An album for a “few” pictures from the wild and wonderful world of seed collecting….. Post Views: 258
Course / Garden tour / Perennial vegetables / Permaculture
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Having permafun in Porsgrunn
Back in Nesodden (family visit) after two great days celebrating økouka (national organic week) in Porsgrunn! Thanks to Gunn Marit and Anne Sofie for inviting me and for […]
Birds / Sun
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Sunrise at the breakfast table
Another unseasonally “balmy” day in Malvik! Despite a clear night, it was warm enough to breakfast in the garden at sunrise at 7:15 with a beautiful sunrise, joined […]
Birds
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Birds from the breakfast table
A brambling and chiffchaff / willow warbler joined me for breakfast as did a flock of starlings feeding in birch trees… Post Views: 140
Onions
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The Equinox Garlic Dance
….is an annual celebration of garlic, king of the tasty Alliums! First, some pictures from the 2012 event: …and a few pictures from today’s (2017) event: Post Views: […]
Herbs / Medicinal plants / Spice
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Epazote
Epazote (sitronmelde) used to be called Chenopodium ambrosioides, but has been renamed Dysphania ambrosioides… It’s a short-lived perennial which can be overwintered in a cool room, resprouting from […]
Butterflies and moths / Insects / Uncategorized
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Insects on Hemp Agrimony
Next best after Buddleja as a butterfly attractant in my garden and complementing it as it comes into flower just as Buddleja is finished: Eupatorium cannabinum (hemp agrimony […]
Fungi
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Productive morning in the woods
I was surprised to find so many chantarelle and winter chantarelle in the woods this morning. It’s pretty dry here now in this unusually warm late September weather…so […]
Onions
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The Allium Garden at Ringve #2
Just finished two and a half pretty intensive focused days working on the new Ringve (Trondheim) Botanical Garden Allium beds, digging up, cleaning, planting and documenting…..these two beds […]
Climbers
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Hog peanut
Hog peanut, Amphicarpaea bracteata, one of the varieties sent to me by Owen Smith in 2012 is still alive, although hardly thriving, mainly as it’s overcrowded by a kiwi […]
Fibre plant / Medicinal plants / Perennial vegetables
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Slender nettle
Urtica gracilis (often classified as a subspecies of stinging nettle, Urtica dioica subsp. gracilis) is a widespread nettle species in North America including Canada and Alaska. It has […]
Birds / Nut trees
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The nuthatch and the hazelnut
Breakfast in the garden and a nuthatch (spettmeis) was dealing with a wild hazelnut in the birch tree above me :) Post Views: 225
Annuals / Perennial vegetables
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Perennial puha, Sonchus kirkii in Malvik
Sonchus kirkii is the original perennial sow thistle (puha) of the Maori which I’ve long wanted to try (see the account in my book Around the World in […]
Annuals
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Edible gutters
Not clearing out the roof gutters, this Sonchus oleraceus (common sow thistle) has found its place and a new form of edible roof gardening is founded, edible gutter […]
Birds
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Fieldfare on rowan
Fieldfare (gråtrost) on rowanberries in the garden! Post Views: 73
Salad
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158 ingredient salad list
The 17th September 2017 158 ingredients salad ingredients list :) Adenophora liliifolia (flower) Aegopodium podagraria; Ground Elder / Skvallerkål Agastache foeniculum; Anise Hyssop; Anisisop Agastache foeniculum alba; […]
Edible flowers / Salad
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The last PDC #2 Supper
Another great long PDC weekend here in Malvik lead by Norway’s Mr. Permaculture, Jan Bang! Some pictures from the last meal for this time….before we all meet again […]
Berries
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Black raspberries /Svartbringebær
My favourite September berry here is Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry or blackcaps / svartbringebær)…this plant was seed propagated from North American cultivar “Black Hawk”, perfectly complementing red raspberry (bringebær)…gives […]
Garden tour
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Edibles at the Gothenberg Botanical Garden
A picture album of edible species spotted in the Gothenberg Botanical garden on the last day of August 2017! Thanks to Johan Nilson for showing me around! Post […]
Talks / walks
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Høstivalen edible walk and talks
The only picture I took during Saturday’s two edible plant tours of Hurdal Ecovillage, the farm, the rectory garden (Prestegårdshagen) and the CSA scheme (andelsbruk)! This was part […]
Annuals / Farm / Perennial vegetables
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A 2012 visit to the Århus CSA near Skien, Norway
Yesterday was the 5th anniversary of a memorable visit to the Århus CSA scheme and Tom Harald Eckell’s magical vegetables with Rita Amundsen, Margaret M. Meg Anderson and Veronica Samycia! Never have […]
Berries / Bushes / Garden tour / Perennial vegetables / Trees
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Walk with Bosse in the Gothenberg Botanics
I visited Bo “Bosse” Blomquist last year outside of Gothenburg and despite it being a bit late in the day and almost dark at the end, I was really […]
Drying / Edible flowers / Edimentals / Nursery / Onions / Perennial vegetables / Talks
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Around the world in 80 Alliums
Yesterday, I gave my first talk about my (second) love of onions (alternative title All you wanted to know about Alliums but were afraid to ask!)….fittingly in the […]
Garden tour
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Royal Botanic Garden Edible Garden Award
Thanks to Robin Allan for sending me this link. The Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh has won an award for its Edible Garden and look at the picture […]
Talks / walks
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Allinge talk and walk
Thanks to Eliane Vivi Frieda Bonde for inviting me to Bornholm…a great day with a knowledgeable international group of foragers, gardeners, permaculturists, farmers, foodists and wwoofers / workawayers! […]