Small scale permaculture nursery in Maine, education enthusiast, and usually verbose.
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Small scale permaculture nursery in Maine, education enthusiast, and usually verbose.
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Outstanding Nectary Plants PDF - Eric Toensmeier (www.perennialsolutions.org)
Here is a quick article on high impact plants for supporting pollinators from Eric Toensmeier, author of Edible Forest Gardens and other books. The list is focused on Eastern and Central North America temperate areas....
What's growing on, Beehaw?
Things are greening up nicely following a few warm rains, and some of our earliest fruits are beginning to set. A little busy this week but I’ll be sure to add some shots in a comment a little later....
Lawn in bloom (i.imgur.com)
[Image description: clusters of violets bloom in a section of our front yard]
Some ducks in the field (i.imgur.com)
[Image description: two silver and black Muscovy ducks graze in the grass near the camera while two white ones forage in the background]
That blue (beehaw.org)
[Image description: a black and turquoise insect rests on a leaf.]...
Zen (i.imgur.com)
[Image description: fallen white cherry petals adorn a moss covered stone]
New England stone walls lie at the intersection of history, archaeology, ecology and geoscience, and deserve a science of their own (www.yahoo.com)
Jealousy (i.imgur.com)
[Image description: an Australian shepherd rests his paw on my shoulder while our cat looks on with envy]...
Feeling cute, might frost damage later (i.imgur.com)
[Image description: clusters of white cherry blossoms bloom along a branch]...
Our dog's third favorite human came up to visit
https://i.imgur.com/aEqLrxh.jpeg...
Mini tour of a mini garden. Micro scale FTW! (youtu.be)
Here’s a little inspiration for folks with small plots and big dreams - Bulgarian homestead on 500m² / ⅛ acre
What's Growing on, Beehaw?
I’m sorry for missing last week, I was so in the thick of storm cleanup I genuinely forgot how days work. As an apology, here’s a picture of one of our cherries ready to pop for spring: https://i.imgur.com/0utPGZB.jpeg...
Evening Frogsong (imgur.com)
Here is a short bit of what our larger pond sounds like at dusk now that the frogs are awake.
1.18k drawings of plant root systems (lemmy.smeargle.fans)
What's Growing On, Beehaw? Weekly Garden Chat
There are about a hundred potted perennials out on my front lawn right now as the latest wintry mix hits our area, and someone dropped off a huge box of cell trays and small pots to us yesterday. Some of them will go to our local library for their gardeners workshops and to prep for their annual plant sale fundraiser, some will...
That feeling when you were the best boy at the store (beehaw.org)
[Image description: an Australian shepherd makes a tired face after behaving at the pet store]...
What's growing on, Beehaw? (Garden Chat)
Today marks the beginning of the second full week of Spring in the northern hemisphere, even if some of us are stuck in second winter. Share your garden goals, projects, challenges, and successes for this growing season; share your tips, tricks, and garden hacks, or anything else you’d like. Let’s all help each other grow...
Frozen beauties (beehaw.org)
[Image description: a Sedum’s old blooms are encased in ice]...
Happy International Day of Forests!
What’s everybody doing to celebrate?
Wife called me out (beehaw.org)
xerces.org/…/dont-spring-into-garden-cleanup-too-… for a slightly more serious take on the topic.
Epoxy takes a while (imgur.com)
I’m almost wrapped up with filling voids, bark inclusions, and knot holes in the boards for the bookcase. If our garage was climate controlled I expect this process would have gone faster; the same could be said if I had more horizontal working space for staging and filling. Once everything is done curing I should be able to...
Fascinating conversation happening over here (beehaw.org)
For those of you here who aren’t subscribed to https://beehaw.org/c/chat there is a discussion about Thomas Berry’s 10 Principles of Rights....