originally published 1/24/09 6:33pm
these are ideas for what i wanted in my dream garden. In fact, if you ever want to give me a wedding gift, housewarming gift, or a birthday gift, please give me one of these plants. I use to give people a set of herbs for housewarming and wedding gifts but now that I know a little bit more about plants, I thinhk I will ask which one of these you would like to have and give you one of these instead.
For about $2,000 to $3,000, I think I could make my ideal garden. so, I was thinking after I had gotten my own garden set up, I would donate gardens with edible capacity in 2,000 chunks to schools and friends, so I could donate nearly 500 gardens.
for my Houston garden from the urban harvest company:
$35.00 *they recommend the thorned variety of BLACKBERRY (kiowa) since it produces longer and has big fruit, but I don't know.. i like the idea of thornless.
$75.00 *one each of 5 BLUEBERRY choices (brightwell, climax, premier, tifblue, woodard)($35 for each bundle, but I also would like some bilberry blueberries (not on their list). to be used as a hedge.
$80.00 *one each of 4 FIG varieties(banana,celeste,LSU purple,Petite Negra)($20each)
$120.00 *one each of 4 POMEGRANATE varieties (cloud, red silk, garnet sash, kashmir blend) ($30 each)
$250.00 *each of the 5 AVACADO varieties(joey,opal,poncho,wilma,fantastic)($50 each)
$30.00 *2 of the hybrid muscadine GRAPES, one ison(male grape and must have if there is female grape around, but self-fertile), and maybe one supreme(since it is supposed to be disease resistant) ($15each,)
$216.00 *6 CITRUS: 1 moro blood orange, 1 vainiglia blood orange, 1 ujukitsu?, i meyer lemon, 1 mexican thornless lime (key), 1 kaffir lime, ($36each)
*maybe a jujube tree ($40), and maybe a pear tree($25), 2 of the pecan trees ($90.00)
*pakistan mulberry tree($32), 2 pitaya($16), star fruit ($25), a cherry tree, a grumichama ($25.00), 1 guava ($25.00), papaya ($25.00), dragonfruit ($36), Longan (like a lychee) ($30), allspice ($25.00)
no peaches, and NO persimmons, no plums, no grapefruit, no kumquats,
not on the urban harvest list, but which I would also like to grow in our garden.
berries: each of the other kind, creeping rasberry, thornless blackberry, cranberry, wild strawberries, salmon berry, juju berries, mulberry
{strawberries throughout yard, blueberries used as a minihedge, juju climbing up wall in backyard)
olives: diff than what urban harvest offered
trees: decided no to the almond after much debate, but yes to two cashew trees, pistachio trees, macadamia nut, brazil nut, baboa, 1 hazelnut, mango trees, some loquat trees, acacia tree, mangosteen tree
roots: jerusleum artichokes, the african tuber (forgot name),
grasses: tuff, buckwheat, amaranth, some others forgot names.
greens: broccoli, artichoke, assortment of kales, dandelions galore (a wonderful three tier (all parts edible) plant that really ought not to ever be destroyed because of how wonderful a plant it is!!!,
snappeas
spices: curry leaf (murraya koenigii), cilantro (coriandrum sativum), garlic along sidewalk, rosemary to greet you at door
from the Fieldguide to Edible Wild Plants book by Bradford Angier:
only a small portion listed here:
amazing greens all parts edible2: dandelions (not to be confused with sow thistle(sonchus)), roseroot (crassulaceae sedum), rock tripe (umbilicariaceae), instead of grass - using purslane (portulaca)
sunflower, wild strawberry(fragaria)
wild lettuce, wild cucumber, wintercress (already have), wintergreen (ericaceae gaultheria), strawberry spinach (chenopodium), spring beauty (claytonia), prickly pear(opuntia), prairie turnips (psoralea)
turns out the leaves of the holly tree we have are for a tea, but even still I'd like to give our current one away because the root shoots are taking over.
