{"id":6772,"date":"2016-09-12T01:03:19","date_gmt":"2016-09-11T23:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=6772"},"modified":"2025-03-28T09:56:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T08:56:41","slug":"milde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=6772","title":{"rendered":"Milde garden tour 10th September 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I didn&#8217;t take many pictures on Sunday&#8217;s guided garden tour at the botanical garden in Bergen at Milde, but here are a few! I was very impressed in particular by the Andean vegetables including mauka and maca! Thanks to Heidi Lie Anderson, Bj\u00f8rn Moe and, in particular, skilled Andean gardener in Bergen, Bodil Oma!<br \/>\nIt was also great to have the chance to harvest and share the Gunnera (Nalca) leaf stalk&#8230;.the verdict was that it was surprisingly good, sweetly acid flavour! Here&#8217;s an album of pictures I took of the amazing Nalca food forests of Chiloe Island in Chile (including being shown by a local how to eat it!):\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/pictures\/index.php?\/category\/10\">http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/pictures\/index.php?\/category\/10<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See also\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?page_id=677\">http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?page_id=677<\/a><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6772 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><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=6773'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650056.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6773\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650056.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650056-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6773'>\n\t\t\t\tWe were very pleased that over 100 people turned up for the Milde edimentals tour and all my heavy load of books were sold out!\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=6780'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650054.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6780\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650054.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650054-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6780'>\n\t\t\t\tIntroduction and welcome from the garden&#8217;s Heidi Lie Andersen\u200b \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=6774'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650057.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6774\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650057.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650057-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6774'>\n\t\t\t\tAfter we sampled the Gunnera tinctoria from Chile (surprisingly tasty said several who tried!), and Vossakvann (the heirloom Norwegian selection of Angelica archangelica), we moved on to the South American garden where we saw an impressive bed of Mauka (Mirabilis expansa) with edible tubers and leaves!  \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=6775'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650059.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6775\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650059.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650059-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6775'>\n\t\t\t\tThe MACA (Lepidium peruvianum) also had impressively large roots! We also saw and talked about quinoa, Oca, Madeira vine and Canna edulis and Oca, before finishing with the multiple uses of caraway and, finally, Allium victorialis which has a large naturalised population at Granvin in Hardanger!\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=6776'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650060.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6776\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650060.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650060-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6776'>\n\t\t\t\tAfter the talk some of us went to Blondehuset in a different part of the garden for refreshments and nearby we found a nice patch of udo (Aralia cordata) \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=6777'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650066.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6777\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650066.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650066-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6777'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8230;and there were other edimentals in full flower, this diverse group of  Hordalanders posed for me in front of a flowering Devil&#8217;s Walking Stick (Fandens spaserstokk) a great forest garden edible (Aralia elata) from the Far East!\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=6778'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650070.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6778\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650070.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650070-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6778'>\n\t\t\t\tDevil&#8217;s Walking Stick (Fandens spaserstokk)\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=6779'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650075.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6779\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650075.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650075-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650075-300x400.jpg 300w\" 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-1-6779'>\n\t\t\t\tDevil&#8217;s Walking Stick (Fandens spaserstokk) self-seeded (?) in a rock crack!\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=6781'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650053-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6781\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650053-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650053-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1650053-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6781'>\n\t\t\t\tChu\u00f1o, Andean freeze-dried potatoes!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure 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