I remember posting an article about a new material that had been developed inspired by the water repellent leaves of Lady’s Mantle (Alchemilla spp.). Another species with very […]
Breeding / Forest Gardening / Nursery / Perennials / Root crops / Salad / topset onion / Tubers / walkabout onion
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Mandy Barber’s Incredible Vegetables and The Field
Well, not only Mandy’s plot, a group of local people in Ashburton, Devon got together to buy The Field a few years ago to grow vegetables communally! It is […]
Perennials / Root crops
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Skirret shoots
I moved a skirret/sukkerrot (meaning sugar root) root into the cellar, planning to eat them….they went missing until I noticed the characteristic edible blanched shoots this morning! The […]
Root crops
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Edible rooted chicory
Posted on Facebook on 4th December 2011: “I harvested my root chicory today (Di Sancino) and was pleased with the yield – very long uniform white roots. Only […]
Root crops
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Edible rooted chicory
As some of you will know, chicories (sikkori) are just about my favourite veggies, in part due to their flexibility providing edible cooked greens, salad greens in an […]
Root crops
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Harvesting the fartichokes
I gave up waiting for a serious frost and harvested the first of my jerusalem artichokes today. Might as well do it while the weather is still good […]
Potato / Root crops
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Potato diversity
Just 4 years ago, I was growing over 20 different potatoes as in this picture. Since then, I’ve cut down significantly mainly due to the fact that many […]
Perennials / Root crops
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Bulbils on my Horseradish?
UPDATE 1st June 2016: 3 of the bulbils had rooted :) I haven’t noticed these on horseradish before? On the flower stems are […]
Perennials / Root crops
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Stampede=Dayneutral=Dwarf Sunray=Bianca
Stampede is a North American Jerusalem Artichoke variety , the name alluding to the fact that it is fast growing . Here’s the description in Cornucopia II. […]
Legumes / Root crops
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Earthnut Pea / Lathyrus tuberosus
This is a new variety of Earthnut pea (Lathyrus tuberosus) which germinated from Danish seed I was given by NO Crossland of Danish Seed Savers (frøsamlerne). I seem […]
Perennials / Root crops
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Giant Perennial Buckwheat and Skirret
I had no idea that perennial buckwheat (Fagopyrum acutatum syn. F. dibotrys) and skirret (Sium sisarum) could be 2.5m ( 8 feet) tall! Probably a result of our […]
Edimentals / Herbs / Ornamentals / Perennials / Root crops
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Diversity of Nordic horseradish
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). […]
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Svartelistet søtsak (“blacklisted goodies”) article
Norwegian article on sweet cicely published on the following sites / Norsk artikkel om spansk kjørvel er publisert på følgende steder: http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?page_id=737 (all my articles from the magazine Sopp og […]
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The many uses of Udo
An excerpt from the book is on page 55 of the latest Permaculture Magazine :) Post Views: 113
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Salad from the tunnel; 12th January 2015
Still a week before the sun returns here in Malvik and we leave the tunnel…today’s 20 variety salad harvested today from the living room and cellar! Carrots, chicories, […]
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Riceroot and Hog Peanuts
I like the comment by Eve Emshwiller in the interesting article http://whyfiles.org/2012/farming-native-american-style looking at how to learn from how the Native Americans had developed stable, sophisticated food-gathering systems: “There were […]
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Guinness Megasalad Record Book Rejection email from 2001
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 […]
Climbers / Edimentals / Food / Perennials / Root crops
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Xmas in Malvik
I’ve eaten vegan food for Xmas for over 30 years and it’s always nut roast and a diversity of colourful tubers from all over the world! The seeds […]
Edimentals / Perennials / Root crops
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Oca Harvest
Oca (Oxalis tuberosa) is a short day plant from the Andes which produces next to nothing outside here as the plants are usually killed by the first hard […]
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A little salad recipe :)
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 […]