Taraxacum sublaciniosum – the legendary Moss-leaved Dandelion (I’m not convinced it’s the same as in Vilmorin’s book)
Myrrhis odorata “Smooth” (from Søren Holt )
Taraxacum officinale “Vert de Montmagny Ameliore”
Allium victorialis from Lofoten
Allium ramosum
Silybum marianum
Peucedanum ostruthium “Daphnis” (variegated)
Taraxacum officinale “Improved”
Broad Beans for seed and eating
Aralia elata, Japanese Angelica / Fandens spaserstokk
Aralia californica
Aralia californica
Rumex nepalensis
Rumex nepalensis, husks removed
Reichardia picroides, French Scorzonera
Allium cernuum
Campanula trachelium Alba
Borago officinalis alba
Taraxacum rubifolium
Meum athamanticum
Allium obliquum
Allium insubricum
Allium insubricum
Allium lusitanicum
Pea “Sugar Snap”
Pea “Epicure”
Himalayan Balsam/ Prydspringfrø
Pea “Magnum Bonum”
Pea “Sumo Snow”
Staphylea pinnata / Bladdernut: Not something to rely on if you’re likely to be hungry
Staphylea pinnata / Bladdernut: Not something to rely on if you’re likely to be hungry
Staphylea pinnata / Bladdernut: Not something to rely on if you’re likely to be hungry….this was the total yield from the young tree in the other picture and a tiny nut morcel in each one… :(
Pea “Parsley Leaf”
Allium beesianum – the real thing!
Trillium erectum
Allium sikkimense
Allium cyaneum
Osmorhiza claytonii
Allium stenodon
Allium victorialis
Cryptotaenia canadensis / Honewort
Sideritis hyssopifolia
Allium wallichii – accession originally from Drake’s alpines in Scotland
Received as Allium cernuum from Oregon, but seems to be a cross with Allium stellatum
Patrinia gibbosa
Pastinaca sativa / Parsnip / Pastinakk
Pastinaca sativa / Parsnip / Pastinakk
Aster scaber harvested for seed today
Asparagus with fruit
Ribes petraeum biebersteinii/ Black Redcurrant / Svartrips
Chinese Walnut / Juglans cathayensis – there were several on the tree but I only found one on the ground
Phyteuma orbiculare (but I thought the seed heads should be spherical)
Caragana arborescens / Siberian Pea Tree / Sibirertebusk
Caragana arborescens / Siberian Pea Tree / Sibirertebusk
Caragana arborescens / Siberian Pea Tree / Sibirertebusk
Cress / Karse
Cress / Karse
Allium wallichii
Fagopyrum tataricum / Wild Buckwheat for winter sprouting
Carum carvi “Flåslien” / Caraway / Karve
Carum carvi “Flåslien” / Caraway / Karve
Sonchus palustris
Atriplex hortensis rubra
Astragalus glycyphyllus
Astragalus glycyphyllus
Silaum silaus
Aralia cordata
Aralia cordata
Cress / Karse
Cress / Karse
Allium macranthum
Cryptotaenia japonica atropurpurea
Paeonia officinalis
Paeonia officinalis
Hordeum jubatum / Foxtail Barley / Silkebygg
Hordeum jubatum / Foxtail Barley / Silkebygg
Calamintha adscendens
Stachys officinalis
Rumex scutatus (wild accession)
Hosta sieboldiana “Elegans”
Hosta sieboldiana “Elegans”
Hosta sieboldiana “Elegans”
Lilium martagon – mix of 4 varieties
Feverfew / Matrem “Aurea”
Elsholtzia ciliata
Chili “Jalapeno”
Arctium lappa “Ho Gobo” (leaf variety)
Arctium lappa “Ho Gobo” (leaf variety)
Hosta sieboldiana “Frances Williams”
Sanguisorba officinalis “Tanna”
Asparagus officinalis
Agastache foeniculum
Coriander / Koriander
Lilium davidii
Lilium davidii
Cleaning Allium wallichii seed pods is a bit like picking bilberries – stained hands
Aralia californica
Aralia californica
Allium tuberosum
Allium wallichii
One pod on normally sterile Norrlandsløk /Norrlands Onion
