Edible & ornamental
A multispecies barlemmotto for dinner last night. Barlemmotto? Think risotto made instead with wholegrain BARley and EMMer wheat grains :) The ingredients are shown with the pictures! Post […]
One of the hardiest fungi appears often midwinter in mild winters. It is the velvet shank (vintersopp in Norwegian, meaning winter fungus; Flammulina velutipes). The recent mild weather has […]
98% full moon rising over the airport at Stjørdal this evening! Post Views: 207
After 3-4 weeks of snow cover, the weather this week changed dramatically and we had the second warmest February day over the last 100 years with over 10C! […]
The first rainbow of the year in the northern sky! The position of rainbows is highly seasonal here, but at this time when the sun is low over […]
In 2015, I blogged on “A Year in the life of the Persian Shallot” (see http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?page_id=893) and dried a few onions for future use. Persian shallot can be […]
They’ve been absent for some time apart from a single bird occasionally. A flock of 6 birds were in the garden most of yesterday: 1) …with Yellowhammers (gulspurv), tree […]
Blackbirds (svarttrost) are still shy forest birds here, so I was surprised that this one came to greet me this morning right outside my home office! Post Views: […]
Welcome to my new seed trade list for 2018-19. 16, 17 and 18 in brackets indicates the harvesting year for the seed. Concerning seed quantity: as I don’t […]
Save your own pea seed and sprout your own in winter indoors, some of these used for a stir-fry dish last night! If sown in soil, they can […]
High cloud front moving nothwards at sunrise this morning, now totally overcast. Post Views: 170
Sea smoke drifting past this morning’s light show and a shot taken at dawn! Post Views: 162
Here’s how I sow and record perennials sowed mid-winter for stratifying. They will be left outside until they germinate in April-June, some not until 2020! Post Views: 143
English at the bottom! I forbindelse med et lunsjforedrag hos Artsdatabanken i Trondheim 21. august 2017 fikk jeg en liste over alle 71 planter i Svart høy risiko (SE) […]
More seed arrived this week and, a bit late this year due to my 1st February project deadline I’ve started sowing seed, now stratifying under the snow outside! […]
Intriguing patterns (oceanographic fronts / fjord dynamics) on the fjord Post Views: 166
Greenfinches (grønnfink) enjoying the sunshine in the garden with a few yellowhamers (gulspurv) amongst the aspen (osp) buds! Post Views: 170