Author: scriber

Led by Anita Johnson

Note: Since it was a book of your choice, being the rebel that I am, I was looking for a Japanese garden comic book. As of 2/19 I have not found such a book, but I'm still looking. Since I have been "tamed", I'm going to start reading this book. Introduction: [13:00] a natural landscape … Continue reading Authentic Japanese Gardens by Yoko Kawaguchi

2/4/2022 history of Edward Ler Lers bionic vegetables This book is about plants surviving the evolution 300,000 plants make up the earth's flora what do plants want? Start with plants in caves do plants have intentions? plants don't need us like we need the plant world plants are furniture of the planet (location 110) plants … Continue reading The Cabaret of Plants by Richard Mabey

12/1/21 January, life depends in plants; we are alive by plants. Some like speculation, stealing, or murder. Not all people like gardening. Talk of horse manure in the winter. Some gardeners like wildlife in the garden. It was turned to birds and squirrels. Architecture to make a garden glow: resist desire to grow MORE. need … Continue reading One Mans Garden by Henry Mitchell

10/20/2021-Introduction the grandma didn't like germs...fried the pork chops to smithereens alot of spraying and digging to keep the garden up to snuff planting a fish head in a tomato planting hole does work well p.5 It's all about the soil. 26 Chapter of gardening from A to Z. I. Apples: represent dream and desires … Continue reading Northern Gardener (Nov. book)

by Robin Wall Kimmerer Preface: Seeing the world through moss-colored glasses. Amazed with starry crystals. The Standing Stones Moss is a intricacy with the landscape. Let's learn about the history/relationship we have with mosses. why do mosses form on rocks? or glacier boulders Rocks do have a story (knowledge of the rock territory) moss have … Continue reading Gatherling Moss (oct. book)

A change has been made where we are meeting at Mary's Market in Edgebrook Center the 20th of September A lush, productive vegetable, herb, and flower garden doesn’t have to require endless hours of time and unlimited energy. No-dig gardening methods let you keep the rototiller in the shed and focus on what you like … Continue reading No-Dig Gardening Sept. book

Prelude: son not stung by a paper wasp oaks are slow growers, produce great roots. up to 3X the diameter if the canopy don't like high nitride fertilizer (white oaks) can drop 3 million acorn it its life time You need oak trees for the health of your yard oaks support life monthly tally OCTOBER … Continue reading Nature of Oaks by Doug Tallamy (Aug. 2021 book)