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Jen Fulkerson

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When it comes to gardening I'm a little crazy. I just keep adding more, I can't seem to stop myself, well honestly I haven't tried, why would I? I have my original garden ( three times the original size) a greenhouse, garden beds where my hugelkulture used to be, a food forest want to be, a rose garden ( in much need of care) and various flower beds. Nothing is neat and manicured. I kind of have a wild and free style.
I'm adding a new little hugel beet, and hear voices. My sister-in-law has her 2 granddaughters, and they are touring my garden. They haven't noticed me yet, and I hear one of the girls say "this is a magical garden". It really made my day.
It's the little things, like giving joy to kiddos, feeding my family, sharing plants and produce, giving my friends a beautiful bouquet, that makes it all worth while.
I'm a crazy growing fool, but I have a magical garden, and I can live with that.

“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” — Abraham Lincoln

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One day when you pass this story onto the child, tell her someone said; Most Excellent!!

Magical indeed!!!

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What a wonderful compliment!

I was an only child in an area with few neighbors growing up. I spent my time immersed in books and exploring the outdoors. I tend to look to my inner child when "planning" my garden areas as I want them to be fun as well as functional.

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A good idea would be for you to post a couple pictures of your wild and free magical garden. I don't know of a single person here who would not benefit from looking at a magical garden.

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Hey Jen, how about what Elanor said; Pictures, Pictures, Pictures Pi ( you know Elanor sorta kinda reads like someone I once knew, oh well ) ctures, Pleaseeeeeeee?

If you can post some pics, I would love to see your gardens!

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Takgin the liberty of borrowing from Jen's greenhouse thread

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Just wanted to let you know I will post pictures soon. I tried to take some yesterday after work, but it was dusk, and all the pictures looked hazy.
The reason I didn't post pictures originally was though I love my garden, it's messy and wild and certainly not awe-inspiring, especially for adult gardeners. That's one of the reasons the comment warmed my heart so.

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Hey Jen,
This isn't YouTube. Your garden does not have to be "Camera-Ready". I think we can all agree on that, yes? (Gosh, I sure hope so, because my life is never "Camera-Ready". )

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Children tell the truth and are in touch with magic, so they know! Tell us more and pictures please.
I've done a video of my 'íncreasingly chaotic gardening style', my daughter says it's boring, haha! Bless her loving honesty!
But even that is not a terrible thing to do.
I made a list with plants names i wanted to visit and did so in a non camera wavering way, but it does give people an impression and ideas and that's what it's about! 10 minutes of video took me an hour that way,

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Elanor Gardner wrote:This isn't YouTube. Your garden does not have to be "Camera-Ready". I think we can all agree on that, yes? (Gosh, I sure hope so, because my life is never "Camera-Ready". )

This!!!
To me the whole point of Permies is to share our real lives, not a polished-for-the-camera-edit-out-the-shit life. We all chose a good shot to a certain extent, but please don't feel that any of us are going to judge on a less than perfect carrot (or whatever) and just be happy that you produced your own food (or whatever). Anyone who judges like that is not nice and we don't want them here!

Jen Fulkerson wrote:The reason I didn't post pictures originally was though I love my garden, it's messy and wild and certainly not awe-inspiring, especially for adult gardeners. That's one of the reasons the comment warmed my heart so.

Remember this thread about messy gardens and feel better Jen! Needing good light for a photo is another matter however. I also find that the camera doesn't see greens as well as my eye can, so all the leaves which I can distinguish easily blur in together in the photograph.

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Jen Fulkerson

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I took some pictures today. It's been very hot, 105 today. So I waited until it cooled down a bit, so it was getting a bit dark.

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Jen Fulkerson

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A couple more pics

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Nancy Reading

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Thank you for sharing those Jen!
Well I thoroughly agree with your young visitor - definitely magical! I remember playing round my Grandad's garden as a child; which had a maze of little paths and hidden corners. You have a lovely range of shapes and colours of leaves too.
I'm intrigued by what looks like a green roof, but more substantial:

Is it a raised bed? It looks to be quite high, I can see cosmos and dill or something similar growing, which would imply a reasonable soil depth.

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Oh my gosh! It is a magical garden!!! Well done!!!

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Thank you very much. It's definitely my happy place.

Nancy the roof on the barn is corrugated steel. Maybe the evening light is making it look green.
The raised bed I make from old redwood fence boards, and some old corrugated steel panels. It's about two feet tall. In it I'm growing cosmos, cucumber, a pepper, bush beans, a white eggplant, and calendula. The garden is doing well so far. We have already eaten a cucumber, and peppers, and there's an eggplant almost ready from this bed.

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Jen Fulkerson wrote:The raised bed I make from old redwood fence boards, and some old corrugated steel panels. It's about two feet tall. In it I'm growing cosmos, cucumber, a pepper, bush beans, a white eggplant, and calendula. The garden is doing well so far. We have already eaten a cucumber, and peppers, and there's an eggplant almost ready from this bed.

That's the one! It looks great - the camera angle made it look taller...Hmm wondering whether a green roof on my compost bin may be possible?....You're giving me ideas, Jen! At the moment, I have a corrugated sheet sat on it to catch some of the water and stop it getting too wet, but I was intending to put a full sloped roof on it with a curtain to stop the birds getting in and stealing my kitchen waste. At the moment the hooded crows are using the sheet as a convenient table for their lunch! But I don't want to encourage them really.

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The grape vine hog panel with the wind chime tied in it is my favorite, (besides the greenhouse with the hobbit door, of course.)

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Jen Fulkerson

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The day I took the picture my daughter asked what I was doing, and I explained. She took some pictures from a child's prospective. That's why the raised bed looks so tall
I love my cattle panel trellis. Not only do they function well, once they are covered they are beautiful.
Thanks for all the kind words.

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This is my favorite garden picture, it was taken a couple of years ago

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Nancy Reading wrote:Taking the liberty of borrowing from Jen's greenhouse thread

There's a story there, Nancy! (Too big for a fairy house. ;-)
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That’s a great story.
Good going!!👏👏👍
“Magical” is the best compliment ever.

Someone once said “Fairy garden” to me about my endeavors, and that was close. “Magical” is definitely where I’m headed.
(within the native nature realm).

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Not garden related but from a babe.

Father to 4 year son - "You're a big boy now. You can sleep in your own room. You don't need to sleep with Mama anymore."
4 year old's reply to father "You're a big boy and you sleep with Mama."

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