Since I first blogged about an invasion of diamondback moths (kålmøll) two days ago, reports have been coming in across Scandinavia of the enormity of this invasion, even […]
Brassica / Insects / Perennial vegetables / pests
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Diamondbacks are back :(
There’s been a major arrival of diamondback moths (kålmøll) here since yesterday and there are hundreds of this major Brassica pest in the garden today! I am thankfully […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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East meets west salad
The udo (Aralia cordata) shoots had begun to lift the forcing bucket, so time for the annual udo salad, a variant this year, East meets West salad…the udo […]
Blanching / Food / Perennial vegetables
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Bellflower-chokes / Storklokkeskokker
I’ve previously introduced the gourmet part of the dandelion, the dandichoke! I write in my book: My favourite foraging author “(Samuel Thayer’s) favourite dandelion vegetable is what he […]
Edimentals / Perennial vegetables
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Appalachian Greens
I can go out into my garden and “forage” spring greens from anywhere in the temperate Northern Hemisphere! This week I foraged possibly the top two traditional spring […]
Perennial vegetables
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Forsøk med flerårige grønnsaker i fjellet
English summary: We believe that we could grow a lot more food in the Arctic and Norwegian Mountains buy using perennials rather than annuals. These are the first […]
Edimentals / Perennial vegetables / Permaculture / Salad / Walk and talk
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Grand Opening of The Edible Garden Permaculture LAND Centre
Grand Opening of The Edible Garden Permaculture LAND Centre (Thanks to Berit Børte, Kjell Hødnebø, Lone Dybdal, Elin Mar, Bell Batta Torheim, Inger Line Skurdal Ødegård and Margaret […]
Perennial vegetables / Salad
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Hail and Kale salad!
A collection of edibles in the garden today which had been hailed on—and my first hail salad…..but nothing on this one: https://twitter.com/farmingainteasy/status/889675766526509056 Post Views: 183
Perennial vegetables / Root crops
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Spring beauty time in the garden!
My spring beauties are flowering in the garden, appearing a little before wood anemones (hvitveis). The one I grow is Claytonia virginica and last summer I found this […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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9th April veggies
Tonight’s garden foraged perennial veggies for an oriental stir-fry! Lots of Hablitzia (stjernemelde), ground elder (skvallerkål), Svenskelauk (a form of Allium fistulosum), sweet cicely (spansk kjørvel), dandelion (løvetann), […]
Climbers / Perennial vegetables
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Hablitzia tour
A tour of my garden on 2nd April 2019 talking about one of my favourite perennial vegetables, Hablitzia tamnoides (Caucasian spinach). It’s extremely early yielding, productive, tasty, can […]
Dandelions / Foraging / Forcing / Perennial vegetables
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More blanched dandelions
More dandelions brought up from the (dark) cellar, ready to eat! These roots were just stored in damp autumn leaves! Post Views: 122
Beans / Food / Perennial vegetables
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Dandelonion bhajis
Onion bhajis are a popular and delicious starter in Indian restaurants and common veggie fast food in supermarkets in the UK. They are basically onions in a gram […]
Fruit / Perennial vegetables
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Wisley’s National Rhubarb collection in 2009
Some pictures of RHS Wisley’s National Rhubarb collection in mid-April 2009. It comprised some 151 plants including a few “ornamental” rhubarbs as well as species. You will find […]
Perennial vegetables / Root crops
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A visit to a Wasabi farm on the Izu peninsular in Japan
On 3rd April 2016 I was on an amazing study tour in Japan to witness first hand the cultivation of perennial vegetables. These are wild native species which […]
Food / Onions / Perennial vegetable shoots / Perennial vegetables / Tubers
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February barl-emm-otto
A multispecies barlemmotto for dinner last night. Barlemmotto? Think risotto made instead with wholegrain BARley and EMMer wheat grains :) The ingredients are shown with the pictures! Post […]
Food / Onions / Perennial vegetables / Winter vegetables
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The first garden forage of the year!
After 3-4 weeks of snow cover, the weather this week changed dramatically and we had the second warmest February day over the last 100 years with over 10C! […]
Perennial vegetables / Root crops
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Om Scorzonera: en hardfør helårs grønnsak
English speakers: See the summary at the bottom! Skorsonerrot, svartrot, jordskonnerot eller bondeasparges Scorzonera hispanica er en av de nye rotgrønnsakene som har kommet til Norge de siste årene. […]
Perennial vegetables / Root crops
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The perennial Rampions: shade tolerant edientomentals!
This is my third article published here this week, written as part of a 3-year project funded Landbruksdirektoratet (Norwegian Agriculture Agency), this time in English! As the last […]
Perennial vegetables
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Stolt Henrik: Blad og brokkoli grønnsak, flerårig kornplante og godteri i en og samme plante
English speakers: See the summary at the bottom! I går publiserte jeg en artikkel om scorsonerrot, en plante med mange bruksområder(se Scorzonera). En annen plante hvor alle deler […]
Perennial vegetables / Snow
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Perennial kale snow blanket
Just the tallest of the perennial kales are now visible above the snow! Hope this continues as there’s a much better chance of them overwintering when there’s a […]
Beer / Perennial vegetables
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Gamle Norske Humle
Medlemmer av Norwegian Seed Savers (KVANN) får igjen mulighet gjennom Årboka som kommer i februar å bestille stiklinger av de gamle Norske humleplantene som er samlet i en […]
Book / Perennial vegetables / Plant Heritage / Talks
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Visit to Bioforsk Landvik in 2012
Norwegian: I september 2012 besøkte jeg Grimstad for å snakke om min bok Around the World in 80 plants som snart skulle se dagens lys! Jeg holdt et foredrag for […]
Interview / Perennial vegetables / Perennials
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Perennials resistence in Portugal
Thanks to my friends in Mértola, and the Life in Syntropy folk for this post about my visit to Mértola: CLICK HERE: https://lifeinsyntropy.org/en/perennial-resistance-with-stephen-barstow Post Views: 285
Blanching / Perennial vegetable shoots / Perennial vegetables / Root crops
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The last roots
The last roots I harvest in the autumn are perennial vegetables for eating in the winter. I usually do this as late as possible and some years harvestng […]