guerilla gardens 2025

Winter is probably over for this year around here. We have a few days of rain coming tomorrow. Figured it's time to start the 2025 guerrilla gardening season. Soaked a bag of 15 bean soup overnight. Went for a hike today & spread those beans in about a dozen sunny out of the way spots along a trail. Flowers in a couple of spots too. Some old cilantro seeds were also in the flower mix. Most seeds had the leaves scraped back & the soil loosened just a bit before adding the seeds. Others were just tossed around. Also tossed some of both along a really ugly stretch of road next to a long abandoned property right outside the county road maintenance zone. Also tossed wildflower seeds along a fence line so they will be visible from another road.

Not much effort went into this today but I intend to find a perfect location for a more extensive guerilla garden soon. Food in the woods & random flowers around town is my plan. Others might have the same thoughts so I thought it would be good to make a thread to show pix & discuss growing big hairy apes.

These pix are typical locations I used today. Sunny with support for climbing beans. Most are off trail just enough to not be noticed by hikers but still be easily accessible. One is along a long tree line that will be easily visible by anyone who happens to walk there but almost everyone will be more interested in fishing than walking along the tree line. The red arrow in the last pic shows the distance covered with that.

And so it begins!

I have made a few guerilla gardens in various states. In the process of doing that I have developed a few rules to follow. Never in national or state parks. Never in any environmentally sensitive areas. Never set foot on private property without permission. No human food near roadsides for safety reasons & to avoid someone consuming toxic food. Nothing that is likely to become invasive. A flight instructor once told me "never do anything that you couldn't explain to the complete satisfaction of the head of the FAA". Same principle applies here.

While it's not quite guerilla gardening I have long stated "less lawn more food". It just makes sense.
Over the years, in various locations, I have probably converted more than an acre of lawn into food production.

make some seed balls!!!