A wonderful birthday dinner again this week!As is the tradition since I left home, my birthday dinner has been Macaroni Cheese with rhubarb crumble for dessert. Mac Cheese […]
Onions / Perennial vegetables
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Unintentional presents
Yesterday was my birthday and the best presents were all unintended as birthday presents:1. Allium victorialis from a large stand that has naturalised from a farm garden in […]
Birds
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Good times for gulls
The annual large flocks of gulls are now here resting in the bay after feeding following farmers’ ploughs all day. They are mostly common gulls (fiskemåke) and black-headed […]
Forcing / Perennial vegetables
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Does udo resprout
During a webinar recently somebody asked me recently whether udo (Aralia cordata) resprouts in the same season if one cuts it. I said I would give photographic evidence […]
Food / Perennial vegetables
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Perennial veggie saag and stuffed blue congo paratha
The favourite food of an average Englishman of my generation is Indian and I’m no exception. Yesterday I was inspired to make perennial veggie aloo saag and stuffed […]
Climbers / Food / Perennial vegetable shoots
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Habby pizza time with Urui shoots
We are now rapidly approaching maximum Habby (Hablitzia tamnoides) harvest, so most meals now have masses of shoots of this amazing perennial vegetable. We make sourdough bread every […]
Climbers / Food / Perennial vegetables
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Habby pea soup
Yesterday was the first day above 10C this year and my Hablitzia (Caucasian spinach) plants are really growing fast. We used those in the picture together with thinned […]
Sun
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I’ll never tire of that view!
Woken at 5:58 am by the first rays of the sun and bird song as warmer weather has arrived at last. Post Views: 80
Food / Perennial vegetable shoots
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First Garden Forage of 2021
Most of the greens are now finished in the cellar, so time for the first harvest in the garden despite for the fact that it’s been snowing off […]
Dandelions / Perennial vegetables / Winter vegetables
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Dissected dandelion bud
We’ve been eating dandelions for lunch every day now for almost 3 months from the roots dug in the autumn and there’s still loads (see my post in […]
Birds / Snow
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Redwings are back
I was in the garden this morning and heard the contact call of the (European) redwing (rødvingetrost), described as a thin, drawn and sharp “sreee”. It’s always a […]
Perennial vegetables / Snow
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Hail Hablitzia
Yesterday it hailed on my collection of Hablitzia plants…and today they were covered in a white blanket: Post Views: 130
Birds
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Pinkfeet fly-past
Large fly-past by pinkfeet (kortnebbgjess) yesterday. I noted 9 flocks in total and 6 flocks of in total 900 birds between 14:15 and 15:30. The map showing all […]