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Garden idea for a hot and dry front garden. Just four plant species and some stone. Rosemary (groomed), brittlebush, yucca baccata, and chaste tree. #gardendesign #flowerstr #gardenstr
Trusting my instincts. Taking one step at a time. Trying not to freak out. #herojourney
The rising moon was so powerful last night. I was absolutely transfixed by it. Then early this morning I watched it set over black mountain and felt a strong connection to the moon and all the people looking up.
I am really benefiting from your insights during this super moon as I navigate some difficult choices. Going to trust my instincts and listen to my heart 🙏
I potted up a peanut cactus (Echinopsis chamaecereus) earlier this summer and propagated some of the stems that broke off during the process. They have rooted and I even got a surprise late summer bloom.
These grow well in the desert. Even tolerating our cold winters as long as it is in a more sheltered place. #flowstr #gardenstr
Looks great. Such nice crisp edging!
That was more labor intensive than I thought, but now they are drying. In a few days I will grind them into carob powder. 🤞#gardenstr
I remember my great grandmother used carob in place of chocolate in the early 90s. I hated it!
I also remember my grandma using it around the same time as a health food. (She and my grandfather were homesteaders of a sort. In the early 90s, my grandfather remodeled a 100-year-old, four-wall cabin, transforming it eventually into a large home. He said it would have been cheaper and easier to tear the prior home down and build again, but he couldn’t bring himself to destroy something that had stood so long, and so well. I’m trying to connect to that wisdom.)
Harvest from the carob tree. First time doing this. Pods are soaking now. Next step is to remove the seeds. Then I’ll let the pods dry in the hot greenhouse before blending/grinding them to a powder.
Carob is high in sugars and fiber. It’s supposed to be helpful for lowering LDL cholesterol. I’m planning to add it to smoothies.
Rewatching Global Gardener episodes tonight and it is inspiring me to grow more food.
Since moving to the low desert almost three years ago I’ve been a bit lost in the edible garden so I’ve really dug into all of the tough shrubs and incredible perennials, mostly succulent, that grow so well here.
But I miss growing my own food. There are many edible perennials that grow well here. Hell, I have a beautiful mature carob tree in my back yard and I’ve never even harvested the pods!
So this is my goal and intention as the hot season slowly begins to subside and planting can resume: grow more edible perennials and desert-adapted annual foods. Get back into what made me fall in love with gardening over 20 years ago: growing food.
#gardenstr #foodstr #nature
Wow! Beautiful harvest
Those petals are stunning, like delicate ribbons. Reminds me of echinacea pallida, but yellow!
Doing more creative stuff and frankly I’m terrified, but it feels good too
Everything in the garden is rough from the hottest summer we’ve ever had here, but you can’t beat the look of native brittlebush combined with bougainviella #flowerstr #plantstr #gardenstr
