I’ve met some wonderful people on my journeys over the last 10 years. One of them is my friend Carmen Porter in Hemmingford, Quebec who kindly offered to […]
Fungi / walks
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Walk and forage to Tripynten
Friday’s forage (11th October 2019) was combined with a walk to the top of Tripynten (315m). Please let me know if you can ID any of the fungi! […]
Fjord views / Sun / walks
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Home again
Great to be home again after my non-stop tour of Eastern and Mid-West USA. 12 talks and 2 walk and talks complete without any deviations from plan! Thanks […]
Foraging / Fungi / walks
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Foraging Alpine Bistort Bulbils
On Sunday, we went for a walk up to a mountain farm (seter) near to the lake Foldsjøen in Malvik with the main aim to gather alpine bistort […]
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KVANN’s Annual Meeting Weekend: Day 4; Ostrich Fern hike along the Homla
On the 4th day of the Norwegian Seed Savers weekend (6th May 2019), the traditional spring walk along the Homla river and canyon was on the programme with […]
walks
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Walks along Hampshire’s chalk streams
On 8th March 2019 I walked along the River Itchen in Hampshire between Shawford and Eastleigh, mostly along the old canal tow path: …and a video of a […]
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Wasabi shop, the Kawazu-Nanadaru Loop Bridge and the Kawazu Seven Falls
Last week, I blogged about a fantastic visit to a wasabi farm on the Izu peninsular in Japan during spring 2016, see A visit to a Wasabi farm […]
Birds / walks
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Beach Walk 30th December
Goldeneye (kvinand) displaying (with great black backed gull /stormåke) Post Views: 443
Herbs / walks
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On the Guadiana River
During my stay in Mertola, we did two short walks along the river. The first pictures are from near the town centre, the second group from Canais do […]
Course / Talks / Walk and talk / walks
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Tour de Portugal links
Perennials Resistence in Mertola, Portugal (video and interview) http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=20370 Herdade do Freixo do Meia http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=20042 Freixo de Cima http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=20133 In search of the wild asparagus at Bombeira do Guadiana […]
Foraging / walks
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In search of the wild asparagus at Bombeira do Guadiana
On the morning of my permaveggies course in Mértola, we did a wild walk into the Bombeira do Guadiana Biodiversity Station where information signs have been put up […]
Halophytes / walks
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Mostly edibles at Magoito
An album of pictures of plants and views at Magoito just north of Lisbon on a short botanising visit with Fernanda Botelho! First, two videos showing the cliff […]
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Winchester walk
On my recent quick visit to my parents in Hampshire, UK, we did a walk from St Cross to Winchester along the River Itchen with Mum (89) and […]
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KVANN meet 2018; Walk along the Homla canyon
Pictures from Saturday’s 5 km (almost 4 hours with all the stops) walk along the Homla river canyon from Storfossen (this area’s second highest waterfall) to the sea […]
walks / wild flowers
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Centro d’Ompio and Pettenasco
On 2nd April 2018, Matthias Brück who had invited me to Switzerland to take part in the Perennials for Resilience seminar in Stans asked me along on a […]
Foraging / walks
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Homla walk May 2018
Pictures from this week’s 5 hour (botanist pace) walk along the spectacular Homla canyon, the start about 14 km from home! Post Views: 121
Talks / walks
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Extreme Salad Man on Gardener’s Question Time
Thanks to Anna who told me she’d heard my name mentioned on BBC Gardener’s Question Time yesterday in connection with my June appearance at the programme’s summer party […]
Talks / walks
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Extreme Salad Man at Mount Stewart events this summer
I’m appearing at two events at National Trust property Mount Stewart in Northern Ireland this summer. I’ll be doing talks and walks and talks at both events 9th […]
Foraging / walks
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Day 2 of the Hvaler Permaveggies Course
On the second day, we started with the second part of my talk and then had a walk on the beach at the Ytre Hvaler National Park looking […]
walks
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The perfect birthday gift: a botanist for the evening!
What a perfect present….an evening with Anders Often, one of Norway’s leading botanists and a lovely person too! Thank you Randy Gunnar Lange and Ingunn Bohmann. I’d never […]
Foraging / Garden tour / walks
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Extreme Salad Man is a Guest of BBC Gardener’s Question Time Summer Garden Party!!
I’m chuffed to be asked to be a guest at the BBC Gardener’s Question Time Summer Garden Party at Mount Stewart on Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland on […]
walks
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On the Itchen in Hampshire
Great family lunch in a pub at Shawford in Hampshire followed by a walk along the river between Shawford and Hampshire Post Views: 117
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Edimentals in Stanley Park, Vancouver
I took the ferry across from Vancouver Island to the city of Vancouver. I’ve already posted a lot of pictures of the birds of fabulous Stanley Park, a […]
walks
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Beacon (Camas) Hill, Victoria BC
After the Indigenous Plant Walk the day before, my Airbnb hostess Kelly Kerr invited to show me around the Beacon Hill Park, a 200 acre mix of both […]