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Know and even eat your weeds!

Posted by Nika On June - 24 - 2010

I am still trying to identify the weeds that inhabit and terrorize my landscape. Their fecundity is a sight to be seen and I definitely respect it I just wish I could get tomatoes to do the same thing!

Today I am going to show some of my main weeds and identify where I am able.

Pennycress – Thlaspi arvense

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Thlaspi arvense (common name Field Penny-cress) is a foetid Eurasian plant having round flat pods; naturalized throughout North America. It is also related to the Lepidium species in the cabbage family.

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Joyful Summer Solstice!

Posted by Nika On June - 21 - 2010

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I wish you and your families a bright and joyful summer solstice today!

Take a moment to frolic in the sun and to smell the flowers!

Humble Garden 2010: poppies

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A permacultural Goat in Australia

Posted by Nika On June - 15 - 2010

I thought I would share this video today.

I am going to be teaching about the use of the goat in the permacultural setting at the Northeast Permaculture Convergence this July up in Maine!

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Details:

July 2 – 4, 2010 at the MOFGA Common Ground Education Center, Unity Maine
Their site -> NE Convergence

More thoughts are developing around my presentation materials and may show up here.

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The Early June Garden

Posted by Nika On June - 3 - 2010

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(One of our cutie goat babies)

The video above shows how much the garden has grown in the past two weeks!

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We are a family of 5, including Nika, Ed, Q (14), KD (7), and Baby Oh (4). We garden 1024 square feet of raised beds plus assorted permacultural plantings. We also have 13 LaMancha dairy goats, 40 chickens, and one guard llama.

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