During a powerful wind storm earlier in the year one of my oldest sallow / selje trees on the edge of the wild part of the garden was […]
Salad
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February Hosta-Udo salad
The year’s first taste of Hosta and Udo shoots (dug in the autumn, stored in the cellar and forced in the living room in the dark), used in […]
Perennial vegetables
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The first Udo photo shoot for 2024
Despite the record warm May here at 63.4N with temperatures up to 30C and drought like conditions (forest fire warnings on the news every day), my now 23 […]
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 […]
Perennial vegetables
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This year’s udo picture!
Presenting this year’s udo (Aralia cordata) almost fully extended 🙂Thanks to Elin Eriksen for the picture (she has been Artist in Residence at the Edible Garden the last […]
Perennial vegetables
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Mountain cultivation of Udo in Nagano
On 9th April 2016 I was staying with my new friend Tei Kobayashi in the mountains in a lovely village, Nogura, above Ueda in Nagano Prefecture. I was […]
Perennial vegetables
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Fairchild’s Experiments with Udo from 1914!
Yesterday, I introduced Agricultural Explorer David Fairchild who, inspired from visiting Japan, was determined to try to introduce udo (Aralia cordata) and wrote an interesting paper 120 years […]
Perennial vegetables
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Udo introduction to the US with cultivation instructions (1903)
I stumbled upon this interesting US Department of Agriculture Bulletin from 1903 by David Fairchild, who calls himself Agricultural Explorer, entitled “Three New Plant Introductions from Japan”. There […]
Blanching / Food / Perennial vegetable shoots
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Wietse’s Onion Soup with Udos, Hosta, Ostrich Ferns, Sea Kale and Ramsons
The best of spring in one sitting. In celebration of the country Norway, we yesterday (17th May) harvested a small selection of the best blanched perennial vegetables (apart […]
Forest Gardening / Perennial vegetables
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The 2021 Selfies with a 20-year old Udo
This year’s udo (Aralia cordata) selfie pictures, probably the highest ever with a flowering spike way above my head. I harvested about 1/3 of the shoots in the […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Fasciated dandelion- udo- sea kale salad
Not something I can make very often as I don’t find fasciated dandelions very often! A simple salad was put together, made fascinating with a fasciated dandelion.The blanched […]
Forcing / Perennial vegetables
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Does udo resprout
During a webinar recently somebody asked me recently whether udo (Aralia cordata) resprouts in the same season if one cuts it. I said I would give photographic evidence […]
Blanching / Cellar vegetables / Food / Perennial vegetable shoots
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Japanese Sansai in March
Almost exactly 5 years ago this week I was on a study tour to Japan to look at Sansai production. I’m doing a webinar talk about the trip […]
Harvest / Winter vegetables
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Harvesting winter vegetables before the freeze
I’ve been self-sufficient in fresh vegetables year round and have blogged and lectured about how I can do this even in winter without a greenhouse, without a freezer […]
Perennial vegetables
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Udo record
My 18 year old udo (Aralia cordata) is probably the tallest ever this year (I’m 6 ft or 1.8m). After the coldest May for many years with plenty […]
Organic gardening
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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 […]
Garden tour / Perennial vegetables / Walk and talk
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With Joe Hollis in Paradise!
What an amazing place, at Joe Hollis’ Mountain Gardens in North Carolina yesterday! My favourite forest garden anywhere!! At 77, Joe is still expanding having purchased more land […]
Perennial vegetables
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The garden gnome!
This year’s udo (Aralia cordata) is bigger than ever following the cool damp early summer here! More about my largest vegetable udo here and in my book: http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?s=aralia+cordata […]
Perennials
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This year’s midsummer Udo picture!
Unlike me, my oldest Udo (Aralia cordata) is showing no signs of ageing….well, it’s only 18 years old! My tallest vegetable is a herbaceous perennial! Thanks to Maria […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Perennial pakoras
This week, we made pakoras from a selection of perennial veggies from the garden (which ones can you spot?) Pakoras are made with chick pea (besan) flour! Looking […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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East meets west salad
The udo (Aralia cordata) shoots had begun to lift the forcing bucket, so time for the annual udo salad, a variant this year, East meets West salad…the udo […]
Perennial vegetables / Pollinators
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Crazy about Udo
Crazy about Udo (Aralia cordata)….also these hoverflies and wasps… Post Views: 74
Food
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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 […]
Forest Gardening
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Norwegian Seed Savers film
A film in Norwegian from Norwegian Seed Savers’ visit to my garden….udo and my forest garden :) Post Views: 122
Seed
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Seed from Korea
Many thanks to my friend Misoni Sandvik for sending me some more seed on her recent visit to Korea…. Misoni figures in both Aster scaber and Bunias orientalis […]