The greens that went into last night’s wholegrain spelt quiche are listed below the picture!CELLAR: Dystaenia takesimana shoots; Forced hogweed (bjørnekjeks) shoots (Heracleum spp.); Forced Taraxacum (dandelion / […]
Snow onions
Various Allium species are the hardiest of edible plants either staying green all winter (e.g., Allium cernuum and Allium carinatum) or sprouting very early and able to withstand […]
Dystaenia heaven
Along with many members of the Apiaceae (carrot family / umbellifers) the flowers of Dystaenia takesimana (Giant Ulleung Celery) are heaven for pollinators like hoverflies (blomsterfluer).These great edi-ento-mentals […]
First Garden Forage of 2021
Most of the greens are now finished in the cellar, so time for the first harvest in the garden despite for the fact that it’s been snowing off […]
Korean tempura and dipping sauce for perennial vegetables
AROUND THE WORLD IN THE EDIBLE GARDEN; Part 2 – KoreaInviting you to the second in a series of dinners from Malvik’s Edible Garden where we “forage” from […]
Quinoa greens
Tonight’s 22 greens from the garden with yacon used in a quinoa stir-fry (with garlic and chili in addition):Brassica oleracea (perennial kale / flerårig kål)Hydrophyllum virginianum (waterleaf, indian […]
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 […]
27th March Veggies from the garden
Tonight we made a quiche (eggepai) with these vegetables:Allium nutans (Siberian nodding onion)Allium cernuum (nodding onion / prærieløk)Dystaenia takesimana (Giant Ulleung Celery)Brassica oleracea (Perennial kale / flerårige kål)Allium […]
Giant Ulleung Celery
In my world, plants that are both perennial, edible, ornamental and popular with pollinating insects are the most valuable (I term this class of plants edi-ento-mentals) and the […]
Catch of the day!
Yesterday’s harvest mostly from the garden (blanched dandelions and horseradish from the cellar):Ground elder (skvallerkål)Lesser celandine (vårkål)Perennial kale (flerårige kål)Seombadi (Dystaenia takesimana)Dandelion (løvetann)Allium x proliferum (walking onion / […]
The winter’s first salad shoot salad
The first winter shoots were harvested from the cellar today. It is almost totally dark in the cellar and currently about +6C. The blanched shoots in the picture […]
