#zone9a — Public Fediverse posts

Growing food in the Mojave feels a bit just like hacking the seasons and figuring out how to break the rules of certain plants. Most say plant in spring, but I'm learning that that really means "plant in December and then expect it to die off in June" or "plant in late August and expect it to die off if February gets too cold". In reality, we have a really long growing season: longer than some of the higher altitude locations nearby, and the better we can make our soil it seems the easier it is to grow... almost anything.

Though, this year we're planting a lot of annuals in addition to our existing perennials (which mostly consist of various edible cacti and mesquite tree varieties), and I'd love to hear your favorite (preferably Southwest or at least North American natives) perennial recommendations! I hope to be able to afford to source some more seeds and tubers for some perennial food crops this year, even if they take some time to establish, I want our diet to begin to shift more in the direction of food that makes more sense where we live and rely less on Eurasian-derived common annual vegetables.

#Permaculture #PerennialGarden #Gardening #Zone9a #Perennial #RegenerativeAgriculture #RanchoDeLaLibertad

Growing food in the Mojave feels a bit just like hacking the seasons and figuring out how to break the rules of certain plants. Most say plant in spring, but I'm learning that that really means "plant in December and then expect it to die off in June" or "plant in late August and expect it to die off if February gets too cold". In reality, we have a really long growing season: longer than some of the higher altitude locations nearby, and the better we can make our soil it seems the easier it is to grow... almost anything.

Though, this year we're planting a lot of annuals in addition to our existing perennials (which mostly consist of various edible cacti and mesquite tree varieties), and I'd love to hear your favorite (preferably Southwest or at least North American natives) perennial recommendations! I hope to be able to afford to source some more seeds and tubers for some perennial food crops this year, even if they take some time to establish, I want our diet to begin to shift more in the direction of food that makes more sense where we live and rely less on Eurasian-derived common annual vegetables.

#Permaculture #PerennialGarden #Gardening #Zone9a #Perennial #RegenerativeAgriculture #RanchoDeLaLibertad

Growing food in the Mojave feels a bit just like hacking the seasons and figuring out how to break the rules of certain plants. Most say plant in spring, but I'm learning that that really means "plant in December and then expect it to die off in June" or "plant in late August and expect it to die off if February gets too cold". In reality, we have a really long growing season: longer than some of the higher altitude locations nearby, and the better we can make our soil it seems the easier it is to grow... almost anything.

Though, this year we're planting a lot of annuals in addition to our existing perennials (which mostly consist of various edible cacti and mesquite tree varieties), and I'd love to hear your favorite (preferably Southwest or at least North American natives) perennial recommendations! I hope to be able to afford to source some more seeds and tubers for some perennial food crops this year, even if they take some time to establish, I want our diet to begin to shift more in the direction of food that makes more sense where we live and rely less on Eurasian-derived common annual vegetables.

#Permaculture #PerennialGarden #Gardening #Zone9a #Perennial #RegenerativeAgriculture #RanchoDeLaLibertad

Growing food in the Mojave feels a bit just like hacking the seasons and figuring out how to break the rules of certain plants. Most say plant in spring, but I'm learning that that really means "plant in December and then expect it to die off in June" or "plant in late August and expect it to die off if February gets too cold". In reality, we have a really long growing season: longer than some of the higher altitude locations nearby, and the better we can make our soil it seems the easier it is to grow... almost anything.

Though, this year we're planting a lot of annuals in addition to our existing perennials (which mostly consist of various edible cacti and mesquite tree varieties), and I'd love to hear your favorite (preferably Southwest or at least North American natives) perennial recommendations! I hope to be able to afford to source some more seeds and tubers for some perennial food crops this year, even if they take some time to establish, I want our diet to begin to shift more in the direction of food that makes more sense where we live and rely less on Eurasian-derived common annual vegetables.

#Permaculture #PerennialGarden #Gardening #Zone9a #Perennial #RegenerativeAgriculture #RanchoDeLaLibertad

Growing food in the Mojave feels a bit just like hacking the seasons and figuring out how to break the rules of certain plants. Most say plant in spring, but I'm learning that that really means "plant in December and then expect it to die off in June" or "plant in late August and expect it to die off if February gets too cold". In reality, we have a really long growing season: longer than some of the higher altitude locations nearby, and the better we can make our soil it seems the easier it is to grow... almost anything.

Though, this year we're planting a lot of annuals in addition to our existing perennials (which mostly consist of various edible cacti and mesquite tree varieties), and I'd love to hear your favorite (preferably Southwest or at least North American natives) perennial recommendations! I hope to be able to afford to source some more seeds and tubers for some perennial food crops this year, even if they take some time to establish, I want our diet to begin to shift more in the direction of food that makes more sense where we live and rely less on Eurasian-derived common annual vegetables.

#Permaculture #PerennialGarden #Gardening #Zone9a #Perennial #RegenerativeAgriculture #RanchoDeLaLibertad

@graftandspur Yes, ryegrass will over winter here. So far mustard has been the next hardiest. I was hoping the oats would over winter with the rye but they haven’t.

