I got home from my trip at 8am this morning! At 10:30 a great group of students studying self-sufficiency (sjølbergerlinja) at Fosen folkehøgskole (Fosen Folk High School) visited […]
Birds
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New arrivals
These little fellows arrived back in the last couple of days! Post Views: 165
Birds
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Red Throated Divers
I can now hear red throated divers (smålom) calling and displaying on the fjord every day! A couple of videos from yesterday. They breed on small lakes inland […]
Perennial vegetables / Root crops
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Spring beauty time in the garden!
My spring beauties are flowering in the garden, appearing a little before wood anemones (hvitveis). The one I grow is Claytonia virginica and last summer I found this […]
Book
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The 5th reprint
DHL arrived yesterday with 200 new books of the 5th reprint of Around the World in 80 plants! This time 15 minor mistakes and improvements have been made! […]
Birds
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Today’s performance
who became the third species in 3 days to sing to me! Sat under the old gnarled birch tree in the garden having breakfast this morning and I […]
Biennial / Food
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Karvekaalsuppe
Yesterday was time for the annual karvekaalsuppe party in Malvik. The young spring shoots of caraway are ready for harvesting in early spring (April to early May). They […]
Fjord views / Sun
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Reflections from Stjørdal
Evening sun reflections from across the fjord at Stjørdal about 13kms away and the mountains beyond! Post Views: 130
Insects
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First Butterfly
My first butterfly of the year has emerged in the garden, a small tortoiseshell (neslesommerfugl), seen on one of the last winter aconites (vinterblom). I was surprised to […]
Birds
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Today it was the blue tit!
Today it was warm enough to sit outside and work for the first time this year (with a thick jumper)….and today it was the resident blue tit (blåmeis) […]
Birds
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My friend Robin redbreast!
I was in the garden most of the day, sawing up firewood and storing it for the winter. I was followed around by my friend the robin (rødstrupe) […]
Fjord views / Sun
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Early Rise in Early April
This is the best time of year for getting up at the crack of dawn, lots of birdsong too! The sunrise at the moment is about 6 am…..but, […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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9th April veggies
Tonight’s garden foraged perennial veggies for an oriental stir-fry! Lots of Hablitzia (stjernemelde), ground elder (skvallerkål), Svenskelauk (a form of Allium fistulosum), sweet cicely (spansk kjørvel), dandelion (løvetann), […]
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Climbers / Perennial vegetable shoots
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Hablitzia anti-grazing strategy
I transplanted a 3 year old pot grown Hablitzia plant yesterday and this video shows the many replacement shoots ready to grow quickly if the main shoots are […]
Trees
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Salad leaves
Every year I bring in twigs of lime / lind (Tilia), birch / bjørk (Betula), rowan / rogn (Sorbus), hawthorn (Crataegus), currants (Ribes) etc. and put them in […]
Birds
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Robin is back
Not my son Robin, but Erithacus rubecula returned this week. European robins (rødstrupe) are now classified with the flycatchers. A joy to hear their bittersweet song! Post Views: 228
Sun
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Sunrise over the point today!
Today the position of the sunrise on the horizon passed the point at Malvikodden on the other side of the bay (81 deg., just north of west). Only […]
Bees / Bulbs
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The bee and the crocus
It’s a beautiful sunny day here and a patch of Crocus tommasianus opened up in response. Making this film, my first 2019 bumble bee emerged from one of […]
Climbers / Perennial vegetables
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Hablitzia tour
A tour of my garden on 2nd April 2019 talking about one of my favourite perennial vegetables, Hablitzia tamnoides (Caucasian spinach). It’s extremely early yielding, productive, tasty, can […]
Dandelions / Foraging / Forcing / Perennial vegetables
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More blanched dandelions
More dandelions brought up from the (dark) cellar, ready to eat! These roots were just stored in damp autumn leaves! Post Views: 142
Birds / Snow
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Hoodies and pussy willows
Hooded crows (kråke) and goat willow (selje) coming into flower! Post Views: 146