Last night we made a green pea soup and apart from the Hablitzia (Caucasian spinach / stjernemelde), I used perennial vegetables growing in a wild part of the […]
Dandelions / Fasciation
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Fascinating fasciated dandelions
I was working at Væres Venner Community Garden yesterday and noticed a deformed (fasciated) dandelion flower. This can be caused by a range of factors including random genetic […]
Dandelions / Edible flowers / Perennial vegetables
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Japanese white dandelion
My Taraxacum albidum is looking good at the moment!The seed for this came from the Scottish Rock Gardening Club seed list 2016/17 (SRGC3660) and I planted two plants […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Korean tempura and dipping sauce for perennial vegetables
AROUND THE WORLD IN THE EDIBLE GARDEN; Part 2 – KoreaInviting you to the second in a series of dinners from Malvik’s Edible Garden where we “forage” from […]
clouds / Fjord views / Sun
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Föhn Skyscapes
A strong warm föhn wind has blowing for the last 24 hours and with it some fantastic skyskapes! Post Views: 217
Birds
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Icterine warbler and Brambling
A few days ago it was snowing, today it could reach 20C for the first time this year! And the warmer southerly winds has brought in a new […]
Annuals
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Elephant Head
I trialled over 50 different amaranths here about 15-20 years ago, hoping to find one that was early enough to produce seed in our short cold summer. The […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Cherokee Pizza
AROUND THE WORLD IN THE EDIBLE GARDEN; Part 1 – The Cherokee lands of Eastern North AmericaThe first in a series of dinners from Malvik’s Edible Garden where […]
Fjord views / Sun
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Greys and browns
It’s still cool here, but with the snow line receded upwards we are left with a lot of brown from the naked fields and the greys of the […]
Birds / Trees
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Singing Brambling
Bramblings (bjørkefink) are common breeding birds at higher elevations, but it’s just possible that they will breed here one day. This is the closest I’ve got with a […]
Fjord views
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The calm before the storm
Slightly warmer today and the first day for 5 or 6 days without new snow on the ground. A beautiful tranquil start to the day until, 5 minutes […]
Birds
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Common gulls house hunting
A pair of common gulls (fiskemåke) testing the neighbour’s chimney for size this morning: Post Views: 170
Climbers / Perennial vegetables / Snow
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Floppy Habby
It’s that time of year that Hablitzia tamnoides (Caucasian spinach / stjernemelde) goes all floppy and needs help to go upwards rather than sideways! The floppiness you see […]
Birds / Ferns / Garden tour / Garden views / Perennial vegetables
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A tour of the lower parts
I thought I’d take you for a tour of the lower parts of the garden including the forest garden. No commentary, let’s just listen to the birds and […]
Ferns / Food / Perennial vegetables
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Green Ostrich Pasta
I noticed yesterday that the ostrich ferns (strutseving) in the forest garden had put on a spurt despite the cold weather and were almost past the harvesting stage. […]
Birds / Fjord views / Snow
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Third day of snow
3 mornings in a row new snow has greeted me, but it mostly melts again during the day. I’m feeling for people in the north where the arctic […]
Bees / Berries / Pollinators / Snow
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Bumble bee in snow
I didn’t expect to find a bumble bee feeding first thing this morning but I found this Bombus hypnorum (tree bumblebee/trehumle) busy visiting flowers of Ribes divaricatum and […]
Fjord views / Snow
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More of the white stuff
Most of yesterday’s snowfall melted during the day, but it was back again this morning… Post Views: 172
Perennial vegetables / Snow
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No problem, we’re perennials!
It was forecast several days ago but it was uncertain if the snow would lie down here at sea level. Nevertheless it was a shock to wake to […]
Food / Perennial vegetables / Root crops
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JA Quiche
Jerusalem artichokes (JAs / jordskokk) in quiche? Why not?Yesterday’s quiche included JAs, Hablitzia tamnoides (Caucasian spinach / stjernemelde), Aegopodium podograria (ground elder / skvallerkål), dandelion (løvetann), rehydrated dried […]
Climbers / Perennial vegetables
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Hablitzia picture gallery
As I’ve mentioned elsewhere I eat more Hablitzia tamnoides (Caucasian spinach / stjernemelde) than any other spring vegetable and have eaten it every day now since the beginning of […]
Brassica / Dandelions / Edible flowers / Ferns / Food / Onions / Perennial vegetables
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A 65 Veggie Pakora at 65
To celebrate my 65th we made indian pakora with 65 (or so) different perennial vegetables. Going for a new title, this time EPM (Extreme Pakora Man)! Any better? […]
Birds / Spring / weather
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3 swallows don’t make it summer
I was surprised yesterday to see my first swallows of 2020, 3 of them hunting in the garden for a few minutes. We’re experiencing the coldest weather this […]
Food / Foraging / Perennial vegetables
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Wild domesticated edibles and 65 habby days
Tonight’s omelette had more or less only wild edible perennial plants from my area in it, although all grow in my garden, managed in some way…with one exception […]
Fruit
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From one a day to over 20!
I only eat fruit that I grow or pick in the woods myself. For 5 months from November I only eat fresh stored apples from the cellar and […]