Edible & ornamental
Perilla frutescens var crispa f. purpurascens (red or purple shiso) is looking good on the window sill in front of my desk! This is an important crop in […]
Getting on for 35 years ago, we created what we called the Herb Bed in the garden for sun-loving herbs. It was the most sunny part of the […]
Common sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) is now in season in my garden another plant categorised by most as a weed, but for me one of the most important […]
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 […]
Accidental companions: a Sherpa onion (Allium wallichii) has set up home in the middle of my greek mountain tea (Sideritis syriaca) with a few self-sowed dandelions for good […]
(This is a translation of a 2002 article about the salad in Norwegian, see here for the original article in Norwegian: http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=5668) The renaissance garden at the Ringve […]
Epazote (sitronmelde) used to be called Chenopodium ambrosioides, but has been renamed Dysphania ambrosioides… It’s a short-lived perennial which can be overwintered in a cool room, resprouting from […]
From 2001, Bioforsk (the Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research, now NIBIO) department in Kise, Hedmark started collecting plant material of roseroot (Rhodiola rosea) from all over […]
I don’t blog often about medicinal plants, but an interesting research paper from Oslo on the treatment of Alzheimers with herbal medicine has been published, and it’s an […]
Noticed this fasciated (crested) Lippia dulcis (sweet aztec herb) flower stem in the living room. Post Views: 142
I’m looking for an even more purple form of caraway. This is the deepest coloured one I’ve seen a picture of so far, found in Troms. Post Views: […]
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). […]
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 […]
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 […]
While I was in London in December I met London Permaculture’s Stefan Geyer at St. Athan’s Hotel in London for a chat and it’s now available for all […]
An excerpt from the book is on page 55 of the latest Permaculture Magazine :) Post Views: 109
The PDF version is now available through Green Shopping and you can download a free sample!! ATW from Green Shopping The Kindle and iTunes versions are also on the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I visited an ex-colleague in Athens, Greece some 20 years ago. He offered me tea of a plant I didn’t know. He called it mountain tea from the […]
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 […]
An article in Trondheim’s newspaper in June 2014 about edible Trondheim including one of my diversity salads… Artikkel fra Ukeadressa i juni om spiselig Trøndelag!! [gview file=”http://www.edimentals.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Adressa_Spiselige.pdf”] ….and […]