Back in Nesodden (family visit) after two great days celebrating økouka (national organic week) in Porsgrunn! Thanks to Gunn Marit and Anne Sofie for inviting me and for all the great folks that attended, several of which were members of KVANN (Norwegian Seed Savers). On Wednesday evening I gave a 90min + talk about KVANN and perennial veggies, followed by the official opening of Porsgrunn Seed Library (with my Hablitzia – stjernemelde) seed being the first donation. Then, on Thursday morning, I gave a course on perennial veggies to a group in the newly restored Eidanger vicarage in which the Eidanger CSA (moved here this year from another site) has a room, including half an hour looking at wild and garden plants in the old rectory garden! A great mix of folks, it was particularly pleasing that two young students had travelled down from Bø i Telemark to learn more about perennial vegetables! It was also good to see the leader of the Århus CSA scheme Tove and the new gardener Katrine in attendance! I’d met Tove on that memorable life-changing visit to Århus 5 years ago (http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=13690). There are lots of exciting sustainable developments and initiatives in Porsgrunn and I also talked to a guy with plans of converting an old farm to a forest garden. Great also to meet a newly arrived American wwoofer who had travelled south from Engeløya (Steigen) where she’d been working for my friend Eva Bakkeslett (see http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?page_id=1720 about my 2015 visit to Engeløya). For this reason, the course was in English!! Eidanger is destined to become a centre of vegetable diversity in the future with such a great group of visionary folk and a lot of land to work with!
See also this aerial view of the Porsgrunn CSA at the Eidanger Prestegård: https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/20863217_10214875018217539_4042211065793829304_o.jpg?oh=014f038146772c9a50993319a5a1c027&oe=5A546BFA
Another unseasonally “balmy” day in Malvik! Despite a clear night, it was warm enough to breakfast in the garden at sunrise at 7:15 with a beautiful sunrise, joined by a couple of nuthatches and admiral butterflies already on the wing at 9 am! Sad to have to leave for the cooler south (Porsgrunn) on the night train tonight….
Epazote (sitronmelde) used to be called Chenopodium ambrosioides, but has been renamed Dysphania ambrosioides…
It’s a short-lived perennial which can be overwintered in a cool room, resprouting from the roots in spring… It has an “interesting” smell which is reminiscent of turpentine
I must use it more…
From Wikipedia: “Although it is traditionally used with black beans for flavor and its supposed carminative properties (less gas), it is also sometimes used to flavor other traditional Mexican dishes as well: it can be used to season quesadillas and sopes (especially those containing huitlacoche), soups, mole de olla, tamales with cheese and chili peppers, chilaquiles, eggs and potatoes and enchiladas. It is often used as an herb in white fried rice and an important ingredient for making the green salsa for chilaquiles.”
Next best after Buddleja as a butterfly attractant in my garden and complementing it as it comes into flower just as Buddleja is finished: Eupatorium cannabinum (hemp agrimony / hjortetrøst)..
I was surprised to find so many chantarelle and winter chantarelle in the woods this morning. It’s pretty dry here now in this unusually warm late September weather…so my hunch of going to a north facing wood payed off! I had to force myself to stop picking…these now need to be cleaned before drying!
Just finished two and a half pretty intensive focused days working on the new Ringve (Trondheim) Botanical Garden Allium beds, digging up, cleaning, planting and documenting…..these two beds now contain 188 different perennial onions of 66 species and running out of space for the last 50…. ;)
See also http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=13525
Hog peanut, Amphicarpaea bracteata, one of the varieties sent to me by Owen Smith in 2012 is still alive, although hardly thriving, mainly as it’s overcrowded by a kiwi and Runner Beans…