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birdfeedingThese are pictures from the left side of the Charleston Food Forest on Saturday, August 2. (Begin with Part 1: Right Side.)
Coming back to the center of the food forest, this is a view of the peach tree blocking the back of the sign, from the left side of the food forest. Amazing that all that growth is just from this spring and summer! Last fall it was clean off the path.
A large patch of winter savory is blooming with minute white flowers. It is quite fragrant and a good cooking herb.
A new path has been laid into the back left part of the food forest, with red concrete stepping stones. The paths used to be all mulch, and at some times very hard to find. Stepping stones help greatly!
Here is the sign for the apple trees.
This little sign, buried in wild strawberries, says Gala. If I were choosing apples for an organic food forest, I would've bought the most robust, disease-and-pest-resistant types I could find. Preferably Johnny apples, seedgrown from line spread by Johnny Appleseed -- typically small red multipurpose apple.
The Gala tree has several clusters of unripe apples.
This wild indigo has thumb-sized seedpods that turn brown when ripe. I picked a few. This might be Baptisia australis or blue wild indigo. Or something else, there are lots of kinds and these are not labeled in detail.
This wild indigo has small, bluish seedpods. This may be Baptisia tinctoria or yellow wild indigo. I gathered some of these too.
This patch holds a few zinnias. Last year they were everywhere. I'm not sure if these were volunteers or just a smaller planting from this year. On the bright side, some of the zinnia seeds that I gathered last fall from the Charleston Food Forest have sprouted and bloomed in my septic garden. \o/ Hopefully they will set seed that I can save and plant again.
A peach zinnia is blooming.
This one is hot pink.
These bachelor's buttons are blooming inside the food forest, toward the left front.
Here's another wild indigo with large seedpods and a label. The seedpods are still green.
Black chokecherry is edible if you add enough sugar to make jam, but by itself the fruit is bitter and sour. It's good wildlife food though.
Coming back to the center of the food forest, this is a view of the peach tree blocking the back of the sign, from the left side of the food forest. Amazing that all that growth is just from this spring and summer! Last fall it was clean off the path.
A large patch of winter savory is blooming with minute white flowers. It is quite fragrant and a good cooking herb.
A new path has been laid into the back left part of the food forest, with red concrete stepping stones. The paths used to be all mulch, and at some times very hard to find. Stepping stones help greatly!
Here is the sign for the apple trees.
This little sign, buried in wild strawberries, says Gala. If I were choosing apples for an organic food forest, I would've bought the most robust, disease-and-pest-resistant types I could find. Preferably Johnny apples, seedgrown from line spread by Johnny Appleseed -- typically small red multipurpose apple.
The Gala tree has several clusters of unripe apples.
This wild indigo has thumb-sized seedpods that turn brown when ripe. I picked a few. This might be Baptisia australis or blue wild indigo. Or something else, there are lots of kinds and these are not labeled in detail.
This wild indigo has small, bluish seedpods. This may be Baptisia tinctoria or yellow wild indigo. I gathered some of these too.
This patch holds a few zinnias. Last year they were everywhere. I'm not sure if these were volunteers or just a smaller planting from this year. On the bright side, some of the zinnia seeds that I gathered last fall from the Charleston Food Forest have sprouted and bloomed in my septic garden. \o/ Hopefully they will set seed that I can save and plant again.
A peach zinnia is blooming.
This one is hot pink.
These bachelor's buttons are blooming inside the food forest, toward the left front.
Here's another wild indigo with large seedpods and a label. The seedpods are still green.
Black chokecherry is edible if you add enough sugar to make jam, but by itself the fruit is bitter and sour. It's good wildlife food though.
