Dandelions are one of my favourite winter perennial vegetables. During the summer, wild dandelions sow themselves on my cultivated beds….one of the advantages of having too much open […]
Brassica / Perennial vegetables
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The Holy Grail Kale and the Janas Ecovillage gardens!
I was blown away by the edible and medicinal gardens at the Janas Ecovillage (Ecoaldeia de Janas) during my stay there. Part of my course there was a […]
Fruit / Perennial vegetables
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Cactus pads for my last lunch in Mértola
Thanks to Matthias Brück for preparing cactus pads (nopalitos) from Opuntia ficus-indicus for lunch, a long job by hand to de-spine first, but delicious! Does the old variety developed by […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Das Essgarten-Kochbuch: Überraschende Rezepte mit Funkie, Magnolie und Co.
The Edible Garden cookbook: surprising recipes with Hosta, Magnolia and others: Thanks to Matthias Brück for drawing my attention to this interesting German cookbook with recipes for several […]
Fruit / Garden tour / Perennial vegetables
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Visiting McMillion’s acres!
On Sunday I finally found the opportunity to visit my friend and fellow Norwegian Seed Savers (KVANN) board member Andrew McMillion who lives on a small farm in […]
Perennial vegetables / Pollinators
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Crazy about Udo
Crazy about Udo (Aralia cordata)….also these hoverflies and wasps… Post Views: 94
Edimentals / Perennial vegetables
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Earthquake proof Crambe!
An old stone wall collapsed below the house in the winter on top of one of my Crambe cordifolia (ornamental sea kale / buskstrandkål) plants….well, it bounced back […]
Climbers / Perennial vegetables
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Old Growth Hablitzia today!
My oldest Hablitzia (Caucasian spinach) planted here in 2001 is the right of these two plants, the one on the left is self-sowed! Post Views: 126
Nutrition / Perennial vegetables
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Hosta nutrition
A nutritional analysis of Hosta is reported in the enclosed open access article from Japan (2017): “Analysis of essential macro-micro mineral content of twelve Hosta taxa” by Mehraj, […]
Climbers / Edimentals / Perennial vegetables
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Variegated Hablitzia on Nesodden
I visited my son today on Nesodden (Oslo) and was impressed by how much growth his Hablitzia had put on and then I noticed that one of the […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Sweet and sour stir-fry ingredients
Last night’s ingredients for a “sweet and sour” stir fry: (from left to right) – Allium cernuum (chicago onion / prærieløk), Crambe maritima (sea kale / strandkål) broccolis, […]
Food / Perennial vegetables / weeds
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Ragged Jack kale and Siberian onion sourdough pizza
Last night’s veggie whole grain sourdough pizza had amongst a few other things Siberian onion Allium nutans shoots, Ragged Jack kale seedlings, Hablitzia tops and French sorrel Rumex […]
Edible flowers / Perennial vegetables / Salad
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Sea kale broccoli end of May salad
Just expressing some feelings through a salad ;) With sea kale broccolis, tulip flowers, Allium zebdanense (Lebanon onion) flowers, Aster scaber, sorrel, patience dock, Mertensia paniculata, Allium schoenoprasum […]
Edible flowers / Perennial vegetables
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Late May flowers in the Edible Garden
A selection of late May flowers in the Edible Garden: Post Views: 132
Perennial vegetable shoots / Perennial vegetables / Salad
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Udo salad
Walking past the Udo (Aralia cordata) patch yesterday morning I noticed that the shoots had outgrown their bucket and, as usual, had thrown the bucket down the hill, […]
Dandelions / Edimentals / Perennial vegetables
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The dandy that’s pink
The first pink dandelion emerged today, always a thrill. This one is about 11 years old now and hasn’t sowed itself much…I always leave dandeliond to flower on […]
Food / Foraging / Perennial vegetables
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Belated happy birthday to me
The first veggie food I ate was macaroni cheese and chips at Edwin Jones (now Debenhams) in Southampton, a treat when we Mum took us shopping back in […]
Climbers / Food / Perennial vegetables / Salad
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Happy Habby Pizza
Last night’s dinner was a 100% wholegrain sourdough pizza with Hablitzia, four cheese and poppy seed topping… The dough was made from a selection of whole grain organic […]
Bees / Edimentals / Perennial vegetables
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Early May in Malvik
Just a random selection of pictures from the garden from the last few days! 130518: Added a few more 160518: Added some Trilliums now at their best Post […]
Perennial vegetable shoots / Perennial vegetables
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permakulturplanter.no visit!
A great visit from my old friends Irja Frydenlund and Benjamin Bro-Jørgensen from Tingvoll and permakulturplanter.no popped in this afternoon with little Asimina and Ainora (what’s that backwards?!!). […]
Invasive plants / Perennial vegetables
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Around the World with Fuki
Fuki (Petasites japonicus) is a popular spring vegetable in Japan and Korea. It has also been introduced as an ornamental in Europe and in North America as a […]
Perennial vegetables / weeds
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Tsukushi
Tsukushi (Equisetum arvense) or field horsetail is a much loved spring vegetable in Japan and Korea. In Norway, it is called kjerringrokk or åkersnelle and is only used […]
Garden tour / Perennial vegetable shoots / Perennial vegetables
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Oslo Botanical Garden, Tøyen, spring edibles
On a break in my journey from Trondheim to Hvaler I had a few hours edible-spotting in the Oslo Botanical Garden (full of – not allowed to pick […]
Book / Perennial vegetables
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New Norwegian Fruit and Vegetable Encyclopedia with Hablitzia and Hosta
Published this month is a new Norwegian Fruit and Vegetable Encyclopedia written by Kari Vetlesen Among its pages you will find both Hablitzia and Hosta (mentioned for the first […]
Climbers / Perennial vegetables
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Mass Hablitzia germination
Hablitzia’s attempt to take over the temperate world continues with this mass germination after 10 days in the fridge! Plenty of plants will be finding new homes this […]