The article that opened my eyes to the importance of conserving our vegetable diversity was 37 years ago, written by Lawrence D Hills, Director of the Henry Doubleday […]
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2017 seed saving
Starting a new album of seed cleaned and packed for 2017 See also a large album from 2014-2017 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152657183550860.1073742196.655215859&type=1&l=5d68039f07 and http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=14005 231017: Added 45 more pictures! 051117: […]
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Current offers in Norwegian Seed Savers (KVANN) autumn seed and vegetable catalogue
I’m often asked if I sell seed of my perennial vegetables and other plants I blog about. The answer is that unless you have something I’m interested in […]
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Saving seed from edible plants
An album for a “few” pictures from the wild and wonderful world of seed collecting….. Post Views: 253
Birds / Seed / Trees
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Siskins and birch
Birch seed scales are currently falling in the garden thanks to the feeding of siskins (grønnsisik)…. Added videos of a siskin feeding on fallen birch seed next to […]
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Seed library in Malvik!
Utrolig! Biblioteket her i Malvik (pop. ca 13000) ønsker å starter opp Frøbiblioteket! Om du kan hjelpe med frø ta gjerne kontakt! Amazing…I never thought I’d see […]
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Misoni’s seeds
My friend Misoni Sandvik who figures in the Aster scaber and Bunias orientalis stories in my book has been back to Korea for the first time and she […]
Garden tour / Seed
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Kamouraska and La société des plantes
Thank you to Charles “Mr. Accordion Pissenlit” Frandelion for asking me over to Saint-Pascal (in the Kamouraska municipality) east of Quebec City and entertaining me with a great […]
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More seed stratifying in the garden..
Next batch of 60 or so perennials for stratifying :) Stratifying=cold treatment in the garden in an open to the elements cold frame.. Post Views: 100
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THE NEW EDIMENTALS SEED TRADE LIST FOR 2016-2017
21st January 2017 Welcome to my new seed trade list for 2016-17. 14, 15 and 16 in brackets indicates the harvesting year for the seed. Concerning seed quantity: […]
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Seed excitement in Malvik
One of the very very exciting moments of the year happened yesterday evening Thanks so much yet again to those amazing volunteer seed packers of the SRGC…and I’ll […]
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Seed sorting
I’m working on this year’s seed trade list and seed to be offered to Norwegian Seed Savers through our yearbook that will be […]
Cleaning seed / grain / Seed
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Cleaning quinoa seed
I’ve found the easiest way to clean quinoa and seed of other Chenopods is using water…the seed sinks and the chaff floats…after separating, the seed is dried… […]
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Scottish Rock Garden Cub seed catalogue no. 70!!
My most important source of vegetable seed the last 20 years is here… :) This year there are a mere 4,333 plants to choose from of which I […]
Biannuals / Brassica / Edimentals / oil seed / Seed
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The Edible Japanese Bluebell!
When I visited Japan in early spring 2016, I noticed a violet/purple flower growing as an ornamental in some gardens and also escaped as a weed. I finally […]
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Packing and sorting seed
A few pictures of seed I cleaned and packed for trading, offering to Norwegian Seed Savers and using in the kitchen today! 131116: Added a few more that […]
Onions / Seed
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Even more onions……
I thought I’d increase the vegetable biodiversity in my garden a little….seeds of potentially 28 new onions have arrived! Post Views: 87
Allotment / Bees / Seed
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Stavanger and around
After my weekend course in Haugaland, member of Norwegian Seed Savers, Tone Lise Østboe kindly showed me around gardens in Stavanger and we also visited Rogaland arboretum outside the […]
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Arctic ethnobotanical seed wanted
For an Arctic ethnobotanical garden, I’m looking for seed of the following species used for food by native peoples of Alaska! Angelica lucida Arabis lyrata ssp kamtchatica Claytonia […]
Onions / Seed
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Allium wallichii seed harvest
Illustrating the beauty of this plant even in fruit in early October and the large differences of different accessions of the same species.. Post Views: 111
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Seed of edibles from Japan
The autumn’s first seed order has arrived…new edibles from Japan to be sown soon :) Post Views: 80
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PLANTEKLUBBENS HØSTKATALOG 2016 (NORWEGIAN SEED SAVERS AUTUMN CATALOGUE)
Planteklubbens høstkatalog versjon 3 er nå klar og medlemmene kan nå bestille herfra. Katalogen kan lastes ned her: [gview file=”http://www.edimentals.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/aarbokgronns_potet2016_høst_ver3.pdf”] Post Views: 160
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Harvesting golpar
Heracleum persicum is a giant umbellifer, very closely related to Giant Hogweed another very closely related invasive of more southerly latitudes. We call it Tromsøpalme here as these […]
Birds / Seed
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Greenfinch on Jack-go-to-bed-by-noon seed heads!
I noticed these greenfinches / grønnfink in the garden on Jack-go-to-bed-by-noon / geitskjegg (Tragopogon pratensis) eating the seed! Post Views: 117