Ligularia hodgsonii is a new edimental I’m trialling in a very shady part of the garden…ornamentally speaking it complements the 4-5 other species of Ligularias I’m growing by flowering later! It is used as a wild foraged vegetable in the Far East. It is closely related to L. dentata.
One of, my favourite culinary times of year…the last two evenings I’ve eaten fresh broad bean falafels accompanied by fresh orange milkcaps / granmatriske (Lactarius deterrimus) and a mixed salad including sour tasting tuberous begonia flowers, various heirloom tomatoes and much more. It doesn’t get much better!
Here are the first of my edimental of the day plants, both annuals, perennials, shrubs, trees and climbers! Enjoy!
| 0 | 010818 | Allium caeruleum (Blue-of-the-Heavens) | pic.twitter.com/VhjAxsp9pC |
| 1 | 020818 | Monarda “Adam” | pic.twitter.com/sbsygqHh7m |
| 2 | 030818 | Korean mint, Agastache rugosa “Blue Fortune” | pic.twitter.com/mcjLczm9Gx |
| 3 | 040818 | Dwarf Jerusalem Artichoke | pic.twitter.com/8m484da2fX |
| 4 | 050818 | Liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) | pic.twitter.com/m17cRB01aQ |
| 5 | 060818 | Korean Angelica (Angelica gigas) | pic.twitter.com/jdElTlLXrb |
| 6 | 070818 | Saskatoon, Amelanchier alnifolia “Thiessen” | pic.twitter.com/bWBZ0iNXQL |
| 7 | 080818 | Korean Aster (Aster scaber) | pic.twitter.com/MftOTCuJew |
| 8 | 100818 | Sherpa or Nepal onion (Allium wallichii) | pic.twitter.com/oYSY4HKYiG |
| 9 | 110818 | Houttuynia cordata (“Flore Pleno”). | pic.twitter.com/tVLRy99GTI |
| 10 | 120818 | Hosta sieboldiana | pic.twitter.com/98NA1rJeDR |
| 11 | 130818 | Udo or Japanese Asparagus, Aralia cordata | pic.twitter.com/hD8CjAsnMm |
| 12 | 140818 | Hemerocallis altissima (literally Tallest Daylily) | pic.twitter.com/JQSaUOteBL |
| 13 | 150818 | Oerprei, a form of Allium ampeloprasum | pic.twitter.com/AykXXKAEV9 |
| 14 | 160818 | Tigridia pavonia (Cacomitl or tiger flower) | pic.twitter.com/NXtWuTgayo |
| 15 | 170818 | Phaseolus coccineus (runner bean) bicoloured cultivar “Painted Lady”, | pic.twitter.com/EGtFQxeT6i |
| 16 | 180818 | Allium sativum (garlic) variety Aleksandra | pic.twitter.com/922GZJcyQ7 |
| 17 | 190818 | Variegated ground elder (Aegopodium podograria variegata) | pic.twitter.com/KpyGKTgfEz |
| 18 | 200818 | Yellow variegated devil’s walking stick (Aralia elata “Aureovariegata”) | pic.twitter.com/F2KP2tTCwa |
| 19 | 210818 | Tomato Rose (Rosa rugosa) | pic.twitter.com/DFqqmj89lu |
| 20 | 220818 | Mashua “Ken Aslet” (Tropaeolum tuberosum) | pic.twitter.com/b4Mx3WwYTx |
| 21 | 230818 | Paracress, toothache plant and electric daisy (Spilanthes acmella) | pic.twitter.com/vam8IfwN2a |
| 22 | 240818 | Adam’s needle or Eve’s thread (Yucca filamentosa) | pic.twitter.com/U6lScdP6l0 |
| 23 | 250818 | Snow white bee balm (Monarda “Schneewitchen” | pic.twitter.com/y7vxjQuOT6 |
| 24 | 260818 | Citron or long yellow daylily (Hemerocallis citrina), | pic.twitter.com/mN28JcbbMr |
| 25 | 270818 | Vasconcellea goudotiana (papayuelo) | pic.twitter.com/0qQPseypwU |
| 26 | 280818 | Dark form of Sherpa or Nepal onion (Allium wallichii) | pic.twitter.com/TN0FM1vf7U |
| 27 | 300818 | Musk mallow (Malva moschata) pink and white | pic.twitter.com/AJe0tTJlKQ |
| 28 | 310818 | Nigella sativa, black onion seed, black caraway, black cumin or kalonji. | pic.twitter.com/4KeU43lalq |
| 29 | 010918 | Urtica laetevirens | pic.twitter.com/MTVneuWE2S |
| 30 | 020918 | Tuberous begonias | pic.twitter.com/ckRFTOHzL9 |
View just before midnight last night!
A siberian nutcracker disturbing the peace in the woods :)
I heard cranes calling from the fields at Kvegjerdet as I started off into the woods, so went to have a look! They hear my phone at the end and turn (crane) their heads!
More work 
There were again large numbers of perfect Lactarius deterrimus (granmatriske / false saffron milkcap or orange milkcap), which is a mycorrhizal fungus that associates with Norway spruce (gran). I think this is the tastiest of all fungi along with its brother Lactarius deliciosus!! I was surprised to learn on its English wiki page that its taste is often bitter, and it is not highly valued (see its taste is often bitter, and it is not highly valued). Really?
Also picked more porcini (steinsopp/cep) and a little Albatrellus ovinus (fåresopp)
A small sacrifice (in extra weeding) is to let thistles set seed…I can then watch siskins (grønnsisik) feeding only a few metres away! Here on Cirsium erisithales (yellow melancholy thistle)