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Anne Miller wrote:Riona, did you save the seed heads? Egyptian walking onion are easy grown from them.
After a few years the area planted might get thick enough to suppress grass though I always transplanted mine so that would not work for me.
Tereza Okava wrote:flour sock war?
(I also generally sift out and use. The weevils are in there anyway. Then again, I am a barbarian.)
Douglas Alpenstock wrote:Cowboy candy! Hot peppers pickled in a sweet brine. Fabulous! Lots of recipes online.
Jay Angler wrote:Wecome to permies, Juha-Matti!
There are so many factors, like temperature and soil that affect how berries taste and how many you get. I do agree that even in my ecosystem, finding a wild strawberries is like finding a gold spec in the river!
Sam Potter wrote:Looks like some sorta long horn beetle. They are harmless to people and critters so no worries. They do like decaying wood and bright lights. Might want to see if any of your trees are getting soft and squishy or if he was just passing thru.
Jay Angler wrote:
Susan Mené wrote: I just had a very wet, puddled area in my back yard and I threw some coir on top to suck up the moisture. Gave no thought at all as to whether that was a good idea or not; what say you?
OK - I have heavy clay soil. Water doesn't soak in well, so puddles tend to evaporate, which is part of the water cycle, but doesn't help my growies!
So coir added to the puddle might hold that moisture and give it more time to either soak into the clay a bit more, or encourage the worms to move in and help aerate the clay (how the worms manage to get through amazes me, but they do because I see the tunnels).
So I would say this is a great experiment and I hope to hear how it works for you. If your puddled area is low on organic matter, increasing that alone could provide nice benefits.
