A few unusual vegetables this October from the Edible Garden and House:1. I’ve been trialling around 20 different chicories this year from seed from the German seed bank […]
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Early July Veg
Here are some of the vegetables we’re currently using.From left to right: Common sow thistle / haredylle (Sonchus oleraceus) will be in most meals from now to SeptemberParsley […]
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Indian summer flowers
There were unusually many plants still flowering in the garden in October this year as we experienced a bit of an Indian summer. We’ve now had our first […]
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Samaritan’s Goatsbeard: new species for The Edible Garden
Samaritan’s Goatsbeard (Tragopogon crocifolius subsp. samaritanii) is currently flowering, a biannual species from Southern Europe (Italian: Barba di becco di Samaritani). and it’s a beauty! In Scandinavia, Tragopogon crocifolius […]
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Tragopogon capitatus
A new edible in the garden in flower today is salsify relative Tragopogon capitatus from Xinjiang in China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan! The seed were sourced from […]
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Cicoria Fantastica!
I love chicories, a huge diversity of vegetable and wild forms, some perennial, hearting types, dandelion like types, various colour forms often like this one splashed with colour, […]
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Late or early?
Sowing carrots at Xmas…late or early? They won’t germinate until April here, good to get ahead of the spring jobs! HAPPY CARROT-TIDE (Carrotmas?) everyone and (in Norwegian) GOD […]
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Jack-go-to-bed-by-noon/Chorogi/Madeira vine tuber harvest
Harvested roots of Jack-go-to-bed-by-noon (Tragopogon pratensis), an introduced weed in my garden. It is related to salsify and scorzonera – I eat the roots and force a few for […]
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The Edible Japanese Bluebell!
When I visited Japan in early spring 2016, I noticed a violet/purple flower growing as an ornamental in some gardens and also escaped as a weed. I finally […]
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Weekend garden pictures
A diverse selection of pictures from last weekend in the Edible Garden :) Post Views: 125
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Broad beans and chicory
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Alliaria capers
I have two helpers in the garden this week and one of the jobs was to pull up all the garlic mustard / løkurt which was in danger […]
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In search of the purple caraway
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: […]