As far as possible, I like to eat fresh fruit and berries from the garden, usually with muesli for breakfast. I’ve been self-sufficient for many years, mostly home […]
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North American Forest Garden
On the Eastern boundary at the Væres Venner community garden in Trondheim, I wanted to develop a small forest garden devoted to edible plants of the first peoples […]
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More fruit and berry leather
More mixed fruit leather! We’ll still be 100% self sufficient in fruit and berries for the next couple of years (NB! I have to admit that I ate […]
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July berries
Various berries harvested late July at home in the Edible Garden and in the Væres Venner Community Garden. More information in the picture captions. These were either eaten […]
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Glencoe-like fruit from Black raspberry seed!
During early 2019, I sowed seed of black raspberry, Rubus occidentalis Ex-Black Hawk. The seed were harvested from some plants in my garden received originally as seed from […]
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Autumn Olives
The 3 autumn olive / Japansk sølvbusk (Elaeagnus umbellata) bushes at the Væres Venner Community Garden are now producing well. This is about 2/3 of the berries and […]
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Second visit from Pine Grosbeaks
Two years ago there was an irruption of pine grosbeaks (konglebit) in Norway and I finally got to see this species in the garden for the first time […]
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Late Fresh Berries
I love the seasonality of fruit and berries and one group of berries that can be harvested in October and November are particularly valuable when you only […]
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Dried fruit salad
The fresh fruit season approaches rapidly as the first fruit ripens…wild strawberries (markjordbær) and haskaps (Lonicera edulis). Since the fresh apples ran out early April we’ve been eating […]
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Lemon Berberis
Norwegian: for en norsk oversettelse av denne artikkelen (Norwegian translation), se KVANNs (Norwegian Seed Savers) Nyhetsbrev #15 There’s always been a barberry (Berberis vulgaris) in my garden, in […]
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Blackcap on Elderberries
A female blackcap (munk) feeding on ripe elderberries (svarthyll; Sambucus nigra). With no heavy frosts so far well into November, two flower clusters have appeared on the tree! […]
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Illinois Everbearing Mulberries
After a 15 year wait, I was finally able to harvest a few mulberries last year, see https://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=23040 In the winter I was sent 4 cuttings of the variety […]
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Towards a record early harvest
This summer we’ve experienced a big swing in temperatures from one month to the next…from a record cold May to a record warm June followed by most of […]
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Bumble bee in snow
I didn’t expect to find a bumble bee feeding first thing this morning but I found this Bombus hypnorum (tree bumblebee/trehumle) busy visiting flowers of Ribes divaricatum and […]
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Yew for redwing
I planted a yew (Taxus x meda “Hicksii”) next to the kitchen window mainly for the birds some 20 years ago and the berries regularly attract blackbirds, fieldfares, […]
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Waxwings: soon on the way south?
I also grow Viburnum opulus (krossved) near to the house. This is an uncommon wild species around here. The berries aren’t the first choice for waxwings (sidensvans), but […]
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Maximum waxwings
I never weary of watching waxwings (sidensvans). Here are 3 videos from snowy Monday this week when one of the biggest flocks this winter descended on the garden […]
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More waxwings
More waxwing (sidensvans) videos from the garden. 1) Eating elderberries 2) Displaying flycatching skills 3) A dazed bird on the ground outside the front door; presumably it collided […]
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Female blackaps
A female blackcap (munk) was feeding on rowan berries below the house this morning. I see blackcaps a few times every winter nowadays, an increasingly common overwintering bird, […]
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Surrounded by waxwings
I was working in the garden this afternoon when a large flock of some 400 waxwings arrived. They are quite trusting and happily fed on hawthorn berries as […]
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Waxwings on yew
Waxwings (sidensvans) are all over the garden this morning eating various berries. It gives me especial pleasure to see them on the yew tree I planted right next […]
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Worcesterberries
Recently, I’ve been eating blackberries and Worcesterberries every other day for breakfast. I love these relatively sour berries which extend the berry season right up to the first […]
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The last blackberries
It’s been a good year for blackberries. I picked the last ones on Saturday. There are many unripe as usual, but it’s too late now for them to […]
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The return of the waxwings
Most of the thrushes were gone today, replaced by a flock of about 120 waxwings (sidensvans), picking up from where the thrushes left off! The first two videos […]