I’m in Habby Blitz (bliss) once again and Hablitzia tamnoides (Caucasian spinach / Stjernemelde / Nordens spinat) is the most important vegetable once again. With some 30 plants (and increasing) there¨’s more than enough to harvest. Here’s a few pictures from an area on very shallow soil (10-20cm) under the shade of a large birch tree where it thrives. And it’s now 20 years since I planted my first!
My Hablitzia plantation: orginally 6 different accessions that self-seeded
My Hablitzia plantation: orginally 6 different accessions that self-seeded
My Hablitzia plantation: orginally 6 different accessions that self-seeded
My Hablitzia plantation: orginally 6 different accessions that self-seeded
Hablitzia and Heracleum sibiricum have found each other: the former will climb up the latter as the season progresses
Hablitzia and Heracleum sibiricum have found each other: the former will climb up the latter as the season progresses
It’s a rare event to find a dead Hablitzia, but this one heaved up in shallow soil until it gave up this winter
The greens that went into last night’s wholegrain spelt quiche are listed below the picture! CELLAR: Dystaenia takesimana shoots; Forced hogweed (bjørnekjeks) shoots (Heracleum spp.); Forced Taraxacum (dandelion / løvetann); nederst til høyre: Witloof chicory (sikkori); øverst til høyre: swiss chard (mangold) GARDEN: Various hybrid onions (Allium senescens x nutans) and Hablitzia tamnoides (Caucasian spinach / stjernemelde)
Various Allium species are the hardiest of edible plants either staying green all winter (e.g., Allium cernuum and Allium carinatum) or sprouting very early and able to withstand some frost. With a minimum forecast of -6C tomorrow after a very mild March, it will be interesting to see whether any of these early shooters are damaged. Here are a selection of pictures of Alliums and other early spring shoots in this weeks snow.
Allium ochotense (closely related to Allium victorialis from Japan)
Allium ochotense (closely related to Allium victorialis from Japan)
Allium hymenorrhizum
Allium hymenorrhizum
Allium jesdianum
Allium schoenoprasum
Allium pskemense x fistulosum
Hemerocallis (day lily)
Allium stipitatum (Persian shallots)
Allium stipitatum (Persian shallots)
Allium stipitatum (Persian shallots)
Allium carinatum subsp pulchellum
Primula veris var macrocalyx
Alliums senescens x nutans
This Parasenecio / Cacalia spp. is much earlier than my others
Dystaenia takesimana is incredibly hardy
Dystaenia takesimana
This is my earliest dandelion (from the Alps)
Allium cernuum stays green all winter
Allium cernuum stays green all winter
Hablitzia tamnoides
Allium paradoxum
Perennial vegetables, Edimentals (plants that are edible and ornamental) and other goings on in The Edible Garden
CELLAR: Dystaenia takesimana shoots; Forced hogweed (bjørnekjeks) shoots (Heracleum spp.); Forced Taraxacum (dandelion / løvetann); nederst til høyre: Witloof chicory (sikkori); øverst til høyre: swiss chard (mangold)
