It was probably over 25 years ago I sowed some seed of a kiwi (Actinidia deliciosa) from the supermarket just for fun! Little did I know that it […]
Shrub / Trees
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First leafing again
When I was away in January, the mildest ever recorded in this part of the world, this bird cherry that I received as Padus asiatica leafed out for […]
Edible flowers / Edimentals / Shrub
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Red is the rose
A real beauty is Rosa moyesii from 2700-3800 m in the mountains of Sichuan and Yunnan in China and loving sea-level in Malvik! The petals are deliciously edimental […]
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 […]
Birds / Bushes / Climbers / Edimentals / Forest Gardening / Perennials / Permaculture / Shrub / Trees
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Announcing the First Annual Hardanger Perennialen!
Link added to my list of talks, courses and forages (at http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?page_id=262) to a FB event for the Hardanger Perennialen at the beginning of May, what promises to be […]
Berries / Bushes / Edimentals / Forest Gardening / Perennials / Permaculture / Shrub / Trees
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Holma Forest Garden video!
Really nice video showing off the Holma Forest Garden in southern Sweden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLEC-dtRdk Link to my post about Holma here: http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=138 In a special part of the garden, many […]
Book reviews / Bushes / Climbers / Edimentals / Forest Gardening / Herbs / Malvik / Perennials / Permaculture / Shrub / Trees
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Alys Fowler on ATW in the Guardian
Thank you so much Alys Fowler!!! She has apparently been “trailing round the house with my copy (of ATW), unable to put it down.” :-D http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jan/24/alys-fowler-norwegian-edible-garden Here’s a […]
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SRGC seed has arrived
For the unusual vegetable enthusiast, the place to find seed are the alpine garden clubs’ seed exchanges: Scottish Rock Garden Club (SRGC), Alpine Garden Society (AGS) and the […]
Annuals / Bushes / Climbers / Edimentals / Forest Gardening / Herbs / Invasive plants / Perennials / Permaculture / Root crops / Seed / Shrub / Trees
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The new Edimentals seed trade list for 2014-2015
SEE THE NEW SEED LIST Welcome to my new seed trade list for 2014-15. 12, 13 and 14 in brackets indicates the harvesting year for the seed. Concerning […]
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Shoreditch Radio Interview on Around the World!
An Interview with the Extreme Salad Man Stephen Barstow at www.Shoreditchradio.co.uk on Sunday 18 January at 20:00 UTC This is an interview I did in London with London Permaculture’s Stefan […]
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From the vaults: my Edible and Useful Plant Seed Trade List from 2000!
14 years ago and my seed list had some 1,000 entries and I even added a usage code (from Plants for a Future)……… Edible and Useful Plant Seed […]
Edimentals / Food / Forest Gardening / Invasive plants / Perennials / Shrub / Trees
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#ATWselfie
The ATW selfie is going viral worldwide…. ;) Send me yours and it will be added…you will be showing support of a very good cause: the conservation and […]
Annuals / Bushes / Climbers / Edimentals / Food / Forest Gardening / Herbs / Invasive plants / Perennials / Root crops / Shrub / Trees
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Guinness Megasalad Record Book Rejection email from 2001
The first time I made a megasalad in 2001 with 363 different plants (see http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=206) I approached Guinness to claim a world record. They were not interested and […]
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Coffee
The coffee plant is a fantastic edimental indoor plant that tolerates quite low temperatures in winter….but don’t expect more than a cup of coffee a year :) Coffee […]
Annuals / Bushes / Edimentals / Forest Gardening / Perennials / Shrub / Trees
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World Record Salad Invite
Sunday 24th August 2003, I earned my title Extreme Salad Man :) when I made a salad comprising 538 varieties of edible plant. I’m still looking for the […]
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A little salad recipe :)
Somebody was asking if I still had the ingredients list for my record salad from 2003 with 537 varieties – it used to be on the net but […]