Forest Gardening
Pig Party digs ground ready for planting
Having dug calendula, horehound, and St. John’s Wort, and alpine strawberries out of our gravel paths I kept them moist, packed some cardboard for mulching and headed off to Koha Gardens to introduce them there.
If the St. John’s Wort and Horehound thrive up there we will probably stop growing them in Connection, our main clearing, [...]
Pet Woodies – Native Wood Pigeons
I wondered what was I going to write about. Would it really be that important.
The two native wood pigeons answered by flying in to perch right outside my window. Looking one directly in the eye I knew, yes, I was still to write about the “Woodies”.
But everyone has pet wood pigeons “They are so friendly [...]
Zones of Activity at Harmony
In Harmony we were gifted, on October 1st 2001, 1600m2 (2/5 acre) of space cleared from the forest by our predecessors just 70m from the Waitati Valley Road via a steep grassed drive. Ingrowth by trees had effectively divided the clearing into what we called:
Connection as it was to be the hub from which [...]
Key Points learned from the Weed Problem: A New Approach by F.C. King
The book is repetitive in making its points. This is my key summary:
Plants secrete their excess colloidal minerals from the roots poisoning the soil to their own kind within 3 – 5 generations.
Sawdust mixed with soil kills all weeds for a year, after which it needs to be left undisturbed as it is then a [...]
Plants Sing to Fairies
My seed shape needs to growPlease tickle water up my rootsAnd teach me how to breatheSo I may stand as stem and trunkAnd reach my friend the sky
Give me stems to spread like wingsAnd unfold my leaves upon the airFrom tender bud do give methe flowers that are your home
Then I will call upon the [...]
