Judith Browning

Do not take lightly small good deeds,
believing they can hardly help.
For drops of water, one by one,
in time can fill a giant pot.

Patrul Rinpoche
(1808-1887, Tibetan Buddhist Teacher)

Nancy Reading wrote:I'm finding this a useful insight into possible succession management in a forest garden. Judith are you still in the same place? How are your stump guilds getting on now?

Nancy,
We moved from there the following fall (October 2015).
I remember that the cherry died although unlikely anything to do with the stump.

Someday we'll get back there for a walk around...the new owners wrote down and mapped all of our plantings so might have observed those stumps....it will be interesting to see what has survived.   They added goats and chickens and kune kunes to the forty acres and ponds so the terrain will be quite different I think ...they leaned very much towards permaculture😊

I know they cut the big dead hickory soon after moving in.
...and another hickory stump bore oyster mushrooms the first winter they were there!

Lots of people hardly ever feel
real soil under their feet,
see plants grow except in flower pots,
or get far enough beyond the street light
to catch the enchantment
of a night sky studded with stars.
When people live far
from scenes of the Great Spirit’s making,
it’s easy for them to forget His laws and love.

Tatanga Mani
(Walking Buffalo) (1871-1967, Stoney Tribal Elder)

Do not follow the idea of others,
but learn to listen
to the voice within yourself.
Your body and mind
will become clear
and you will realize
the unity of all things.

Dogen Zenji (1200–1253, Japanese Zen Teacher)

Phil, I think I misinterpreted Steve's comment about the wood....not a soft wood but a softer hardwood is more what he meant🙄

I guess the spoons he made from it are long gone to customers...was hoping I could find one here, but no luck.

We’re sitting on our blessed Mother Earth
from which we get our strength and determination,
love and humility,
all the beautiful attributes
that we’ve been given.
So turn to one another;
love one another;
respect one another;
respect Mother Earth;
respect the waters-
because that’s life itself!

Phil Lane, Sr. (1915-2004, Yankton Sioux Elder)

Out of the Indian approach to life there came a great freedom,
an intense and absorbing respect for life,
enriching faith in a Supreme Power.
And principles of truth, honesty, generosity, equity
and brotherhood as a guide in mundane relations.

Luther Standing Bear (1868-1939, Oglala Sioux Elder)

Kyle, I have not heard of it although whatI just read about it sounds great...will read some more...thanks!

I'll leave the link here in case anyone else wants to check it out.

I started with wikipedias article because it uses lots less data.

https://www.inaturalist.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INaturalist

M Ljin wrote:Another thought is that on iPhone, if you include location on pictures, it will automatically have a map for you of where each picture was taken. Maybe this will help you?

thanks M.!
that could be helpful although that's the very reason I don't turn on location on this phone 😊

  Permaculture designs seem to avoid setting things out on straight lines, but by golly are they useful in keeping track of things.    

John, This is so true and is why I thought something that would map my footsteps and positions as I go from plants/trees to plants/trees in my quite haphazard and unplanned plantings would be helpful.

The design is happening in spite of my random ways as things get larger and more clearly intentional.
I thought for our families benefit I would try to map and label periennials at least but was feeling overwhelmed by the task in the heat of summer.