: 105