It’s been raining all day here, but there’s been good flying conditions for the geese flying here today from their start point in the Netherlands and Belgium! This […]
Permaculture
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Official opening of The Edible Garden Permaculture LAND centre
On Sunday 5th May we’ll be having an official opening of the garden as a Permaculture LAND centre (see https://www.permaculture.org.uk/land-centres and http://www.permakultur.no/land)! This is part of a full weekend programme for […]
Edimentals / Garden tour
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Edibles in Dunedin Botanics
At long last, an album of pictures of edible plants spotted in the Dunedin Botanic Garden during my late summer visit on 26th March 2015, as part of […]
walks
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Walks along Hampshire’s chalk streams
On 8th March 2019 I walked along the River Itchen in Hampshire between Shawford and Eastleigh, mostly along the old canal tow path: …and a video of a […]
Perennial vegetable shoots / Winter shoots / Winter vegetables
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Snow harvest
It snowed all day yesterday, but it’s unfrozen underneath and spring bulbs like snowdrops (snøklokke), coltsfoot (hestehov), winter aconite (vinterblom), Crocus tommasianus and Hepatica transylvanica are in flower […]
Birds
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Yellowhammer song
Despite the deep snow, a yellowhammer (gulspurv) was intent on defending its territory against a second singing male behind me (stopped just as the video starts) Post Views: […]
Birds
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Great spotted woodpecker territory
For the second year running, a pair of great spotted woodpeckers (flaggspett) have set up a territory including the garden. I’ve heard drumming several times recently! Post Views: […]
Onions
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Snow bell flowers
The three cornered leek or snow bell, Allium triquetrum isn’t very long-lived here as it’s not very hardy….but it’s in flower now in my kitchen: Post Views: 120
Birds
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Pinkfeet migration
Despite the heavy snow all day, flocks of migrating pinkfooted geese (kortnebbgås) have been passing over all day. Spring is here, much earlier than it used to be! […]
Snow
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The Hanging Edible Garden
Heavy wet snow isn’t that common here…after the storm yesterday the garden was hanging this morning and even had to duck to get out of the front door […]
Birds / Snow
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Fieldfares in snow
Let it snow, let it snow! Had expected rain today, but heavy wet snow instead…put out apples for the thrushes this morning and a small flock of fieldfares […]
Beans / Food / Perennial vegetables
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Dandelonion bhajis
Onion bhajis are a popular and delicious starter in Indian restaurants and common veggie fast food in supermarkets in the UK. They are basically onions in a gram […]
Talks
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Væres Venner status
Jeg holdte vedlagt presentasjon denne uken om status med KVANNs første hagene hos Væres Venner like utenfor Trondheim (Ranheim). Vi trenger flere som har lyst å hjelpe til…ta […]
Cellar vegetables / Food / Perennial vegetable shoots
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Falafels and cellar veggie wholegrain pizza!
Great to be home again to nutritious vegetarian food! Presenting this week’s two dishes, each lasting two days: dried broad bean falafels (with golpar spice) and a mixed […]
Fruit / Perennial vegetables
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Wisley’s National Rhubarb collection in 2009
Some pictures of RHS Wisley’s National Rhubarb collection in mid-April 2009. It comprised some 151 plants including a few “ornamental” rhubarbs as well as species. You will find […]
walks
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Wasabi shop, the Kawazu-Nanadaru Loop Bridge and the Kawazu Seven Falls
Last week, I blogged about a fantastic visit to a wasabi farm on the Izu peninsular in Japan during spring 2016, see A visit to a Wasabi farm […]
Edimentals / Garden tour
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Wisley Gardens March 2019
An album of pictures from my visit to RHS Wisley Gardens on 11th March 2019 just outside of London, one of my favourite gardens for edimental spotting which […]
Talks
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Cobham and Chobham
My second talk in the UK was in Cobham in Surrey for Plant Heritage, an organisation that administers 620 national plant collections (https://www.nccpg.com) including Jackie Currie’s national Allium […]
Perennial vegetables / Root crops
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A visit to a Wasabi farm on the Izu peninsular in Japan
On 3rd April 2016 I was on an amazing study tour in Japan to witness first hand the cultivation of perennial vegetables. These are wild native species which […]