Sunday, June 29, 2008

My Plot

My plot is at Cotton wood community gardens in strathcona, vancouver. It is completely organic. There are no weeds, as i weed out some stuff but it never leaves the plot, and i never remove all of a species until ive identified it. My plot has zero budget, no money spent.

currently giving away almost daily because of weeding;



Currently in my garden i have:

-Chocolate Mint
-Great Mullien
-Love in the mist ( white and blue flowering)
-Iris' ( blue, yellow, orange, red)
-holly hock (purple flowers)
- orange Calendula and orange with black center (interesting 3 coloured calendula near mainstreet to collect seed from)
- A type of sage
- white and purple flowering oregano bushes
- chives and garlic chives
- a variety of poppies (including opium and california)
- valerian
-Rhubarb
-Peas
-borage
-violets
-Bulls blood Beets
-Evening Primrose
-Dark Pink wild roses
-garlic
-potatoes
-2 varieties of wild lettuce
-Dandelion
-white morning glory
-locust trees
-Butterfly bush
-3 varieties of thistle (i know ones milk thistle)
-2 varities of artemisia
-lambs ear
-Marshmallow
-Fennel
-Carrots
-three varities of radish
-Foxglove
-Lemon Balm
-Spearmint
-Black berries
-chickweed
at least 30 that i dont know the names of yet

Experiments at the plot
My plot is currently being developed in the likeness of a pyramid so that i may do ecology tests for my pyramid/ garden city project


- a lot of cuttings on the go that i dont know the names of
-potatoe light defecincy
-potoatoe minimal dirt
-composting
-various water table experiments
-erosion experiments
-water absorption experiments
-ant experiments
-vision distraction/illusion experiments ( what works for hiding plants)

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