Brynhild Mørkved has over the years collected forms of Allium victorialis from over it’s range – the Alps, Caucasus, Japan and the Kola peninsula in North West Russia. The main reason has been to try and determine where the naturalised populations in the Lofoten Islands originate as this isn’t a native plant in Norway. I tell the story of the Lofoten victory onions in full in my book Around the World in 80 plants http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?page_id=30
Allium nutans xsenescens, Stellaria media, Oregano (yellow leaved), Bay leaf, Campanula latifolia, Red streaked mustard greens, Asparagus, Malva moschata, Day lily buds, Crambe maritima, Rumex patientia, Rumex acetosa (non flowering), Atriplex hortensis (two cultivars)
At last, 6 years after planting my wine sorrel (see the book) is about to flower… seeds may soon be available for this beauty!
North America’s most widespread Taraxacum is the horned dandelion or pissenlit tuberculébracts (Taraxacum ceratophorum). Here are its horns:
My Persian shallots are in flower. Here they are:
More in these links:
http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=357
http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?page_id=893
http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=1407
Also in flower and even taller is Allium rosenbachianum Album (unknown edibility):
400 copies of my book Around the World in 80 plants have arrived in Trondheim! This means I’ll have very heavy suitcases for some time yet, the negative part of being a travelled author/speaker…. :(
VILL365 (Wild365) – Wild Food each day for 1 year and so beautiful too! Rita Amundsen: WOWWWW!!!
A pesto with 230 different onions, served at lunch on Saturday (Allium) (grown and collected by me and prepared by Veronica and Rita) ;)
Why? Because we could….
This morning it’s raining (again) and cold, not a very pleasant day. Whilst conventional gardeners are complaining that it’s too cold to plant out less tender summer veggies in this record cold spring, this is the best season ever for us perennial veggie gardeners! Hardy perennials love these conditions growing prolifically although taking longer to reach flowering stage, extending the harvesting season!
Today, Norway’s fermentation queen Rita Amundsen will prepare a world record ferment with the highest number of ingredients ever, with a little help from my garden! This is part of a one day food preservation course here organised by the local group of the Norwegian Useful Plants Society (Trondheim Nyttevekstforeningen).
Guess how many ingredients will be used by 1600 Norwegian time today (or whenever it’s announced here) and win a signed copy of my book Around the World in 80 plants.
On page iv of my book you will find a picture of my world record salad from 2003!
Despite the continued very cold “summer” (still not over 16C), this morning I heard the last of the common migrant birds on my bike ride, an Icterine Warbler / Gulsanger (this is usually the last to arrive)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzAfmhDEHes