Monthly Archives: October 2018
Potato harvest at Væres Venner
The first small potato harvest in KVANN’s (Norwegian Seed Savers) vegetable sanctuary at Væres Venner Community garden.
I planted 10 varieties of potatoes in the spring…these were virus-free mini-seed potatoes offered to members. They were planted close at about 15 cm apart to produce full size seed potatoes for the 2019 season!
The varieties were a mixture of old Norwegian heirlooms and modern day varieties. The following Norwegian page gives the background for all the varieties seen here: http://
Winter chantarelle picking
The most reliable edible fungi here is winter chantarelle (traktkantarell). Only once in my over 30 years of picking this has it failed. The second part of October is the best time and I can always find large quantities in short time in damp mossy spruce woodlands which there is much of near me. Fortunate then that it’s one of the tastiest and it dries quickly for long term storage.This year is no exception and an oven load is now drying (too warm to have the wood burning stove on for drying).
Redwing on yew
Redwing (rødvingetrost) on yew (barlind) berries strategically placed outside the kitchen window!
Fasciated Allium nutans “Lena”
I noticed a fasciated scape on my Allium nutans “Lena”…a plant that featured in my book, found in a vegetable garden in Russia by Swedish author Lena Israelsson…
October salad
Today’s salad was decorated by the grandchildren! Didn’t they do a good job ….and they dug into it, picking out the good bits which included sour Begonia flowers, tomatoes and not home grown feta cheese..
Potato holiday
This week is Norwegian potetferie or potato holiday. This was originally to give kids time off school to help on the home farm to harvest potatoes! Good to see that my grandkids are following this tradition :)
Edimental of the day
Updated complete list of links to my Edimental of the Day tweets on Twitter!
010818 | Allium caeruleum (Blue-of-the-Heavens) | pic.twitter.com/VhjAxsp9pC |
020818 | Monarda “Adam” | pic.twitter.com/sbsygqHh7m |
030818 | Korean mint, Agastache rugosa “Blue Fortune” | pic.twitter.com/mcjLczm9Gx |
040818 | Dwarf Jerusalem Artichoke | pic.twitter.com/8m484da2fX |
050818 | Liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) | pic.twitter.com/m17cRB01aQ |
060818 | Korean Angelica (Angelica gigas) | pic.twitter.com/jdElTlLXrb |
070818 | Saskatoon, Amelanchier alnifolia “Thiessen” | pic.twitter.com/bWBZ0iNXQL |
080818 | Korean Aster (Aster scaber) | pic.twitter.com/MftOTCuJew |
100818 | Sherpa or Nepal onion (Allium wallichii) | pic.twitter.com/oYSY4HKYiG |
110818 | Houttuynia cordata (“Flore Pleno”). | pic.twitter.com/tVLRy99GTI |
120818 | Hosta sieboldiana | pic.twitter.com/98NA1rJeDR |
130818 | Udo or Japanese Asparagus, Aralia cordata | pic.twitter.com/hD8CjAsnMm |
140818 | Hemerocallis altissima (literally Tallest Daylily) | pic.twitter.com/JQSaUOteBL |
150818 | Oerprei, a form of Allium ampeloprasum | pic.twitter.com/AykXXKAEV9 |
160818 | Tigridia pavonia (Cacomitl or tiger flower) | pic.twitter.com/NXtWuTgayo |
170818 | Phaseolus coccineus (runner bean) bicoloured cultivar “Painted Lady”, | pic.twitter.com/EGtFQxeT6i |
180818 | Allium sativum (garlic) variety Aleksandra | pic.twitter.com/922GZJcyQ7 |
190818 | Variegated ground elder (Aegopodium podograria variegata) | pic.twitter.com/KpyGKTgfEz |
200818 | Yellow variegated devil’s walking stick (Aralia elata “Aureovariegata”) | pic.twitter.com/F2KP2tTCwa |
