Lunch salad had the following ingredients;From the garden: Allium scorodoprasum / sand leek / bendelløk (shoots)Allium cernuum / nodding onion / prærieløk (bulbs and leaves)Hablitzia tamnoides / Caucasian spinach / […]
Tonight’s pizza greens
were….Purple sprouting perennial kale broccolis Allium scorodoprasum leeks (bendelløk)Good king henry / stolt henrik flower buds Post Views: 102
Winter protecting my perennial kales
Kales (Brassica oleracea) have a reputation for being really hardy, but in reality there are many perennial vegetables that are far more hardy. I mean, kales don’t really […]
Mallows in season #2
…and my second best mallow is the hollyhock mallow or greater musk mallow / rosekattost (Malva alcea), hardy and reliably perennial, here with perennial kale “Daubenton”, flower buds […]
Veggie rich pie
AROUND THE WORLD IN THE EDIBLE GARDEN; Part 3 – Southern Europe and the Mediterranean countriesInviting you to the third in a series of dinners from Malvik’s Edible […]
Quinoa greens
Tonight’s 22 greens from the garden with yacon used in a quinoa stir-fry (with garlic and chili in addition):Brassica oleracea (perennial kale / flerårig kål)Hydrophyllum virginianum (waterleaf, indian […]
An alternative spring harvest
Somebody asked me the other day if I use floating mulch (fiberduk / agryl) to be able to harvest all these greens so early. No, no and again […]
27th March Veggies from the garden
Tonight we made a quiche (eggepai) with these vegetables:Allium nutans (Siberian nodding onion)Allium cernuum (nodding onion / prærieløk)Dystaenia takesimana (Giant Ulleung Celery)Brassica oleracea (Perennial kale / flerårige kål)Allium […]
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; […]
Self-produce from the garden
Here’s yesterday’s fresh produce* from the garden….the joy of perennial vegetables! However, snow overnight will make harvest more difficult the next few days! Here’s today’s list:Aegopodium podograria (ground […]
Catch of the day!
Yesterday’s harvest mostly from the garden (blanched dandelions and horseradish from the cellar):Ground elder (skvallerkål)Lesser celandine (vårkål)Perennial kale (flerårige kål)Seombadi (Dystaenia takesimana)Dandelion (løvetann)Allium x proliferum (walking onion / […]
Visit from SJH
Unexpected but great visit today from Nat Mead and Audhild Bjune. Many working with organic farming and horticulture in Norway were taught by Nat. He teaches horticulture, plant […]
Perennial pizza
Last night’s pizza, perennials apart from Atriplex hortensis “Rubra”; including sea kale broccolis, perennial kales, Allium nutans, sorrel, Malva moschata, Anise hyssop, nettles etc. Pizza med strandkål […]
Perennial pizza
Last night’s pizza, perennials apart from Atriplex hortensis “Rubra”; including sea kale broccolis, perennial kales, Allium nutans, sorrel, Malva moschata, Anise hyssop, nettles etc. Pizza med strandkål […]
Emmer multispecies tempura
Tonight’s dinner was the first tempura of the year, made with Emmer wheat….delicious! With Mustard “Giant Red”, dandelion, Hosta flower shoots, assorted lily flowers, ground elder, Daubenton and […]
Food forest at Landås in Bergen
Landås matskog (food forest) is situated under Mount Ulriken in Bergen, Norway. The area was until just a few years ago spruce forest, but when it was felled, […]
Purple-veined variegated perennial Homanics kale!
I found this beauty in my cellar at the weekend…it wasn’t variegated during the summer, but in the cool low light conditions of my cellar this is the […]
Soba stir-fried cellar vegetables
Last night’s chinese stir-fried vegetables, from cellar and store, served with soba! Now using more tubers than greens… Achira carrot chicory Chili GarlicOca onionperennial kale turnip Ulluco Jerusalem artichoke and winter chantarelle Post Views: 107
Diversity of Brassicas in Munich
The best living displays of the diversity of Brassicas I’ve seen was in the Munich Botanical Garden in Germany in November 2015, including an apparently perennial kale I hadn’t […]
Perennial vegetable tempura
April 2014 and Yngvil (aka Ms. Saladdy) was helping out in my garden, her practical experience for her education to become a gardener! I’ll let her tell her […]
