Photos: Charleston Food Forest Part 2 Left Side

[ysabetwordsmith]

Today we visited the Charleston Food Forest. These pictures show the left side. (See the right side and the Coles County Community Garden.)


The back side of the sign offers information on harvesting. Currently there are instructions for sorrel and asparagus, along with summer berries.




This sign marks the winter savory.




The winter savory is starting to leaf out.




The black raspberries have been pruned back.




Pruned canes form a pile. You could probably root these if you wanted.




This sign marks the perennial leeks.




The perennial leeks are just sprouting.




This sign marks the Egyptian walking onions.




The Egyptian walking onions are all over the place.




This is the hugelkultur bed.




French sorrel has a bright lemon flavor.




Something has been eating nuts, likely a squirrel or chipmunk.




Lavender is leafing out along the entrance-exit path.

Comments

[ribirdnerd]

That's a cool idea. We have some community gardens near by, but not close enough for me to really get involved. I just stick to my small yard garden.

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

I really want to see the idea spread -- not just places where folks can rent a plot, but places where anyone can go to pull weeds and pick whatever's ripe. Ideally, a place that tests what grows well locally and provides landrace or open-pollinated seeds, or at least a list of suggested cultivars.