It seems as though it’s a good life being a botanist. It was my second day at work today and it ended at 2:30 in the afternoon with […]
Tubers
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An album of potato diversity in my garden
Below are a series of pictures of my favourite potatoes which I grew until 2012-2013 when blight made it difficult to grow varieties with little resistence: Post Views: […]
Food
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Thanksgiving Quiche
I contributed this quiche for the Thanksgiving dinner in Hurdal, you might be able to see the word “Takk” (Thanks) written in seeds; T – alpine bistort / […]
Food / Nut trees
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Cembra pine cone dip
Wonderful Thanksgiving dip from last night’s festivities here in Hurdal…modelled on a Pinus cembra (Swiss pine / cembrafuru) in the Prestegårdshagen (rectory garden) Post Views: 113
Birds / Flower stalk / Food / Forest Gardening / Root crops
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The many faces of burdock
One of my favourite multi-purpose vegetables and one of my first unusual vegetables that I grew in my garden in the 80s was burdock or borre, more specifically […]
Flower stalk / Food
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Burdock flower stalk curry
This album was first published on FB in June 2012, now “regurgitated” here: “What for dinner? “Burdock flower stalk, nettle and the onion that nods curry” sounds interesting, […]
Botanical Garden / Onions
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My new “job” and office: a dream come true!!
I always dreamed of working in a botanical garden and somehow my wish has come true only 7 months after retiring from job as an ocean wave climatologist! […]
Birds
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Goldfinches back on their winter holiday
A small number of goldfinches spend their winter holiday in the lowlands around Trondheimsfjord, a very good choice I would say! I’ve never seen them in summer here […]
Cellar vegetables / Harvest / House plants
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Harvest (almost) complete
The last 2-3 days I’ve been working hard to harvest and bring in less hardy plants from the garden as it was forecast to be maximum -6C tomorrow, […]
Biannuals / Edimentals / Food / Perennials
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Cicoria Fantastica!
I love chicories, a huge diversity of vegetable and wild forms, some perennial, hearting types, dandelion like types, various colour forms often like this one splashed with colour, […]
Birds / Fruit
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Waxwings everywhere
Part of the biggest flock of waxwings (sidensvans) in the garden today, around 350 birds!….seriously distracted all day by these photogenic arctic “parrots”! Feeding on yew (barlind), hawthorn […]
Birds / Fruit
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Waxwing dribbling…
Yew / barlind fruit is rather gooey….the picture is taken from the video of a flock of waxwings / sidensvans on the neighbour’s yew tree (Taxus baccata). Post […]
Birds / Fruit
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Yew with waxwing
My first waxwings (sidensvans) of the autumn…this one feeding on a yew tree laden with berries in the neighbour’s garden! Post Views: 113
Birds
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Aerial heroics
Always a joy to watch the aerial heroics of jackdaws (kaie) over the house in the evenings before flying into the roost….did I tell you I’m coming back […]
Perennial vegetable shoots / Perennial vegetables / Root crops
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Skirret harvest 2017
A good skirret (sukkerrot) harvest again…I don’t grow much as this perennial root and shoot vegetable is not totally hardy here. I have a few plants along the […]
Onions
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New study of old Norwegian roof onions!
I’m just passing the mountain village Otta in Gudbrandsdalen on the train . In 2009, I visited several old farms in this area to witness first-hand the old […]
Uncategorized
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Diagonally planted garlic and parsnip
Planted my garlic and sowed parsnip today on my 33 year old raised beds. No wooden edges, just raised using the soil where the paths are and adding […]
Ecohouses / Fruit / Nursery / Perennial vegetables
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Eco-sense
After our visit to the Government House garden, Solara Goldwynn took me on a visit to an amazing inspiring ecohouse, gardens and perennials nursery in the Highlands area […]
Talks
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Arche Noah at Seeds for the Future seminar
I made a presentation about my visit to Austria and Arche Noah in June at the “Seed for the future” seminar in Oslo last week! The presentation can […]
Edimentals / Garden tour
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Governor’s House Garden in Victoria BC
Continuing with another garden I visited in Victoria BC, Canada! My host Solara Goldwynn took me on a quick visit to the Government House Garden (from 1911) on […]
Aurora / Sun
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Daytime Aurora?
…and we get daytime auroras too in the same colours, originating in the same place ;) Post Views: 158
Aurora
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Glaurious!
More wows were uttered as I noticed the northern lights were back just as I was about to go to bed…and later I fell asleep to the flashing […]
Botanical Garden / Garden tour
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Edibles in the Abkhazi Gardens in Victoria BC
The next garden I visited in Victoria BC on 1st April 2017! The Abkhazi Gardens were created by Prince Nicholas Abkhazi from Georgia and his wife from 1947, […]
Heirlooms / Perennial vegetables
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Kvann foredrag i Trondheim
Ingerid Angell-Pedersen holdt et kort innlegg om kvann (en fast “månedens art” innlegg) under kveldens medlemsmøtet hos Trøndelagsavdelingen av Norsk Botanisk Forening i Trondheim! Ingerids onkel, hagebruker Jens […]