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Berries
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Black raspberries 2016
Why is it that black raspberries (Rubus occidentalis) aren’t more grown in Europe? They started ripening two weeks earlier than last year, see http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=2368 During the garden tour at […]
Fjord views / Sun
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Cold but stunning!
Cold but stunning view to wake up to…unusual to see fog on the other side of the fjord at Skatval.. Post Views: 150
Annuals / Salad
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Joke plants
I read some 15 years ago (but would love a proper reference*) that the Victorians (and some more recent jokers too) were […]
Food / Onions / Perennial vegetables / Root crops / walkabout onion / weeds
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A green medley pasta sauce for dinner!
Mostly annuals and biannuals tonight, but still 1/3 of the 41 ingredients are perennials! Post Views: 191
Forest Gardening / Garden tour
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Climate Festival garden tours!
Lovely bunch of people on the two tours of my garden today! Forgot to take any pictures during the first tour, so just a couple from the second […]
Edible flowers / Edimentals / Onions / Tubers
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Nepalese feast in Malvik
A couple of weeks ago, I finally got round to inviting botanist Kamal Acharya and his wife Sharmila Phuyal to see my garden!! They were amazed to see […]
Onions
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Allium rosenbachianum, a new edimental from Tajikstan and Uzbekistan
ADDED: Mark McDonough has commented on the Alliorum Facebook forum (https://www.facebook.com/groups/575374019245196) that the plant I have isn’t rosenbachianum, but probably Allium stipitatum “Album”, one of the Alliums eaten as […]
Uncategorized
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My very first garden in Edinburgh!
My very first garden in Balerno, on the outskirts of Edinburgh, probably 1978-1979! I was renting a flat and living in with the landlady. She didn’t use the […]
Garden tour
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Edinburgh guided edimentals walk
It’s confirmed that I’ll be doing a guided edimentals (=edible ornamentals) walk at the Royal Botanical Garden in Edinburgh’s Harvest Festival at 2 pm on Saturday 17th September […]