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Winter Sowing Adventures of (Almost Nursery) Scale
Oops. I ignored my fridge seed experiments too long and accidentally sprouted a bunch of them early. I’m seed-snailing them along with several tree seeds, hoping they won’t need more space than this until I…
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Making a Tiny Forest, the Miyawaki way
We bought our new home for the possibilities, projects and experiments it afforded us, in the quiet of the countryside just outside the city limits, but where school buses still stop to pickup our 3…
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A purpose-built (future) rain garden
I’ve been quiet. It’s a great feeling, because we’ve been so busy outside this first spring in our new place, with so many ideas and discoveries and projects, and dirty hands with mud-crusted nails, and…
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The making of a nursery. Year 1… February Updates
Getting away from my personal life and back to the purpose of this blog, here’s an update on our activities and where we are at coming to the end of this short month, and preparing…
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Why am I doing this? Some TMI and personal shit resulting in a micro-nursery
Why Localeaf? I have a few reasons. Not one of them is extensive horticultural experience or credentials, because really, honestly, I have none. Everything I know about plants and gardening I taught myself, mostly through…
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Winter Sowing for Beginners: Easy Steps to Get Started
I’ve been winter sowing seeds successfully for sever years, and racking up mistakes, learnings and tips from my experiences, as well as those of many others who started winter sowing before me, so by now…
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Our seeds, free seeds, shared seeds, and the small seed companies and nurseries we have loved supporting this year
We grow plants from seeds. That is at the core of what we love to do. Year after year, our collection of seeds grows. This is in part due to our plants growing, us collecting…
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New Home… New Views… New Projects…
We have moved. I’ve been meaning to write about our new place but it’s been a hectic month. I’m not even sure how to start. This is the view from my bedroom window as I…
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Embracing Change: Our Family’s Journey to a New Home
OMG OMG we are moving! More on where we are going later, today I’m focused on the why. As I re-read what I wrote below I have noticed that this post is very long, and…
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Lawn Alternatives: Create a Sustainable Outdoor Space
So you’re thinking about ditching your lawn. Do it! We’ve done it, and we promise you won’t regret it! In fact, this whole crazy venture we have embarked on by starting Localeaf first started with…