(Norwegian offer below)AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 PLANTS CELEBRATES ITS 10th BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK!19th November 2014: I wrote here on FB “I’m proud to announce that on Wednesday […]
Free temporary access to my book and articles!
Thanks to my publishers Permanent Publications and Permaculture Magazine, free browsing access is available until Thursday to both my book Around the World in 80 plants, two articles […]
Der Essbare Waldgarten von Malvik
This is the title of an 11 page article on my garden in a new Austrian book on edible forest gardens and agroforestry systems by permaculturist Bernhard Gruber. […]
Alys meets the Modern Monk in the Edible Garden
10 years ago today I had my first celebrity visit, from the UK! On 10th April 2010 I received the following email message entitled Permaveggies:“I am a garden […]
5 years of Around the World in 80 plants
Thanks to everyone for supporting me on the perennial edible adventure I’ve been on since my little story was published 5 years ago today! It’s not too late […]
Holmboe’s Gratis mat av ville planter
To buy, see the bottom of this page (for å kjøpe, se nederst på denne siden). Jens Holmboe’s book “Gratis mat av ville planter” (Free food from wild […]
The 5th reprint
DHL arrived yesterday with 200 new books of the 5th reprint of Around the World in 80 plants! This time 15 minor mistakes and improvements have been made! […]
Around the World in 80 plants direct from the author!
281218: I’m now sending signed copies of my book from home in Malvik with any dedication you wish! Cost: NOK 250 plus postage Payment either by Paypal, bank […]
Visit to Bioforsk Landvik in 2012
Norwegian: I september 2012 besøkte jeg Grimstad for å snakke om min bok Around the World in 80 plants som snart skulle se dagens lys! Jeg holdt et foredrag for […]
Karvekaalsuppe
One of the joys of spring is traditional Norwegian Karvekaalsuppe (caraway green soup), last night’s dinner. This was one of the first wild plants I domesticated in my […]
New Norwegian Fruit and Vegetable Encyclopedia with Hablitzia and Hosta
Published this month is a new Norwegian Fruit and Vegetable Encyclopedia written by Kari Vetlesen Among its pages you will find both Hablitzia and Hosta (mentioned for the first […]
Book delivery
My book Around the World in 80 plants is still selling well. Just received delivery of 200 more to sell at my lectures and courses as I’ve sold […]
Tor Smaaland’s “Your Dream Garden” from 2004
The first time my garden was featured in a book was in former Norwegian TV gardener and gardener for the King, Tor Smaaland’s 2004 book “Din drømmehage”. The […]
Around the World in 80 plants at TWO!!
Happy Birthday ATW!! It’s difficult to believe that my book is already two years old!! It’s been an amazing couple of years for me since the book launch and […]
On she who wrote Jade Balls and Alien Pearls….
Emma “the unconventional ethnobotanist” Cooper has been a favourite blogger in the realm of unusual vegetables for some time and has referenced this my little blog edimentals.com, on […]
An interview at Holma Forest Garden in Sweden
An interview with yours truly at Holma Forest Garden in Southern Sweden during my visit in early May. Filmed and produced by Jim Nilsson who did an excellent […]
Most northerly overwintered edible Gunnera?
I was surprised to see two Gunneras (both tinctoria/chilensis and manicata) outside at the Ringve Botanical Gardens in Trondheim at the weekend. Reidun Mork told me that they […]
Around the world in 80 plants shopping list
Some tips on where to source plants from my book! How many are you growing? Even I am not growing all 80 at the moment :) https://mortaltree.wordpress.com/2015/01/01/around-the-world-in-80-plants-shopping-list/ Post […]
