I’d followed KVANN (Norwegian Seed Savers) member Per Hofsli on social media for some time for his interest in nut trees and I’d learned that he was even […]
Interview / Podcast
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Nut pod interview at Åfallet
In the middle of July I was at the Åfallet Food Forest Festival in Sweden to give a talk about perennial vegetables (more about that in a separate […]
Nut trees
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Female hazel
You have to search for the small red tassels that are the female wild hazel (Corylus avellana) flowers that will be the nuts. They’ve probably been there for […]
Salad
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78th Birthday Party Salad
In connection with my daughter Hazel’s birthday yesterday, she wanted me to make a salad for her and her friends she’d invited for dinner, so no birthday cake, […]
Birds / Magazine article
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Fuglevennlige planter
English: A series of 3 articles written for Birdlife Norway’s magazine “Vår Fuglefauna” Jeg har bestandig vært opptatt av å dyrke mat på en naturvennlig måte. Som unge […]
Birds
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Marsh Tit pair
There was a pair of marsh tit (løvmeis) in the garden one day this week and they showed some interest in a nest box. Hoping for first time […]
Fungi
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Nut disco: new species for Malvik kommune
A new species of fungi discovered growing on an old wild hazel nut in the garden this week, nut disco (Hymenoscyphus fructigenus), not found earlier in Malvik kommune. […]
Food / Onions / Perennial vegetables
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Garden wild green soup
Last night we made a green pea soup and apart from the Hablitzia (Caucasian spinach / stjernemelde), I used perennial vegetables growing in a wild part of the […]
Snow
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Brighter today
Everything was much brighter today after a very wet Wednesday and wet heavy snow was weighing all the branches down and I even had to avoid hanging branches […]
Birds / Nut trees
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The nuthatch and the hazelnut
Breakfast in the garden and a nuthatch (spettmeis) was dealing with a wild hazelnut in the birch tree above me :) Post Views: 223
Forest Gardening / Fruit / Nut trees / walks / Wild Edibles
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Perennialen III: Alvastien Telste – from fjord to shieling
Documentation of yet another amazing day during last week’s Perennialen III in Hardanger!! Pictures taken on a fantastic 6-7 hour round trip from Eirik Lillebøe Wiken and Hege […]
Salad
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Not salad again…
Given 30 minutes to make something to eat for darling daughter…yes, I know I’m predictable… Post Views: 125
Trees
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Spring is here?
If spring comes with the first flowers, then it’s here already. Hazel (hassel) and the first oxlip (hagenøkleblom) are just about in flower! Post Views: 75