I’ve changed full circle from the days when I fought against the dandelions to nowadays actively encouraging them in my perennial beds as they will be my most […]
Winter vegetables
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Indoor harvest
We’ve been eating dandelions every day this year and now the first batch that I brought up from the cellar is flowering: We ate that one yesterday, but […]
Dandelions / Salad
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Start of the 2023 Dandelion season
The first wave of dandelions ready for 2023! We will use them with lunch every day for the rest of the winter! Post Views: 236
Dandelions / Perennial vegetables
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Geeking out with Dandelions
Earlier this year I bought the Field Handbook to British and Irish Dandelions by A.J. Richard which contains descriptions, photos and keys for all 239 known UK and […]
Food / Invasive plants / Onions / Perennial vegetables
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Some odds and ends this week in Malvik
The best of vegetables ready to harvest this week: blanched sea kale (Crambe maritima), blanched lovage (Levisticum officinale) and nettles (Urtica dioica)! Delicious. IT’S DANDINOODLE TIME HERE IN […]
Cellar vegetables / Winter vegetables
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Cellar and Garden Greens: 6th April 2022
The greens that went into last night’s wholegrain spelt quiche are listed below the picture!CELLAR: Dystaenia takesimana shoots; Forced hogweed (bjørnekjeks) shoots (Heracleum spp.); Forced Taraxacum (dandelion / […]
Onions / Snow
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Snow onions
Various Allium species are the hardiest of edible plants either staying green all winter (e.g., Allium cernuum and Allium carinatum) or sprouting very early and able to withstand […]
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 […]
Edible flowers / Salad
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The first 2022 outside salad
Sorry for the silence here on the Edimentals blog. I’ve been busy preparing to produce signs and plant labels for the Allium garden and the World Garden as […]
Dandelions / Fasciation
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Fascinating fasciated dandelions
I was working at Væres Venner Community Garden yesterday and noticed a deformed (fasciated) dandelion flower. This can be caused by a range of factors including random genetic […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Cherokee Pizza
AROUND THE WORLD IN THE EDIBLE GARDEN; Part 1 – The Cherokee lands of Eastern North AmericaThe first in a series of dinners from Malvik’s Edible Garden where […]
Food
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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 […]
Food / Onions / Perennial vegetables
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Slowly Approaching the time of Plenty: Spring!
Tonight’s sourdough pizza greens, all harvested outside after most of the snow disappeared during the day. From the top and clockwise; Ficaria verna (lesser celandine / vårkål), Allium […]
Blanching / Dandelions / Perennial vegetable shoots / Winter shoots
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Sprouts in the cellar
A much warmer winter than normal and I returned home to well developed blanched dandelion shoots in the cellar together with horseradish shoots and the sweet cicely shoots […]
Dandelions / Foraging / Forcing / Perennial vegetables
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More blanched dandelions
More dandelions brought up from the (dark) cellar, ready to eat! These roots were just stored in damp autumn leaves! Post Views: 109
Dandelions / Forager / Perennial vegetables
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RIP The King of the Dandelions, Dandelion Dude Peter Gail
Even though I never met him, I was saddened to learn this morning that one on North Americas leading foragers Peter Gail has died. I first came across […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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2nd May Abundance
The change from winter to spring abundance happens very quickly…here’s last nights haul for a very green pasta sauce (it took about 30 mins from garden to table, […]
clothing / Dandelions
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Taraxocks ;)
These were what were waiting in my post box this morning and I’ve been wearing a stupid grin ever since ;) ;) :) Someone who was at my talk […]
Perennial vegetables
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Longest dandelion leaf?
This is my longest dandelion leaf so far at 95cm. Any better? Post Views: 228
Anredera cordifolia / Dandelions / garlic bulbils / Perennials
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Norwegian sansai
Good to be back from Japan to Norwegian sansai (foraged vegetables)…. From top left, left to right: Angelica archangelica “Vossakvann”, various dandelions / løvetann (Taraxacum), Rumex patientia (patience […]