210818 | Tomato Rose (Rosa rugosa) | pic.twitter.com/DFqqmj89lu |
220818 | Mashua “Ken Aslet” (Tropaeolum tuberosum) | pic.twitter.com/b4Mx3WwYTx |
230818 | Paracress, toothache plant and electric daisy (Spilanthes acmella) | pic.twitter.com/vam8IfwN2a |
240818 | Adam’s needle or Eve’s thread (Yucca filamentosa) | pic.twitter.com/U6lScdP6l0 |
250818 | Snow white bee balm (Monarda “Schneewitchen” | pic.twitter.com/y7vxjQuOT6 |
260818 | Citron or long yellow daylily (Hemerocallis citrina), | pic.twitter.com/mN28JcbbMr |
270818 | Vasconcellea goudotiana (papayuelo) | pic.twitter.com/0qQPseypwU |
280818 | Dark form of Sherpa or Nepal onion (Allium wallichii) | pic.twitter.com/TN0FM1vf7U |
300818 | Musk mallow (Malva moschata) pink and white | pic.twitter.com/AJe0tTJlKQ |
310818 | Nigella sativa, black onion seed, black caraway, black cumin or kalonji. | pic.twitter.com/4KeU43lalq |
010918 | Urtica laetevirens | pic.twitter.com/MTVneuWE2S |
020918 | Tuberous begonias | pic.twitter.com/ckRFTOHzL9 |
030918 | Ansofs Gule (or Tante Cis) tomato | pic.twitter.com/oEWCodDZck |
040918 | Kanokoyuri (Lilium speciosum | pic.twitter.com/RfkFaG7QqW |
060918 | Udo (Aralia cordata) in Reykjavik | pic.twitter.com/jSdLzSI6At |
070918 | American elderberry (Sambucus canadensis “York”) | pic.twitter.com/9BMbAdJZHw |
080918 | Pink flowered dandelion (Taraxacum pseudoroseum) | pic.twitter.com/qMcdC3Dgp6 |
100918 | Moonglow tomato | pic.twitter.com/WjSJMtu2Lt |
110918 | Lilium auratum | pic.twitter.com/syjEp4Q7UX |
120918 | Twistedleaf or lopsided onion (Allium obliquum) | pic.twitter.com/QItOxWozm8 |
150918 | Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) | pic.twitter.com/IqkwUyrfZG |
160918 | Japanese dogwood (Cornus kousa) | pic.twitter.com/Ia7EAuiBmW |
170918 | Opopeo Love-lies-bleeding (Amarantus caudatus “Opopeo”) | pic.twitter.com/NXEPEXs8g9 |
180918 | Rubus illecebrosus (the Strawberry-Raspberry) | pic.twitter.com/yA8rsBoczL |
011018 | Sweet chestnut rose (Rosa roxburghii) | pic.twitter.com/2URC57Gpi0 |
021018 | Blue passion flower (Passiflora caerulea) | pic.twitter.com/Ll2uXtGBCt |
031018 | Castanea sativa “Albomarginata” | pic.twitter.com/fFdTGpcVlw |
101018 | Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) | pic.twitter.com/w41j4KgIX1 |
131018 | Aster ovatus var yezoensis “Hakikomi Fu” | pic.twitter.com/wdlVgsYxGf |
161018 | Pisum sativum “Salmon-flowered pea” | pic.twitter.com/Hd4YlIzsdh |
191018 | Japanese Banana (Musa basjoo) | pic.twitter.com/ycfQYmFSCc |
231018 | Djulis or Taiwanese Quinoa (Chenopodium formosanum) | pic.twitter.com/3G8rsuh8Pw |
041118 | Brazilian mallow (Abutilon megapotamicum “Orange Hot Lava”) | pic.twitter.com/KvPGKMqP5z |
121118 | Dwarf tomatillo (Solanum abutiloides) | pic.twitter.com/YI3XwSnUuS |
151118 | Pot marigold (Calendula officinalis) | pic.twitter.com/F5h06lPrvs |
201118 | Vietnamese balm /kinh giới (Elsholtzia ciliata) | pic.twitter.com/Ogv1wCqqAq |
231118 | Chinese Hibiscus / shoeblack plant (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) | pic.twitter.com/QAKhvbAkN5 |
261118 | Daubenton variegated perennial kale | pic.twitter.com/tWpZXeLXN8 |
180519 | Primula veris (cowslip) mutants | pic.twitter.com/wyFBVjqc0d |
200719 | Anchusa azurea | pic.twitter.com/3bdhJLUuG1 |
290719 | Greater musk mallow (Malva alcea) | pic.twitter.com/zmjve6r2GQ |
Das Essgarten-Kochbuch: Überraschende Rezepte mit Funkie, Magnolie und Co.
