by Daisy | Sep 13, 2013 | Fencepost, Flops
This post originally had a different title. In the interest of full disclosure which is our informal policy here, after I actually made the fertilizer, I had to add the NOT. It all began well. I cut a lot of comfrey and packed it into a five-gallon bucket. I left it,...
by Daisy | Sep 9, 2013 | Conversation, Fencepost
We live in a region of the country with no grand vistas; mountain ranges or ocean views. It is flat-ish, with a few softly rolling hills and many trees which obscure any sort of long-distance sightlines. I’ve visited mountains and oceans and they are...
by Daisy | Sep 4, 2013 | Conversation, Fencepost
Several native persimmon trees stood in a small grove in the yard of the house in which I grew up. They were messy in the fall of the year when the fruit was ripe and littered the ground. I remember well the unique sensation of stepping on persimmons in bare feet,...
by Daisy | Sep 3, 2013 | Conversation, Fencepost
Every year I sow seeds of several plants I’ve only read about and never before seen. Medicinal herbs in particular. Sometimes this leads me to err on the side of caution when an unfamiliar plant begins to grow in the general vicinity of those new plantings. I...
by Daisy | Aug 29, 2013 | Fencepost, Reviews
I began reading this book over a week ago and am still tumbling down its fascinating rabbithole, bouncing from one adventure in permaculture to another. In case you are unfamiliar with permaculture, briefly it’s a way of farming which seeks to mimic and enhance...
