With an accumulated snow depth of some 30-40cm over the last 3-4 days, it was time to clear my driveway (the snow was over my highest boots). With […]
Birds
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Large Jackdaw flock
The largest recorded Jackdaw flock this winter in my area, about 600 birds, circling over the house gaining height to quite a high elevation before flying off westwards… The […]
Sun
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Almost back again
Next weekend and the sun will be above the horizon again :) Post Views: 85
Birds
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Crossing Eagles
Resurrecting some old pictures from November 2010 when a White-tailed Eagle pair circled over the garden, one picture forming a cross! Post Views: 130
Birds / Fjord views
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Eagle fly past
Malvik is on the north edge of a large low pressure system over the UK giving southern Norway a lot of snow and strong easterly winds here, the […]
Fjord views
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Sea smoke
Fjord sea smoke this morning. It only appears when it’s cold here (it’s called steam fog if it’s over fresh water). Post Views: 146
Birds
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Garden greenfinches
Greenfinches / grønnfink are the commonest finches in the winter here . They find both natural food (seed of burdock / borre and rosa spp., both wild and […]
Sun
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More secondhand sun
Still a few days before the return of the sun here. Today, a brief burst of secondhand sun, proving it is still up there somewhere over the hills.. Post Views: […]
Fjord views
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Malvik Moonbeams; 27th December 2015
…are never the same due to the changing surface roughness on the fjord. These were taken about 15 minutes apart. Post Views: 126
Dandelions
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Red-veined dandelion greens in Portland
Organic red-veined dandelion greens on sale in New Seasons Market in Portland, Oregon, a great supermarket chain representing a step in the right direction with a large percentage of organic […]
Fungi
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Xmas fresh fungi!
Never picked fresh fungi for Xmas before. Picked these terracotta hedgehogs / rødgule piggsopp / hydnum rufescens here on Nesodden near Oslo! They were used in the xmas […]
Tubers
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Spring shoots in December
It’s normal that Hablitzia tamnoides and various Alliums have young shoots at this time of year, but I’d never seen shoots and clusters of flower buds on Spring […]
Breeding / Tubers
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3rd year Paolo JA crosses
This is the 3rd year of growing Paolo Gaiardelli‘s first year Dayneutral x wild Italian crosses – harvested today! I’ve selected 5 interesting looking tubers to grow for […]
Fjord views
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20th December fjord views
Today’s garden view. About +7C today, still and misty! Post Views: 113
Brassica / Chili / Perennials
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McMillion in Malvik
Enjoyable visit this weekend from Andrew McMillion from Nes, MdG politician, seed saver and soon to be a pioneering farmer! Great to have you here, Andrew! Post Views: […]
Fibre plant / Sweetener
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Winter storage
The last of the pot plants moved into the cellar for the winter…a dark, cold existence for this 20 year old New Zealand Phormium, which has never flowered, […]
Birds
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Eider calling from the fjord!
I could hear the ah-oooo calls of the male eider ducks on the fjord from the garden this afternoon…made it feel like spring.. Eider calls: http://www.xeno-canto.org/species/Somateria-mollissima Post Views: […]
Birds
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Bramblings
The biggest flock of bramblings I’ve ever seen in the garden, over 75, today, 13th December 2015!! Post Views: 123
Root crops
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Harvesting the fartichokes
I gave up waiting for a serious frost and harvested the first of my jerusalem artichokes today. Might as well do it while the weather is still good […]