Post Ack10dNIbDNpExwyZs by MichaelSiino@www.minds.com
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(DIR) Post #Ack10cMYMVC06MarmC by CZSeventy5@www.minds.com
2023-12-12T15:41:40+00:00
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TroubleOh boy!
(DIR) Post #Ack10dNIbDNpExwyZs by MichaelSiino@www.minds.com
2023-12-12T16:29:50+00:00
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What are you excited to start growing in the spring ?
(DIR) Post #AckS2fTGTS2H5Dw1ku by oneilnature@www.minds.com
2023-12-12T22:28:36+00:00
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Are you getting plants you have never grown before?
(DIR) Post #AckdV0AEEMCSrikC0W by oneilnature@www.minds.com
2023-12-12T23:21:53+00:00
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"You are what you grow". Isn't that the phrase? I'm kidding. I share your thoughts on growing as many unique plants as possible. And I doubt anyone would mind that you answered the question.
(DIR) Post #AckvoTfCZfpV29fTcG by CZSeventy5@www.minds.com
2023-12-13T02:20:07+00:00
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Yes. For sure, trying okra, ginger, and horseradish. Hope to do corn if I get ambitious enough to clear some of the yard. Hope to give sweet potatoes another go now that we beat the voles. May try runner beans, walking onions... not sure what else. How about you?
(DIR) Post #AclhNevNOVRZwKVl8C by CZSeventy5@www.minds.com
2023-12-13T10:59:54+00:00
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@kestrel_black Wow! You have your work cut out for you! I have many of the same plans. I want to do two 8 foot by 2 foot beds with a cattle panel arch between for beans, and then I plan on putting more varieties everywhere I can squeeze them in. Then same with winter squashes and pumpkins. Where ever they fit. Peas, can't ever have enough plants. I may try a small variety of melon. Summer squash, I plan on one bed, and I am going to wrap the stems in foil and police the plants daily. It is war between me and the bugs this year!
(DIR) Post #AcnxtpSnjUEdTYQXOy by CZSeventy5@www.minds.com
2023-12-14T14:03:51+00:00
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@kestrel_black Yeah, it still does not work. I think it is because my browser on my phone is Brave with ad blockers... I'll try switching it to Chrome and see.
(DIR) Post #AcxBUY69Q88beGd1GK by Stacewizer@www.minds.com
2023-12-17T19:44:56+00:00
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A few of my favorites... You might also like One Green World. They have a huge variety of fruiting shrubs and trees.Richters out of Canada has some good medicinal plants, as does Strictly Medicinal Seeds. Both have seeds and live plants.
(DIR) Post #AcxK2JVexxSzskAfYG by Stacewizer@www.minds.com
2023-12-19T03:59:30+00:00
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You sound like me. I've used etsy quite a bit. The trees I've gotten are mostly all still alive. Small, but alive. I've got A LOT of land to work into. I can't move very fast, so things are taking their sweet time. I just got some trees through Arbor Day. Planted out red and sugar maples, Methley plum, two hazelnuts, and a pecan. As time progresses and the trees get larger, I'll plant in understory bushes and start cloning them off for sale and multiplication. Where I live there isn't much variety. I've talked to a local nurseryman; nice guy, but damn, I feel like I'm teaching him about permaculture and forest gardening. Over time, if I'm lucky, I expect I'll be selling a fair variety of plants to locals. I feel like holding an introduction course on permaculture and forest gardening. The soil is good, lots of rain, fair weather. I just see more lawn then gardens and it makes me sad and honestly a bit on edge. People need to grow food. But you seem to already know that, so I won't preach.
(DIR) Post #AcxUkuuAI9MI91XYw4 by Stacewizer@www.minds.com
2023-12-19T05:43:54+00:00
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@kestrel_black My first forest garden was a rental house. The yard was 10x15, give or take. I had 200+ varieties of plants, including a plum, quince and almond as the tree layer. My neighbors don't ask enough questions to know I'm a crazy man yet. My property is very isolated as it's completely bordered in forest, which I plan to grow edibles in also, mostly ginseng, ramps, mushrooms, and medicinal herbs
(DIR) Post #AcyB5wi6yC6httc1my by Stacewizer@www.minds.com
2023-12-19T06:49:08+00:00
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@kestrel_black If nothing else, like I did, you are proving what can be done on a small parcel. Everyone thinks you need large swaths of land, and you don't. Mind you I bought just over 5 acres and can hardly get around it now. Every inch of property can grow food. In Salt Lake, it was all just lawn and hedges. Non-food plants galore. It was depressing. That's why I pushed the limits on my tiny plot. To show people what could be done.In eastern Tennessee you'd expect it, but gardens are few and far between and everything is annuals.My mom moved here with me and it's taken her two years to understand the principles of forest gardening. She was stuck on the idea of a block garden.Crazy