Over the years, I have talked warmly about the sterile comfrey's many benefits. It is enormously vigorous and seems to have the ability to kick-start the dynamics of farming systems through its nutrient-accumulating ability. It is a favorite among bumblebees, can keep weeds in check and at the same time cannot spread by seeds. Recently, however, some question marks have started to appear about comfrey.
With just one day left to Midsummer there is no doubt about the plants that have passed the winter and those that have not done so. Those who have not been knocked out yet, you do not wait for something more. Each year, emphasizes that with some plants and the one who has followed the blog for a while know […]
The UN has decided to 2016 are legumes year and in honor of this, the edible perennial group appointed by the rather overlooked knölvialen (Lathyrus tuberosus) to this year's edible perennial. Lathyrus tuberosus is a climbing plant that makes beautiful pink flowers by summer. It works well to grow in the woodland garden context. Just like most other legumes bind nitrogen from knölvialen […]
Anyone who followed my advice that as part mainly herbaceous plants in the fall should by now have received a lot of small baby plants. I warned as to the risk of the seeds from surrounding trees and shrubs could end up in såbrättet and several readers have contacted us with questions about how to […]
After an unusually cold April has now become really hot and one of spring's favorite vegetables has set off in earnest - ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris). It is the only edible fern that I know. It grows wild in Sweden, where it thrives form the large stocks. In the Northeastern United States and Canada have the […]
To cultivate forest garden plants from seed is a science in itself, with as many rules as exceptions. A good technique I figured tell about in this post is to use the autumn sowing. Unlike annuals, where many are adapted to warmer climates, forest garden plants usually permanent and well-adapted to our cold […]
Sometimes it happens that there are large areas of open land in a forest garden, For example, when lifting the ground fabric for a few seasons, if you have used pigs for soil preparation or the start of his forest garden plowed and harvad go. Right now we have fairly large areas of bare soil from the excavation of the […]
Spring is the perennial vegetable in time and right now it's harvest time for several really nice vegetables. A few days ago it became jätterams (Polygonatum x hybdridum) for dinner. It belongs to the family of asparagus plants and reminiscent of wild asparagus to taste. The advantage of jätterams is that it matures earlier and thrive in deep shade. […]
Spring is like I mentioned before very early this year, although it seems that winter is on its way back to Dalarna. In a previous post I wrote about kökscomfrey 'Bocking 4' and garden sorrel (Rumex acetosa) who was first out after the thaw. Now there are more spring vegetables that are already moving out of the earth […]
Today, we grow about 90 species of herbaceous perennials and a dozen new is coming. Many of these are still living in our home garden where there are better conditions for its multiplication, but as soon as the establishment of örtskiktet in forest garden starts, we will move many plants there. All the plants on this list have demonstrated […]
