organicgay.bsky.social
@organicgay.bsky.social
Organic gardener practicing permaculture since 2007 focus on tree crops believe in both rewilding & ecological restoration. Wish to be part of creating a just sustainable society believe in the rights of Mother Earth & all her children Vermont/Brazil 🏳️🌈
#4 2016 and growing strong.
May 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
#4 2016 and growing strong.
"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree," Martin Luther King Jr.
May 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree," Martin Luther King Jr.
Lamarque has been one of my easiest to start from cuttings. Photo taken this morning by our great friend Nido.
May 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Lamarque has been one of my easiest to start from cuttings. Photo taken this morning by our great friend Nido.
Such beautiful creatures. We also have snakes that use our cellar as a hibernaculum. Black Rat snakes, now a threatened species in Vermont. We are very wildlife friendly folks. :) Here is a young one that I found in the house.
May 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Such beautiful creatures. We also have snakes that use our cellar as a hibernaculum. Black Rat snakes, now a threatened species in Vermont. We are very wildlife friendly folks. :) Here is a young one that I found in the house.
I have a whole new batch germinating right now that I need to pot up separately and give away. Pardon the weeds.
April 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I have a whole new batch germinating right now that I need to pot up separately and give away. Pardon the weeds.
How about this nice blue Jack-in-the-Green. :)
April 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
How about this nice blue Jack-in-the-Green. :)
Here is one of my seedlings flowering for the first time. Love Primulas.
April 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Here is one of my seedlings flowering for the first time. Love Primulas.
I took this picture April 2024 in the Berkshires, New England seems to have a healthy population.
April 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I took this picture April 2024 in the Berkshires, New England seems to have a healthy population.
#5 Due to potential herbivore from rabbits and voles I placed wire around the seedlings to protect them.
April 20, 2025 at 3:01 AM
#5 Due to potential herbivore from rabbits and voles I placed wire around the seedlings to protect them.
#4 I grew some excellent, nicely rooted seedlings. I put the seedlings in bundles of 10 and over wintered them on the north side of our house where they be protected from the winter sun.
April 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
#4 I grew some excellent, nicely rooted seedlings. I put the seedlings in bundles of 10 and over wintered them on the north side of our house where they be protected from the winter sun.
#3 Under the supervision of our hens I washed the soil away from the young persimmons after they had gone dormant.
April 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
#3 Under the supervision of our hens I washed the soil away from the young persimmons after they had gone dormant.
#2 The following spring I sowed the seeds in a couple deep trays and got a good germination rate.
April 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
#2 The following spring I sowed the seeds in a couple deep trays and got a good germination rate.
Photo from 2022, see how the brush has advanced. I planted the paw paw on the north side of some trees for what I have been told was needed for young trees.
April 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Photo from 2022, see how the brush has advanced. I planted the paw paw on the north side of some trees for what I have been told was needed for young trees.
Photo from 2009, planted in 2007.
April 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Photo from 2009, planted in 2007.
I have really enjoyed growing Hellebore from seed. Here is one of my seedlings.
April 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I have really enjoyed growing Hellebore from seed. Here is one of my seedlings.
Found a photo.
April 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Found a photo.
There is a little different tastes between the cultivars. The yellow is pretty, smallest of them all, sweet but lacks the zig of the red cultivars. Not worth planting. Some have more of a plum like flavor. Mine fruit at different times so I have had a harder time comparing when ripe.
April 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
There is a little different tastes between the cultivars. The yellow is pretty, smallest of them all, sweet but lacks the zig of the red cultivars. Not worth planting. Some have more of a plum like flavor. Mine fruit at different times so I have had a harder time comparing when ripe.
When properly ripe Cornus mas fruit is very good. I now have 9 named cultivars.
April 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
When properly ripe Cornus mas fruit is very good. I now have 9 named cultivars.
I’m drawn towards windows, portals.
April 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I’m drawn towards windows, portals.
Here are some basswood seeds that I collect and then grew out after their double dormancy. I got over 80 seedlings. Such a great tree for many reasons especially for the nectar the flowers produce.
April 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Here are some basswood seeds that I collect and then grew out after their double dormancy. I got over 80 seedlings. Such a great tree for many reasons especially for the nectar the flowers produce.
First generation Vermonter. :)
April 13, 2025 at 5:34 AM
First generation Vermonter. :)
When removing woody invasives I make piles, never to burn. Woodcock nest near some of my piles, fawn hidden by the mothers. In the winter the snow shows the tracks of animals using the them for shelter.
April 13, 2025 at 5:31 AM
When removing woody invasives I make piles, never to burn. Woodcock nest near some of my piles, fawn hidden by the mothers. In the winter the snow shows the tracks of animals using the them for shelter.
This is an American Beech that I have watched die and finally to fall down. What a great tree for wildlife habitat now slowly return to the earth and enriching the soil.
I planted a chestnut next to it to benefit from all the nutrients and organic matter.
I planted a chestnut next to it to benefit from all the nutrients and organic matter.
April 13, 2025 at 5:21 AM
This is an American Beech that I have watched die and finally to fall down. What a great tree for wildlife habitat now slowly return to the earth and enriching the soil.
I planted a chestnut next to it to benefit from all the nutrients and organic matter.
I planted a chestnut next to it to benefit from all the nutrients and organic matter.