Delicious Gunnera-Chinese Yam salad with goldenberries (Barbadoslykt), Gunnera tinctoria, Dioscorea polystachya (Chinese yam) “Ichoimo”, carrot, turnip, various tomatoes, nodding onion (prærieløk), chicory (sikori), perennial kale (flerårig kål), Worcesterberries, […]
Biannuals / Perennial vegetables
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Unusual October veg
A few unusual vegetables this October from the Edible Garden and House:1. I’ve been trialling around 20 different chicories this year from seed from the German seed bank […]
water plants
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The mini-pond and marginal areas
My house was given the name Bergstua by the previous owners, literally meaning house on the rock, a rocky hillside overlooking the fjord. Not a natural place for […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Norwegian quinoa and swamp greens medley
13th June 2020 perennial greens were stir-fried and served with quinoa and served with Allium ursinum flowers.Allium validum (swamp or Pacific onion) with flower shootSaxifraga pensylvanica (swamp saxifrage)Gunnera […]
Garden tour
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Milde garden tour 10th September 2016
I didn’t take many pictures on Sunday’s guided garden tour at the botanical garden in Bergen at Milde, but here are a few! I was very impressed in […]
Book / Perennials
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Most northerly overwintered edible Gunnera?
I was surprised to see two Gunneras (both tinctoria/chilensis and manicata) outside at the Ringve Botanical Gardens in Trondheim at the weekend. Reidun Mork told me that they […]