Hugo Morvan

In summer purslane, now nettles, in winter lamb's lettuce, i got a Croatian landrace which gets a lot bigger than the local dwarf.

Tinder for gardeners, wasn't that WWOOF? Joke. Although i had a friend that used it that way.
Maybe people should just meet up more and get a real life vibe instead of scrolling for looks.

Great news. There is going to be a seed conference in Eastern Africa.
Here is the link.

EASTAFRICANSEEDCONFERENCE

I gave a tour this Sunday. A group of garden enthusiast/ seed savers came from an hour drives away to be inspired. That was the mission. They had totally different gardening skills levels amongst them. I ended up mostly chatting with the most experienced of them during a two hour stroll past differing trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals and groundcover set-ups. And then getting questions 'from the back', so stop and explain and then got talking to most experienced again. The  watering situation got highlighted. The evolution of appearing shade places got discussed, a biomass producing Silphy hedge in the annuals bit. The latest extension with food hedges, a bit syntropic/temperate agroforestry style. Etc,etc..
We quit when we'd been everywhere and lunched with the group outside under the pergola, everybody had brought something and we discussed this and that.
It was very relaxed this way, but in hindsight i think people gravitate to what they know, what they recognize in their own gardens and start chatting about how they see things. Then asked me to respond to that, so why and how got discussed. But the topics were mostly what they already know and i missed this opportunity to explain my wormcomposting system and the oxygenated compost tea making system that uses said compost and soil i take on walks.
This would have opened a pathway toward speaking of soil health and actively creating microbial and mycelial biodiversity in a deeper way.
A good thing i did was to put a paper down and have people write their names and emailadresses. So i can adress the compost and compost tea in writing. Opening the situation to dish out some plants/cuttings and seeds, spreading the garden love.
One lady said she got discouraged, but i'm happy she felt she could share this and think she might be helped with a more perennial gardening style
Al in all mission succeeded and ready for the next tour if the occasion arises.

Black currants maintenance, taking out a third of old branches leaves enough cuttings material for exchanges. Dwarf root stock produces fruit earlier. Going for late flowering trees helps a lot with climate chaos disappointments.  There is a cherry variety that stays yellow when ripe fooling birds into thinking it's not ripe yet (might be marketing). Figs need a south facing wall, but roots can be bad for foundation. Some apples hang around christmas time, that saves looking for storage place. How about adding a mulberry?

Suis Neerlandais d'origine. Translation i'm Dutch by origin. I live about 20 years in France in Burgundy in parc naturel Morvan. If i would tile and worry about dirtstains i would take light colored tiles for light indoors and very dark grey or black joints, but cementbased , cheaper than silicones and better for the environment.

I'd go for wood. I don't know what they use in USA, but in France i just put a nail in the groove at a 45 degree angle and use another tool to get it in deeper. Sometimes i need to use a screwdriver banged into the carrierwood to pull the plank in, as well, it's quicker then when i tile, because they're so unforgiving and kneeling on the planks is softer than on concrete. My sister has bamboo laminate and last time i was in her house it was still very nice after 13 years. But she says after i rementioned it that it has dents, gets grey at the edges and that she knew that it would, and that she doesn't like it, but still she's happy (!?!), oh yeah and she mentioned it handles water badly...
. I'm amazed, tell me what's goping on, i am a builder for 25 years, and not 1 time was there a man who had anything to say about what and how things get done when the woman made up her mind. They pretend in different degrees, but they're dreaming. I don't really even listen to the man if he says he wants something  mostly, just go ahaa and look at her if she hints it's ok then he gets to think he won. Refreshing that for once the man has a say. Or does he read along? Shared account or whot?

Cardoons are great to eat like artichokes. I have an ex from the south of France, she said, "they look fine, let's try them, i've eaten these my whole life". She loved them. my Artichokes stay small waste hjgh and struggle to produce flowers. Cardoons get monstrous and fill with bugs that party for weeks there. I hung an empty bucket in the left flower for scale. This one is easily 5 years and gets a lot of nutrients because my compost is next to it, others are more modest in size, but easily 5 times my average artichokes plants.
The seeds need to be chiseled out with a hammer when fresh, but if you leave them outside in a corner the heart will rot and they will be easily removable or sprout in the flower. They'll be perfectly viable for years after.

L Anderson. Hahahaha, seems like you're punishing the zombies. Good on you!

I'm having a garden tour this Sunday. A group of garden enthusiasts i met at a seed exchange will pass by for a visit.

Hi S biermann, nice to hear of a fellow Permie in France. There is quite a lot going on in France, but few French on here, just doing their own thing mostly. Young people speak better English so maybe... But it's always good to connect. I hope there is going to be a meet up again this year. Not that i've been before, but it would be nice to find out if that French permaculturist gathering is happening.
Speaking with likeminded people living in the same country sounds like a good idea to start. Aren't you on GoingToSeed as well?