I registered 3 great tit (kjøttmeis) territories and 1 blue tit (blåmeis) pair in the garden this year and both have raised young. One of the young great […]
Brassica / Perennial vegetables
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More perennial kales
The perennial kales overwintered well the last two winters and are looking good. I showed a video of one I got from Walsall Allotments in Birmingham, UK a […]
Butterflies and moths / Onions
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Diamonds on Allium
I hope diamond back moths (kålmøll) haven’t taken a liking to onions ;) Post Views: 107
Brassica / Perennial vegetables
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Sustainable kales
I’m more and more convinced that perennial kales are the way forward. After two mild winters I’ve had good overwintering of most varieties except Tree Collards from California. […]
Birds
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Biological control
This chiffchaff (gransanger) is doing its best to control the invasion of diamond back moths (kålmøll) larvae! On cress (karse) and radish (reddik) being grown for seed! I […]
Brassica / Insects / Perennial vegetables / pests
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Diamondbacks are back :(
There’s been a major arrival of diamondback moths (kålmøll) here since yesterday and there are hundreds of this major Brassica pest in the garden today! I am thankfully […]
Root crops
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Rapunsel
Phyteuma spicatum is the most popular bee plant in my garden at the moment and a great edimental….a very old root vegetable in Europe, mentioned already by Gerard’s […]
Brassica
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Sparrows working hard removing diamond backs
Here’s more evidence for the importance of having sparrows in our gardens! In the video can be seen both house and tree sparrows (gråspurv og pilfink) feeding on […]
Birds / Pest control
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House sparrow: better late than never
While eating breakfast this morning I spotted these house sparrows (gråspurv) eating diamond back moth (kålmøll) larvae from the undersides of these ragged jack kale plants, sown as […]
Insects / Perennials / pests
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Diamond back moth invasion
One of the worst invasions of diamond back moth / kålmøll happened a couple of days ago….here is a video showing hundredds swarming over one of my Lily […]