Lunch today was inspired by the Mediterranean diet – simple with masses of greens, but with an international twist: Cherokee spinach (top shoots of sochan – Rudbeckia laciniata / […]
Winter vegetables
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Living room veggies; March 2024
Somebody asked me to show how I force veggies indoors in winter, so here you have a link to a short video showing what is available at the […]
Magazine article
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ARTIKLER OM FLERÅRIGE GRØNNSAKER FRA HAGETIDEND 2021
I 2021 publiserte Norsk Hagetidend en serie artikler jeg hadde skrevet om 10 av mine favoritt flerårige grønnsaker til Norsk Hagetidend. Alle artiklene kan nå bli lastet ned […]
Salad
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Gunnera-Chinese Yam salad
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, […]
Climbers / Food / Onions / Winter shoots / Winter vegetables
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Habby Chicago Eggs
I was showing a journalist around the winter edible garden and cellar this morning and dug up some nodding (Chicago) onions (Allium cernuum) and picked a few Hablitzia […]
Food
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March soba greens
Today it reached an unusually warm 16C here which encouraged the first bumble bees and honey bees out! The picture shows the greens (and whites) used in tonight’s […]
Food / Onions
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Harvesting midwinter nodding onions
Allium cernuum (nodding onion / prærieløk) is hardy more or less anywhere people live and stays green all winter here. It’s been mild with snow coming and going […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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25th March Veggies
These delicious fresh perennial vegetables were added tonight’s dal towards the endAegopodium podograria (ground elder; skvallerkål)Allium cernuum (nodding onion; prærieløk)Brassica oleracea (perennial kale; flerårige kål)Ficaria verna (lesser celandine; […]
Onions
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The perennial bed onions
A little video showing various Alliums about to burst into flower on a bed I’ve always called the Perennial Bed as it was the first bed devoted to […]
Food / Invasive plants / Perennial vegetable shoots
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Noxious pizza
I’m still alive and well after last night’s noxious pizza. I’ll explain. I used pea shoots from the living room, onion, Allium cernuum shoots harvested from the garden […]
Flower stalk / Food
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Burdock flower stalk curry
This album was first published on FB in June 2012, now “regurgitated” here: “What for dinner? “Burdock flower stalk, nettle and the onion that nods curry” sounds interesting, […]
Bees / Edimentals / Onions
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Nodding onion season
I love my nodding onions (Allium cernuum) as you can read in my book and the diversity of forms increases as each year passes, both as I introduce […]
Edible flowers / Edimentals / Onions
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A bunch of nodding edimental onions
Two pictures from the end of June 2014 of possibly my favourite onion, the nodding onion (Allium cernuum) from North America in some of its myriad of forms…beautiful […]
Book / Edimentals
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Tor Smaaland’s “Your Dream Garden” from 2004
The first time my garden was featured in a book was in former Norwegian TV gardener and gardener for the King, Tor Smaaland’s 2004 book “Din drømmehage”. The […]
Allium cernuum / Winter shoots
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Sulfur containing winter greens
The most hardy winter greens in my garden are mostly rich in sulfur compounds including various onions (Allium) and onion-tasting brassica, Garlic mustard (løkurt), Alliaria petiolata or is […]
Allium cernuum / Onions / Slug
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Slimax maximus
Mr. Leopard Slug (S)Limax maximus admiring my Allium cernuum “Pink Giant” Post Views: 114
Winter shoots
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Indoor edible shoots: my living room is alive!!
A collection of pictures of greens now available in my house (15th February 2016), mainly shoots of perennial vegetables! Post Views: 105