Over the top
The
butternuts have taken to the forest garden like ducks to water.
The first photo shows the north side of the brush
pile and the second
shows the south side --- the butternuts have gone all the way up one
side and down the other!
If the plants weren't
already starting to ripen their fruits and die back for fall, I might
worry about our naughy butternuts taking over the world.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Like a certain cartoon mouse... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SBw6nVvJSo
Irma --- Glad to hear the garlic is doing the trick! Don't forget to reapply after rains.
Sheila --- Very true....