The Edible Garden cookbook: surprising recipes with Hosta, Magnolia and others: Thanks to Matthias Brück for drawing my attention to this interesting German cookbook with recipes for several of the perennial vegetables in my book as well as a number of less known and up and coming fruits.
The index gives a taste of what you’ll find in the book (an English translation would be great), see below the picture!
A
Alcea rosea 46
Ampel-Crêpes nach Künstlerart 126
Apfelbeere
Schwarze 130
Apple Cinnamon Bread Pudding 136
Aralia cordata 118
Aralia elata 116
Aralie
Japanische 116
Aralie mit Anis 118
Aroniacreme nach Essgarten-Art 132
Aroniasaft 130
Arten
geschützte 25
Aufstrichrezepte 130
B
Baharat 80
Bambus 84
Goldrohr- 84
Schwarzrohr- 84
Bambusarten
winterharte 84
Bambussprossen 84
Bambussprossen mit Ananas 86
Bambustriebe
essbar 84
Baumsaft 64
Beilage 18, 30, 44, 52, 102, 136
Beilage mit Japanischem Rhabarber
30
Belgische Hopfensprossen mit Champignons
72
Berberitze 8
Gewöhnliche 88
Berberitzenarten
essbare 88
Berberitzenreis 88
Berberitzenreis Sereschk Polo mit
Huhn 90
Berglitschi 108
Bitterstoffe 8
Blaublattfunkie 20
Blumenhartriegel
Japanischer 108
Blumenhartriegel mit Aprikose und
Crème brulée 110
Brennnesselspitzen 68
Bunter Couscous 80
C
Camellia sinensis 56
Chaenomeles 60
Chaenomeles cathayensis 60
Chutney 62
Cornus kousa 108
Cornus kousa ‘Big apple’ 109
Cornus kousa ‘Milky Way’ 109
Cornus mas ‘Jolico’ 50
Cornus mas ‘Kasanlaker’ 50
Cranberry 104
Crème brulée 110
D
Datenbank 8, 141
Dessert 42, 56, 70, 74
Deutsche Oliven 52
Dschondscholi 92
Duftstoffe 75
Durchgedrehte Fetthenne – Fingerfood-
Schiffchen 44
Dureup 116
E
Echter Hopfen 70
Eierspätzle mit Taglilien 14
Einfrieren 68, 84, 88, 97, 131, 132
Taglilienblüten 16
Taglilienknospen 16
Eingelegte Magnolienblüten 102
Einlegen 100, 136
Erdnussbutter 86
Ernten
Blüten 8
Knospen 8
Essgarten 6, 7
Essig 88, 90
Essigbaum 96
essbar 8
Essigbeere 88
Exoten
Essbare 7
F
Fallopia japonica 28
Festtagstorte mit Kamelien 58
Fetthenne 40
Fiddleheads 26
Fingerfood 34, 40
Flieder
Gemeiner 78
Fliederarten
essbar 78
Fliederblütengebäck 82
Food- oder Aromapairing 36
Fruchtlikör 108
G
Gartenpflanzen 7, 10
Gefüllte Funkienröllchen 22
Gefüllte Taglilienblüten 18
Gelee 60, 130, 134
Gemüsearten
neue 7
Gewürz
orientalisches 96
Gewürzsumachs 96
Giersch 68
Giftpflanzen 7
Granatapfelsaft 90
H
Harissa 80
Hirschkolbensumach 96
Hochblätter
farbige 108
Hopfensprossen 70
Hosta sieboldiana
’Big Daddy’ 21
Houttuynia cordata ‘Chamaeleon‘ 36
I
Indianerlimonade 98
