Purple eggplant for surprise, beauty, and eventually deliciousness. The herbs below utilize empty space, confuse pests with their fragrance, and help reduce evaporation and weeds from the soil.
Chives like lots of nitrogen. Peas have friendly microbes on their roots that take nitrogen from the air in soil, and feed it to the Plants nearby. Peas and chives grown with each other are stronger and healthier than peas and chives that only grow with their own kind.
Kitchen scraps go into the worm farm, where after a few weeks, it is turned into clean, lovely fertilizer for the garden. If you cut the food small so it doesn't rot, there is no smell, so it is possible to do on a balcony, if it is shady.
If you don't know worms, you might think they are ugly and scary. But it is us humans that go around turning beautiful nature into ugly waste. And we don't even enjoy doing it. Worms turn waste into something useful again, and they love doing it. I want to support them in their quiet, peaceful work.''
If you don't know worms, you might think they are ugly and scary. But it is us humans that go around turning beautiful nature into ugly waste. And we don't even enjoy doing it. Worms turn waste into something useful again, and they love doing it. I want to support them in their quiet, peaceful work.''
North facing: lemons, passion fruit, flowering natives, vanilla bean plant intertwined with bourganvillas
since it needs a trellis-friend to climb on, good sun, some shade. Vanilla plants can be ordered by mail, or grown from cuttings - they are costly, which is discouraging, if you expect it to die anyway, or encouraging, if you expect to propagate and sell them on again.
Shade Vines: Passionfruit, Wisteria, Honeysuckle, Jasmine, Grapes, Kiwifruit, Lilac
So, why does a combination of two complementary flowers intertwined look so much better than one?
Lilacs: One of the easiest plants to grow in your garden, even if you have poor soil. These bushes can be used as a hedge or as a single plant that adds interest to the garden. Can be grown with ease in zones 3-8. It's a versatile landscaping bush that requires little care. Plant early, mid, late Lilacs, they only bloom for 2 weeks so this way you can have them for 6 weeks! Once the blooms are over you have a nice shade bush. Plant in late fall. About pruning, do it intelligently: Cropping ends only reduces bloom. Remove the seed heads. If your bush is too tall for space, cut out the older branches near ground, level. Use a narrow saw in order to avoid wounding the remaining stems. If the bush grows too wide, limit your cutting to the outside sprouts. Need at least six hours of sunlight.
since it needs a trellis-friend to climb on, good sun, some shade. Vanilla plants can be ordered by mail, or grown from cuttings - they are costly, which is discouraging, if you expect it to die anyway, or encouraging, if you expect to propagate and sell them on again.
Shade Vines: Passionfruit, Wisteria, Honeysuckle, Jasmine, Grapes, Kiwifruit, Lilac
So, why does a combination of two complementary flowers intertwined look so much better than one?
Lilacs: One of the easiest plants to grow in your garden, even if you have poor soil. These bushes can be used as a hedge or as a single plant that adds interest to the garden. Can be grown with ease in zones 3-8. It's a versatile landscaping bush that requires little care. Plant early, mid, late Lilacs, they only bloom for 2 weeks so this way you can have them for 6 weeks! Once the blooms are over you have a nice shade bush. Plant in late fall. About pruning, do it intelligently: Cropping ends only reduces bloom. Remove the seed heads. If your bush is too tall for space, cut out the older branches near ground, level. Use a narrow saw in order to avoid wounding the remaining stems. If the bush grows too wide, limit your cutting to the outside sprouts. Need at least six hours of sunlight.
Why square pots? They hold more life-giving soil than round, and take up no more space.
Zone 1 doorstep area a clear, flowing current of activities, you can't choke it up with rarely used, unbeautiful things
Zone 1 doorstep area a clear, flowing current of activities, you can't choke it up with rarely used, unbeautiful things
Why terracotta? They cost more, but will be used forever. Terracotta will 'breathe' better than plastic, the evaporation in the hot sun helping to cool the roots and keep the plant alive. The remaining pots were 'edited', loved and harmonious ones allowed stay. The atmosphere will now be created by the plants, not the mottley crew of default pots.
What about the glazed pot? I did worry things might 'cook' in there, especially since the glaze is metallic - its untouchable after a few hours in the sun. I lined it with some old wood that was lying about. Maybe this insulation will save the situation.
''For real Permaculture, only grow edibles you will actually eat, and things that you want fresh, on hand. Dill, basil, thyme, rosemary, oregano, mint, rucula, cherry tomatos, sweet potatos, onions, asparagus, lime, cherries, plums..''