I grow a diverse cover crop mix from Sept and let their biomass cover the ground and feed the soil biology.

As it’s too warm for Jan some clover and phacelia may start to come through now. The only plants I have growing at the moment are the perennials, teasel, ryegrass and the bulbs. #Zone9a #Allotment #CoverCrops #GreenManures

@graftandspur Yes, ryegrass will over winter here. So far mustard has been the next hardiest. I was hoping the oats would over winter with the rye but they haven’t.

I grow a diverse cover crop mix from Sept and let their biomass cover the ground and feed the soil biology.

As it’s too warm for Jan some clover and phacelia may start to come through now. The only plants I have growing at the moment are the perennials, teasel, ryegrass and the bulbs. #Zone9a #Allotment #CoverCrops #GreenManures

@graftandspur Yes, ryegrass will over winter here. So far mustard has been the next hardiest. I was hoping the oats would over winter with the rye but they haven’t.

I grow a diverse cover crop mix from Sept and let their biomass cover the ground and feed the soil biology.

As it’s too warm for Jan some clover and phacelia may start to come through now. The only plants I have growing at the moment are the perennials, teasel, ryegrass and the bulbs. #Zone9a #Allotment #CoverCrops #GreenManures

@graftandspur Yes, ryegrass will over winter here. So far mustard has been the next hardiest. I was hoping the oats would over winter with the rye but they haven’t.

I grow a diverse cover crop mix from Sept and let their biomass cover the ground and feed the soil biology.

As it’s too warm for Jan some clover and phacelia may start to come through now. The only plants I have growing at the moment are the perennials, teasel, ryegrass and the bulbs. #Zone9a #Allotment #CoverCrops #GreenManures

@graftandspur Yes the phacelia is a wuss with frost. The green manure mustards are a bit hardier but still shouldn’t last the winter. I had to chop and drop it last Feb/March as we hardly had a hard frost.

I leave the stalks in for the soil life to tuck into until I start prepping the beds.

I normally grow a Chinese or Japanese mustard green for a lovely over winter salad, but didn’t have the seed this year.

The ryegrass as a green manure will reliably survive our winter.#Zone9a #Allotment

@graftandspur Yes the phacelia is a wuss with frost. The green manure mustards are a bit hardier but still shouldn’t last the winter. I had to chop and drop it last Feb/March as we hardly had a hard frost.

I leave the stalks in for the soil life to tuck into until I start prepping the beds.

I normally grow a Chinese or Japanese mustard green for a lovely over winter salad, but didn’t have the seed this year.

The ryegrass as a green manure will reliably survive our winter.#Zone9a #Allotment

@graftandspur Yes the phacelia is a wuss with frost. The green manure mustards are a bit hardier but still shouldn’t last the winter. I had to chop and drop it last Feb/March as we hardly had a hard frost.

I leave the stalks in for the soil life to tuck into until I start prepping the beds.

I normally grow a Chinese or Japanese mustard green for a lovely over winter salad, but didn’t have the seed this year.

The ryegrass as a green manure will reliably survive our winter.#Zone9a #Allotment

@richrollgardener What a great job for a rainy day! I hope you got everything you were after.

We’d call Brandywine a beefsteak variety here in the UK, is it called the same in the states? Nice haul, by the way.

I try to grow something I’ve never grown before every year and this years debut crop is Huauzontle Aztec broccoli.

I won’t sow anything much before March but my seedlings table is already ready and waiting in the greenhouse. #Zone9a #Allotment #Gardening #GrowYourOwn

@richrollgardener What a great job for a rainy day! I hope you got everything you were after.

We’d call Brandywine a beefsteak variety here in the UK, is it called the same in the states? Nice haul, by the way.

I try to grow something I’ve never grown before every year and this years debut crop is Huauzontle Aztec broccoli.

I won’t sow anything much before March but my seedlings table is already ready and waiting in the greenhouse. #Zone9a #Allotment #Gardening #GrowYourOwn

@richrollgardener What a great job for a rainy day! I hope you got everything you were after.

We’d call Brandywine a beefsteak variety here in the UK, is it called the same in the states? Nice haul, by the way.

I try to grow something I’ve never grown before every year and this years debut crop is Huauzontle Aztec broccoli.

I won’t sow anything much before March but my seedlings table is already ready and waiting in the greenhouse. #Zone9a #Allotment #Gardening #GrowYourOwn

@richrollgardener What a great job for a rainy day! I hope you got everything you were after.

We’d call Brandywine a beefsteak variety here in the UK, is it called the same in the states? Nice haul, by the way.

I try to grow something I’ve never grown before every year and this years debut crop is Huauzontle Aztec broccoli.

I won’t sow anything much before March but my seedlings table is already ready and waiting in the greenhouse. #Zone9a #Allotment #Gardening #GrowYourOwn