July 23, 2022 While attending the Norwegian Seed Savers gathering in Ringebu recently, I met Malin Jonasson. She runs Hurdal Gjestegård which is one of 8 historical priest farms that the Schubelers Gardens has been granted funding to improve this year. We stayed in touch, and I have over the past weeks done popup farmers…
Continue reading Establishing a Perennial Garden at Hurdal Gjestegård
Onsdag 17 August kl 14:00 ved Hurdal Gjestegård. Jeg oppdaterer listen snart men tar med meg følgende garantert. Si ifra om det er noe spesielt folk vil ha så tar jeg med det også. Grønnsaker: Fersk grønnkål bunt: 35 kr Franske bønner: 50 kr bunt. Agrurk: 25 kr stk. Salathoder: 35 kr Staude Ruccola bunt:…
I recently attended a gathering organized by the Norwegian Seed Savers which included a broad network of gardeners and plant enthusiasts from all over Norway. We gathered in the priest’s farm at Ringebu which is one of the jewels in the crown of the recently established Schübeler Gardens. Frederik Schübeler (1815 – 1892) was a Norwegian botanist and curator at the…
Continue reading In the footsteps of Wergeland and Schübeler
For several years prior to Covid I partook in the Botanical Gardens plant marked each spring This year I´m back and look forward to seeing friends and familiar faces who want to buy plants from me. Here is the link to the event which I advise people to attend Platemarked. If anyone wants to come out…
As I posted recently on my blog post Selling the Farm, I will be moving to a new farm nearby called Furuvoll. I have long wanted to downsize to a tiny house and one idea I played with for a while was to set up one or two on the farm so that…
Selling the Farm After over a decade on the farm the time has come to selling it. Here is the link for those who may want to buy it. The showing is on the 2nd October. We will be staying in Nes and I have moved temporarily to a vegetable farm nearby called Furuvoll. We…
Studying organic agriculture was a letdown for me. I had expected to learn about ecology but was instead confronted with the workings of tractors, contribution margin calculations and basically conventional agriculture minus the sprays. I wanted to learn about how to relate to ecology in a sustainable way based on the science of ecology. Instead…
I´ll be holding a brand new seed course on the 11th and 24th January 2022. In it I´ll go through the basics as well as looking at how to save seeds from the following plants and their relatives: Amaranth, Beans, Tomato, Lettuce, Squash, Onion, Carrot and Cabbage. The course will be in English, with a…
Finding real solutions to global warming is THE challenge of our time. So far, we have achieved nothing of significance in reversing the trend to runaway global warming. There are growing cracks in the techno-optimistic belief that a shift of the economy over to renewable energy will save us. Increasingly, faith in consumerist, production focused, globalized,…
Fra Nina Hovden Sæther Leder for Norsk genressurssenter Dette er et notat om klosterbønnas historie og med noen dyrkingstips. Andrew McMillion deler det ut sammen med klosterbønneplanter som har selger og jeg synes det er veldig moro både at han selger disse plantene og at du kjøper dem. Jeg håper du vil like bønnene. Historien Klosterbønnas…
