I collected this bouquet of Alliums in the garden today :) Post Views: 242
Farm / Perennial vegetables / Permaculture
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La Ferme des Quatre Temps
The reason for my trip to Canada in March / April 2017 was because I was invited by Jean-Martin Fortier to visit and give a talk and discuss […]
Garden tour
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Knut Langeland was here!
It was a thrill to suddenly find Knut Langeland on my door step, on the way to Tromsø! We spent a pleasant couple of hours chatting and looking […]
Dandelions / Ecovillage
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Taraxacum “Hurdal Broad-leaved”
Found this beauty yesterday in Hurdal Ecovillage…now transported to Malvik for further study! Post Views: 146
Talks
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The Masonic Hall in Montreal
On 11th April 2017, I gave a talk to chefs, friends and with wine and good food in Montreal’s masonic hall ;) Thanks to Michel Lachaume for organising! Many of […]
Garden tour / Perennial vegetables / Polyculture
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Kerstin’s polyculture gardens!
I was blown away by Kerstin Lye’s garden in the Hurdal Ecovillage….a great example of a naturalistic polycultural mix of perennials and annuals and a great inspiration for […]
Salad
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Advances in Edimental Salads
Introducing the up-side down edimentals salad ;) Post Views: 138
Birds / Nut trees
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Pinenut crackers
Great excitement yesterday morning (11th July 2017) to hear the familiar call of nutcrackers in the garden of the rectory where I’m staying here in Hurdal! Excited to […]
Salad
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Having salad fun in Hurdal
Hurray for the Hurdal salad, complete with borallium antenna and Hurdal’s Rose! Berit Børte about to attempt to communicate with the […]
Sweetener
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Stephe and the Stephia
Stephe about to devour his namesake, a Stephia in Hurdal Ecovillage ;) (since my youth, I’ve shortened my name Stephen to Stephe, as I wasn’t given a v […]
weeds
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Ancient Weeding Technique Revisited
Demonstrating my weeding technique in Hurdal ;) Post Views: 136
Edimentals / House plants / Root crops
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Tarua
Many years ago, I visited a Polynesian market in New Zealand and bought some tubers that were called Tarua in the South Pacific Islands…similar but different (and larger) […]
Edimentals
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Edimentals hits the Irish Times and Hampden Court Flower Show
Great article on edimentals in the Irish Times with my friend and edimentalist, Orlaith Murphy! https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/gardens/petal-power-on-the-plate-eating-your-garden-flowers-1.3140874 ….and forest gardening and edimentals hits the Hampden Court Flower Show in […]
Pest control / Slug
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Leopard slugs out in strength
My first line of defence against the feared Portuguese slug (Iberiaskogsnegl / brunsnegl) seems to be holding despite a couple of sitings in the garden. Last night I […]
Fjord views / Sun
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Beaming Trondheimsfjord
Shame to leave what’s going to be a fantastic day in Malvik, but different adventures await ;) Now on the train heading south! A light beam was flashing […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Mallow Sorrel Fish Soup
I eat wild fish now and again, but there’s always masses of veggies….and today musk mallow (Malva moschata) is at its most productive, with various Russians sorrels, day […]
Festival / Permaculture / Talks
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Hurdal Nordic Permaculture Festival 2013
I’m visiting Hurdal Ecovillage again this weekend, so thought I would post this album of pictures from the Nordic Permaculture Festival held there in August 2013! https://www.facebook.com/events/219614368452015/ More can […]
Edible flowers / Edimentals / Salad
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Training my granddaughter
3 years ago in July 2014…. Post Views: 123
Edible flowers / Edimentals / Shrub
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Red is the rose
A real beauty is Rosa moyesii from 2700-3800 m in the mountains of Sichuan and Yunnan in China and loving sea-level in Malvik! The petals are deliciously edimental […]
Onions
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Alliums in the Gothenburg Botanical Gardens
Alliums in the botanical gardens in Gothenburg, Sweden on a visit on 16th June 2014. The first batch are from the under cover bulb garden, where watering regimes […]
Talks / walks
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Åfjord course day
A great day in the company of some wonderful people in Åfjord yesterday! Thanks to Astrid Mathilde Petterson and husband Gunnar for arranging the course and for the […]