I often shown pictures of moonglades from the house (the long beam-like reflection of the moon on the fjord), but I’d never noticed a venusglade before. Then three […]
Birds
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Spotted flycatchers on the perch
This is another example where an untidy garden attracts wildlife. One of my Manchurian walnuts died last winter and rather than cutting it down, I decided to leave […]
Bees / Butterflies and moths / Pollinators
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Unusual Pollinators
A dark green fritillary (aglaya perlemorvinge) and my second red-tailed bumlebee (steinhumle) on my Buddleja and Clematis vitalba (old man’s beard….not me!) Post Views: 150
Beans / Edimentals
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Edimental Runner Beans
My Dad (95) has always grown Runner Beans, so I have them in my blood. Moving to Norway, I was surprised to find that they were mostly grown […]
Edible flowers / Food / Perennial vegetables
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A Taste of Myoga
After many years trying, I finally had a taste of home grown myoga or Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga) this week!I think it was in the garden of my […]
Edimentals / Root crops
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Edimental Cacomitl Flowering Time
Currently flowering in the Edible Garden are these beautiful Tigridias! Read more about my tastiest root crop here: https://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=5470 Post Views: 139
Birds
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Wren in the indoors forest garden
With warm weather and the balcony door open, yet another bird species found its way into my indoors forest garden this evening , hunting for flies on the […]
Fjord views / Moon / Sun
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This week’s fjord views
The night has become dark enough again after a 3 month pause for the moonshine to reflect in the fjord again! Post Views: 125
Beans / Berries / Climate
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Towards a record early harvest
This summer we’ve experienced a big swing in temperatures from one month to the next…from a record cold May to a record warm June followed by most of […]
Annuals / Edimentals / weeds
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White-flowered Sonchus oleraceus
I think it was Nathan Shannon who sent me seed of the white-flowered variant of common sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus), now blooming for the first time!There are 10+ […]