The spring garden looks so green and vibrant that I couldn’t resist sharing the snapshot below. I took this picture around 5:30 this evening, as I was puttering about in the garden, watering seeds here, weeding a little there, checking up on the growth of my strawberries. That’s what you see in the foreground here, happily…
Tag: flowers
Edible, Flowering Mulch
One of the principles of permaculture is that everything should serve more than one purpose, and every purpose should be served by more than one thing. This complexity makes an ecosystem flexible and resilient, leading to long-term stability. Creating a garden that emulates nature in this way is one of my long-term goals. But permaculture…
First Spring Flower Tour
Our blog is primarily about providing fresh food for our family, but I think there’s a lot to be said for providing fresh flowers, too. Some flowers are edible–and I’m sure I’ll post about them this summer–but even those that shouldn’t be eaten provide another kind of nourishment: nourishment of the soul. And this is the time of year, after…
gettin' fresh! 