Greg Martin

Someone broke into my house last night and stole a dozen eggs.
They also left a pot of water boiling on the stove.
The police suspect that they were poachers.

Zach should visit with Paul!  Thinking they could excel at yukking it up and infecting a pile of minds.

Netflix is running "This is a Gardening Show" hosted by comedian Zach Galifianakis.  Wondering if anyone else is enjoying it.  I'm loving it as a lighthearted distraction from the news and picking up that Zach must be aware of permaculture.  

If my math is right, it sounds like a good corn yield works out to about 0.25 lb of dried kernels per square foot.

If my math on apples is correct, dried apple slice yield would be more like 0.15 lb.  I am impressed that corn produces more on average.

Wondering if a forest garden's stacked layers can make up the gap.

I accidentally drank a little Axe Body Spray.  Now I speak with an Axe scent.  

Do you have much fireblight pressure in that area?  I'm curious if they are resistant as we have heavy fireblight pressure here in my part of Maine.

Jill Dyer wrote:Could be a good candidate for basketry if it's really flexible.  I really like those "knuckles"

Found this online: "Bark is leathery, tough and strong. Twigs are extremely pliable. Native Americans used the twigs and bark for a number of purposes including making bow strings, baskets, fishing line and rope."

Thank you all!  I will keep an eye out for when they open a bit more, but looking through pictures, I'm pretty sure you guys nailed it.

Thank you guys!  I ran out after reading some of the descriptions and I'm pretty sure that it is Dirca palustris, Eastern Leatherwood.  I ran out to check how flexible the branches are and they are crazy flexible!  No doubt that I could tie them into a knot without breaking them!  Appreciate the help in getting me to know more of my flora neighbors.

Not an edible for people, but very pretty and I read that the fruit feeds robins and orioles and the nectar feeds the Mourning Cloak butterfly, so I'll keep an eye out for those guys.  Much appreciated.

I found this small forest shrub just behind a forest garden on one of my lawn edges.  Help!  I really want to know what it is.  It's about 2' tall, has hanging twin yellow flowers, and the stems have "knuckles" (what is those features actually called?) along them where I assume growth stopped for a season and then restarted?  I assume these are wild here.  I know that I did not plant them.  Any ideas?