{"id":30089,"date":"2022-05-14T15:35:29","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T13:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=30089"},"modified":"2022-05-14T15:35:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T13:35:30","slug":"some-odds-and-ends-this-week-in-malvik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=30089","title":{"rendered":"Some odds and ends this week in Malvik"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol>\n<li>The best of vegetables ready to harvest this week: blanched sea kale (<em>Crambe maritima<\/em>), blanched lovage (<em>Levisticum officinale<\/em>) and nettles (<em>Urtica dioica<\/em>)! Delicious.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30093 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P5100529.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P5100529.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P5100529-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P5100529-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P5100529-768x770.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P5100529-640x642.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>\n<div dir=\"auto\">IT&#8217;S DANDINOODLE TIME HERE IN MALVIK: one of the year&#8217;s many highlights!<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This is by far my earliest dandelion to come into growth in March. It was sent to me as seed from the Alps in Switzerland, following a talk I gave there and was supposed to be similar to the moss-leaved dandelion but the leaves weren&#8217;t similar at all. These are from one plant! I&#8217;m trying to fine out which species it is&#8230;<\/div>\n<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30092 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P5130612-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P5130612-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P5130612-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P5130612-1024x500.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P5130612-768x375.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P5130612-1536x750.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P5130612-2048x999.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P5130612-640x312.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30095 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/10981826_10153177045755860_2522712786380826866_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"371\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/10981826_10153177045755860_2522712786380826866_n.jpg 371w, https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/10981826_10153177045755860_2522712786380826866_n-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/>3. <em>Allium paradoxum var paradoxum<\/em> isn&#8217;t a plant you&#8217;ll want in your garden as this form has bulbils which can spread invasively. I was sent this 20 years ago from a garden in Sweden as <em>Allium triquetrum<\/em> but it wasn&#8217;t that one. I never considered either of these invasive Alliums as hardy enough to be a problem here and this one has slowly colonised the space around my oldest <em>Hablitzia tamnoides<\/em>. With warmer winters I have started more aggressive harvesting of this one.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30091 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P5140629.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P5140629.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P5140629-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>I now harvest both the young leaves, the tops, in particular the bulbils to keep it under control. They are delicious both raw in mixed salads and cooked.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30094 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P5100526.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P5100526.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P5100526-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P5100526-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/P5100526-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best of vegetables ready to harvest this week: blanched sea kale (Crambe maritima), blanched lovage (Levisticum officinale) and nettles (Urtica dioica)! Delicious. 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