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Felix Gillet Institute on NPR
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
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Tagged felix gillet, food forest, fruit, heirlooms, quince
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Native Plot, Planted
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. I had originally planned to erect a … Continue reading
Posted in Food Forest, Fruit, Native Plants
Tagged California, chokecherry, food forest, fruit, hollyleaf cherry, native, native plants, oregon grape, perennials, prunus
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Planting Native – A New Forest Plot
It being spring, I’ve been itching to establish a new food forest plot down on the property. After reflecting on the drought, and the general state of the weather of late, I’ve decided to base the new plot on native … Continue reading
Plants Have Plans
In spite of, or more likely because of the dry and unseasonably hot weather of late, this apple tree, which was likely planted many, many years ago – it came with the house – has decided to flower such as … Continue reading
Winter – You’re Doing it Wrong
Despite some early snow, this has been one of the driest winters in memory, and warm besides. What this probably means in my garden is that fruit yields will be considerably down this year. Lots of things are starting to … Continue reading
Winter In The Garden
Winter is finally upon us, with freezing temps and a fairly substantial (for here) first snow. Above is the mandarin, which lived through its first winter, and which, with the appropriate babying, will hopefully live through its second. Spent the … Continue reading
Pomegranate Harvest, Blueberry Defenses
Spent the weekend putting the summer garden to bed – coiling up hoses, deconstructing tomato structures, pulling old plants, and harvesting green tomatoes, the few remaining peppers and purple tomatillos, and the last of this year’s pomegranates. Biggest pomegranate harvest … Continue reading
Signs of Spring, Golden Currants and a DIY Greenhouse
Spent the whole day in the garden, puttering, pruning, and propagating. The rhubarb is waking up, another sign that spring is here, and the Nanking cherries I planted last year are blooming – pictured below is the one planted in … Continue reading
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Tagged DIY greenhouse, food forest, fruit, perennials, propagation, seeds, Vegetables
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Constantinople Quince!
I traveled to the Sierra Seed Cooperative’s seed exchange to pick up the Constantinople Quince I bought from the Felix Gillet Institute. It’s a nice tree – well rooted, lively and healthy. I put it in the ground in the … Continue reading
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Tagged felix gillet, food forest, fruit, herbs, hugelkultur, propagation, quince, seeds, tomatoes, Vegetables
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Blue Honeysuckle and Red Currants
Good news – the Lonicera caerulea cuttings I acquired last spring are showing signs of life, and I think that both (zarnitsa and blue velvet) will be ready for planting out in the food forest in the spring. In other … Continue reading
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Tagged blue honeysuckle, currant, food forest, fruit, ground layering, perennials, propagation
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