Posted on Facebook on 4th December 2011: “I harvested my root chicory today (Di Sancino) and was pleased with the yield – very long uniform white roots. Only slightly bitter I’m sure I’ll be growing more of these in future. Chicories are easy to grow compared to other roots in that there are no pests that attack them and can therefore be grown organically without any protection!”
Really looking forward to visiting the beautiful tranquil Koster Islands again at the end of April and Helena von Bothmer‘s permaculture centre and gardens there. See the following FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1567806430183747
Here are a few pictures from my last trip two years ago, just for a visit…
More about the Koster Islands here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koster_Islands
North Koster
There was a commotion in the garden with the house sparrows making a racket…this was the culprit, a splendid male 
! He flew off a few moments later without a catch…
A flock of 25 yellowhammers / gulspurv in the garden today :)
Some pictures from a late afternoon ski on the new trail between Hønstad and Ranheim
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The view from the balcony at 6:30 this morning, with Jackdaws flying over from the roost towards the east..
The longest cloud I’ve seen here?
A nice blog entry from Wendy Pillar on the subject of Edimentals :
Plenty of snow still in the garden..a long time before I start digging ;)
The Norwegian name for ostrich fern is strutseving (ostrich wing) and fiddleheads are now appearing in my kitchen window, two months before they will be out in the garden. It’s easy to dig up some roots of this spreading species in the autumn. I left them outside in these pots until about a month ago. I’m leaving these first relatively small fiddleheads to grow, so as not to kill the roots (they will be planted back in the garden to recover). 
