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Check out my giant beans!!! I think they are called noodle beans. (I need to double-check that). Over a foot long though!! My funnest crop for sure this year!
This late blooming goldenrod is theeeee place to be if you're a pollinator in my yard these days!
Life and death in the garden, showing its face more dramatically in these shortening days. Hanging on to the remnants of the summer garden.
My new pollinator border developed well in its first year. Most of the native plants are well past their prime, but these dahlias are still going strong. I planted these as place holders until my native perennials fill out.
Oct. 13th, still no frost and eating tomatoes freshly picked from the garden. !!! This is a month longer growing season than last year...so far...
I grew a mushroom!!! A couple years ago, a student of mine gifted me some #winecap mycellium to add to my permaculture. Feeling rather pleased to have this addition to the land!
Got 350 cloves of garlic in today. I had to recreate the bed as I am about to lose a lot of my garden to a new tile weeping bed (yes, I'm weeping about that). But I thought I'd take the opportunity to see if some keyhole gardening might give more space. I have my doubts, but we shall give it a go.
#morezinnias #moresleepyfallbees
Happy Thanksgiving!!
The gardens aren't quite ready for fall clean-up yet. Still preening to showcase their beauty for a couple weeks more. This is the big sigh before their long winter's nap.
#snailonzinnia
The bees were slow and dopey today, sipping away at the nectar in these lovely New England Asters. These late season native flowers are one of the most abundant sources of food for these important pollinator species, helping them make it through to hibernation time. Do you have any asters in your neighborhood or on your land?
Note: there were the colour variations of #newenglandaster in this meadow, including the natural purple, as well as light and dark pink.. I believe some are different cultivated varieties that were planted here during a restoration project.
#forthebees #gardenwithnatives #gardenwithnativeplants #gardeningfornature #wildlifehabitat #biodiversity #biodiversitygardening #regenerativegardening #regenerativelandscaping #regenerativelandscapes #healthyyards #healthygardens #fornaturegardening #fornaturegardeningandlandcare
Was in a meadow full of Indian grass, asters, goldenrod (and phragmites) today, and these sweet damselflies were abound!!
Listen. Learn. Support. Unite. We are all in this life and on this planet together, and we have a growing awareness that we have an opportunity to honor by doing our best to take steps to grow and be better every day.
I am currently reading Braiding Sweetgrass which is expanding my knowing and my heart. I strongly recommend, and would love to hear what resources you are loving.
This beauty just began to bloom in my garden. My bulb shipment arrived super late this year, so things are very far behind in the #dahlia department. I add ornamentals like this to act as filler until my native flora establishes. I will keep some of these to compliment the native plants and add to the formality of the garden, which, if it's of concern to folks, can make it easier for neighbours to accept the transition from traditional gardens or lawn to a wildlife-friendly landscape. This is a practice I use in highly visible suburban properties and with clients who want to have #ecofriendlygardens but aren't quite ready to take the full plunge. My rule of thumb for how much non-native is okay to use on a given site is 70% native and 30% non-native (but NEVER invasive plants), as per Doug Tallamy's research on creating landscapes that are #ecologicallyfunctional .
#ecotransition #neighborhoodfriendly #gardeningwithnativeplants #ornamentalgardening #aestheticpleasure #fusiongardening
Still weeding, fluffing mulch, and edging. 🙂 While I aim to improve biodiversity with my garden work, I have this tremendous pleasure that comes from the regular work of esthetically preening my clients' gardens. We created these gardens in 2020.
Doing some edible landscape design for a client today. Included primarily perennial edibles with companion pollinator-friendly, native flora.
#delawn #suburbanpermaculture #ediblegarden #pollinatorfriendly #perennialvegetables #nativeflora
#aestheticpleasure #ecologicalfunction #ediblefusion
#frenchcurves #gardendesign #rainydaygardenwork #gardenconsultant
Helping a client's hedge of rugosa rose to get established. It was being choked by grass; suckers that would fill the hedge out were being mowed, and likely some compaction was going on.
I edged, doubled the planting by adding 20 more roses, watered, suppressed weeds with newspapers and mulch, watered again. There were lots of oos and ahhhs from passersby. Always feels good!
More zinnia obsessing. They are the bright lights in my yard these days!
This patch of my 1/2 acre I give to the wild ones, and it is a bursting glory of beauty and pollinator activity this time of year! #peterboroughpollinators #forthewildones #pollinatorgardensofontario #fornature #fornaturegardeningandlandcare
#zinnialove
#zinnialove #pollinatormagnets
Where's Waldo bee version!
#anisehyssop #beebuffet #fornaturegardeningandlandcare