An interview with yours truly at Holma Forest Garden in Southern Sweden during my visit in early May. Filmed and produced by Jim Nilsson who did an excellent […]
Onions
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Sherpa basil pesto
Sherpa onion (Allium wallichii) and basil pesto for tonight’s dinner! Delicious! I’ve been growing basil in my office at work since I was a student in Edinburgh in […]
Climbers / Edible flowers
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Hablizzoli
If Hablitzia, the Caucasian Spinach, had been discovered in Italy these unopen flower clusters would no doubt be known as Hablizzoli…Hablitzia broccolis or Broccoli di Hablizzias….Although small, they are […]
Beans / Perennials
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Germinating Phaseolus polystachios
Two of the perennial beans, Phaseolus polystachios, have germinated :) See my earlier blog about this exciting plant here: http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?page_id=3600 Post Views: 150
Fjord views / Local nature
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Malvikodden / Tynesodden
Malvikodden is a fantastic mixed woodland area on the other side of the bay (Malvikbukta) from where I live, sadly largely felled by heavy machinery… anyway, it still has […]
Sun
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Stunning 11pm double rainbow
For the second night running a rainbow developed at about 10:40 and this time developed into one of the best displays I’ve seen, lasting almost 30 minutes when […]
Book / Perennials
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Most northerly overwintered edible Gunnera?
I was surprised to see two Gunneras (both tinctoria/chilensis and manicata) outside at the Ringve Botanical Gardens in Trondheim at the weekend. Reidun Mork told me that they […]
Birds
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The bathing season is upon us!
With air temperature forecast to rise above 20C, I noticed this beauty having a bath from the cycle path… Post Views: 126
Perennials
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Vollinger in Malvik raid
These 4 fun-loving specimens of Homo sapiens from Germany, the US, Denmark and Norway, on a secret mission, raided my garden of some giant vegetables this evening and […]
Fjord views / Sun
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Solstice skies
And a couple of views of our northern skies at the solstice itself at 12:30 am last night..it clouded over soon after, so no moon to see from […]
Fjord views
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Strawberry clouds
No strawberry moons here yet, but at 11 pm this was the view over the fjord. Happy solstice dreams everyone….!! Post Views: 107
Perennials
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Solstice sweet and sour soup greens
Somebody once said that solstice greens are the best…I’d add that solstice perennial greens are even better :) Here’s what I used in tonight’s soup: Sea kale(strandkål), Scorzonera (scorsonnerot), […]
Brassica / Perennials
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Giant Taunton Deane Perennial Kale
On 13th June 2016, I visited National Trust garden Knightshayes Court near Tiverton in Devon, 5 years after I was there last: http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?page_id=2505 Many thanks to Sam Brown […]
Breeding / Forest Gardening / Nursery / Perennials / Root crops / Salad / topset onion / Tubers / walkabout onion
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Mandy Barber’s Incredible Vegetables and The Field
Well, not only Mandy’s plot, a group of local people in Ashburton, Devon got together to buy The Field a few years ago to grow vegetables communally! It is […]
Garden tour
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Ringve Edimentals tours : more pictures
Some additional pictures from the Ringve Edimentals tour taken by Lorna O’Lynn, many from the second of the two tours, several showing the grand tulip flower tasting :) […]
Talks
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The Extreme Salad Man UK mini tour; June 2016
A reminder of my mini tour of southern England next week: 12th June 2016: Hellens Garden Festival, UK: Talk based on my book Around the World in 80 […]
Uncategorized
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Lorna and Kia
My two garden helpers left today. Lorna is from Belfast and was recommended to me by the Head Gardener of Mount Stewart in Northern Ireland, Neil Porteous, who […]
Perennials / Salad
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A few weekend plants and salads!
Just a few weekend shots from the garden and kitchen during a hard working gardening weekend with my helper, Kia from Fosen Folkehøgskole Post Views: 149
Talks / walks
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Coming home to talk to some groovy growers
I grew up in Eastleigh only a few miles from Southampton, so it’s a bit special for me to be invited to talk to some groovy growers in […]
Edimentals / Fruit
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Edimental apples
Apple trees in full bloom are a wonderful sight, aren’t they? I’ve seldom seen so many flowers on them as this and the rowans are also flowering well […]
Ferns / Perennials
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16 days later
The rate of growth of Udo (Aralia cordata) from Japan is phenomenal in cool spring weather, even outgrowing Hablitzia tamnoides (Caucasian spinach)! The first picture was taken by […]