As we approach midsummer many of my perennial vegetables are beginning to flower and from spring leaves and shoots we are now in the flower bud, scape (flower […]
Food / Perennial vegetable shoots
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An alternative spring harvest
Somebody asked me the other day if I use floating mulch (fiberduk / agryl) to be able to harvest all these greens so early. No, no and again […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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More from the garden
We seem to be at least a month ahead of normal this year. I don’t normally see new shoots of ground elder (Aegopodium) until the middle of April […]
Onions / Perennial vegetables
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Johannes’ Shallot
Yesterday was St. John’s Day and many Norwegians (and other Scandinavians) celebrated the evening before what is known here as Sankthans or Jonsok with communal bonfires, the big […]
Article / Heirlooms
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Artikler om grønnsaksarven fra Hagetidend
I 2011 skrev jeg en serie artikler om vår grønnsaksarven til Norsk Hagetidend. Etter Skog og Landskap sidene ble nedlagt er artiklene ikke lenge tilgjengelig på nettet. Derfor […]
Onions
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The Allium garden at Ringve
A little secret I’ve had since last autumn (apart from a select few) when I was told that I would get my very own Allium bed at the […]
Onions / Perennial vegetables
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Geirlauk
Sand leek (rocambole) or Allium scorodoprasum gives bigger yields here than leeks, so it’s not surprising to learn that this perennial onion was probably cultivated by the Vikings […]