Out on Vashon Island, WA, many people think stinging nettles are obnoxious weeds, but they are quite healthy to eat! Eating from the wild: Potato & Stinging Nettle Soup…so good. Try it, you’ll like it! (To see the videos that go along with this, visit Gene’s “Live Innovations Farm and Education Center” Facebook page, or […]
Category Archives: Nature’s Garden: Gardening and Land Management
Trim Away Garbage To See Beauty
I recently trimmed away junk trees (privet trees) so I could see the Eastern Redbuds in my back yard more clearly. It taught me a valuable lesson: https://cyranowriter.wordpress.com/2018/03/19/trim-away-the-garbage-to-see-beauty-revolutionary-improverse-haiku/
The Wildflower Fire Experiment + What Is This Flower?
A couple of months ago, I was mulling over what to do with the long grasses which are covering the north part of my property. I know some of the clumps are non-native and invasive species, while the other grasses seemed to be thatched pretty heavily, not allowing anything to grow. In addition, these grasses […]
Beauty Under The Underbrush — Nature’s Guy Discovery
I cut away some junk underbrush (privet bushes) and found this beauty. I’m lichen it a lot! http://cyranowriter.wordpress.com/2018/03/19/remove-garbage-revolutionary-improverse-haiku/
Nature’s Guys Saturday Planting: It’s Not a Contest, Is It?
I have to confess: With all the things he gets done, my “little” brother Gene (the West Coast Nature’s Guy) is sometimes a motivator … and sometimes I wonder if I can keep up with him in our rural life. His Live Innovations Farm and Education Center Facebook posting from Saturday said this: March 24 at 11:33pm Had […]
Planting Rainy Day Perspective Change
It always strikes me as strange when folks say they can’t work in the rain. I’m learning that people in different parts of the country have very different perspectives on working in the rain. I lived in Seattle for nearly three decades. What happens when you have plans to work in the yard in Seattle […]
Wildflower Planting Coast-to-Coast
Gene Jr. lives in the Pacific Northwest, near Seattle, WA. Fly diagonally across the USA to where Dave lives in Northwest Georgia. Yet, thousands of miles apart, Nature’s Guys were planting wildflowers on the same day! I called Gene to get some more information. Here’s a summary of our wildflower discussion: Dave: What type of […]