Earth Gardens: Edible-Medicinal-Wild Habitats (Permaculture Network)

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Comment by warren miller on September 28, 2010 at 12:05pm

Anyone else going to the HarvestFest at Cornwall Park this Saturday? Bring any garden overflow to share and trade!

Comment by J. C. Walker,Jr. on September 3, 2010 at 11:14am

http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2010-09-03/we-reap-what-we-ha...

Comment by David Pike on August 10, 2010 at 12:04pm

good work Heather. I agree we need to stay free of being "bought out" by co-opted terms and certifications made to be money making marketing tools. Was it Wendall Berry who said something like "farming isn't about making money" ? Simple enough to grow good food and eat it!

Hope all your gardens are abundant this year! Remember to leave a few plants of your completed crops to go to seed to stash.

Comment by Heather K on August 9, 2010 at 11:53pm

" Earth Gardens: Edible – Medicinal - Wild Habitats “

A new name for our group, or use 'Earth Gardens' in brief.
(The purpose & the work we do continues)

Our name has been changed to reflect our work vision of caring for the earth co-creatively; changed to reflect our awakening awareness of our environmental footprint.

Our new name moves us away from terms that have become 'bought-out' by marketing tools that now sell the words 'organic & permaculture'....We move beyond those labels-
to care for the earth, nurturing & protecting the life within....We are caretakers called to restore & co-create the abundance of wildness & beauty within our living landscape's community sanctuaries - and through this walk together our experience of food-security increases.. We get to know our local farmers, neighbors, our soil, our trees, watersheds, bio-ecosystems, and life's mysteries beyond....

Walk Gently On the Earth....Share Your Gifts... ..

Recent great blogs by Walter & Celt posted below!

Fall Harvesting Tips : http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profiles/blogs/fall-harvesting-tips

Celt's Garden - Summer Frenzy and the Farm Stand on Railroad: http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profiles/blogs/celts-garden-summe...

A New Problem With Commercial Compost: http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profiles/blogs/fall-harvesting-tips

We are "Gardeners Caring for the Earth, Sharing Knowledge, Creating Work-Exchanges & Events; Learning from the Earth, Studying Ecology, Bio-Dynamics, Indigenous Wisdom, Organic, Sustainable, & Permaculture methods; & Applying this to our community"

* * * New Members Info Below: * * * :
Our local Garden E-News emails may be requested from Shannon on her comment page. Leave your email address & thank her for the volunteer work she does in our community! http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/ShannonMaris?xg_source=pr...
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Our original group name was:
" Organic Gardeners/Growers & Edible Forest Gardens &/ Permaculture "

Comment by Shannon Maris on July 28, 2010 at 12:07am

Hey Gardeners!
The Garden Spot Nursery on Alabama St. has nitrogen fixing Autumn Olive and Seaberry (Sea Buckthorn) plants for 1/2 off in the bargain/sale area behind the greenhouse. Regularyly $14.99 now $7.50 - and they are in nice condition! (Raintree Nursery sells them for $22.50!!)
There are probably 6-8 one gallon size of ea. seaberry and autumn olive.
Sea Buckthorn needs one male plant for eight females. I think Garden Spot only has female plants, but Bakerview Nursery is having 35% all berry plants and they have male sea buckthorns.
Now's the time for cheap plants at most places....

Comment by Jamie Jedinak on July 21, 2010 at 12:20pm

Thanks Walter - good things to consider. It isn't a real danger except perhaps for humans getting irrational - It just a HUGE interruption for people who do not have sources for their food. It will mean total community/state/national disruption. It will require TW to really step in and create ways to connect with people to help train those who don't have many Foodie skills and to facilitate the gathering of people together with skills.....

Comment by Jamie Jedinak on July 20, 2010 at 2:21am

Huffington Post's - Amazing article on severe Solar surges to wipe out electrical grid....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawrence-e-joseph/the-solar-katrina-s...

This is another area that would be VERY helpful to be prepared for b/c all frozen food storage will rot,we must be able to process our food stores right away if/when power grid goes out......so many other aspects to prepare for....safety issues...so many....

Comment by Heather K on July 7, 2010 at 11:19am

Online GardenShare Network Now Established!

Bellingham: http://www.urbangardenshare.org/bellingham/
Whatcom County: http://www.urbangardenshare.org/whatcom/

Use these new links to create your garden profile offer, or to create your gardener profile.

I'll add these links to our group's resource discussion:
Online Resources & Recommended Books, Videos for Permaculturists/Edible Forest Gardeners
http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/organic/forum/topics/online...

(Website online July 2010 thanks to Chris E. and Amy from Seattle).

Comment by Heather K on July 3, 2010 at 5:20pm

Alert: If you are adding Compost or Organic Matter to your soil from off-site locations or purchasing it, – Be-Aware and know your sources or better yet, grow, harvest, incorporate your own organic matter!

Link on contamination by aminopyralid residues in commercial & offsite compost & manures & soil mixes from Wash State U:
http://whatcom.wsu.edu/ag/aminopyralid/

Link to Farmer Walter's blog & discussion on this topic:
http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profiles/blogs/a-new-problem-with...

Thanks Farmer Walter & to all who are helping to communicate on this vital issue of protecting our soils and the life within & beyond!

Comment by David Pike on June 23, 2010 at 2:25pm

also a yes on medicinal plants, intentionally planted and naturalized "weeds" such as yarrow, mullein, red clover,dandelion, nettle, lambs quarters, shephards purse, plantains, all have powerful medicinal properties. but I think ALL plants are healing, we just don't know what to use some of them for. Why do you ask Wendy?

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