I’ve been growing Siberian Ginseng / Russisk Rot (Eleutherococcus senticosus) since I was given a cutting in May 2010. Although flower buds appear each autumn, flowers have never […]
Community Garden
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The World Garden Pot-luck Salad
On Sunday 25th May 2025 we celebrated spring at the Væres Venners Community garden in Trondheim with a pot-luck party (kurvfest) and although the wind was strong there […]
Videos
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Recent Videos on my Youtube Channel
Please subscribe to my youtube channel!1. Perennial Edge https://youtu.be/qRsQt_U0Ujo The edges of my annual beds in the garden are not so productive as they are drier because of […]
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 […]
Garden tour
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Plant list for The World Garden
I’ve shared my list of plants that I’ve planted in Trondheim’s World Garden to a few people who’ve asked and now it’s available to anyone who is curious […]
Annuals / Biennial / Salad
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World Garden November Salad
14th November 2024: Although the World Garden I’ve created at the Væres Venner Community Garden in Trondheim is mostly perennials, I fill up gaps with some annuals and […]
Hagevandring
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Mine Økouka Trøndelag arrangementer 2024
(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 […]
Breeding / Hagevandring / Trials
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Nytt fra KVANNs hager og samlinger hos Væres Venner i Trondheim
KVANN Trøndelag med meg selv i spissen har etablert en del samlinger av nytteplanter og driver også en del forsøk og prosjekter med støtte fra Sparebankstiftelsen gjennom Schübelers […]
Berries
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North American Forest Garden
On the Eastern boundary at the Væres Venner community garden in Trondheim, I wanted to develop a small forest garden devoted to edible plants of the first peoples […]
Berries / Fruit
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July berries
Various berries harvested late July at home in the Edible Garden and in the Væres Venner Community Garden. More information in the picture captions. These were either eaten […]
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 […]
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 […]
Salad
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Pot luck salad
On Sunday 26th May we organized a potluck party in Væres Venners Community Garden in Trondheim for the first time! It was a fantastically successful event in glorious […]
Dandelions / Edimentals / Perennial vegetables
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Dandelions in pink, white and yellow
16th May 2024: Dandelions in white, pink and (self-sowed) yellow in the Asian part of the World Garden at the Væres Venner Community Garden in Trondheim. I planted […]
Perennial vegetables
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A video tour of the World Garden
A video tour on my youtube channel showing what’s emerging in The World Garden (Verdenshagen) at the Væres Venner Community Garden in Ranheim, Trondheim, Norway on 7th May […]
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 […]
Berries
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Autumn Olives
The 3 autumn olive / Japansk sølvbusk (Elaeagnus umbellata) bushes at the Væres Venner Community Garden are now producing well. This is about 2/3 of the berries and […]
Land Race / Pulses
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Broad Bean Land Race
First and second harvest of broad beans for drying to eat and next year’s seed. This is my “Væres Venner Mix” land race selected for maximum bean diversity […]
Annuals / Seed sAVING
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Black mustard seed
Seed processing season is upon us once again and all available space on window sills is full 🙂Grow your own spice! These are seeds of black mustard /svartsennep […]
Annuals / Salad / Seed pods
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A diversity of rat’s tails
I remember years ago ordering seed of a special heirloom heritage radish “rat’s tail” (Raphanus sativus var caudatus) through the Heritage Seed Library in the UK. I remember […]
Art / Perennial vegetables
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Artist in Residence Elin Eriksen
We’ve had a lovely 3 day visit this last weekend from artist Elin Eriksen from Nesodden starting a project based on my perennial vegetables. She sketched and photographed […]
Breeding
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Local runner bean landrace
I’ve started work on a local landrace of runner beans / blomsterbønner (Phaseolus coccineus). I sowed yesterday 15 varieties that are the earliest varieties I could find from […]
Botanical Garden / Community Garden / Garden tour / Perennial vegetables
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Garden visits with Fosen students
It’s always a pleasure to spend time with students from the Fosen Folk High School from the other side of the fjord. Despite the dreadful weather, we visited […]
Root crops
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20 seasons with Sarpo potatoes
(Norwegian under)This year was the 20th season of growing Sarpo potatoes here in Malvik/Trondheim and yields are as good as ever with 100% blight resistance! These were harvested […]
Beans
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Mini-glut of runner beans
The climate is such here that starting runner beans / blomsterbønner (Phaseolus coccineus) in mid-May they normally aren’t ready to harvest until September and the first frosts in […]