I thought I’d take you for a tour of the lower parts of the garden including the forest garden. No commentary, let’s just listen to the birds and […]
Birds / Ferns / Garden tour / Garden views / Perennial vegetables
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Green Ostrich Pasta
I noticed yesterday that the ostrich ferns (strutseving) in the forest garden had put on a spurt despite the cold weather and were almost past the harvesting stage. […]
Brassica / Dandelions / Edible flowers / Ferns / Food / Onions / Perennial vegetables
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A 65 Veggie Pakora at 65
To celebrate my 65th we made indian pakora with 65 (or so) different perennial vegetables. Going for a new title, this time EPM (Extreme Pakora Man)! Any better? […]
Edimentals / Ferns / Garden tour
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In the gardens at the Gothenburg Botanics in January
I also walked around the outside gardens during my visit to the Gothenburg Botanical Gardens on Saturday 25th January 2020. In the mild weather, there were many people […]
Ferns / Perennial vegetables
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Dried ostrich ferns
Dried ostrich ferns (strutseving), Matteuccia struthiopteris Post Views: 112
Ferns
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30 point ostrich!
On the way up the mountain at Alvastien Telste I found a particularly fertile ostrich fern with 30 fertile fronds! This is the edible wild plant equivalent of […]
Ferns / Perennials
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16 days later
The rate of growth of Udo (Aralia cordata) from Japan is phenomenal in cool spring weather, even outgrowing Hablitzia tamnoides (Caucasian spinach)! The first picture was taken by […]
Ferns / Food
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Ostrich Fern pie
Ostrich fern pie was the culinary high this week…made with cooked ostrich fern, Allium scorodoprasum, garlic, chili and standard quiche ingredients and a 100% whole grain barley / rye […]
Ferns / Perennials
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Permaveggies Course Day 3: Ostrich fern tour along the Homla
As usual, the highlight of these weekends is the incredible walk along the river Homla just 20 minutes from home with large quantities of Ostrich Fern along the […]
Ferns / Winter shoots
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Forced ostrich wings…
The Norwegian name for ostrich fern is strutseving (ostrich wing) and fiddleheads are now appearing in my kitchen window, two months before they will be out in the […]
Edimentals / Ferns / Forest Gardening / Perennials
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First Ostrich Ferns up…
I was surprised to find these Ostrich Ferns / Strutseving almost over this morning in Leangenbukta (Trondheim)! I had checked the ones in my garden last night and […]