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January 30, 2016. I’ve been doing a lot of “layering in place” experiments, which is I guess technically air layering. I basically cut a slit in a plastic pot, wound the stem of the plant – in this case rosemary – wire the … Continue reading →. Lots of Layering Lately. July 5, 2015. June 24, 2015. Sharing (Sunflower Seeds) is Caring. April 14, 2014. Spring is convincingly here, and many plants are picking up steam, budding and leafing out and stretching and flowering. I spent some time over the last ...
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Bees to the Rescue. Of Giant Moths, Nanking Cherries and Sea Side Plums →. March 11, 2012. Spent the day propagating plants. Back in fall, I tried my hand at ground layering, a technique that involves burying part of a plant stem to encourage the plant to root in place. Specifically, I bent a long blackcurrant. Today, I unburied the layered section, and was delighted to find roots! Line art drawing of ground layering (above) donated to the Wikimedia Foundation. And released into the public domain. I also...
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January 30, 2016. I’ve been doing a lot of “layering in place” experiments, which is I guess technically air layering. I basically cut a slit in a plastic pot, wound the stem of the plant – in this case rosemary – wire the … Continue reading →. Lots of Layering Lately. July 5, 2015. June 24, 2015. Seeding Nettles and Others. May 25, 2015. Finally got around to seeding (a little late, I realize) stinging nettles (Urtica dioica), alum root (Heuchera richardsonii), creeping Oregon grape (Mahonia repens) and...
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April 5, 2016. It’s warming up here, and many things are flowering. Pictured below is the very first flowering of the Felix Gillet quince. The fall-planted cabbages are flowering as well. I harvested most of the plants for sauerkraut, but let a few … Continue reading →. February 28, 2016. Felix Gillet Institute on NPR. January 19, 2016. One of My Favorite Things. July 1, 2015. June 24, 2015. To conserve rooting medium, water, time and space, I typically root cuttings in gang pots, which depending on what...
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June 24, 2015. To conserve rooting medium, water, time and space, I typically root cuttings in gang pots, which depending on what I’m rooting might hold a few to as many as a dozen cuttings. For instance, when I prune the blueberries in … Continue reading →. An Embarrassment of Acorns. The Cucumber That Got Away. Milling Again food forest garden. On Milling Cedar for Raised Beds. Banking Rainwater food forest garden. On Update – Elderberries on Acid. On Summer So Far: Fire, Raised Beds and Potatoes.
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Seeding Nettles and Others. May 25, 2015. Finally got around to seeding (a little late, I realize) stinging nettles (. Creeping Oregon grape (. The nettles I planted for pesto, the alum root because I’m intrigued by its astringent properties, and the Oregon grape and salal I hope to one day add to the most recent native food forest plot. In other news, the bare root walnut I planted early in the spring has finally awakened, and, having learned the hard way that deer will eat young walnut leaves. I am try...
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Going Native – A New Forest Plot. Double Digging →. Native Plot, Planted. April 19, 2015. Spent the day in the garden proper, and finally fixed the fencing that the bear wrecked. Back in 2012, after which I planted out the natives in the new native food forest plot. In the distant future. This entry was posted in Food Forest. Going Native – A New Forest Plot. Double Digging →. Native Plot, Planted. Pingback: Seeding Nettles and Others food forest garden. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Newer posts →. Felix Gillet Institute on NPR. January 19, 2016. Excited to hear a story about the Felix Gillet Institute on NPR today. I was just visiting with my Felix Gillet quince. Yesterday, and it’s looking well established, and will hopefully put on some good growth this year after all of this rain. January 10, 2016. Worked a little today on the raised bed project, using a propane torch to burn the cedar boards I milled over the summer. In a yakisugi sort of way…. January 1, 2016. September 30, 2015.
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Category Archives: Food Forest. Felix Gillet Institute on NPR. January 19, 2016. Excited to hear a story about the Felix Gillet Institute on NPR today. I was just visiting with my Felix Gillet quince yesterday, and it’s looking well established, and will hopefully put on some good growth this year after all … Continue reading →. June 24, 2015. Seeding Nettles and Others. May 25, 2015. Native Plot, Planted. April 19, 2015. Going Native – A New Forest Plot. April 4, 2015. It being spring, I’ve been i...
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Lots of Layering Lately. July 5, 2015. I’ve been spending long hours in the garden, puttering and propagating, and lately doing a lot of layering. This propagation technique seems particularly suited for plants that are inclined to root from cuttings, and for those that readily root when … Continue reading →. June 24, 2015. February 26, 2015. Pomegranate Harvest, Blueberry Defenses. October 27, 2013. Spent the weekend putting the summer garden to bed – coiling up hoses, deconstructing tomato struct...
