Xmas dinner in Malvik has been nut roast and roasted roots every year since 1984! This year there were 27 different roots: parsnip, 15 different varieties of potato, […]
Bees / Birds / Community Garden / Seed sowing
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Wagtail at the North Pole
North Pole? Yesterday I worked for the first time this year at the Væres Venner Community Garden where KVANN (Norwegian Seed Savers) and I are involved. When I […]
Breeding / Food / Onions / Root crops
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Caraway root breeding and Karvekaalsuppe
I’ve been selecting caraway (Carum carvi) through 4 generations now for larger roots. I plan to have a larger number of plants from next year at our community […]
Biennial / Food
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Karvekaalsuppe
Yesterday was time for the annual karvekaalsuppe party in Malvik. The young spring shoots of caraway are ready for harvesting in early spring (April to early May). They […]
Book / Food
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Karvekaalsuppe
One of the joys of spring is traditional Norwegian Karvekaalsuppe (caraway green soup), last night’s dinner. This was one of the first wild plants I domesticated in my […]
Food
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Heavy ground elder bread
I’ve never seen real bread for sale, you can tell from the weight. The loaves I made yesterday weighted in at over 1.5kg! This sourdough was made from […]
Book reviews / Foraging / Invasive plants
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Incredible “Incredible Wild Edibles” by Sam Thayer
Sam Thayer is without doubt my favourite foraging author and his new book Incredible Wild Edibles does nothing to change that! It’s been 7 years since his book […]