Indian Lemonade spezial 98
J
Japanische
Rhabarber-Erdbeer-Torte 32
Japanisches Wildrhabarbercurry 34
Jeon 116
Joghurt 54
K
Kalina 104, 106
Kalina royal 106
Kamelie 56
Kapern 92
Karamell 112
Karamellbeere 112
E-Book mit Wasserzeichenschutz (5912972-1/5e55ae6422974d65b7b8cf41e90343e5, BIC media 10/2018)
R EG I ST E R | 143
Kimchi mit Garnelen 128
Kochkurse 7
Komogi 24
Kornelkirsche 50
Kornelkirschen-Sorbet 54
Kriek Lambic 72
Küche
japanische 20
L
Leycesteria formosa 112
Leycesteria formosa ‘Purple Rain’ 114
Likör 130
Limonade 96
Linde 64
Lindensirup 64
M
Magnolia kobus 100
Magnolie 100
Kobushi- 100
Magnoliensalz 103
Malus ‘Chestnut’ 135
Malus ‘Evereste’ 134
Malus ‘Golden Hornet’ 134
Malus ‘John Downie’ 134
Malus ‘Red Sentinel’ 134
Malus spec. 134
Marmelade 62, 130
Matteucia struthiopteris ‘Jumbo’ 24
Molchschwanz 36
Mugunghwa 124
N
Naturschutz 92
Neophyt
invasiver 28
Nutzgarten 4
O
Oliebollen nach Essgarten-Art 138
Oxalsäure 29
P
Passionsblume
Blaue 120
Passiflora caerulea 120
Passiflora caerulea
‘Constance Eliott’ 121
Passiflora incarnata ‘Maypop’ 122
Petersilie
saure 88
Pflanzendatenbank 8, 141
Pflanzenteile
essbare 8
Phyllostachys nigra 84
Pimpernuss
Amerikanische 92
Gemeine 92
Kolchische 92
Pimpernusskaviar 94
Pimpernusslikör 92
Q
Quiche Tilia mit Zwiebeln und
Schinken 68
R
Ras el-Hanout 80, 132
Regenbogen-Mango 38
Reiskuchen
Mochi 56
Rhabarberrezepte 28
Rhizomsperre 71, 96
Rhus coriaria 96
Rosenblüten 75
Rosenblütensirup 76, 80
Rosenlikör 76
Rosensirup 74
Roter Lindenknospensalat
mediterran 66
S
Sauerdorn 88
Sauerkirschbier 72
Schlehen
eingelegte 52
Schneeball
Gewöhnlicher 104
Pflaumenblättriger 104
Sedum spectabile 40
Sedum telephium 40
Sezchuan-Pfeffer 86
Silvestergebäck 138
Sirup 102, 130
Spargelrezepte 26
Staphylea pinnata 92
Staphylea trifoliata 92
Staudenknöterich
Japanischer 28
Stockrose 46
Stockrosen-Lasagne mit grünem
Pesto 48
Straucheibisch 124
Straußenfarn 24
Sumach 96
Süße frittierte Passionsspießchen
mit Feigen 122
Syringa vulgaris 78
T
Taglilie 12
Taranome 116
Tee 46, 56, 64
Teepflanze 56
Tempura 116
Teufelskrückstock 116
Tiramisu formosa 114
Tomatensahne mit
Taglilienknospen und Pistazien 16
Trichterfarn 24
Trocknen 101, 102, 131
Trocknung 97
U
Unverschämte Fetthenne –
Fingerfood-Schiffchen 42
V
Vap Ca 36
Viburnum opulus 104
Viburnum prunifolium 104
Vorspeise 12, 18, 22, 42, 122
W
Wildgehölz 92
Wildobst 50, 88
Wurzelausläufer 71, 96
www.pfaf.org 8, 141
Z
Zierapfel 134
Zierquittenchutney mit Rosinen 62
Ziergemüse 4, 6, 7, 10
Ernte 8
Zierquitte
chinesische 60
Zwischengang 42