I was surprised by how many trees had edible parts in them especially in the wood.
for example, the poplar (or aspen) tree from the willow family (salicaceae populus)
waterplants worth having for pond, or a lake, or small stream : wild rice(zizania), yellow water lily (nuphar), watercress,
know about when you are in the wild: serviceberry (amelanchier), silverweed (potentilla), shepard's purse (capsella)
Seeing the gazillion things in all these books on edible plants, I do not see why with so there are not more edible gardens, instead of these ornamental toxic garden which won't help you should there ever be a famine (and many of which are not helpful to the habitat), unless of course you happen to have tons of land, and already have more than enough of EVERY other food plant to live sustainably with much much variation. but even then.. i don't know. it just irritates the heck out of me to look at my mother's poisonous plants, when i now know that I COULD be looking outdoors and know that EVERYTHING in the garden was edible. major frustration going on right now. Should a famine ever happen, I'd prefer to know that i can just walk into my garden and eat anything growing there. oh, okay, sigh,fine, i do understand why people have ornamentals. There really are some neat looking plants out there, plus some people just want something hardy that will don't require much care, and many tropical are like that.. take aspidistra for example. but there are plenty of wild edible plants which are sturdy too. I admit, i did really like some of my mother's cacti and tropicals, but only the ones that didn't take over the yard, like the pencil plant. but still. there really are several edible ones to keep one content for awhile with quite a beautiful AND functional garden!
originally published 1/24/09, 6:33 PM
April 2018 Update: well, it's strange.. after being put into hoards amount of debt, i have less money then I have ever had in my life, which is quite remarkable because I once lived homeless up in Alaska in my youth and little to no money then other then what I made on the fishing docks. and yet for some strange reason, I have hope in possible being able to one day figure out how to make some money doing what I love doing..which is documenting our lives and sharing what we know with others. I still have a lot to learn, but we hope you will help us to provide value to you and to others. Get to know us and help us out in accomplishing the dreams we have.. help us be able to pay for the classes that will teach kiddo and I how to swim and how to fish in these shark infested cold waters.
each month together let's become empowered by being of value to one another. and having that monthly connection to look forward to either through www.Patreon.com/KeE,
www.MakerSupport.com/KrinetEagle or www.Partelo.com/KrinetEagle
'
If only we had known about all this from the beginning so we wouldn't have felt so helpless and at my husband's, oh excuse me, ex-husbands and other's mercy. We still are at everyone's mercy, but maybe now there is a chance we can get to be a part of helping out and being of value and mattering to the world around us. Help us get our words and ideas out there. Tell the world about us.
Together lets make a difference. Together let's matter!
these are ideas for what i wanted in my dream garden. In fact, if you ever want to give me a wedding gift, housewarming gift, or a birthday gift, please give me one of these plants. I use to give people a set of herbs for housewarming and wedding gifts but now that I know a little bit more about plants, I thinhk I will ask which one of these you would like to have and give you one of these instead.
For about $2,000 to $3,000, I think I could make my ideal garden. so, I was thinking after I had gotten my own garden set up, I would donate gardens with edible capacity in 2,000 chunks to schools and friends, so I could donate nearly 500 gardens.
for my Houston garden from the urban harvest company:
$35.00 *they recommend the thorned variety of BLACKBERRY (kiowa) since it produces longer and has big fruit, but I don't know.. i like the idea of thornless.
$75.00 *one each of 5 BLUEBERRY choices (brightwell, climax, premier, tifblue, woodard)($35 for each bundle, but I also would like some bilberry blueberries (not on their list). to be used as a hedge.
$80.00 *one each of 4 FIG varieties(banana,celeste,LSU purple,Petite Negra)($20each)
$120.00 *one each of 4 POMEGRANATE varieties (cloud, red silk, garnet sash, kashmir blend) ($30 each)
$250.00 *each of the 5 AVACADO varieties(joey,opal,poncho,wilma,fantastic)($50 each)
$30.00 *2 of the hybrid muscadine GRAPES, one ison(male grape and must have if there is female grape around, but self-fertile), and maybe one supreme(since it is supposed to be disease resistant) ($15each,)
$216.00 *6 CITRUS: 1 moro blood orange, 1 vainiglia blood orange, 1 ujukitsu?, i meyer lemon, 1 mexican thornless lime (key), 1 kaffir lime, ($36each)
*maybe a jujube tree ($40), and maybe a pear tree($25), 2 of the pecan trees ($90.00)
*pakistan mulberry tree($32), 2 pitaya($16), star fruit ($25), a cherry tree, a grumichama ($25.00), 1 guava ($25.00), papaya ($25.00), dragonfruit ($36), Longan (like a lychee) ($30), allspice ($25.00)
no peaches, and NO persimmons, no plums, no grapefruit, no kumquats,
not on the urban harvest list, but which I would also like to grow in our garden.
