Below are a series of pictures of my favourite potatoes which I grew until 2012-2013 when blight made it difficult to grow varieties with little resistence: Post Views: […]
Edible flowers / Tubers
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Oca still in full flower
Two or three of my oca (Oxalis tuberosa) cultivars were still in flower this week! Post Views: 111
Potato / Tubers
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Potato diversity in Malvik; 11th September 2011
Top row (second picture): Kefermarkt Rote, Negresse, Ås, Troll, King George, Røde fra Skjåk, British Queen, King George Middle row: Blå Kongo, Rocket, Russepotet, Sava, Kampion, Yellow […]
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. […]
Food / Perennial vegetables / Tubers
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Today’s greens
Including Allium wallichii (Sherpa onion), Tradescantia, Ulluco (sprouted tubers surplus to my needs), Allium hymennorhizum scapes, Day lily buds, Campanula latifolia, Campanula trachelium, Allium scorodoprasum scapes, Rumex acetosa […]
Bulbs / Tubers
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Dog’s tooth violet
I got this as Erythronium dens-canis “Snowflake” but the petals aren’t pure white, presumably seed propagated.. Leaves, flowers and bulbs of Erythroniums have been used traditionally… Post Views: […]
grain / House plants / Root crops / Tubers
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Jicama-ahipa à la Henry quinoa
One of the culinary highlights of the year is the annual Jicama (hee-ka-ma) meal….if you’ve never eaten yam beans or Jicama (Pachyrhizus erosus), you haven’t lived! I grow […]
Food / Perennials / Root crops / Tubers
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Soba stir-fried cellar vegetables
Last night’s chinese stir-fried vegetables, from cellar and store, served with soba! Now using more tubers than greens… Achira carrot chicory Chili GarlicOca onionperennial kale turnip Ulluco Jerusalem artichoke and winter chantarelle Post Views: 108
Root crops / Tubers
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Yam daisy aboriginal tuber cultivation
Yam daisy or murnong (Microseris lanceolata) from Australia, harvest outside in Malvik on 12th November 2011. I’ve had lower yields of other crops! Needs a bit of selection, […]
Edimentals / Root crops / Tubers
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Rice lily
The smallest of the tubers in yesterday’s dinner (see http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=9577) was so-called rice lily or riceroot (Fritillaria camschatensis), small (but many) sweet tasting tubers that often lie right […]
Root crops / Tubers
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Forcing Andean root crops for winter greens
I was potting up ocas and ullucos outside this afternoon (to force for winter greens) and there was a sudden hail storm . The pots are brought inside […]
Root crops / Tubers
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..and end of the year Yacon harvest
Yacon (Polymnia edulis/Smallanthus sonchifolius) also gives higher yields when grown on inside until the end of the year in a large pot; however, it is much less day […]
Root crops / Tubers
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End of the year Andes in Malvik tuber harvest
As the psychedelic (colour not effect) Andean tubers Oca (Oxalis tuberosa), Ulluco (Ullucus tuberosus) and Achira (Canna edulis) benefit from a longer season than I can give them […]
Bulbs / Cellar vegetables / Food / Fungi / Tubers
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Lily-chufa-parsley stir fry
Tonight’s dinner was a lily – chufa – parsley stir-fry (chinese style) with buckwheat noodles… Lily = bulbs of Lilium martagon (Martagon lily), an important forest garden source […]
Root crops / Tubers
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My first Yacon flower after 10 years of trying!
I also finally flowered a yacon here! I’ve been growing Yacon now for 10 years, my first harvest here was on 28th October 2006 and I was pleased […]
Oca / Root crops / Tubers
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Oca and Ulluco safely inside!
With an even heavier frost threatened, I moved all my Ocas and Ullucos inside….but, until I clear space (seeds drying everywhere) they are blocking the entrance to my […]
Tubers
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Chufa/tiger nut harvest
Not a bad yield considering the size of the plants…this is the yield of one large pot with two plants grown inside. Chufa / tiger nuts (Cyperus esculentus) […]
Tubers
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Yacon at 63.5N
This is the closest I’ve got Yacon to flowering here, grown in a large container…it might just make it as warmer nights and sunny days are forecast for […]
Edible flowers / Edimentals / Onions / Tubers
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Nepalese feast in Malvik
A couple of weeks ago, I finally got round to inviting botanist Kamal Acharya and his wife Sharmila Phuyal to see my garden!! They were amazed to see […]
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 […]
Tubers
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Wild Ulluco
Ulluco is a colourful root vegetable from the Andes. The tubers are quite small….wild Ulluco tubers (Ullucus tuberosus) which I received today (just for fun!) are even smaller […]
Tubers
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Spring shoots in December
It’s normal that Hablitzia tamnoides and various Alliums have young shoots at this time of year, but I’d never seen shoots and clusters of flower buds on Spring […]
Breeding / Tubers
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3rd year Paolo JA crosses
This is the 3rd year of growing Paolo Gaiardelli‘s first year Dayneutral x wild Italian crosses – harvested today! I’ve selected 5 interesting looking tubers to grow for […]
Dandelions / Leafy greens / Onions / Perennials / Tempura / Tubers
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Perennial vegetable tempura
April 2014 and Yngvil (aka Ms. Saladdy) was helping out in my garden, her practical experience for her education to become a gardener! I’ll let her tell her […]