Over winter, the lemon, the rosemary, and maybe the lavender will still be vivid and green(or blue green). We can let the others die down, to grow again next spring - they are all perennial.
Grapes provide shade for the house, leaves to wrap dolmades in spring, fruit in autumn, and after that, a water color painted by God. Almost everything gets clipped away for the winter, letting warming sunlight into the house. Then, it grows two miles again the next spring. The leaves compost easily, break down quickly into good mulch and compost.
By the fish pond, taro, lotus, iris, bullrushes purify pondwater..
Over winter, the lemon, the rosemary, and maybe the lavender will still be vivid and green(or blue green). We can let the others die down, to grow again next spring - they are all perennial.
Grapes provide shade for the house, leaves to wrap dolmades in spring, fruit in autumn, and after that, a water color painted by God. Almost everything gets clipped away for the winter, letting warming sunlight into the house. Then, it grows two miles again the next spring. The leaves compost easily, break down quickly into good mulch and compost.
By the fish pond, taro, lotus, iris, bullrushes purify pondwater..
Replacing concrete with brick pathways, the water seeps into the ground, instead of swishing by dying plants down the stormwater drains.
Intimate Zone 1 Useful-to-Humans Gardens, there will be Zone 5 gardens, grasses, reeds and plants native to the neighborhood, that will give the ladybugs and lizards back their homes. Zone 5 gardens let the evolution of nature continue, and are a way to give back a little to the earth, who has given us everything we have.
Pots can be anything that holds soil and drains water: recycled pipe Maybe old tofu-making barrels, baby prams, bathtubs..
Citronella: Oil of citronella has been used for over 50 years as an insect repellent. It protects you from insects without harming or killing them. Citronella's distinctive odor may make it difficult for pests to locate a host.
Lemongrass Oil: an herb widely cultivated in the tropics and subtropics, long appreciated for its ability to repel insects. It has an amazingly fresh, earthy and lemony scent. The amount of citral, the aldehyde responsible for its lemon scent, determines its quality.
Peppermint Oil: also repels mosquitos
Intimate Zone 1 Useful-to-Humans Gardens, there will be Zone 5 gardens, grasses, reeds and plants native to the neighborhood, that will give the ladybugs and lizards back their homes. Zone 5 gardens let the evolution of nature continue, and are a way to give back a little to the earth, who has given us everything we have.
Pots can be anything that holds soil and drains water: recycled pipe Maybe old tofu-making barrels, baby prams, bathtubs..
Citronella: Oil of citronella has been used for over 50 years as an insect repellent. It protects you from insects without harming or killing them. Citronella's distinctive odor may make it difficult for pests to locate a host.
Lemongrass Oil: an herb widely cultivated in the tropics and subtropics, long appreciated for its ability to repel insects. It has an amazingly fresh, earthy and lemony scent. The amount of citral, the aldehyde responsible for its lemon scent, determines its quality.
Peppermint Oil: also repels mosquitos
Home: beautifying through cleanliness (subtraction), rather than ornament (addition)
We are generally unaware, but even highly cultivated people in the past owned very few objects, and according to Feng Shui, every object you own has some power over you.
Geoff Lawton, the world's most prolific permaculture designer and teacher, said that what ignited him into action was a line from Bill Mollison: 'Its a very boring state, being afraid". So I ignored 'afraid', found some gardens to renovate, got experts to do what I can't. Now I'm searching for effective, creative people to work with me in making them real. It really is fun, being not afraid. You meet the best people. And when things look like going wrong, you just find whats missing, and put it in.
"You can solve all the problems of the world in a garden. But people don't know that, and it makes them very insecure" --Geoff Lawton
We are generally unaware, but even highly cultivated people in the past owned very few objects, and according to Feng Shui, every object you own has some power over you.
Geoff Lawton, the world's most prolific permaculture designer and teacher, said that what ignited him into action was a line from Bill Mollison: 'Its a very boring state, being afraid". So I ignored 'afraid', found some gardens to renovate, got experts to do what I can't. Now I'm searching for effective, creative people to work with me in making them real. It really is fun, being not afraid. You meet the best people. And when things look like going wrong, you just find whats missing, and put it in.
"You can solve all the problems of the world in a garden. But people don't know that, and it makes them very insecure" --Geoff Lawton
By Cecilia Mac Cauley
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