The garden pea / ert (now Lathyrus oleraceus, was Pisum sativum) is an important source of vegetable protein and can be grown over most of Norway with many […]
Heirlooms / Legumes
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Diversity soup peas
Of the 20 varieties of peas we grew this year in my garden and the community garden, some of the harvest is saved for seed and sharing in […]
Climbers / Edimentals / Food / Fungi / Legumes
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Runner Bean harvest
As I wrote earlier, it looks like we may have a glut of runner beans (Phaseolus coccineus) this year, the first time for many years. Runner beans are […]
Drying / Legumes
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Pea and broad bean diversity
I always grow many different types of peas and broad beans (favas) (erter og bondebønner). Peas (Pisum sativum) rarely if ever cross so I grow them very close […]
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 […]