Category: Plants

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 !

Winter Sowing Adventures of (Almost Nursery) Scale

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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 can move them to the greenhouse in March. Early risers observed: Sundial Lupine (Lupinus perennis - pictured above), Wild Senna … Continue reading Winter Sowing Adventures of (Almost Nursery) Scale

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

A groomed garden bed approach to killing my lawn to build pollinator habitat

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The quick pollinator shade garden I made last week is doing great. I think I may have cooked some of the really early spring bloomers by waiting so late to plant them, but they are rebounding and will come back next year. Today I checked on them and found a couple of patches of Virginia … Continue reading A groomed garden bed approach to killing my lawn to build pollinator habitat

Embrace Impulsive Gardening: How killing plants makes me a better gardener

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I met a maybe-new-friend last week, and of course we chatted plants, chickens, and weird ailments. She said something to me along the lines of wishing she could bring herself to just do, and not overthink her garden planning. If she reads this post I hope this will inspire her to trust she can. Or … Continue reading Embrace Impulsive Gardening: How killing plants makes me a better gardener