Two pictures of Fuki (Petasites japonicus) taken this morning, one of the delicious wild vegetables I ate in Japan (pictured prepared flower bud tempura, fukinoto) :)
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Hablitzia in snow
April snow
Woke up to this view at 5 am….still a shock to see new snow at the end of April, but not unusual…this weekend’s plans to sow and plant in the garden may have to wait until my return from my forthcoming trip to Southern Norway, Sweden and Denmark or maybe I should just abandon annuals altogether…
Perennial veggie quiche 2014
Almost 2 years ago on 29th April 2014, this quiche features perennial vegetables, starring Hablitzia / Stjernemelde, Allium victorialis / Seiersløk, Ground Elder / Skvallerkål, Stinging Nettle / Brennesle, Garlic / Hvitløk and homegrown chili, with a 100% wholemeal barley, rye and spelt crust, parmesan cheese and served with Jerusalem artichokes and Blue Congo potato and topped with dried with dried Alpine Bistort / Harerug bulbils!! Doesn’t get much better!!
Article in Pensjonisten
Nice article / interview by Heidi Løkken in Norwegian magazine Pensjonisten. Download here:
Sansho in the cellar
I saw cultivation of and ate leaves of Japanese Pepper or sansho (Zanthoxylum piperitum) several times in Japan…these leaves had sprouted in my cellar (pot grown as two attempts at overwintering failed).. more later…
Garlic shoot forest
The garlic bulbil shoots had grown into a forest in the kitchen in my absence :)
Japanese Victory Onion welcomed me home from Japan
Starling meeting
A group of starlings / stær were having a meeting in a spruce tree this evening….probably discussing the filthy accommodation I have on offer… :(
Trachystemon flowering in the cellar
Trachystemon orientalis flowers early in the spring….I found a plant I was overwintering in the cellar in full flower today :)
See my earlier blog about it here: http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?page_id=1269
I had already seen it in flower at Exeter University in the UK on 21st February!
