But seriously, when we got our property, it was all just…grass. A sterile grass moonscape, like a billion other yards. With two big old maple trees. Just grass and maples, that was it.
But then I got my grubby little paws on it, and I immediately stopped fertilizing, spraying, and bagging up grass clippings and leaves. I ripped up sod and put in flowers and vegetables. I put down nice thick blankets of mulch around the flowers and vegetables.
When I first was sweating my way through stripping sod, I saw a grand total of 1 worm and 0 ladybugs. The ground was compacted into something that would bend shovel blades.
Now, six years later, I can’t dig a planting hole without turning up fourteen earthworms, and there are so many ladybugs here. Not the invasive asian lady beetles; native ladybugs. They winter over in the mulch and in the brush pile. I see thousands of them.
The soil is soft and rich. There are birds that come to eat, and bees of many sorts.
Like this is something that you, yourself, can absolutely change. This is something that you, personally, can make a difference in.
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I spend like, a lot of my life thinking about, talking about, researching about, and digging around lawn. Like, a lot
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The book titles have me losing my fucking mind they’re so funny
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I miss when everyone took selfies like this !!
(I got a new camera and I’m making it everyone’s problem sorry!!)
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I REALLY hope I get a crop of wild strawbs this upcoming season because I NEED TO MAKE SHORTCAKE
jihyung_baking
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Okay I GOTTA make a drink that looks like this when apple blossom season rolls around
maryloony
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i really wanna try and make OG-style marshmallows out of mallow root
if u don't hear about this again
it didn't work shhhh
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the human eye has evolved to be able to detect more shades of green than any other color! that's because there are so many fucking leafs
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tumblr friends may not know:
i am indeed deep in the pawpaw sauce right now. they're a great plant to talk about for my topic of settlement, plant harvest, and perenial food ecosystems and I love them
also they taste very good
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It literally only JUST got cold and I already miss spring and summer foraging 😭
1. Irish Moss - Chondrus Crispus - used to set jellies and thicken desserts. Harvested in Maine!
2. Cooler!! Of!! Seaweed!! Mostly Irish Moss and Bladderwrack (which I make a cheesy seasoning with)
3. Mimosa flower mimosas ✨💕 summer in a GLASS! Mimosa flower cordial with champagne 🍾
4. Violet (viola sororia) flower syrup in the light
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Officially christening the new tumblr with some obnoxious aEsThEtiC selfies ✨
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William Mason Brown (1828-1898)
"Raspberries in a Wooded Landscape"
Oil on canvas
Located in the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
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Green Love Letter by Masa-San, Fujino, Kanagawa, Japan
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