jeanmariemorelli.com
Beans | Sustainable Garden Design
https://jeanmariemorelli.com/category/beans
January 4, 2011. April 27, 2012. This is an exciting project that I wrote about two years ago for the PT Co-op Newsletter. You can see it on their website. The Quimper Peninsula receives very little rain, about seventeen inches on average. We are also learning that the Chimacum aquifer is at risk of being overdrawn. And of course, more development means more wells, and there’s a limit to the water held in the aquifer. Additionally, sandy soils low in organic matter are common in our region. Other farmers...
jeanmariemorelli.com
Sense of Place | Sustainable Garden Design
https://jeanmariemorelli.com/category/sense-of-place
Radio Interview: The Drought of 2015 and Gardening with Natives. August 19, 2015. August 28, 2015. Https:/ growgather2eat.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/nature-now223-81915-plants-and-drought.mp3. Here is a transcript from a local radio show. Debaran Kelso, host of Nature Now interviews me about the drought and gardening with natives. What are the first indications that a plant is undergoing water stress, Jeanmarie? DK: Broadleaf just means flat wide leaves such as maples and oaks. JM: Right. We have be...
jeanmariemorelli.com
Wildcrafting | Sustainable Garden Design
https://jeanmariemorelli.com/category/wildcrafting-2
Mysteries of Maple Sap. February 24, 2015. June 1, 2015. Most people know maple syrup comes from sugar maple trees, but did you know that forty gallons of maple sap is boiled down to make one gallon of syrup? Each morning after milking, my boyfriend and I, along with the other young couple would wait for the farmer to declare if we’d work the. Under the right ecological conditions sugar maple,. Cold and refreshing like a mountain stream, but with a mild sweetness that hinted of trees; it tasted like the ...
jeanmariemorelli.com
Compost & Soil Fertility | Sustainable Garden Design
https://jeanmariemorelli.com/category/compost-soil-fertility
Compost and Soil Fertility. Soil Ecosystems and Compost. March 16, 2015. Outside, the ground is alive; it’s soil. When it gets on your hands and clothes and you bring it inside it becomes dirt sand, silt, and clay. It dries out and the organisms die. Humus results from many organisms using and transforming organic material to the point that the original material can no longer be identified. This carbon can last in the soil for hundreds of years. Why is compost important? Compost adds microorganisms that ...
jeanmariemorelli.com
Grains and Pseudograins | Sustainable Garden Design
https://jeanmariemorelli.com/category/grains-and-pseudograins
Some of what we call grains are technically not members of the grass family, and are called pseudograins. October 15, 2011. October 20, 2011. The folks at Golden Rule Garden, a project of Ecology Action contributed two gallons of recently grown and dried quinoa to the Ecology Action 40th Anniversary Celebration, last weekend. Ellen Bartholomew, garden manager, warned me that I needed to repeatedly wash the quinoa seeds (technically a. These were her instructions:. The colorful calyx of each tiny seed flo...
jeanmariemorelli.com
Organic Vineyards | Sustainable Garden Design
https://jeanmariemorelli.com/category/organic-vineyards
Arrival at the Winery. October 15, 2011. October 20, 2011. Frey Winery is a medium size winery; besides the grapes they grow on their own acreage, they buy organic grapes from small vineyards in Mendocino County. Posted in all posts. Pressing Grapes at America’s Oldest Organic Winery. October 15, 2011. October 20, 2011. Posted in all posts. September 25, 2011. October 20, 2011. Early one morning, I saw Daniel Frey driving the golf cart he. He told me how much he loved the whole. The prep had been buried.
jeanmariemorelli.com
Quinoa | Sustainable Garden Design
https://jeanmariemorelli.com/category/grains-and-pseudograins/quinoa
October 15, 2011. October 20, 2011. The folks at Golden Rule Garden, a project of Ecology Action contributed two gallons of recently grown and dried quinoa to the Ecology Action 40th Anniversary Celebration, last weekend. Ellen Bartholomew, garden manager, warned me that I needed to repeatedly wash the quinoa seeds (technically a. Because it is not from the grass family, rather it is related to spinach, Swiss chard and the edible weed, lambsquaters). Well, I didn’t listen. These were her instructions:.
jeanmariemorelli.com
all posts | Sustainable Garden Design
https://jeanmariemorelli.com/category/all-posts
Sea Buckthorn or Seaberry. September 12, 2015. September 13, 2015. So you’ve heard of this shrub, Sea Buckthorn, and think you want to try growing it, but you’re not sure if it is a good match for your place? Well, let’s take a look. The reasons to consider it are that as a landscape ornamental with willow-like silvery foliage and attractive orange berries, this is a tough, drought-tolerant plant. A large shrub or small tree, Sea Buckthorn can withstand coastal winds and grows in most soils. Ilana Smith ...
jeanmariemorelli.com
Seed Saving | Sustainable Garden Design
https://jeanmariemorelli.com/category/seed-saving
Tomorrow’s Heirloom Crops: Vegetable trials for OSA breeding program. August 15, 2013. November 17, 2014. NOVIC Broccoli Field Trials at Red Dog Farm, Chimacum Washington. Until recently, almost all commercial, vegetable-crop breeding was geared to hybrid seed used for conventional production that relies on chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Multinational companies that sell hybrid seeds often funded the research. Since hybrids result from crossing two separate parent lines, they will not produ...These...
chimacumcorner.com
New Bulk Soil Amendments for Organic Gardeners - Chimacum Corner Farmstand
http://chimacumcorner.com/home/gardening/new-bulk-soil-amendments-for-organic-gardeners
9l22 Rhody Drive, Chimacum, WA 36O-732-OlO7 OPEN DAILY, 9am-7pm. Farmers & Producers:. Chimacum, Washington, Monday August 22, 2016. New Bulk Soil Amendments for Organic Gardeners. February 19th, 2014. Every successful organic gardener or farmer knows that one of the most important requirements for growing healthy plants is starting with healthy soil:. How to make those microorganisms happy? If Rob’s around (as he usually is Tue Sat before 3:30), you can also challenge him with questions! She discusses w...
