I enjoyed myself last Tuesday evening talking about onions with Marianne Meløy and Amund Storløkken Åse, surrounded by some amazing art at Atelier Ilsvika, in an eclectic acoustic […]
Garden tour / Permaculture
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Video tour of my 3 gardens from June 2024
On 17th June 2024 I had a visit from Mihaela Tsarchinsk and Philip Varionov from the Green School Village and Permaculture Association of Bulgaria. We’d met previously at […]
Onions
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Allium dispersal
Allium dispersal?Well, this week was the week when vegetatively propagated onions from the Allium Garden Chicago in Trondheim were dispersed to members of the Norwegian Seed Savers organisation […]
Study visit
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Besøk fra (visit from) Arche Noah
Engelsk tekst nederstI løpet av 17.-19. juli var jeg glad for å kunne returnere gjestfriheten gitt av KVANNs søsterorganisasjon Arche Noah (Austrian Seed Savers) under mine 2 turer […]
Garden tour / Onions
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The Onion Garden Chicago on 3rd July 2024
The Onion Garden Chicago at the Ringve Botanical Garden in Trondheim, Norway contains over 100 Allium species and over 400 different accessions including a collection of old Norwegian […]
Food
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Saint John’s Eve Felafels
Yesterday was St. John’s Eve and many Norwegians (and other Scandinavians) celebrated what is known here as Sankthans or Jonsok with communal bonfires, the big midsummer celebration. Sankt […]
Onions
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Snow onions
A new video on my youtube channel, the wonderfully exclusive SNOW ONION from the China and the Himalaya https://youtu.be/5mOcQ4aUQVIWe’re back in the Onion Garden Chicago at the Ringve […]
Food / Onions
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MAC 69 ONION CHEESE
Thanks everyone for all the birthday greetings! I spent my 69th by visiting the Onion Garden Chicago that I look after at the Ringve Botanical Garden, worked for […]
Course / Garden tour / Talks
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The 2023 Permaveggies / Forest Gardening course
The 5th Permaveggies / Forest Gardening course I’ve held in Malvik took place on Sunday 21st and Monday 22nd May with guest Jen McConachie who gave her forest […]
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 […]
Talks
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Wild Hive Talk at Home in Chandlers Ford: Resonating with Hampshire!
Thank you once again to all the amazing Wild Hive Collective team for organizing my talk in Chandlers Ford, my home town, on 19th November 2023. It attracted […]
Onions
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Grand opening of the Onion Garden
The long delayed (by COVID) opening of the Onion Garden Chicago took place at the Ringve Botanical Gardens in Trondheim on Friday. Here we grow over 400 different […]
Onions / Perennial vegetables
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Meanwhile in the Onion Garden Chicago
I don’t often post here about my other two gardens, the community garden at Væres Venner and the Onion Garden Chicago at the Ringve Botanical Garden in Trondheim. The […]
Onions
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Twisted-leaf garlic for lunch
I’d sent a few bulbs of twisted-leaf garlic (Allium obliquum) to members of Norwegian Seed Savers’ (KVANN) guild for Alliums and had a few left overover, so I […]