(Note that there will be an extra tour for English speakers on Tuesday)Det blir en travel uke i neste uke for KVANN Trøndelag med hagevandringer i alle mine […]
Report
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PROMOTING PERENNIAL VEGETABLES IN THE SWEDISH FOOD SUPPLY
In recent years, vegetable growers have started to open their eyes to perennial vegetables and quite a few are growing several types. Many more growers are curious and […]
Garden tour / Talks / Walk and talk
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Organic week in Trøndelag / Økouka i Trøndelag
Last week was National Organic Week (Økouka), a busy week for me as I had two garden tours in my Edible Garden in Malvik (the rain stopped both […]
Train
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The House from Nordlandsbanen
I had to go to Stjørdal this morning to renew my driver’s license. I took the bus there and returned with the train along the fjord to Trondheim […]
Edible flowers / Food / Salad
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Celebration 40 genera salad
40 years ago this month I came to Norway to find a place for us to live as I was to start work at Institutt for kontinentalsokkelundersøkelser (IKU; […]
Book / Edimentals / Garden views
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Alys meets the Modern Monk in the Edible Garden
10 years ago today I had my first celebrity visit, from the UK! On 10th April 2010 I received the following email message entitled Permaveggies:“I am a garden […]
Fjord views / Sun
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Early Rise in Early April
This is the best time of year for getting up at the crack of dawn, lots of birdsong too! The sunrise at the moment is about 6 am…..but, […]
Foraging / walks
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Homla walk May 2018
Pictures from this week’s 5 hour (botanist pace) walk along the spectacular Homla canyon, the start about 14 km from home! Post Views: 116
Moon
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Moonset and rise in only 7-8 hours
It was interesting to see that the moon set at about 10am this morning in the north west just before I left for the office in town, and […]
Butterflies and moths / Trees
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For Helge Finnøy
I was very saddened yesterday to learn that my friend Helge Finnøy has passed away after a very long illness :cry: Helge was a gentle, modest, intelligent man […]
Article / Permaculture
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My Permaculture Design Certificate project report
I received my PDC after completing the course mainly taught by Jan Bang at my house in Malvik during 3 long weekends in 2017. My project report was […]
Birds
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Goldfinches back on their winter holiday
A small number of goldfinches spend their winter holiday in the lowlands around Trondheimsfjord, a very good choice I would say! I’ve never seen them in summer here […]
Foraging / Fungi / walks
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Forbord to Malvik bike push!
Pushed the bike along a path through the woods with protrubing tree roots looking for some late edible fungi… Post Views: 76
Fungi / walks
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Malvik walk
Yesterday I had a walk in the steep north facing woods east of Malvikbakk only 5 minutes by bike from home. I’d found a lot of edible fungi […]
Edible flowers / Salad
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The last PDC #2 Supper
Another great long PDC weekend here in Malvik lead by Norway’s Mr. Permaculture, Jan Bang! Some pictures from the last meal for this time….before we all meet again […]
Seed
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Seed library in Malvik!
Utrolig! Biblioteket her i Malvik (pop. ca 13000) ønsker å starter opp Frøbiblioteket! Om du kan hjelpe med frø ta gjerne kontakt! Amazing…I never thought I’d see […]
Garden tour
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The Edible Garden on 9th July 2009
A tour around my garden in pictures early July 2009 Post Views: 85
Sun
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It’s back…and at 11:30 am, gone again!
I’ve just witnessed the first proper sunrise and sunset of the year and this year’s Malvik sun dance performance is over :) Post Views: 89
Snow / Sun
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A two minute day!
It was a false alarm when I wrote last week that the sun had set and wouldn’t rise again until mid-January. From my desk in the living room […]
Trees
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Clearfell / Flatehogst
In my local area, a disproportionate large area of forest has been clear-felled recently, a practice we need to stop if we are to take climate change seriously […]
Fjord views / Sun
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Solstice sunrise in Malvik
The sun is now rising close to due East having swung round day for day from close to north over a few short weeks…the sunrise is now rushing […]
walks
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Sunday’s forest tour in Malvik with Naturvernforbundet
As part of Trondheim’s climate festival, which runs all this week, Naturvernforbundet (Friends of the Earth Norway) arranged a tour to experience first-hand a couple of remnants of […]