Hey Steemians! I haven't written about the guerilla garden in months, it's time to make the first report before spring.
It has been standing still for a while, not much going on except a cat or a dog passing by.
Above, clover and lolium multiflorum in the beggining of december.
Sideration
It has been growing slow stunned by the cold. The lolium multiflorum is doing a lot better than both varieties of clover. It's seems a lot better adapted to cold. I have planted the mixtures in time intervals from september to november.
Below, both parsley, brussel sprouts and sideration mixture resisting the cold in december.
I'm satisfied only with the first bed.
That indicates it's best to siderate a month before first persistent night frosts. Also, wherever I put more seed, the bed is greener.
General direction for the guerilla garden in 2018
I will not focus a lot on this garden this year. I'm selling my apartment right now, going out of town, adjusting for off-grid life and at the same time working on eco+. Also, because of the financial situation I will have to find a short term day job.
Still, I will make an annual design for polycultures... The above means I'll keep it simple and low-maintenance this year. If you're interested in that sort of thing, follow up because I'll be posting the designs on this blog.
January in the guerilla garden
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Above, borage foliage doing strong. I can't wait for the flowers!
The mediterranean Althea Rosea I adapted to the continental climate from wild seeds.
Also naturalized mediterranian plants, rosemary and sage do well in winter here.
Above, the parley is growing whenever a little sun comes out!
Calendula's flowers were resistant until november, but the foliage stays strong all year long!
Malva sylvestris is waiting for next year to put up more beautiful flowers!
A lot of these plants are resistant to frost and are edible year-long in the outside conditions.
The white blanket
Lately, 10 cm of snow have blanketed the ground. Snow is great in the garden because it's a natural mulch that protects the earth from cold. That means more microorganism activity, but also way more pests. Among them, snow protects eggs of slugs and potato beetles. Unless the snow melts and we get atleast 2 weeks of deep frost, we're going to have a problem here again. Especially if it's gonna be a rainy spring and summer.
Below, I uncovered some sideration from the snow. Still green and alive!
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Wow i didnt know you could grow so much around this deep snow but actually it helps protect your garden. And it looks really natural growing :)
It act like an insulating layer, keeps the temperature of the soil above freezing point. I can't wait for the first sun here tho', I wanna see more green :P! Cheeers to you @celestialcow, thanks for stopping!