Edible & ornamental
On 13th August I’ll be doing an edible wander at Grennessminde, the organic nursery just outside of Copenhagen. A large number of edible flowers are also produced here […]
I’ve had a couple of meetings in Copenhagen over the last couple of days and I visited Naturplanteskolen again. The nursery was looking really good and plants had […]
On 2nd May 2016 I finally got to visit Camilla Plum and Fuglebjerggaard. Camilla is one of Scandinavia’s best known authors and broadcasters on edible gardening and cooking. […]
Perennial seeds are all germinating together, so a lot of work this week pricking them into larger pots before a permanent place in the garden! Post Views: 110
I couldn’t resist these two packets in a Chinese seed catalogue someone tipped me about. Never seen common sow thistle seed for sale (first picture), perhaps a cultivar?…and […]
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 […]
I moved a skirret/sukkerrot (meaning sugar root) root into the cellar, planning to eat them….they went missing until I noticed the characteristic edible blanched shoots this morning! The […]
35 perennials mostly from the garden this evening made into a pesto and served with Japanese green pasta that was purchased in a wasabi shop…it didn’t taste of […]
Two pictures of Fuki (Petasites japonicus) taken this morning, one of the delicious wild vegetables I ate in Japan (pictured prepared flower bud tempura, fukinoto) :) Post Views: […]
Almost 2 years ago on 29th April 2014, this quiche features perennial vegetables, starring Hablitzia / Stjernemelde, Allium victorialis / Seiersløk, Ground Elder / Skvallerkål, Stinging Nettle / Brennesle, […]
Trachystemon orientalis flowers early in the spring….I found a plant I was overwintering in the cellar in full flower today :) See my earlier […]
This Physalis which I’ve called “Indian Strain” is now going into its 7th year. I got this from Seed Savers Exchange in the US. However, that one is […]
Good to be back from Japan to Norwegian sansai (foraged vegetables)…. From top left, left to right: Angelica archangelica “Vossakvann”, various dandelions / løvetann (Taraxacum), Rumex patientia (patience […]
Allium cernuum (Nodding onion / Prærieløk) is one of the few plants that can be harvested in winter if one can find then under the snow! An important […]
There are still many undiscovered (in the west) perennial edibles in the Far East. I’m therefore now concentrating mainly on that area in this quest. This spring I […]
I moved 10 buckets of roots and stratifying seeds of edible perennials for sprouting and eating before the spring greens come on tap…filling the hungry gap. These have […]
Bear Spinach (Hablitzia tamnoides)? Well, my friend William Whitson in Washington State recently reported “I finally had a couple of plants withstand our typical 2.5m of rain winters. […]
In mild but cool weather during early winter the last couple of years, Hablitzia has germinated en masse around my mother plant next to my house. These all […]
Enjoyable visit this weekend from Andrew McMillion from Nes, MdG politician, seed saver and soon to be a pioneering farmer! Great to have you here, Andrew! Post Views: […]
A good Canadian source of many of the plants in my book! http://asterlanedibles.ca/seeds.html Post Views: 160
It’s not every day one finds a letter from Prince Charles in the mailbox :) I met two of the gardeners at Highgrove after my talk at Croome […]
UPDATE 1st June 2016: 3 of the bulbils had rooted :) I haven’t noticed these on horseradish before? On the flower stems are […]
Hablitzia, the Caucasian spinach / stjernemelde thinks it’s spring in autumn, the most optimistic plant out there…always puts me in a good mood… Post Views: 102
Stampede is a North American Jerusalem Artichoke variety , the name alluding to the fact that it is fast growing . Here’s the description in Cornucopia II. […]
Looking down from the bedroom balcony on to a bed I know as “SSHB” (south side house bed, of course!). Here we see Akebia quinata attempting it’s world […]