Comfrey excavation
PASSIVE Gardening
MtGE
Intrinsic
This is one for the records! All that #comfrey! #mulch #biomass #garden #symphytum #permaculture
It's official! My 2020 project of crafting a collection of artisan arches is taking flight and flooding events here in Ohio with their air of beauty.
@gate_way_flora will have all the ongoing styled shoots for this new venture if you want to follow these closely. I may also be diverting a lot of my floral activities to that account also. Just FYI. I know a lot of you follow me for the flowers so no prob if you switch.
The Honeycomb, pictured here, had its first debut at a small private wedding. The Close Angle in the second picture is also complete. The Eternity, which I appreciate all the feedback on a while back, is still coming along. Also in the works are a bamboo hexagon, and a gothic arch made of long willow branches. My sense for style drags me into these, but then figuring out how to make these stand and break down for easy transport..... #weddingArches #yeargoals #2020vision #hexagonarch #entrepreneur
Cystisus scoparius, or scotch broom, is among the elite N-fixers of the world. It is a legume (not all N-fixers are leguminous) and has a broad, particularly adaptive repertoire of bacterial synergists it can employ for fixing N in some pretty harsh conditions. "Invasive" is the term it has been branded with as a result. (With one of the foremost nutrients for growth on tap from the air, why not take over the world?) I personally have planted it in multiple client systems, and my own food forest, where it is coppiced regularly to inhibit spread by seed. The resulting mulch of twiggy branches and tiny leaves flush the soil biota with a healthy dose nitrogen pulled from the air.
This is one N-fixer I still need to cover in my N-fixers series on the blog. If you're into this kind of thing, definitely check out the link in my bio. There, I've compiled a number of articles on my favorite N-fixers for permanent agriculture system design.
#nitrogen #mulch #scotchbroom #permaculture
4pm EST Thursday April 23 Imagine having a consultant, with experience setting up multiple high function, to high aesthetic, gardens and orchards, for clients all around the world, explain his approach to system design for your project. For free? Usually I do charge a high fee for this service, because I pour myself into the work. This Thursday, you will have the chance to join an Instagram livestream with me, and hear how I go about breaking down a design, how I listen to my client's needs, and satisfy those needs and dreams beyond what my clients imagined possible. It’s time for you to make your dreams come true, or dream big -just to get started.
I have had long distance clients as far afield as Belgium, to virtual consultations here in my state of Ohio, USA. And many in-person consultations and installations. I have worked in conjunction with several designers, on food forest, and gardens small enough for arms length, to 20 acre forest gardens featuring a million dollar home at the center (the house wasn’t my design, although I do get into that a bit. I just mention it to help you picture the grandeur of some projects I’ve enjoyed working on. And the plant budget was 55,000 per year, haha). If you've read this far, I'd love to hear what time of day would work best for you to join this livestream. I'll determine the time Wednesday and update everyone on this post and via my stories.
You can just sit back and watch, or ask questions. I'll even take some phone calls this Thursday, April 23rd.
The year is still in its youth. If you choose, you can grab hold of what's left in 2020 and look at a whole new project underway when December comes around. Look forward to hearing from you in the comments!
Do you ever have floral design ideas (or other creative dreams) you just want to touch? Get out of your head?
This bouquet was one of those for me. I built a base out of miscanthus stems, tied with hemp twine. Further additions were curly willow, equisetum, and 2 tones of daffodil.
I also was asked if I could make a living forsythia wreath. Never have before, and prefer to skip floral foam, so created some very satisfying results my friend using a small grapevine base for structure, covered with craft paper, tied with twine, and soaked in water. Functional, and entirely biodegradable.
Which if these two is your favorite?
#daffodils#cascadebridalbouquetbouquet #localflowers #ecofloral #nofloralfoam #forsythia #livingwreath
My little baby suns went out to the big gardens yesterday! This is early for sun's in my area. Is tarted them a month ago in flats. SO much rain, so I couldn't till (not that I want to) but there was young wheat left from last year's cover crop here. I just sliced off the patchy wheat plants, raked them to the side, and laid compost on top of this wet soil. #notill Planted into the little mounds and covered as frosts won't end until May 10 perhaps. I tried this for the first time last year and had the first suns at market June 1. 'Zohar' -the premiere Organic production cut sun. My favorite color and form of sunflower. But I know some like others best. Rate Zohar 1-10? And do you have a favorite variety? #sunflower #organicflowers
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