It was difficult to concentrate at the weekend as there was so much happening outside the living room window…here’s a selection of still pictures and videos of birds […]
Birds
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Greenfinch taking food from the bill of a hawfinch
Following up on yesterday’s film, here we see a greenfinch trying to take morcels of seed from a hawfinch (kjernebiter)..I saw this several times today and yesterday…it happens […]
Perennial vegetable shoots / Root crops
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Pepper-root
“Pepperrot” is the Norwegian name, also known as common man’s wasabi, it’s horseradish, Armoracia rusticana, a multipurpose, perennial, high yield, very hardy vegetable used not only for the […]
Moon
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Moon rolls along horizon before taking off!
I hadn’t noticed this little detail before… :) Post Views: 155
Fjord views / Garden views / Snow
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Blinding light!
After a really dark grey day yesterday, I woke up to a blinding light! Post Views: 109
Climbers / Forest Gardening / Perennial vegetables
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My first wild Hablitzia accession
10 years ago in July 2006, I received an email seed request from a Sergey Banketov in the Caucasus. I don’t usually trade seed in summer, but he […]
Birds
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Sparrowhawk
With so much food in the garden, the predators were out too! Post Views: 116
Birds
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Hawfinches and Nuthaches
A flock of 8 hawfinches, a couple of nuthatches, 20 goldfinches, chaffinches, greenfinches and blue and great Tits made for colourful views in the garden today! Post Views: […]
Climbers / Winter shoots
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Hablitzia excavation
I dug out one of my Hablitzia plants today as it had self-sowed in a place I didn’t want it….I harvested a few of the winter shoots and […]
Edible flowers / Edimentals / Fibre plant
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Nepal Exhibition at RBGE
When I visited the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh (RBGE) in September 2016 I was pleased to find an exhibition of portraits of Nepalese plants, many of which […]
Pulses
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Did the Carlin Pea originate in Norway?
At the weekend, I packed some seed of Carlin Pea, a very old English pea that I’ve grown here in Malvik since around 1990 when I ordered it […]
Biannuals / Perennials / Root crops
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Jack-go-to-bed-by-noon/Chorogi/Madeira vine tuber harvest
Harvested roots of Jack-go-to-bed-by-noon (Tragopogon pratensis), an introduced weed in my garden. It is related to salsify and scorzonera – I eat the roots and force a few for […]
Forcing / Perennial vegetables / Winter shoots
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Udo roots for forcing
Inspired by my visit in the spring to Tokyo’s underground blanching of Udo (Aralia cordata), see link below, I dug up a couple of roots that I will […]
Drying / Food
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Broad beans, peas and quinoa
Kitchen cupboard with broad beans, peas and quinoa.. Post Views: 167
Root crops
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Greater pignut
Greater pignut or earth chestnut (Bunium bulbocastanum) is an interesting perennial hardy root vegetable in the carrot family (Apiaceae) that I had in my garden for 10-15 years. […]
Birds
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The Goldies are back!
The Goldfinches (stillits) are back. They are winter visitors here and, as far as I know, it isn’t known where these birds breed, perhaps in the Baltic states […]
Seed
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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 […]