Flowering Hablitzia tamnoides / Caucasian spinach / stjernemelde seen from the kitchen window… Post Views: 112
Leafy greens
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Leafy greens for keeping young in mind and heart
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/aug/05/diet-high-in-leafy-green-vegetables-may-slow-cognitive-decline-in-elderly-study?CMP=share_btn_fb ….and if you follow my “80-a-day” diet you can be up to 30 years younger cognitively ;) NB! Note that it’s “leafy green” vegetables….tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, sweet […]
Garden tour
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Climate Festival Garden tours…
I’ve had the privilige to lead two almost 2 hours tours of the garden this evening for Klimafestivalen i Trondheim (Trondheim Climate Festival). If these guys are the […]
Edible flowers / Onions / Perennials
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Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus
Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus (from seed sown in 2004) is a good midsummer flowering species, here together with Allium scorodoprasum, possibly the Vikings’ garlic (garlic = geirlauk which means “spear […]
Insects
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Round the world dragonfly in my wheelbarrow!
The common hawker /vanlig øyestikker (Aeshna juncea) is a common dragonfly found from Ireland to Japan and in northern North America. This one (a female) “appeared” in my […]
Bees
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Umbrellifers for the bees!
In the rain, umBRellifers for the bees, umbellifers for us :) Post Views: 188
Edible flowers / Edimentals / Perennials
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White clustered bellflower
Campanula glomerata “Alba” / Clustered Bellflower / Toppklokke is a beautiful edimental Post Views: 197
Edimentals / Wild Edibles
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Wild food for 100 days so far
My friend Rita Amundsen in Oslo is soon one third of the way through her project vill365 (wild365) project in which she will every day for a year post […]
Perennials
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Giant sow thistle
My Sonchus palustris is now known as giant sow-thistle, soon over twice my height. It has clearly loved the cool weather :) Post Views: 252
Biannuals / Brassica / Forest Gardening / Seed
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Alliaria capers
I have two helpers in the garden this week and one of the jobs was to pull up all the garlic mustard / løkurt which was in danger […]
Edimentals / Onions / Perennials
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Allium cernuum “Dark Scape”
There are many great edimental forms of Allium cernuum / Nodding onion or Chicago onion. I call this one “Dark Scape” because of the dark flower shoot / […]
Edimentals / Perennials
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My first Korean Aster flower
7 years ago on 27th July 2008 and the first flower on Aster scaber / Korean Aster opened in the garden :) Post Views: […]
Berries
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My first Haskap berries
I’m excited by my first crop of Haskaps (Honeyberries or Blue Honeysuckle / Blåleddved). Even though the plants are only about 25-30 cm tall, all my five neglected […]
Annuals / weeds
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More weedo wierdo pesto
More weedo wierdo pesto…this time based on superweed Sonchus oleraceus / common sow thistle / haredylle, basil, garlic, chili and sesame seed.. Post Views: 249
Climbers / Edimentals / Forest Gardening / Perennials
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Hablitzia anno 2001!
I just discovered that Hablitzia was one of the ingredients in my first world record salad in 2001…. I had received both cuttings and seeds from Mona Hellberg […]
Edimentals / Perennials / Trees
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Hablitzia overwhelming an olive tree
This Hablitzia tamnoides / Caucasian spinach / stjernemelde self-sowed in this olive tree pot and is now intent on taking over :) Post Views: 233
Perennials
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Tonight’s greens 24th July 2015
Tonights greens included Sonchus oleraceus, Scorzonera, Diplotaxis, Chicory tops, purple mitsuba. daylilies, perennial buckwheat, Atriplex hortensis. Pea tops (including parsley pea), broad bean tops and Allium nutans flower […]
Perennials / Wild Edibles
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Siberian Hogweed en masse
When Heracleum sibiricum (siberian hiogweed / sibirbjørnekjeks) is in flower, you get a good impression of how much free food there is on the streets of Trondheim :) […]
Chili
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Office Chilis
My green office – 5 different chilis are now producing well despite the fact there is very little sun as the building shades for most of the day! […]
Perennials
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Hablitzia intertwined with Good King Henry
Hablitzia flower shoots entwined with Good King Henry in the Oslo Botanics Post Views: 133
Biannuals / Edimentals / Herbs
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In search of the purple caraway
I’m looking for an even more purple form of caraway. This is the deepest coloured one I’ve seen a picture of so far, found in Troms. Post Views: […]
Brassica / Perennials
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Incredible Vegetables Blog!
Visit Mandy Barber’s great Incredible Vegetables blog, you won’t regret it!! The last two items have been on perennial brassica, including this one: http://www.incrediblevegetables.co.uk/daubentons-kale-giving-everlasting-greens/#more-777 Thanks for the Taunton […]
Edimentals / Perennials / Uncategorized
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Kamikaze Horseradish?
Is my variegated horseradish in the process of committing suicide? No green in any of the leaves… Post Views: 283