Not that common a sight to see woodpigeons in the garden, here at the top of a cone-laden Norwegian spruce. Post Views: 119
Winter shoots
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Indoor edible shoots: my living room is alive!!
A collection of pictures of greens now available in my house (15th February 2016), mainly shoots of perennial vegetables! Post Views: 139
Sun
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Sunrise on 14th February 2016
Sunrise now in the south east…it’s changing fast…. Post Views: 147
Tubers
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Wild Ulluco
Ulluco is a colourful root vegetable from the Andes. The tubers are quite small….wild Ulluco tubers (Ullucus tuberosus) which I received today (just for fun!) are even smaller […]
cross-country skiing / Snow
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Ski trip at Hønstad 14th February 2016
Just a few pictures from the Hønstad area during today’s little trip out into our local nature… Post Views: 113
Book reviews
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Review of ATW in Economic Botany
Very pleased to get a review of my book in the latest issue of the journal Economic Botany (4/2015) :) The first time that Hablitzia tamnoides gets a […]
Seed
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Stratifying seed
Seed stratifying in the garden are visible again as the snow melts. They are covered with a double window frame which I lift off when it rains or […]
Onions / Perennials
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Extending the perennial veggie season with nodding onion
Allium cernuum (Nodding onion / Prærieløk) is one of the few plants that can be harvested in winter if one can find then under the snow! An important […]
Sprouts
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Chicoriche
Chicories continue to grow in the cellar which is totally dark and about +4C… made into a chicory quiche, also known as chicoriche ;) Next year I plan […]
Perennials
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The Wild Greens of Korea
There are still many undiscovered (in the west) perennial edibles in the Far East. I’m therefore now concentrating mainly on that area in this quest. This spring I […]
Talks
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Appearance at Hellens Garden Festival in Much Marcle
Announcement of my appearance at the Hellens Garden Festival in a place with the unlikely name of Much Marcle on 12th June :) Really looking forward to it!! […]
Onions / Snow
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More after dark snow scenes
There was quite a heavy fall of snow again last night, so here’s a few more shots while it’s looking at its best (I’m at work when it’s […]
Birds
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Waxwings and other birds this weekend
A small flock of waxwings in the garden briefly this afternoon Post Views: 147
Fjord views / Garden views / Sun
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Garden and views 30th-31st January 2016
A lot of the snow disappeared from the garden over the last week with temperatures mainly on the plus side and we thankfully missed the worst of the […]
Onions / Perennials / Seed / Sprouts
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Hungry gap sprouts
I moved 10 buckets of roots and stratifying seeds of edible perennials for sprouting and eating before the spring greens come on tap…filling the hungry gap. These have […]
Climbers / Perennials
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Bear Spinach comes out of hibernation
Bear Spinach (Hablitzia tamnoides)? Well, my friend William Whitson in Washington State recently reported “I finally had a couple of plants withstand our typical 2.5m of rain winters. […]
Salad
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A Fantastic February Salad
In the latest edition of Danish magazine Praktisk Økologi, there’s an article “En fantastisk februarsalat” (“a fantastic february salad”) written by Naturplanteskolen’s Aiah Noack after a visit to […]
Birds
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Treecreeper
This treecreeper has been hanging about the bird feeder…I suspect it’s spending the night in with the food :-) Quite tame allowing me to get quite close… Post […]
Fjord views
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Afternoon sun
The mountains looked beautiful this afternoon, “bathing” in the afternoon sun :) Post Views: 127
Climbers / Perennials
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Mass Hablitzia germination for Xmas
In mild but cool weather during early winter the last couple of years, Hablitzia has germinated en masse around my mother plant next to my house. These all […]
Seed
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SRGC seed are here…
Yes, perfect timing for the weekend and Margaret Young was in the letter box when I got home…well, Margaret is synonymous with the Scottish Rock Garden Club for […]