Arrived back home from the UK late last night to -15C and I had to literally plough up the driveway with my suitcase. Nothing frozen in the house […]
walks
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On the Itchen in Hampshire
Great family lunch in a pub at Shawford in Hampshire followed by a walk along the river between Shawford and Hampshire Post Views: 177
Foraging
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Foraging in (Old) Hampshire
It’s difficult to believe that the spring foraging season has come so far here in Hampshire, UK whilst on the other side of the North Sea there are […]
Foraging / Talks
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Hampshire and the Hungry Gap talk!
A few pictures from my Mum and Dad’s garden in Chandlers Ford, a walk around Old Town, Southampton, my talk on Hungry Gap veg at the Art Centre […]
Article / Salad
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Une salade avec 537 différentes plantes
Merci beaucoup, Raphael Maier https://raphlejardinier.wordpress.com/2018/02/21/record-mondial-de-salade/ Post Views: 278
Dandelions / Forager / Perennial vegetables
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RIP The King of the Dandelions, Dandelion Dude Peter Gail
Even though I never met him, I was saddened to learn this morning that one on North Americas leading foragers Peter Gail has died. I first came across […]
Edible flowers
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Begonia still flowering
One edible flower still going strong in my living room on 13th February! A Begonia, but unknown species! Post Views: 179
Birds / Mammal
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Birds in the garden 13th February 2018
1. Nuthatch and Great spotted woodpecker atop a spruce tree 2. My handsome grey red squirrel disappears up the tree with a grunt 3. I had a rodent […]
Mammal
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Handsome squirrel
The handsome red squirrel was back today….most red squirrels I’ve had in the garden over the years have been dark coloured! Post Views: 149
Birds
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Mating long-tailed tits?
Another first for the garden today, long-tailed tits (stjertmeis) displaying and perhtaps also mating? What do you think? Isn’t it a bit early? Another first for the garden […]
Mammal
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Grey red squirrel
An attractive grey “red squirrel” was in the garden this morning; it was 6 years ago I had a squirrel in the garden!! Post Views: 179
Birds
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Yellowhammer and Robin on the bird feeder
Two videos of birds that usually feed on the ground, today on the bird feeder….it was windy and not much competition from other birds! 1. Yellowhammer (gulspurv) 2. […]
Birds
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Drumming woodpecker
Drumming great spotted woodpecker (flaggspett), using the bird feeder today! Post Views: 166
Birds
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Birds in the garden 7th February 2018
Marsh tit (løvmeis) Yellowhammers (gulspurv), part of a flock of 11 birds with a brambling (bjørkefink) Hawfinch (kjernebiter) with nuthatch (spettmeis) at the end! Bird diversity in […]
Birds / Fjord views / Snow
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Snow at dawn
A fresh white view this morning and a beautiful dawn after a good snowfall yesterday.. View with drumming great spotted woodpecker (flagspett) Post Views: 175
Birds / Uncategorized
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White-tailed eagle pair
The white-tailed eagle (havørn) pair flew past again this morning and again landed in trees on Malvikodden… Maybe they’re thinking of nesting there? Post Views: 208
Birds
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White-tailed eagle..and the airport
White-tailed eagle (havørn) in flight past Malvikodden Note that you can see Trondheim (Værnes) airport in the background…this is where eagles were flown out and over to the […]
Birds
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A Gulp, Murder or a Charm?
Take you pick, this is either a Murder of magpies, a Charm of magpies or, charming, a Gulp of magpies… Post Views: 164
Birds
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Bird videos 4th February 2018
This time, a treecreeper (trekryper) on the bird feeder looking for tidbits, bird diversity under the feeder, my resident pair of great spotted woodpeckers (flaggspett) and the last […]
Food / Invasive plants / Perennial vegetable shoots
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Noxious pizza
I’m still alive and well after last night’s noxious pizza. I’ll explain. I used pea shoots from the living room, onion, Allium cernuum shoots harvested from the garden […]
Talks
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The Potential of Perennials for Food Resilience symposium
Happy to announce that I’ll be in Switzerland the week after Easter to attend and talk at a symposium on “The Potential of Perennials for Food Resilience” Here’s the […]
Fjord views
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Hell is cold this morning
In the video I zoom into Hell where the fjord smoke is drifting this morning, a sure sign that the temperature is under -10C! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Norway Post Views: 109
Birds
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Drumming in the garden at -10C
This morning it was -10C, but that didn’t stop this great spotted woodpecker from thinking of spring, drumming from this pine tree in the neighbour’s garden! Pause 0:00 […]
Fjord views / weather
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North East Gale
There’s an unusual wind direction, blowing a gale from the north east today, a sign of cold weather on the way as a low pressure system currently centred […]