Yard/Garden=Yarden
We all garden for our own reasons. I believe that at the base of it is the human compulsion to be close to nature.
Currently my motivation is not a single compulsion or concern. I want to be outside as often as possible. I want to feed my family fruits and vegetables whose chemical exposure I can control during their growing season. I want to help control stormwater runoff in my somewhat urban neighborhood and trap it for the use of things planted in my yard. I want to control pests – both insect and rodent – by encouraging their natural predators to visit my yard.
What I hope to share through this blog is the journey. Process, purpose, the why, the how, the search for knowledge and practical uses of that knowledge.
Permaculture, organic, native plants and ecosystem, know better do better gardening, with grace.
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Volunteers are not always welcome
One of the many rules of lazy gardening is that you don’t throw away free plants. One of my favorite things to do is plant one or two of something I like and let it go to seed so that it will plant itself in abundance. It takes patience, true, and usually a year at… Read more
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Unsettled Veg
I was reminded recently of a statistic about heat and violence. That places with sustained heat over 90 degrees in the US have higher rates of violent crime during those periods than their more temperate neighbors. Heat makes it more difficult to regulate your body temperature, mood, cognitive function, digestion, etc etc. Naturally, it can… Read more
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Coastal Natives
North Carolina knows how to do tourism. Two thirds of our state is a magnet for vacationers, from beautiful, and, thanks to early conservationists and (very) wealthy (read the Vanderbilts and other robber barons) benefactors, accessible mountains to a sprawling coastline made even more of a playground by our barrier islands. Now, having seen other… Read more
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