Today marks the two year anniversary since I moved in to this house, which is kind of boggling for me to ponder. It already feels like I’ve been here forever, although I’m constantly reminded that the garden still has a way to go. When you move at plant pace, things can go slowly. Thanks to …
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Eating Invasive Species to Save the Environment
There’s a new(ish) trend in environmental circles which is sort of a best of all worlds blend of policy, incentive, and community involvement. Struggling with growing numbers of invasive species in many regions, whether they’re introduced for a particular reason or accidentally added to the environment, environmentalists recommend a new tactic: eat them. This is, …
Things I Have Tried (and Failed) to Grow
One of the most fun things about establishing a new garden is the opportunity to pore over plant catalogs and things to pick out various plants I’d like to experiment with. And, inevitably, it forces me to cast my mind back to various gardening failures of mine. Everyone’s had them, sometimes to fantastic degrees, and …
In the Garden: Bulbous. And Then Frozen.
I was originally planning to write a cheerful post about all the things blooming in February, and the garden starting to come to life. I took a bunch of pictures. And then, on the night of the 25th, we had a hard frost, and things looked grim indeed, especially when it repeated itself on the …
Plants to Watch Out For
Fennel. Brake Fern. Sunflowers. Barley. Sugar beets. Mustard. All plants with two things in common that can occasionally come into conflict. They are food sources that in addition to being cultivated in some cases can also be wildcrafted, collected from nature by people who are comfortable identifying and eating wild plants. They are also plants …
