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Mine Økouka Trøndelag arrangementer 2024

September 10, 2024 Stephen Barstow Leave a comment

(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 3 hager, hjemme i The Edible Garden, i Væres Venners Felleshagen på Ranheim og i Løkhagen Chicago i Ringve Botaniske Hagen i Trondheim!
VEL MØTT!
15. september, kl 11-15 KVANN (Margaret, Judit og meg) deltar med stand under Natur- og hagefestival på Ringve førstkommende søndag 15. september fra 11-15. Vi skal stå like ved løkhagen og jeg skal også vise rundt i Løkhagen Chicago kl 1400; vi selger som vanlig et mangfold av flerårige grønnsaker med fokus på Allium og særlig natur og pollinator vennlige grønnsaker!
17. september, kl 17 Garden tour at Væres Venners Community Garden at Ranheim for English speakers. THIS IS AN EXTRA TOUR BY REQUEST AND NOT ANNOUNCED YET BY ØKOUKA! Just turn up if you’d like to join us! For location see https://www.google.com/maps/place/63%C2%B025’56.8%22N+10%C2%B034’08.9%22E/@63.4324562,10.566571,682m
18.september, kl 17 Hagevandring #1 i Den Spiselige Hagen. For flere informasjon og påmelding, gå til https://www.okouka.no/lokale-oekouker/oekouka-troendelag/program/hagevandring-1-i-den-spiselige-hagen
21.september, kl 11 Hagevandring #2 i Den Spiselige Hagen. For flere informasjon og påmelding, gå til https://www.okouka.no/lokale-oekouker/oekouka-troendelag/program/hagevandring-2-i-den-spiselige-hagen/
22. september, kl 14 Hagevandring i Væres Venners Felleshagen på Ranheim. For flere informasjon gå til https://www.okouka.no/lokale-oekouker/oekouka-troendelag/program/hagevandring-i-vaeres-venners-felleshagen/

Verdenshagen, Væres Venners Felleshagen sommeren 2023

Hagevandring i Den Spiselige Hagen under Økouka 2022

Garden tour, Talks, Walk and talk

Organic week in Trøndelag / Økouka i Trøndelag

October 2, 2023 Stephen Barstow Leave a comment

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 days just before we started), a walk and talk in the community garden at Væres Venner and a talk at Stammen Cafe & Bar in Trondheim on “Perennial Climate-friendly Food Plants for Urban Areas” talking about 15 advantages of growing perennials! Below you can see pictures from each of the events which were all well attended. I’ve credited the various photographers below. Thanks to all that came along!

1. Garden tour on Wednesday 27th September

Making the Ø letter for Økouka (picture: Margaret Anderson)

2. Talk at Stammen

2. Garden tour on Sunday 1st October

Pictures by Markus Tacker (click on the album pictures for more information):

Talking about Aster yomena and other oriental Asters

My largest vegetable, udo (Aralia cordata); the steepest slope is the most productive part of the garden!

Broad bean (bondebønner) re-flowering. Let’s demand large scale growing of vegan food in Trøndelag. The tastiest and original felafel and hummus is made with this hady bean!

Pictures by Marit By (click on the album pictures for more information)::

Japanese grape (Vitis coignetiae) clambering over a yew (barlind) laden with berries ready for the birds

Talking about one of my favourite perennial vegetables, Hosta

Talking about why there should be fields of broad beans (favabønner / bondebønner) than just grain fields!

My largest vegetable, udo (Aralia cordata) starting to collapse under its own weight

Talking about how to germinated udo seeds

4. Walk and talk in the Væres Venner Community Garden
Pictures by Marit By (the World Garden looking good in its autumn colours with the backdrop of the old ash trees):

Talks

Organic seminar 2016 at Bjerkem

October 7, 2016 Stephen Barstow Leave a comment

Økologisk seminar at Bjerkem, near Steinkjer has become a tradition and it was a great day together with kindred spirits with a wide range of interests and skills. Thanks so much to the hosts Jakob Bjerkem and Berit for taking a chance in inviting me to give a talk!