A lovely visit this evening from botanist Kamal Acharya and his wife Sharmila Phuyal and daughter. They taught me several new uses for my old plants! For instance, […]
Climbers / Edible flowers
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Hablizzoli
If Hablitzia, the Caucasian Spinach, had been discovered in Italy these unopen flower clusters would no doubt be known as Hablizzoli…Hablitzia broccolis or Broccoli di Hablizzias….Although small, they are […]
Climbers / Forest Gardening / Perennials
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Hablitzia racing anyone?
Can you see your Hablitzia grow?? I must measure mine next year! http://backyardlarder.blogspot.hu/2016/05/how-fast-can-climbing-spinach-climb.html… Thanks, Alison Tindale! Post Views: 195
Climbers / Onions / Perennial vegetable shoots
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Hablitzia and the few-flowered leeks
In December’s very mild weather there was mass germination of Hablitzia around my oldest plant next to the house. This has happened before, but none of the seedlings […]
Climbers / Edimentals
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Bay Hablitzia
I have two large pot grown bay trees (Laurus nobilis) which are moved into my porch for the winter. In the summer, they are outside quite near to […]
Climbers / Perennials
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Bear Spinach comes out of hibernation
Bear Spinach (Hablitzia tamnoides)? Well, my friend William Whitson in Washington State recently reported “I finally had a couple of plants withstand our typical 2.5m of rain winters. […]
Climbers / Perennials
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Mass Hablitzia germination for Xmas
In mild but cool weather during early winter the last couple of years, Hablitzia has germinated en masse around my mother plant next to my house. These all […]
Climbers
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Basella harvest
Basella / Ceylon Spinach used in a risotto tonight! Pot grown inside… Post Views: 115
Climbers / Perennials
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Autumn spring habby
Hablitzia, the Caucasian spinach / stjernemelde thinks it’s spring in autumn, the most optimistic plant out there…always puts me in a good mood… Post Views: 103
Climbers / Perennials / Permaculture / Trees
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Perennials vs. annuals
Picture taken by journalist Heidi Løkken in my garden this week showing my straggling tree climbing Hablitzia together with a French dandelion cultivar “Vert de Montmagny Ameliore”. Before […]
Climbers / Edimentals / Perennials
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Hablitzia seen from the kitchen window after heavy rain
Flowering Hablitzia tamnoides / Caucasian spinach / stjernemelde seen from the kitchen window… Post Views: 88
Climbers / Edimentals / Forest Gardening / Perennials
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Hablitzia anno 2001!
I just discovered that Hablitzia was one of the ingredients in my first world record salad in 2001…. I had received both cuttings and seeds from Mona Hellberg […]
Climbers / Edimentals / Forest Gardening / Ornamentals / Perennials
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Hablitzia tamnoides in Oslo
Hablitzia tamnoides/stjernemelde/Caucasian Spinach in the botanical gardens in Oslo 3rd July 2015! Post Views: 90
Climbers / Edimentals / Perennials
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Hablitzia moving indoors
Hablitzia is spreading in my garden and sometimes appears in plant pots, here in a large pot grown bay tree that I move inside for the winter in a […]
Climbers / Edimentals / Forest Gardening / Perennials
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Record Hablitzia harvest
So far this year the temperature has been over 5 deg C above average, the highest start to the year since records began! Yesterday, 14th March I harvested […]
Birds / Bushes / Climbers / Edimentals / Forest Gardening / Perennials / Permaculture / Shrub / Trees
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Announcing the First Annual Hardanger Perennialen!
Link added to my list of talks, courses and forages (at http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?page_id=262) to a FB event for the Hardanger Perennialen at the beginning of May, what promises to be […]
Book reviews / Bushes / Climbers / Edimentals / Forest Gardening / Herbs / Malvik / Perennials / Permaculture / Shrub / Trees
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Alys Fowler on ATW in the Guardian
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 […]
Climbers / Edimentals / Forest Gardening / Herbs / Invasive plants / Perennials / Permaculture / Seed
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The Live in London tapes
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 […]
Climbers / Edimentals / Food / Forest Gardening / Herbs / Invasive plants / Perennials / Permaculture / Trees
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Electronic release of Around the World in 80 plants
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 […]
Book reviews / Climbers / Edimentals / Forest Gardening / Invasive plants / Perennials / Permaculture
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My way of sharing FUN – write about it!!!
Thanks very much to Joan Lambert Bailey for the nice remarks and great review! Yes, you’re absolutely right when you say “I am convinced this book is his […]
Annuals / Bushes / Climbers / Edimentals / Forest Gardening / Herbs / Invasive plants / Perennials / Permaculture / Root crops / Seed / Shrub / Trees
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The new Edimentals seed trade list for 2014-2015
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 […]
Annuals / Bushes / Climbers / Edimentals / Food / Forest Gardening / Herbs / Invasive plants / Perennials / Permaculture / Root crops / Seed / Shrub / Trees
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Shoreditch Radio Interview on Around the World!
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 […]
Annuals / Bushes / Climbers / Edimentals / Food / Forest Gardening / Herbs / Invasive plants / Perennials / Root crops / Seed / Shrub / Trees
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From the vaults: my Edible and Useful Plant Seed Trade List from 2000!
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 […]