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I like plants. side bloggy

[tanuki-kimono]

Handy reference chart showing the difference between blossoms (ume/plum, momo/peach, sakura/cherry, anzu/apricot, ringo/apple). Note the colors, how the buds sit on branches, and of course petals shapes.

Apricot and apple are veeeery rare as kimono/obi patterns. Morover, what I usually simply call “plum” (ume) is in exactly the Prunus mume (or Japanese apricot/plum) and come with red/white/pinkish flowers.

[agrarianrhythm-blog]

““[Family life must have been different] in the days when a family had fed on the produce of the same few miles of country for six generations, and that perhaps was why they saw nymphs in the fountains and dryads in the wood - they were not mistaken for there was in a sense real (not metaphorical) connections between them and the countryside. What had been earth and air and later corn, and later still bread, really was in them. We of course who live on a standardized international diet…are artificial beings and have no connection (save in sentiment) with any place on earth. We are synthetic men, uprooted. The strength of the hills is not ours.””

— - J.R.R. Tolkien, from an unpublished letter to Arthur Greeves, June 22, 1930 (via to-conquer-is-to-live)

[kaijuno]

[starry-eyed-darling]

[caleanamajored]

The berry pickers creed

I will leave unripened berries untouched

A ripe berry need only be negotiated with, not fought

I will reasses my surroundings after every step, for my new perspective could reveal a berry patch previously hidden to me

The plant gets excited and happy when a barry is picked

The bug is not to be feared or killed, but gently celebrated, for it facilitated in the creation of the beloved berrys

I will not allow myself to be bullied by sharp thicket and I will retrieve even the most protected barry

[ladybugoflove]

My mentor: I wanna do a wall garden, because it doesnt take up too much space

Me, already vibrating from the dopamine and adrenaline: Let's talk about espaliers

[ladybugoflove]

okay, so espaliers are beyond sexy, they are so unbelievably productive

The basics are just... pruning growing trees so they are more 2 dimensional, usually placed against walls. It takes a few years to form/ raise, but they are much easier to maintain than free growing trees in the long run.

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Not only is it more accessible, easier to harvest fruit, but the design has a double purpose; the walls hold and release heat that can keep warm-weathered plants alive during Northen winters!

Fruit Walls: Urban Farming in the 1600s

We are being told to eat local and seasonal food, either because other crops have been tranported over long distances, or because they are g

There are people who use this method to grow avocado, fig, etc trees outdoors without electricity in -20C weather.

A similar technique to espalier can be used to grow furniture without killing the tree!

[pigs-in-art]

Pages from 2025 Farmhouse Greetings Frog Pond calendar from Linda Cook DeVona

[sandbothe]

Basic Glitch pattern from Modern Groove quilts. No idea how I'm going to quilt this one!

[manyblinkinglights]

#dude your quilt is biting me

[gallusrostromegalus]

Congratulations. Brilliantly executed, get it out of my face.

[los-plantalones]

OH DANG it’s food time again! Here’s my go-to jelly recipe for using rose hips. Apples lend natural pectin so you don’t have to add any powders, plus they bulk up the recipe without taking away from the taste of the rose hips. Here’s how we do:

Ingredients:

• 500 g (about 1 lb) apples*

• 220 g (about 1/2 lb) rose hips

• 250 g (about 9 oz) cane sugar

• Juice of 1/2 a lemon

Instructions:

1. Clean your rose hips, making sure to get rid of as many of the seeds and hairs as possible. You do NOT want a mouthful of those dadblamed hairs. Pulse them in a blender or food processor until slightly mushy.

2. Clean and cut your apples into quarters. No worries about the skin and core – that adds the natural pectin we need in this recipe and we’re straining them out, anyway!

3. Toss the apples into a large saucepan and cover with water, until it’s about an inch over the apples. Bring to a boil, and cook until nice and tender.

4. Add the rosehips. Reduce heat and simmer for ten minutes. Turn off the heat and let cool for a bit.

5. Strain the mix using a cheesecloth or jelly bag. Don’t use a sieve, it’s not fine enough to catch all the bits. Leave the mix to strain a few hours or overnight.

6. Add your strained liquid to a clean saucepan with the sugar*** and lemon juice. Dissolve the sugar slowly over medium heat.

7. Once the sugar is dissolved, bring your mixture to a boil until it reaches the set point (220°F / 105°C). (If you don’t have a candy thermometer, use the saucer test or spoon test methods to check for doneness.)

8. Let your jelly cool before pouring it into sterilized jars.** Process in a water bath if canning, or store in the fridge for up to 6 months.

*Any variety of apple with a nice combo of sweet and tart will work.

**Makes about two 8 oz jelly jars.

*** You may need more or less sugar depending on how much liquid you end up with. You want at least an equal ratio!

[angelboycult]

just admiring this fantastic block- damn that is a cat

from 501 quilt blocks treasury published by Murdoch Books (designer unknown)

[reishidreams]

[escuerzoresucitado]

[guerrillatech]

[dozydawn]

[tractorgoth]

Holy moly

[snoopyplushies]

x

[turtlesandfrogs]

Today at work I was listening to gardening podcast, and it stopped me in my tracks because one of the hosts said that gardening in containers was inherently unsustainable, because you have to water them so much more.

Now, obviously I disagree, and I think it's unnecessarily discouraging for folks who for one reason or another are limited to growing in containers.

There are so many ways to address this, and perhaps the easiest (if you're growing ornamentals) is to grow drought tolerant species so that they won't be bothered by less water than in-ground plants. In fact, this can be a solution if you live somewhere with moist soils but want to grow things that like dryer soil.

Next, if you have drainage holes and put pots on the soil surface, roots WILL eventually root down into the soil. You can cut the bottom off pots or enlarge the holes to encourage this. I keep plants that like to spread (such as mints) in pots like these, and I don't water them. Because I believe in making plants find their own water, in general.

Next, if you want to grow more water thirsty plants, then look into reusing water. For example, a lot of people wash their rice or rinse their beans- you can water with that.

Do you wash your veggies? Water with that.

If you hand wash dishes, you can wash in a dish pan and then water with that (put the chunks in the compost though).

You know how they say to catch the water from when your shower is warming up? Water with that.

Use a dehumidifier or a/c unit that collects water? Water with that!

Get a rain barrel (or more than one) & water with that!

[road-kill-eater]

i still dream of a place where there are fruit and nut trees along every streetside and urban trail, and sunchokes along ditches and solitary oak trees in fields that are selectively bred for fewer tannins so one can eat them right out of the shell and from the branches cascade hundreds of pounds of acorns. and on every corner there is asparagus and artichokes and tree collards and rhubarb. and all the useless ornamental plants are buried beneath hugelkultur mounds and atop them grow hazelnuts and strawberries and sea buckthorn