Edible & ornamental
A Swedish PhD thesis concludes that there is large variation in the properties of horseradish found in plant collections in the Nordic countries (old naturalised and garden accessions). […]
The latest Nordic Permaculture Magazine, out on Friday includes an article about: “Permakulturhave (Permaculture Garden) Høj diversitet (High diversity) Højt mod nord (Far to the North)” I wonder […]
I still can’t get used to the amazing upsurge in interest in grow your own, particular amongst youngsters! This afternoon, members of the newly […]
Hablitzia is spreading in my garden and sometimes appears in plant pots, here in a large pot grown bay tree that I move inside for the winter in a […]
So far this year the temperature has been over 5 deg C above average, the highest start to the year since records began! Yesterday, 14th March I harvested […]
In recent years, I’ve been experimenting with seed of perennials for winter greens, here the first time I’ve tried lovage / løpstikke sprouts. I sowed in November in […]
Norwegian article on sweet cicely published on the following sites / Norsk artikkel om spansk kjørvel er publisert på følgende steder: http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?page_id=737 (all my articles from the magazine Sopp og […]
I don’t think many people have sowed ground elder seed before :) It won’t be easy to shake off the Mad Salad Man tag now ;) When I […]
One of the members of Norwegian Seed Savers emailed me that she was going to Russia and would I like any seed….now, I have genetic defect that leads […]
I take cuttings of my perennial kales each autumn both to share with others and in case the mother plants die outside (they are marginally hardy here). They […]
And now adding a pdf of the article: [gview file=”http://www.edimentals.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Many-Uses-of-Udo-PM83.pdf”] To buy the current issue in print or as a PDF see: http://www.green-shopping.co.uk/magazines/current-issue.html To buy a print or digital […]
Most of my perennial and biannual kales spend the winter planted in earth in wooden boxes in my cool cellar. They put on new growth at this time […]
Sometimes a letter addressed to me at 418 Malvikveien, gets delivered to my closest gardening neighbour Line Cathrin Ekseth at no. 481 ;-) This happened last week and I […]
Link added to my list of talks, courses and forages (at http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?page_id=262) to a FB event for the Hardanger Perennialen at the beginning of May, what promises to be […]
It’s XMAS!! In the post box today, a nice selection of Allium selections from the Onion Man….very kind of him trusting me with some of his best ornamental […]
My book Around the World in 80 plants is book of the week on permies.com this week 2nd – 6th February and I’ll be answering questions and taking part in […]
Really nice video showing off the Holma Forest Garden in southern Sweden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLEC-dtRdk Link to my post about Holma here: http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=138 In a special part of the garden, many […]
Exactly 3 years ago, we were having the coldest winter ever. I stratify (cold treatment) a lot of seed of perennials under a cold frame in the garden. I’d never […]
Thank you so much Alys Fowler!!! She has apparently been “trailing round the house with my copy (of ATW), unable to put it down.” :-D http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jan/24/alys-fowler-norwegian-edible-garden Here’s a […]
For the unusual vegetable enthusiast, the place to find seed are the alpine garden clubs’ seed exchanges: Scottish Rock Garden Club (SRGC), Alpine Garden Society (AGS) and the […]
While I was in London in December I met London Permaculture’s Stefan Geyer at St. Athan’s Hotel in London for a chat and it’s now available for all […]
An excerpt from the book is on page 55 of the latest Permaculture Magazine :) Post Views: 127
The PDF version is now available through Green Shopping and you can download a free sample!! ATW from Green Shopping The Kindle and iTunes versions are also on the […]
Thanks very much to Joan Lambert Bailey for the nice remarks and great review! Yes, you’re absolutely right when you say “I am convinced this book is his […]
SEE THE NEW SEED LIST Welcome to my new seed trade list for 2014-15. 12, 13 and 14 in brackets indicates the harvesting year for the seed. Concerning […]