{"id":30043,"date":"2022-04-15T13:59:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T11:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=30043"},"modified":"2022-04-15T17:59:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T15:59:22","slug":"spring-wouldnt-be-spring-without-hablitzia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=30043","title":{"rendered":"Spring wouldn&#8217;t be spring without Hablitzia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m in Habby Blitz (bliss) once again and <em>Hablitzia tamnoides<\/em> (Caucasian spinach \/ Stjernemelde \/ Nordens spinat) is the most important vegetable once again. With some 30 plants (and increasing)&nbsp; there\u00a8&#8217;s more than enough to harvest. Here&#8217;s a few pictures from an area on very shallow soil (10-20cm) under the shade of a large birch tree where it thrives. And it&#8217;s now 20 years since I planted my first!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-30043 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=30049'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2100984.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-30049\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2100984.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2100984-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2100984-768x577.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2100984-640x481.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-30049'>\n\t\t\t\tMy Hablitzia plantation: orginally 6 different accessions that self-seeded \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=30044'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2110029.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-30044\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2110029.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2110029-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2110029-768x577.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2110029-640x481.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-30044'>\n\t\t\t\tMy Hablitzia plantation: orginally 6 different accessions that self-seeded \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=30045'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"799\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2110027.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-30045\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2110027.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2110027-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-30045'>\n\t\t\t\tMy Hablitzia plantation: orginally 6 different accessions that self-seeded \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=30046'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"751\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2110025.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-30046\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2110025.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2110025-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2110025-768x577.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2110025-640x481.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-30046'>\n\t\t\t\tMy Hablitzia plantation: orginally 6 different accessions that self-seeded \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=30047'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"799\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2100988.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-30047\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2100988.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2100988-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-30047'>\n\t\t\t\tHablitzia and Heracleum sibiricum have found each other:  the former will climb up the latter as the season progresses\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=30048'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2100986.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-30048\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2100986.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2100986-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2100986-768x577.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2100986-640x481.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-30048'>\n\t\t\t\tHablitzia and Heracleum sibiricum have found each other:  the former will climb up the latter as the season progresses\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=30050'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"799\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2100979.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-30050\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2100979.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P2100979-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-30050'>\n\t\t\t\tIt&#8217;s a rare event to find a dead Hablitzia, but this one heaved up in shallow soil until it gave up this winter\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m in Habby Blitz (bliss) once again and Hablitzia tamnoides (Caucasian spinach \/ Stjernemelde \/ Nordens spinat) is the most important vegetable once again. 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