A year ago, I reported on variegation on a Hablitzia in my son’s garden on Nesodden near Oslo (see http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=18162). I gave him this plant a few years […]
Climbers / Perennial vegetable shoots
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Hablitzia anti-grazing strategy
I transplanted a 3 year old pot grown Hablitzia plant yesterday and this video shows the many replacement shoots ready to grow quickly if the main shoots are […]
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 […]
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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: 99
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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In its 18th year
My oldest Hablitzia is finally growing after the cold winter and in response to higher daytime temperatures over +5C! Post Views: 64
Climbers / Tubers
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Andes in Malvik 2008
In 2008 I still had a greenhouse. After it was destroyed in the 26th December 2011 I decided not to rebuild it and to only grow hardy vegetables. […]
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Hog peanut
Hog peanut, Amphicarpaea bracteata, one of the varieties sent to me by Owen Smith in 2012 is still alive, although hardly thriving, mainly as it’s overcrowded by a kiwi […]
Climbers / Perennial vegetables
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Hablitzia forest garden
A little video of my Habitzia jungle today… I usually train the plants up into the trees , but I’ve let them do their own thing this year. […]
Climbers / Perennial vegetables / Propagation
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Dividing 1-year old Hablitzia plants
Hablitzia roots have an astonishing number of shoots waiting to grow if you cut them down…I like to think that this is an adaptation to human grazing pressure, […]
Climbers / Forest Gardening / Perennial vegetables
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Old growth Hablitzia status 4th May 2017!
Most of this has now been sacrificed (last two pictures) as foragables haven’t come very far where I’m holding a course this weekend (large snow fall recently).. Post […]
Climbers / Edimentals / Perennial vegetables
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Prestigious prize to Ronny Staquet for his work with Hablitzia!
Congratulations to my friend Ronny Staquet who recently won a prestigious prize for his efforts in popularising Hablitzia at the Fête des Plantes de Printemps at Château de […]
Climbers / Forest Gardening / Perennial vegetables
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My oldest Hablitzia, already vigorous in 2004!
Cleaning out my office and I found a local newspaper article about an open day in my garden almost 13 years ago (August 2004) with a picture of […]
Climbers / Forest Gardening / Perennial vegetables
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My first wild Hablitzia accession
10 years ago in July 2006, I received an email seed request from a Sergey Banketov in the Caucasus. I don’t usually trade seed in summer, but he […]
Climbers / Winter shoots
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Hablitzia excavation
I dug out one of my Hablitzia plants today as it had self-sowed in a place I didn’t want it….I harvested a few of the winter shoots and […]
Climbers / Forest Gardening / Perennial vegetable shoots / Perennial vegetables
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Nutritional analysis of Hablitzia
My article “Caucasian spinach: the unknown woodlander” was published by Permaculture Magazine 9 years ago in 2007 (see http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?page_id=1984 and also my book Around the World in 80 […]
Chili / Climbers / Food
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Basella stir-fry
Harvested some of my bedside Basella greens tonight for a stir-fry with garlic, chili, chicory, parsley, dried chantarelle, broad beans and perilla…. served with soba (organic buckwheat noodles). […]
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Malabar spinach in my bedroom….
I have Malabar spinach (also known as Ceylon spinach or just Basella), a vigorous climbing spinach which isn’t hardy outside here, but grows very well and sets seed […]
Beer / Beverages / Climbers
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Report on old Norwegian Hop clones
Click the link to download this Norwegian report on a project in which old hop plants were collected from 18 locations around Norway (in Norwegian). Some of these are […]
Climbers / Fruit
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Olive climbing Hablitzia
A 1m pot grown olive that is now in full flower together with a clambering Hablitzia also in flower… Post Views: 118