I was really happy that Alys Fowler agreed to write the book’s foreword. She visited me for 3 days in 2010 when she was writing the book the […]
8 years later…
The first time I gave my talk “Around the world in 80 plants” was 8 (eight) years ago on 6th November 2006 for the local group of the […]
Norwegian article on Seakale
Sea kale / Strandkål (Crambe maritima) is my oldest perennial vegetable my oldest plant being over 30 years old, purchased in the UK through an advert for Sea […]
The book is now shipping…and at a special price from Permanent Publications!
Around The World in 80 Plants : An Edible Perennial Vegetable Adventure For Temperate Climates, by Stephen Barstow What has underground gardening in Tokyo, the origin of garlic […]
Holma Forest Garden / Holma skogsträdgård June 2014
In mid-June I visited Esbjörn Wandt for a few days. He is one of the driving forces behind one of the first (the first?) and best forest gardens […]
Alexandra Berkutenko and the Giant Edimentals of the Russian Far East
My friend Søren Holt asked the following on a Facebook thread “Did you ever think of collecting giant vegetables from kamchatska tall herb meadows?” Yes is the answer…and […]
A little salad recipe :)
Somebody was asking if I still had the ingredients list for my record salad from 2003 with 537 varieties – it used to be on the net but […]
Article in Adresseavisen (Trondheim’s newspaper); 28th June 2014
An article in Trondheim’s newspaper in June 2014 about edible Trondheim including one of my diversity salads… Artikkel fra Ukeadressa i juni om spiselig Trøndelag!! [gview file=”http://www.edimentals.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Adressa_Spiselige.pdf”] ….and […]
An Edimental salad
To kick off this website /blog, a little salad made during an interview with the regional newspaper Adresseavisen in Trondheim on 10th June 2014!! Post Views: 499