#EDIBLE LANDSCAPE

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Garden Report & Frugal Living 24.03.20

Happy Spring! It's official; as I was gazing out the window, a pair of swallows appeared. Such a welcomed sight.

Thank you for prayers and well wishes. It really is helpful and encouraging when people care. Because I've been bedbound I don't have much to report. The Burbank plum is slowly coming into bloom. I can see the sparrows who insist on living the thug life, land in its way branches and start ripping up the blossom, causing clouds of shredded petals to flutter to the ground. These feathered hooligans also fight not just amoung themselves but other little birds that want to come to the suet basket. The kids started bringing the basket in before dusk due to the ugliest monster rat that labourously claws up the shepherd 's hook to feed.

The little red flesh apple is getting ready to flower. I saw the buds are swelling and the leaf tips are ready to go. The Easter lilies are starting to unflurl -- the should be some ready for the holiday. I can't see much else without a proper walk about. I'm afraid my Asian pear may have been poison as it should have not only have bloomed, it should be leafed out by now. I've had a child go out to my plant by the moon experiment and the report back was that it had been rototilled by the birds. I'm hoping they looked in the wrong grow box but the report back is par for the course as I did not get it covered with ag cloth.

The hens are laying irregularly but several times a week each... we've gotten a little over a dozen eggs in the last few weeks. The are begging to be let out but I have no one to hensit; they are ravenous for greens and to hunt.

Fugile tip: I'm sorry but I can't think. If you have one or several Please comment as I would love to hear!

Heres to a beautiful Spring, good health (yours & mine), more gardening and enjoying the simple things in Life.

#catholic gardener #gardening #Urban homestead #permaculture #Edible landscape #hens #fruit trees #Spring #flowers #frugal living

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The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 68: Rookie Numbers finds Satoyama Homestead stewards Will and Sarah surprised to discover that Feedspot has named us #8 in the 20 best horticulture podcasts in the world. We introduce plans for a NCAA-style fruit bracket to determine once and for all what is the best fruit produced on the homestead. We visit the apiary, where Will is treating for varroa mite and recounting his adventures speaking about bees at a library with a resident observation hive. Will's beekeeping thriller, Here, the Bees Sting, is available everywhere books are bought (...and even on some pirating sites!). Almost one-year-old Lucy enjoys tea-time visits to the chicken coop, where matriarch seven-year-old black australorp brooder hen Mayapple still lays the occasional egg. Sarah is embarking on a pasture management project to establish white clover and replace encroaching weeds. In the edible landscape, tomatoes, peppers, okra are performing well, while summer and winter squash and melon are struggling along. Sarah discovered a new favorite way to prepare okra, with a tomato-yogurt sauce as the north Indian dish dahi bhindi. The stewards are busy reclaiming the yard from nature after Sarah's pregnancy-induced hiatus, and are trying to 'mulch all the things' before this winter's snowpack. For homestead fun, the stewards enjoyed watching a family of wrens raise their fledglings in the bark cavity of a natural white oak fence post along their garden, and are looking forward to filling the chest freezer with produce, chiles rellenos, sustainably farm-raised meat, and venison. For homestead chores, Will has been on varmint control, while Sarah has installed downspout diverter kits on both rain barrels to stave off foundation damage. In agriculture news, Will shares a detective story about a persimmon orchard submitted by listener Wyoming (now Georgia) Jo, and Sarah goes nuts for nut trees with the Northern Nut Growers Association and Chestnut Growers in America when Lancaster Farming reports on their conference in Reading, PA.

Episode Notes (below the jump)

Feedspot - 20 Best Horticulture Podcasts https://blog.feedspot.com/horticulture_podcasts/ 

PennState Extension - Weed Management in Pastures https://extension.psu.edu/weed-management-in-pastures

Pooja - Dahi Bhindi/Tangy Indian Okra in Yogurt http://poojascookery.com/dahi-bhindi-tangy-indian-okra/

elizapples - "In the early 1900s, there was an Illinois attorney, Floyd Sonneman, who had it bad for persimmons."

Dan Sullivan for Lancaster Farming - Nut Tree Growers Converge in Reading, PA for Annual Conference https://www.lancasterfarming.com/news/main_edition/nut-tree-growers-converge-in-reading-pennsylvania-for-annual-conference/article_77d486f4-1827-11ed-bc0f-c35fe142fde9.html

#satoyama homestead #podcast #original transplants #homesteading #Homestead #permaculture #persimmon #Edible Landscape #edible landscaping #chickens #backyard chickens #beekeeping #backyard beekeeping #honey bees #Honeybees #bees #gardening #vegetable garden #vegetable gardening #chestnut #nut trees #lancaster farming #pasture management #summer vegetables

[musicofblueroses]

Front Yard Mulch in San Diego Design ideas for a mid-sized contemporary drought-tolerant and full sun front yard mulch garden path in spring.

#mulch #edible landscape #clairemont mesa #san diego #front yard #water wise

[vezely]

Front Yard in San Diego

Image of a mid-sized, drought-tolerant, full-sun contemporary front yard mulch garden path in the spring.

#san diego #front yard #water wise #clairemont mesa #edible landscape

[crimsonmuzzle]

San Francisco Vegetable Garden a picture of a sizable, contemporary, mulched vegetable garden.

#edible landscape #provençal garden #landscape #mediterranean garden #modern agrarian garden

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Above Ground - Pool Medium-sized modern backyard image with a round aboveground hot tub

#wood spa #edible landscape #ecological #ipe #cedar #hot tub #landscape design

[kriosgat]

Landscape Natural Stone Pavers Photo of a large traditional full sun side yard stone landscaping in summer.

