The garden pea / ert (now Lathyrus oleraceus, was Pisum sativum) is an important source of vegetable protein and can be grown over most of Norway with many […]
Annuals / Edimentals
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A diversity of garden orach
I’ve grown numerous forms of garden orach (Atriplex hortensis; hagemelde) over the years as they are useful and decorative (edimental) annuals for the summer garden. Even though they […]
Fruit
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A nice pair of Boothby’s Blonde Cucumber
When I had a greenhouse, I used to grow an heirloom cucumber called Boothby’s Blonde…and one year, this “pair” appeared :) See what they normally look like here: […]
Pulses
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Did the Carlin Pea originate in Norway?
At the weekend, I packed some seed of Carlin Pea, a very old English pea that I’ve grown here in Malvik since around 1990 when I ordered it […]