Beautiful & inspiring story of your journey, which is similar to mine, although my garden now is urban & quite small. I’d love to grow flowers too so I look forward to following your journey. 💐🍃
I love this story! I used to grow flowers for my floristry work at my parents before I had land of my own. My own land is as shady as you described yours to be. I’ve recently added a raised bed garden in a very inconvenient place of the yard, but the only full sun area. Most of my work is as a wedding florist and I’ve also discovered the toll our planet takes for the sake of weddings and events. Over the past couple of years I’ve been able to design 95% of my work with locally grown and sourced flowers. I can’t wait to read more about your flower truck and your garden!
What a beautiful story. I love this quote "My own journey, from a driveway garden to Tiny Meadow, has shown me that land is never truly ours. It’s something we care for, something we move through." Beautiful! I lived in Asheville for several years at a boarding academy and was always inspired for the deep respect for nature people had there, so lovely.
Hi Rowen, enjoyed your March intro and this one a lot.
Have a friend in Naarm (Melbourne, VIC, OZ). She is Zim born but grew up in SA.
She has a great unit in a special inner city burb, now trendy, but still has some of its old school cool feel and vibe, but most importantly,a north facing balcony/verandah with good exposure.
Long and skinny; just, only just, fits a BBQ but it needs to be put away from the door space.
She is a keen traditional cook, and have long thought this space could be used to raise greens, herbs and some veg.
Liked your raised timber garden beds; a kit, or created? Let me know.
The cycles of all farming so critical, and your degree of detail explains a lot
Your compost delivery looking steaming hot which is good as long as it was for long enough to germinate and fry/destroy seeds in the manure. So storing so it can compost more is a good thing.
Mono culture grass crops can be tough due to interwoven root structures. Maybe mow , let sprout and use steam to kill. Our local councils use back pack steam systems now for weed eradication rather than Roundup. They are pretty safe , except for the steam endy bit. Or, have to go v full mechanical with a rotary hoe, but how much non composted fiber do you want in the soil mix?
Learning a bit more about the Blueridge Mountains and Roanoke (Old and New).
And like your light truck. What make is it?
Maybe to talk of Autumn in Oz, or lack of it in some ways, your addressing Dear Readers ( a nice counterpoint to one of our great radio programmes, and, not to forget the benefits of elephant manure !! Regards.
Really enjoy your writing. What am I looking forward to? Well, The return of Gardeners World of course, for one. Why will they never tell us when the first episode will be.😠I grow too much STUFF. I know it. However. I get ideas for more STUFF all the time. Winter is so long. I order STUFF. Or at least seeds for STUFF, which is a small sin. And I get ideas for more STUFF on Substack. For instance: a Silver Leafed Sunflower I read about. Yep. Ordered that.
This is so cool! I love that this is even a possibility!
Beautiful & inspiring story of your journey, which is similar to mine, although my garden now is urban & quite small. I’d love to grow flowers too so I look forward to following your journey. 💐🍃
Fantastic read! I couldn’t agree more. Make gardens where you are with what you have. Good luck getting your seeds sown!
Looking forward to following along with you! 🌱
I love this story! I used to grow flowers for my floristry work at my parents before I had land of my own. My own land is as shady as you described yours to be. I’ve recently added a raised bed garden in a very inconvenient place of the yard, but the only full sun area. Most of my work is as a wedding florist and I’ve also discovered the toll our planet takes for the sake of weddings and events. Over the past couple of years I’ve been able to design 95% of my work with locally grown and sourced flowers. I can’t wait to read more about your flower truck and your garden!
What a beautiful story. I love this quote "My own journey, from a driveway garden to Tiny Meadow, has shown me that land is never truly ours. It’s something we care for, something we move through." Beautiful! I lived in Asheville for several years at a boarding academy and was always inspired for the deep respect for nature people had there, so lovely.
Hi Rowen, enjoyed your March intro and this one a lot.
Have a friend in Naarm (Melbourne, VIC, OZ). She is Zim born but grew up in SA.
She has a great unit in a special inner city burb, now trendy, but still has some of its old school cool feel and vibe, but most importantly,a north facing balcony/verandah with good exposure.
Long and skinny; just, only just, fits a BBQ but it needs to be put away from the door space.
She is a keen traditional cook, and have long thought this space could be used to raise greens, herbs and some veg.
Liked your raised timber garden beds; a kit, or created? Let me know.
The cycles of all farming so critical, and your degree of detail explains a lot
Your compost delivery looking steaming hot which is good as long as it was for long enough to germinate and fry/destroy seeds in the manure. So storing so it can compost more is a good thing.
Mono culture grass crops can be tough due to interwoven root structures. Maybe mow , let sprout and use steam to kill. Our local councils use back pack steam systems now for weed eradication rather than Roundup. They are pretty safe , except for the steam endy bit. Or, have to go v full mechanical with a rotary hoe, but how much non composted fiber do you want in the soil mix?
Learning a bit more about the Blueridge Mountains and Roanoke (Old and New).
And like your light truck. What make is it?
Maybe to talk of Autumn in Oz, or lack of it in some ways, your addressing Dear Readers ( a nice counterpoint to one of our great radio programmes, and, not to forget the benefits of elephant manure !! Regards.
Thanks Rowen for your gutsy unpack and delightful narrative.
Tenant farming is complex and probably good to get legal advice well before next lease, maybe from some where out of town. But looks so lovely
Know I have talked about benefit of sheep poo pellets, but yet to share story of elephant poo.
But see Zoo Poo is out there now , but costly in some cases.
Stay Planted (too corny?) May share some Oz music later, as it rarely goes offshore.
Regards and Respect.
Really enjoy your writing. What am I looking forward to? Well, The return of Gardeners World of course, for one. Why will they never tell us when the first episode will be.😠I grow too much STUFF. I know it. However. I get ideas for more STUFF all the time. Winter is so long. I order STUFF. Or at least seeds for STUFF, which is a small sin. And I get ideas for more STUFF on Substack. For instance: a Silver Leafed Sunflower I read about. Yep. Ordered that.