{"id":7499,"date":"2016-09-29T15:47:22","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T13:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=7499"},"modified":"2020-06-28T22:21:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T20:21:02","slug":"the-many-uses-of-udo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=7499","title":{"rendered":"The Many Uses of Udo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time freely available is my article in Permaculture Magazine \u00a0about\u00a0my largest and most exciting vegetable Udo (<em>Aralia cordata<\/em>)! See the link near\u00a0the bottom of the page and\u00a0please subscribe here, they do a great job, but need our support! Go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.permaculture.co.uk\/subscribe\">\u00a0https:\/\/www.permaculture.co.uk\/subscribe<\/a>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>To witness the underground cultivation of Udo in large caverns under Tokyo (mentioned in the article) was one of the reasons for embarking on a study tour of\u00a0Japan with Naturplanteskolen in Denmark in Spring 2016, and during the visit\u00a0we discovered that you can have one more layer in a forest garden&#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7499 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=7503'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"781\" height=\"562\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Picture2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7503\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Picture2.jpg 781w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Picture2-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7503'>\n\t\t\t\tThe udo wood&#8230;\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=7501'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/14102555_1517533011605945_347426169659978955_n.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7501\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/14102555_1517533011605945_347426169659978955_n.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/14102555_1517533011605945_347426169659978955_n-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/14102555_1517533011605945_347426169659978955_n-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7501'>\n\t\t\t\tAbout to descend for the first time into Udo heaven; picture courtesy of Naturplanteskolen\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=7506'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"781\" height=\"627\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Picture5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Picture5.jpg 781w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Picture5-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/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=7505'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"1066\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Picture4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7505\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Picture4.jpg 799w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Picture4-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Picture4-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Picture4-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7505'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8230;and there they were!!\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=7504'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"601\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Picture3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7504\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Picture3.jpg 799w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Picture3-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7504'>\n\t\t\t\tGreen udo tempura in a restaurant!\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=7507'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"421\" height=\"646\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Picture6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7507\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Picture6.jpg 421w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Picture6-196x300.jpg 196w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Picture6-300x460.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7507'>\n\t\t\t\tThe broccolis are also used\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=7502'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1586\" height=\"1069\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Picture1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7502\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Picture1.jpg 1586w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Picture1-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Picture1-1024x690.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1586px) 100vw, 1586px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7502'>\n\t\t\t\tIn the coldest spring ever in 2015 in my area, udo grew better than ever, whilst traditional farmers were struggling to sow and plant!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The Permaculture Magazine article: is an excerpt from my book Around the World in 80 plants (to buy the book please follow this link: \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.green-shopping.co.uk\/books\/pp\/around-the-world-in-80-plants.html\">http:\/\/www.green-shopping.co.uk\/books\/pp\/around-the-world-in-80-plants.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[gview file=&#8221;http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Udo.pdf&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a FB album by Naturplanteskolen of the underground Udo tour!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/naturplanteskolen.dk\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=1517532741605972\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/naturplanteskolen.dk\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=1517532741605972<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Tei Kobayashi who acted as interpreter and liasing with the local authorities, to Ken Minatoya in the Netherlands who also initially called the city clerks for me and Joan Bailey for helping out, accompanying us on the visit and also for writing a local article, see here\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/metropolisjapan.com\/more-than-cherry-blossoms\">http:\/\/metropolisjapan.com\/more-than-cherry-blossoms<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/metropolisjapan.com\/more-than-cherry-blossoms\">I<\/a>\u00a0will write more about this visit as well as my other encounters with Udo in Japan as soon as I can!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time freely available is my article in Permaculture Magazine \u00a0about\u00a0my largest and most exciting vegetable Udo (Aralia cordata)! See the link near\u00a0the bottom of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1355],"tags":[300,94,1709,76,195,433,1708,1136,299],"class_list":["post-7499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-perennial-vegetables","tag-aralia-cordata","tag-around-the-world-in-80-plants","tag-blanching","tag-japan","tag-naturplanteskolen","tag-permaculture-magazine","tag-permanent-publications","tag-tokyo","tag-udo"],"views":6925,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7499"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25887,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7499\/revisions\/25887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}