Quotes From The Little Green Book of Bardening Wisdom

God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks; and a man shall ever see, that which ages grow in civility and elegancy, men come to build stately sooner than to garden timely; as if gardening were the greater perfection. I do hold it, in the royal ordering gardens; there ought to be gardens, for all the months n the year; in which severally things of beauty may be then in season.  ~Francis Bacon Of Gardens (1625)

Saturnalia

Permaculture Webinar

Link coming soon. Question on how to have fruits, berries, nuts for humans. Answers: plant more (may not be a satisfactory answer, depending on land use); harvest when not quite ripe; harvest when bluebirds sing (alerting others to almost-ready harvest).

Breeze Farm

Visited last week to view of the greenhouses moved. The persimmon tree growing next to the farm house--cut down! Shock. Maybe the fruit attracted too many deer. The persimmon tree was likely there before the farmhouse was built or started growing soon after. There was no noticeable damage to the farmhouse. The proximity may have been a problem.

Garden Gone

The community plot is being bulldozed as the parking lot gets renovated. Home garden is gone. I'm left with forcing paperwhites, for now.

Eastern North Carolina Farm Tour

Upon finishing coffee, I contemplated strolling through the local garden store, then I remembered: 21 & 22 Sep 2013 is the weekend of the farm tour. Quick alteration from retail to wide open rolling hills on the first weekend of the autumn equinox.

Rain This Summer

Great for green pepper harvests. Zero tomatoes. The great raised bed with its trellis had to be moved, but there's a promise of fall and winter gardening.