It’s always a pleasure to spend time with students from the Fosen Folk High School from the other side of the fjord. Despite the dreadful weather, we visited […]
Food / Salad
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February salad
Lunch salad had the following ingredients;From the garden: Allium scorodoprasum / sand leek / bendelløk (shoots)Allium cernuum / nodding onion / prærieløk (bulbs and leaves)Hablitzia tamnoides / Caucasian spinach / […]
Train
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The House from Nordlandsbanen
I had to go to Stjørdal this morning to renew my driver’s license. I took the bus there and returned with the train along the fjord to Trondheim […]
Edible flowers / Edimentals / Root crops / Salad
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“Over the top” Flowery Whopper Carrot Salad
I was going to post an album of pictures showing off all the late flowers in the garden this record-breaking mild autumn still without any frost, but as […]
Root crops
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20 seasons with Sarpo potatoes
(Norwegian under)This year was the 20th season of growing Sarpo potatoes here in Malvik/Trondheim and yields are as good as ever with 100% blight resistance! These were harvested […]
Sun
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View towards Hell
This was the view towards a little place called Hell which lies due east of here yesterday morning: Post Views: 138
Bulbils
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Alpine Bistort harvest
I have a small patch of different forms of alpine bistort / harerug (Bistorta vivipara) in the garden and this year’s harvest is now drying in the living […]
Food / Onions / Perennial vegetables
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Persian Shallot harvest
One of my favourite perennial onions are persian shallots, Allium stipitatum and I’ve blogged about them several times in the past: https://www.edimentals.com/blog/?s=persian+shallotThis is one of the earliest onions to […]
Garden tour
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The wildest garden
I was away in the UK unexpectedly for two weeks in June. In my absence, there was a mini-heat wave here with plentiful rainfall too and 24 hour […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Around the World in 80 Mac-Cheese
Many thanks to all who sent birthday wishes as I transitioned to become a bonafide pensioner As usual, my celebration dinner was a green macaroni cheese (https://www.edimentals.com/blog/?s=macaroni), this […]
Sun
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The sun is back
I noticed this morning sun shadows on the wall behind my back in the living room! YES, the sun is back. A whole week of cloudy weather after […]
Birds / weather
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January storms
This January has been a stormy month here in this area with a series of severe weather systems moving past, one (Gyda) with a name, resulting in many […]
Edible flowers / Food / Salad
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Celebration 40 genera salad
40 years ago this month I came to Norway to find a place for us to live as I was to start work at Institutt for kontinentalsokkelundersøkelser (IKU; […]
Perennial vegetables
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Early June Greens and Whites
Presenting some of this week’s perennial greens and, in the case of the blanched Hosta shoots, perennial whites!Hosta sieboldiana with ramsons / ramsløk (Allium ursinum) and giant bellflower […]
Trees
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Norway spruce in my garden
This is a long post to document the importance of Norway spruce, gran in norwegian (Picea abies) in my garden. All pictures shown are taken in the garden.Milder […]
Fjord views
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Xmas views the other way
We had a xmas day walk to the other side of the bay. Here are a few views of the house the other way from what I normally […]
Seed sAVING
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THE NEW EDIMENTALS SEED TRADE LIST FOR 2020-2021
WELCOME TO MY NEW SEED TRADE LIST FOR WINTER 2020-21, THIS YEAR WITH 334 VARIETIES18, 19, 20 indicate the harvesting year for the seed. Concerning seed quantity: as […]
Fjord views / Snow
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Fjord views 31st January
Some beautiful views the last couple of days between snow showers: Post Views: 109
Annuals / Biannuals / Edible flowers / Edimentals / Perennials
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Indian summer flowers
There were unusually many plants still flowering in the garden in October this year as we experienced a bit of an Indian summer. We’ve now had our first […]
water plants
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The mini-pond and marginal areas
My house was given the name Bergstua by the previous owners, literally meaning house on the rock, a rocky hillside overlooking the fjord. Not a natural place for […]
Fjord views
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A Venusglade
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 […]
Book / Edimentals / Garden views
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Alys meets the Modern Monk in the Edible Garden
10 years ago today I had my first celebrity visit, from the UK! On 10th April 2010 I received the following email message entitled Permaveggies:“I am a garden […]
Perennial vegetables
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Pond Bed North Upgrade
I’ve been busy planting up a bed that I’ve been renovating. It’s part of a bed I’ve called “Pond Bed North” since I constructed it in the late […]
Bees / Edientomental / Edimentals / Insects / Onions
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Red-tailed bumblebee: new species for the garden
Yesterday, I registered red-tailed bee / steinhumle (Bombus lapidarius) for the first time at the community garden (Væres Venner), the first time in this part of Trondheim. This […]
Course / Forest Gardening / Perennial vegetables
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Announcing the 4th Permaveggies course in the Edible Garden
Norsk: Se lengre ned på siden English: This is the course for you who want to learn more about perennial vegetables and forest gardening in a course held […]