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domestiCaited: The Native Seeds
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Sunday, December 7, 2014. Several weeks ago I promised a list of the seeds that I have planted in the yard to overwinter. Here it finally is! This is the front bed with the bags of soil. 22 species total, with a little variety in heights, blooming time, and sun requirements. There are a few that I'm really excited about. Doll's Eyes. They're weird. That's all the reason I need. Prairie Smoke, which I think is beautiful. It should add a nice splash of pink to the yard. Coneflower (probably pale purple).
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domestiCaited: 2015 Updated Yard Plant List
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Saturday, May 9, 2015. 2015 Updated Yard Plant List. The 2015 growing season is in full swing! There's been a lot of changes in the yard and I wanted to have an updated plant list. I'll work on a map later this season, but here's the new list! Prairie Plants = 52. Four types of aster (new england, aromatic). Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus. False Aster - boltonia asteroides. Queen of the Prairie. Shade Plants = 21. Illinois Prairie Rose (Rosa setigera). Shrubby St. John's Wort. And then the food plants!
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domestiCaited: December 2014
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Sunday, December 7, 2014. Several weeks ago I promised a list of the seeds that I have planted in the yard to overwinter. Here it finally is! This is the front bed with the bags of soil. 22 species total, with a little variety in heights, blooming time, and sun requirements. There are a few that I'm really excited about. Doll's Eyes. They're weird. That's all the reason I need. Prairie Smoke, which I think is beautiful. It should add a nice splash of pink to the yard. Coneflower (probably pale purple).
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domestiCaited: June 2015
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Sunday, June 21, 2015. Stewardship and Ethics in the Home Garden. This is a difficult post for me to write, because it's both self-critical and centering around controversial native landscape ethics. Yes, such a topic does exist, and is constantly evolving due to the "science" of restoration and issues of colonialism and sovereignty. There's a lot you can read about it on a large scale but for me the question is - how do stewardship and ethics apply to the home garden? As you can see in my yard list.
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domestiCaited: December 2012
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Sunday, December 9, 2012. I should explain before anything else that I have two rules for my yard, that make design more challenging but incredibly satisfying. Every I plant has to either be:. 1) Native to central Illinois. 2) Used in food production. Here's a drawing of the yard as it is today, after our first six months here:. Next, I worked out where I hope the yard will be at the end of 2013 a year from now. Page from facebook and transform our yard. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Ken Albala's Food Rant.
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domestiCaited: March 2012
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Friday, March 23, 2012. These seedlings have just been full of surprises. It's been five days and all but one type of seed (the Rosemary) has sprouted. The Lavender only has a few up, but it's at least something. Everything else has already become a monster. It's actually inconvenient, since I started seeds because I wanted it to take a while. All the packets said germination would take 2-3 weeks! I mean, look at how big they are. Some are already in the 4-5 inches range. What monsters! Successful - so a...
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domestiCaited: December 2013
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013. A 2013 Yard Retrospective. Well, hello there readers! It's been over a year since I updated this, for good reason as you know. So we'll start out with an obligatory picture of the nursery, for record-keeping's sake. It matches the domesticated theme, after all. The Sanctuary of Evie B. The reason I wanted to post, though, was to reflect on the progress we made in the yard during 2013. When I left you in December 2012, this was the way the yard looked. Due to a very generous co...
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domestiCaited: Stewardship and Ethics in the Home Garden
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Sunday, June 21, 2015. Stewardship and Ethics in the Home Garden. This is a difficult post for me to write, because it's both self-critical and centering around controversial native landscape ethics. Yes, such a topic does exist, and is constantly evolving due to the "science" of restoration and issues of colonialism and sovereignty. There's a lot you can read about it on a large scale but for me the question is - how do stewardship and ethics apply to the home garden? As you can see in my yard list.
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domestiCaited: May 2012
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Sunday, May 20, 2012. This post was actually prompted by the husband, who as soon as we were done with planting and photographing this afternoon said "you're gonna write a post about this right? In all fairness to him, he was pretty instrumental in this next step for our little garden. It expanded rather nicely today. Here's a close-up of the back of a leaf, with three little wrigglers hanging out and chomping on my broccoli. And a couple more eggs. I'll have to do some research and figure out wh...It's ...