berries: each of the other kind, creeping rasberry, thornless blackberry, cranberry, wild strawberries, salmon berry, juju berries, mulberry
{strawberries throughout yard, blueberries used as a minihedge, juju climbing up wall in backyard)
olives: diff than what urban harvest offered
trees: decided no to the almond after much debate, but yes to two cashew trees, pistachio trees, macadamia nut, brazil nut, baboa, 1 hazelnut, mango trees, some loquat trees, acacia tree, mangosteen tree
roots: jerusleum artichokes, the african tuber (forgot name),
grasses: tuff, buckwheat, amaranth, some others forgot names.
greens: broccoli, artichoke, assortment of kales, dandelions galore (a wonderful three tier (all parts edible) plant that really ought not to ever be destroyed because of how wonderful a plant it is!!!,
snappeas
spices: curry leaf (murraya koenigii), cilantro (coriandrum sativum), garlic along sidewalk, rosemary to greet you at door
from the Fieldguide to Edible Wild Plants book by Bradford Angier:
only a small portion listed here:
amazing greens all parts edible2: dandelions (not to be confused with sow thistle(sonchus)), roseroot (crassulaceae sedum), rock tripe (umbilicariaceae), instead of grass - using purslane (portulaca)
sunflower, wild strawberry(fragaria)
wild lettuce, wild cucumber, wintercress (already have), wintergreen (ericaceae gaultheria), strawberry spinach (chenopodium), spring beauty (claytonia), prickly pear(opuntia), prairie turnips (psoralea)
turns out the leaves of the holly tree we have are for a tea, but even still I'd like to give our current one away because the root shoots are taking over.
I was surprised by how many trees had edible parts in them especially in the wood.
for example, the poplar (or aspen) tree from the willow family (salicaceae populus)
waterplants worth having for pond, or a lake, or small stream : wild rice(zizania), yellow water lily (nuphar), watercress,
know about when you are in the wild: serviceberry (amelanchier), silverweed (potentilla), shepard's purse (capsella)
Seeing the gazillion things in all these books on edible plants, I do not see why with so there are not more edible gardens, instead of these ornamental toxic garden which won't help you should there ever be a famine (and many of which are not helpful to the habitat), unless of course you happen to have tons of land, and already have more than enough of EVERY other food plant to live sustainably with much much variation. but even then.. i don't know. it just irritates the heck out of me to look at my mother's poisonous plants, when i now know that I COULD be looking outdoors and know that EVERYTHING in the garden was edible. major frustration going on right now. Should a famine ever happen, I'd prefer to know that i can just walk into my garden and eat anything growing there. oh, okay, sigh,fine, i do understand why people have ornamentals. There really are some neat looking plants out there, plus some people just want something hardy that will don't require much care, and many tropical are like that.. take aspidistra for example. but there are plenty of wild edible plants which are sturdy too. I admit, i did really like some of my mother's cacti and tropicals, but only the ones that didn't take over the yard, like the pencil plant. but still. there really are several edible ones to keep one content for awhile with quite a beautiful AND functional garden!
originally published 1/24/09, 6:33 PM
April 2018 Update: well, it's strange.. after being put into hoards amount of debt, i have less money then I have ever had in my life, which is quite remarkable because I once lived homeless up in Alaska in my youth and little to no money then other then what I made on the fishing docks. and yet for some strange reason, I have hope in possible being able to one day figure out how to make some money doing what I love doing..which is documenting our lives and sharing what we know with others. I still have a lot to learn, but we hope you will help us to provide value to you and to others. Get to know us and help us out in accomplishing the dreams we have.. help us be able to pay for the classes that will teach kiddo and I how to swim and how to fish in these shark infested cold waters.
each month together let's become empowered by being of value to one another. and having that monthly connection to look forward to either through www.Patreon.com/KeE,
www.MakerSupport.com/KrinetEagle or www.Partelo.com/KrinetEagle
'
If only we had known about all this from the beginning so we wouldn't have felt so helpless and at my husband's, oh excuse me, ex-husbands and other's mercy. We still are at everyone's mercy, but maybe now there is a chance we can get to be a part of helping out and being of value and mattering to the world around us. Help us get our words and ideas out there. Tell the world about us.
Together lets make a difference. Together let's matter!