Bagpipes from boxwood
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2018 (6) Symposium Usually Thursday is one of the days that I am outdoors in the forest or at the Edible Wood Farm. Last Thursday was different. This time I had …
Trees on wheels
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2018 (5) In and out “What did you do today, Mum?” asked my 17 year-old daughter at the dinner table one evening this week. My reply, “O nothing much. Just went …
Long and thin or short and fat?
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2018 (4) Unique Every tree is different. Definitely one of a kind. A tree is perpetually adapting to its surroundings. Sun, water, nutrients, space – all necessary ingredients resulting in growth …
Building muscles
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2018 (3) Reality Into the woods at last! What a relief it was to be able to replace a picture of a forest on a computer screen with a real one! …
Raining trees
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2018 (2) Storm Friday January 19th was the day that I had planned to start harvesting trees for the shiitake mushroom logs. The men with the chainsaws were ready to go …
Who wants to become a farmer?
Edible Wood Farm Journal: 2018 (1) Big, bigger, older, poorer It isn’t the first week of January but is the day that I have decided to start a blog. This morning I made myself clean …
Dag van de Wetenschap
Plantentuin Meise, Meise, Belgie 26/11/2017 In de Evolutiekas onder de indrukwekkende baard van Charles Darwin hebben Anneke (mijn oudste dochter) en ik vandaag ruim 220 porties diverse gerechtjes van eetbare paddenstoelen aan bezoekers laten proeven.
Omgevallen boom? Eet het op!
Zaterdag 28 – zondag 29 oktober 2017Zomertijd wordt wintertijd. Storm. Verschillende bomen in het land zullen de winterperiode niet meemaken. In plaats van de boom helemaal kapot te zagen voor brandhout, bewaar een paar stukken …
