I don’t know what this perennial kale is, but it’s the only one that has survived the last 3 winters outside here, so worth keeping. It is coming into […]
Perennials / Seed
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Soup greens
Tonights perennial greens. I sometimes eat wild fish, so these greens were added to a fish soup, spiced with ground Hogweed seeds! From left to right: Scorzonera greens, […]
Perennials / Salad
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Sorrel “Schavel” * 7
Seven varieties of Schavel / щавель (Russian for sorrel / Rumex acetosa), just arrived from an Estonian vegetable catalogue! Post Views: 385
Perennials / Salad
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Rita Amundsen on the radio with dandinoodles/løvenudler!
Engelsk: Yesterday morning my good friend, fellow forager and Norway’s fermentation queen Rita Amundsen had an appearance on Norwegian radio. She cooks dandinoodles with blue cheese from Hitra […]
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Green birthday party
Well, no one turned up to my birthday party at the weekend :( We had fun anyway, me, myself and…… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EEIU2RHtGQ :) Post Views: 159
Fertiliser / Seaweed
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Garden fertility and minerals!
The annual seaweed collection complete! Post Views: 90
Edimentals / Perennials
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The Perennial Bed
I have always called this bed in my garden the Perennial Bed (for probably 20 years or more) as this was the first bed I made for perennials, […]
Edible flowers
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Begoniapod?
I harvested these Begonia flowers for a salad and the next minute it started walking off…don’t think it was too happy with the thought of being eaten :) […]
Book reviews
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Thanks for the reviews, keep em coming!
Thanks very much to you guys who’ve written reviews of my book on Amazon…it helps spread the word :) http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/1856231410/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_btm?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending http://www.amazon.com/Around-World-Plants-Perennial-Vegetable/dp/1856231410/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1430466036&sr=8-1&keywords=stephen+barstow However, I would encourage you to buy […]
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Norwegian summary of the Heritage seeds seminar in Bulgaria 16th-18th April 2015
Om seminaret jeg ble med på i Strandzha montains, Bulgaria forrige helg! About the seminar I attended in the Strandzha mountains in Bulgaria last weekend! http://www.skogoglandskap.no/nyheter/2015/arealtilskudd_for_dyrking_av_gamle_plantesorter Post Views: […]
Edimentals / Ferns / Forest Gardening / Perennials
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First Ostrich Ferns up…
I was surprised to find these Ostrich Ferns / Strutseving almost over this morning in Leangenbukta (Trondheim)! I had checked the ones in my garden last night and […]
Edimentals / Perennials / Permaculture / Salad
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Incredible Edible Todmorden meets the Extreme Salad Man 25th May 2015
Incredible Edible Todmorden meets the Extreme Salad Man 25th May 2015 I’m really happy to have been asked to give a talk at Todmorden, a place and people who […]
Food / Perennials
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Garden forage 9th April 2015
After 3 weeks abstinence, it’s fantastic to be back foraging my garden :) Tonight’s greens… and browns…and reds: Heracleum sibiricum, Alliaria petiolata, Hablitzia, Allium nutans, Taraxacum officinale “Vert de […]
Edimentals / Herbs / Ornamentals / Perennials / Root crops
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Diversity of Nordic horseradish
A Swedish PhD thesis concludes that there is large variation in the properties of horseradish found in plant collections in the Nordic countries (old naturalised and garden accessions). […]
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Article in Permakultur magazine
The latest Nordic Permaculture Magazine, out on Friday includes an article about: “Permakulturhave (Permaculture Garden) Høj diversitet (High diversity) Højt mod nord (Far to the North)” I wonder […]
Brassica / Edimentals / Fertiliser / Perennials
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Visit from Kneiken Felleshage
I still can’t get used to the amazing upsurge in interest in grow your own, particular amongst youngsters! This afternoon, members of the newly […]
Climbers / Edimentals / Perennials
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Hablitzia moving indoors
Hablitzia is spreading in my garden and sometimes appears in plant pots, here in a large pot grown bay tree that I move inside for the winter in a […]
Climbers / Edimentals / Forest Gardening / Perennials
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Record Hablitzia harvest
So far this year the temperature has been over 5 deg C above average, the highest start to the year since records began! Yesterday, 14th March I harvested […]
Perennials / Seed / Sprouts
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Lovage sprouts
In recent years, I’ve been experimenting with seed of perennials for winter greens, here the first time I’ve tried lovage / løpstikke sprouts. I sowed in November in […]
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Nordic Permaculture Festival workshop
I will hold a 3+ hour workshop on perennial vegetables (in English I think) at the Nordic Permaculture Festival, Stjernsund, Sweden on 8th August!! Looking forward to visiting […]
Edimentals / Forest Gardening / Invasive plants / Perennials / Root crops
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Svartelistet søtsak (“blacklisted goodies”) article
Norwegian article on sweet cicely published on the following sites / Norsk artikkel om spansk kjørvel er publisert på følgende steder: http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?page_id=737 (all my articles from the magazine Sopp og […]
Forest Gardening / Invasive plants / Perennials
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Sowing Ground Elder seed
I don’t think many people have sowed ground elder seed before :) It won’t be easy to shake off the Mad Salad Man tag now ;) When I […]
Annuals / Perennials / Seed
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Russian veggie seed
One of the members of Norwegian Seed Savers emailed me that she was going to Russia and would I like any seed….now, I have genetic defect that leads […]
Brassica / Perennials / Propagation
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Perennial kale cuttings!
I take cuttings of my perennial kales each autumn both to share with others and in case the mother plants die outside (they are marginally hardy here). They […]