A great day in the company of some wonderful people in Åfjord yesterday!
Thanks to Astrid Mathilde Petterson and husband Gunnar for arranging the course and for the hospitality at their farm, Rotnes Gård, in an amazing location at the mouth of not one but two salmon rivers, Stordals og Nordalselva! The couple are restoring the farm buildings and rent out rooms to fishermen and tourists: http://www.afjord.no/opplevelser/rotnes-gard/
The day started with my Around the World talk in the morning followed by a great lunch at the farm (spinach soup, sourdough bread, wild salmon wraps etc.). We then wandered along the shore and in the woods looking for wild edibles. Here are a few pictures! Thanks to Bjørn and wife for the lift home afterwards (and quick garden tour!)
View from the course room
Introduction to Rotnes by Gunnar and Astrid before lunch
Talking about lady’s mantle / marikåpe at the beginning of the walk after lunch! Picture: Astrid
A wonderful floriferous Angelica archangelica (ssp. littoralis) (strandkvann) growing on the shoreline
Cetonia aurata (rose chafer / gullbasse) on Angelica
Scutellaria galericulata, common skullcap (skjoldbærer), not edible, sometimes used medicinally
Ligusticum scoticum is edible
Plantago maritima, an important source of vitamin C when preserved for long sea journeys in the past
May lily / bittekonvall flowering in July!
Lupins were the star attraction, although invasive and black-listed in Norway! We talked about other species of lupin used for food..but some folks are allergic!
We had a taste of Japanese knotweed (japanslirekne) growing on a tip at the farm
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