These long summer days in the garden are where I live now. Far from the computer keyboard, just me and my hand tools, weeding, planting, and pruning. Colors and shapes surround me with glory as bird song lifts me up. But I don’t get completely away from my tech nerd side — I am enjoying the new camera I am learning to use (the OM5 from OM Systems). I feel like I am finally getting the hang of it.
I want to share these images with you, so Barney the barn cat and I invite you to join us on a garden tour.
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Welcome to the Garden of Eatin’ - my organic biochar garden built on fifteen years of biochar compost.
The Garden of Eatin’ — Thanks to Michael Wittman of Blue Sky Biochar for sending me this cute sign years ago.
Barney leads our tour down the garden path.
Tomato alley is getting blocked by nasturtiums that spill over from the beds. We just cope with it and step over them.
Before long, these will be sauce.
Early August is the time of ripening and deliciousness!
Have you ever tried a ground cherry? They make our salads pop with a sweet umami flavor.
Barney stops for some refreshment.
Twelve fall cabbages (there are sixteen more in another bed) just got planted in the ground. These were seeded on summer solstice and babied under shade cloth through the hottest weather until they were big enough to handle the full sun.
We do our best to keep the pollinators happy with abundant flowers. Side effect: all our friends get flower bouquets.
Here we are in the pepper rows. Kind of hard to see them under the giant marigolds.
This bell pepper is huge and almost obscene!
Cherry tomatoes. Sungold is our favorite.
The beans are just now flowering, but it won’t take long for the fruits to appear.
More fruits of the vine. Ripening eagerly awaited.
Barney, Guardian of the Garden, says: “You are welcome. Come back soon!”
Please, if you want to learn more about practical biochar tips and tricks for growing your own food, or you are interested in stewardship biochar for restoring natural ecosystems and biodiversity, check out some of my links below:
The Biochar Handbook at Amazon.com
The Biochar Handbook at Bookshop.org
Purchase Kelpie's Practical Biochar Course
Order your Ring of Fire Biochar Kiln®: RingofFire.earth
Check out my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@KelpieWilson
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