#bluestone patio #edible landscape #perennials #cultured stone #bluestone wall stone #irregular bluestone #bluestone planters

[lemaquillage]

Landscape - Mulch Image of a large farmhouse with a vegetable garden in full sun and mulch in the fall.

#food forest #edible landscape #native landscaping #organic garden #homestead

[roseoptics]

Landscape - Pathway Inspiration for a mid-sized, modern, full-sun mulch garden path that is tolerant of drought.

#nassella tenuissima #landscape design #san diego #landscape #edible landscape #clairemont mesa

[zayn-all-night]

Santa Barbara Mediterranean Landscape

An example of a large mediterranean drought-tolerant and full sun courtyard decomposed granite flower bed in spring.

#edible landscape #permaculture design #edible gardens #drought tolerant #herb garden

[blublucaps]

Contemporary Landscape in San Diego Inspiration for a mid-sized, modern, full-sun mulch garden path that is tolerant of drought.

#san diego #water wise #drought tolerant #edible landscape #ecological

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Garden Report & Frugal Living 24.03.02

"If March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb." Yes, yes and hopefully yes ... there's a nice crust of hail blanketing everything and more to come, eventually and opportunity for setting the stage for snow right down to the sea. It [snow] is promised not to get too deep nor stay too long but in the meantime, idiots in automobiles will be the bane to the sane. Best stay in and bake something enticing.

I'm not too worried about the seeds I did plant. Carrots are slow to germ and probably will enjoy the ice blanket on top of the leaf mulch I left them. Radish are rugged and the spinach, idk (I was dreaming of lasagna but the moment has passed). I didn't get the toms sown in pots. I really want them in the laundry room but people can't stop throwing their clothes on top of the clothes drier (where I want the toms to live). But I will have to get serious here soon. Maybe a little temporary fold down ledge(s) in the upper section of the window for them to live?

Yesterday was beastly and I was peeking at the fruit trees. The quince is holding their blossoms tightly curls so there may be a chance for them if the wind doesn't circle too tight in their plot and cause some sever hail stone strikes. Its located in a semi protected space. But the hail stones keep growing in diameter today. The Burbank plum hasn't gone to full bloom; it is very hesitant this year (still un-pruned to boot). Still too early for apples or pears. The Asian pear use to bloom early but not seeing any sign yet -- but that can change so quickly, what I see and what I don't! I was caught off guard by a bumble bee mid week, stood there dumbfounded. She must have a nest in the garden and got warmed enough to venture out! The borage is in bloom (both blue and the white) so that may have also enticed her out. The blue berries are also starting an attempt at flowering.

The hens do not like this weather and complain loudly about the whipping trees and the bickering sparrows clinging to the branched. This morning it was hard to lure Bronte out -- she was having none of it, not even for warm oatmeal gruel. And of course, if she's not coming out, none of the other girls are allowed past big butt Bronte because she stands in the doorway bitching. Each have given an egg this week; they are getting old but I still love them. Still itching to get some pullets (maybe 4) because I just don't want to manage chicks and we need the eggs. The thought of quail or pigeons still pop up on occasion but so do rabbits.

Harvesting swiss chard and a few turnips that over wintered. The potted sweet marjoram/ oregano has been nice to have to flavour the soup pots. This winter's freezes though cracked the large terracotta it was living in so need to re-pot soon as it sheared right off leaving a large section of roots exposed. We should have leeks here in a bit before they want to put effort into flower. The nettles are just starting to show up for Spring. The bay tree I keep bound in a pot needs some trimming. I also need to see if the tap root has found the drain hole!

Frugal tip today is simple: wear a hat. You can wear a warm hat in the house and even to bed to conserve some of your own body heat. Ladies, you can wear a head scarf/kerchief -- looking lovely and staying warm. Finger-less gloves, even if compression gloves, also give a bit of protection from the chill.

Be blessed! Get in the garden and if you don't have one think about your space. Can you do a container garden? Hanging basket like a salade bowl or trailing cherry toms? No space -- how about growing nutritious sprouts on your counter or herbs in your window? Now is the perfect time to start growing some of your own foods.

#catholic gardener #garden #gardening #fruit trees #berry bushes #spring weather #over wintering crops #hens #permaculture #urban homesteading #edible landscape #grow your own food #container gardening #growing sprouts #garden report #frugal living #wear a hat or scarf indoors #fingerless gloves #compression gloves

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Farmhouse Patio

Large farmhouse backyard concrete patio kitchen concept with no cover: patio kitchen

#native landscaping #bocce court #edible landscape #landscape architecture #outdoor kitchen

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Pool - Contemporary Pool Hot tub - mid-sized contemporary backyard stone and custom-shaped hot tub idea

#covered patio #outdoor shower #contemporary #hot tub #edible landscape #retaining walls #pool

[cselandscapearchitect]

The Best Grape Varieties for Low Deserts of California and Arizona

The low deserts of California and Arizona may seem like challenging environments for grape cultivation, but with the right selection of grape varieties, the desert sun can become a blessing in disguise. In this comprehensive guide, we will explore some of the best grape varieties that have proven their resilience and adaptability to the arid landscapes of the low deserts. From renowned reds to…

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#arizona #California #Edible Landscape #Flame Seedless Grape #Grapes #grapevine #low desert #Muscat of Alexandria #Red Globe Grape #Thompson Seedless Grape

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Landscape - Farmhouse Landscape Inspiration for a large farmhouse vegetable garden with partial sun and mulch.

#organic farm #permaculture #ecological landscape #food forest #edible landscape #hobby farm