Zanthoxylum is a genus of some 250 species of deciduous and evergreen trees, shrubs and climbers in the citrus family, RutaceaeTo my great surprise, I discovered that a […]
Study Tour
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A visit to a sansho farm in Japan
As I’ve acknowledged in various other posts from my spring 2016 study tour to Japan I am forever grateful to Aiah Noack of Naturplanteskolen in Denmark for organising […]
Perennial vegetables / Root crops
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A visit to a Wasabi farm on the Izu peninsular in Japan
On 3rd April 2016 I was on an amazing study tour in Japan to witness first hand the cultivation of perennial vegetables. These are wild native species which […]
Garden tour
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Dutch visitors
Nice visit on Saturday from Saskia Wanders from Århus Andelsgård (Skien) and 3 Dutch friends, on the way to Lofoten! (with ostrich fern and Zanthoxylum piperitum (Japanese pepper). […]
grain / House plants / Root crops / Tubers
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Jicama-ahipa à la Henry quinoa
One of the culinary highlights of the year is the annual Jicama (hee-ka-ma) meal….if you’ve never eaten yam beans or Jicama (Pachyrhizus erosus), you haven’t lived! I grow […]
Shrub / Spice
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Sansho in the cellar
I saw cultivation of and ate leaves of Japanese Pepper or sansho (Zanthoxylum piperitum) several times in Japan…these leaves had sprouted in my cellar (pot grown as two […]