PROGRAMMET FOR KVANN-TREFFET I TRONDHEIM (Program for the Norwegian Seed Savers weekend in Trondheim) Fredag 15. juni; kl 19 Vi besøker KVANNs planlagte første nytteplante-reservat hos Væres Venner […]
Community Garden
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Bastard digging at Væres Venner
Thanks to Guren Efferus (Efferus Veksthus) for the box of plants which have arrived in good condition….and the box can also be recycled! As the temperature dropped yesterday evening, after […]
Community Garden
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Verdenshage and Væres Venner
It was the first time I cycled to my office at the Ringve Botanical Garden today and I took the opportunity to see how the new Væres Venner community […]
Talks
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Arche Noah at Seeds for the Future seminar
I made a presentation about my visit to Austria and Arche Noah in June at the “Seed for the future” seminar in Oslo last week! The presentation can […]
Berries
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Elderberries are ripe
Sambucus nigra “Samyl” is a new Danish variety of elderberry / svarthyll. It is very productive, the earliest elderberry I’ve grown (they are marginal here), hardy and it […]
Seed
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Current offers in Norwegian Seed Savers (KVANN) autumn seed and vegetable catalogue
I’m often asked if I sell seed of my perennial vegetables and other plants I blog about. The answer is that unless you have something I’m interested in […]
Perennial vegetables
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The annual Udo collapse
Early last week I made this little video after the annual collapse of my largest vegetable, Aralia cordata (Udo) …. the berries/ seeds were collected for sharing in […]
Heirlooms / Perennial vegetables
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Kvannsafari to Olde in Bordalen
On 7th August, I went on my first “Kvannsafari” near the mountain village Voss in south western Norway Kvann is Norwegian Mountain Angelica, Angelica archangelica ssp. archangelica, one […]
Plant sale
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Plant sale at the botanical garden in Oslo
KVANN/ Norwegian Seed Savers will have a stand and be selling plants at this year’s “Vårtreff” on 28th May at Oslo’s Botanical Garden (Tøyen) (see http://foreninger.uio.no/botaniskhagesvenner/arrangementer/2017/vartreff-2016.html) Steering committee […]