Category: Medicinal

Seedy Saturday Aylmer: Help Wanted / Samedi des semences Aylmer : On a besoin de vous !

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With only 3 weeks to go, seed packing is still going strong! We have had an incredible outpouring of support and donations from so many seed companies; we are struggling to keep our donors page updated. A huge thank you to our generous Quebec-based donors, including: ✳️Les Semis de la Seigneurie (Aylmer)✳️Les Jardins de l’Écoumène … Continue reading Seedy Saturday Aylmer: Help Wanted / Samedi des semences Aylmer : On a besoin de vous !

Seedy Saturday Aylmer / Samedi des semences à Aylmer

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How it's going...  /  Comment ça se passe... Wow you guys. I just updated the seed donor list for Seedy Saturday, and I am blown away. So many amazing organizations working together, willing to donate to community initiatives like ours, for food security, biodiversity, soil health and community building. Wow le monde. Je viens juste … Continue reading Seedy Saturday Aylmer / Samedi des semences à Aylmer

The very personal downward spiral of crumpled butterfly wings

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I went to a therapy session right after our most recent Butterflyway planting, still wearing my giant monarch wings and Butterflyway Ranger t-shirt, excited to gush to my therapist about the morning I had spent with some of my Pollinate Aylmer peeps and two classes of kindergarten kids building little pollinator habitats at a local … Continue reading The very personal downward spiral of crumpled butterfly wings

The making of a nursery. Year 1… February Updates

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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 for spring. I don't want to sugar coat anything or pretend we have things figured out because we are soooo far from that, but bit by bit it feels like we are starting to figure out some things. The kids have been amazing through it all.

Why am I doing this? Some TMI and personal shit resulting in a micro-nursery

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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 trial and (a lot) of error.   Winter experiments growing rooting plants in fish water I have been growing plants and … Continue reading Why am I doing this? Some TMI and personal shit resulting in a micro-nursery

Winter Sowing for Beginners: Easy Steps to Get Started

winter sowing with a guard dog
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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 I'm pretty comfortable with the practice. I found it overwhelming when I started, so I began small, with just a … Continue reading Winter Sowing for Beginners: Easy Steps to Get Started

Our seeds, free seeds, shared seeds, and the small seed companies and nurseries we have loved supporting this year

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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 seeds from our maturing baby plants, saving seeds from our existing harvests, foraging the vast unspoiled wild land near our … Continue reading Our seeds, free seeds, shared seeds, and the small seed companies and nurseries we have loved supporting this year