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“Seeds have the power to preserve species,
to enhance cultural as well as genetic diversity,
to counter economic monopoly
and to check the advance of conformity
on all its many fronts.”
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Michael Pollan
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Photos by Woodland Gnome 2015
The Power of Seeds
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- Silent Sunday: December 1 December 1, 2019
- Seeds of Appreciation November 28, 2019
- Sunday Dinner: Looking Forwards November 24, 2019
- Sunday Dinner: Understanding November 17, 2019
- Sunday Dinner: Cycles November 10, 2019
- Sunday Dinner: Time and Time Again November 3, 2019
- Six On Saturday: Time for a Change November 2, 2019
- In A Pot: Asian Violet October 29, 2019
- Sunday Dinner: Trees’ Ancient Law of Life October 27, 2019
- Fabulous Friday: Bonus Days October 25, 2019
- Blossom XLIX: Camellia sasanqua October 22, 2019
- Caladiums Year to Year October 21, 2019
- Sunday Dinner: Viewpoint October 20, 2019
- Six On Saturday: Autumn’s Passing Beauty October 19, 2019
- Bringing Some of the Beauty Home October 18, 2019
Forest Garden Contents
- Choosing A Tree For the Garden
- Back to the Bare Bones
- Preparing For the Cold
- Winter Pruning
- Why I Love Those Plants of Ill Repute
- Tree Wisdom
- More Tree Wisdom
- Five Lovely Trees
- Wild Beauty
- The Trees in the Forest
- Forest Garden
- Why Do We Garden?
- Perma Culture
- Caladium
- Bountiful Basil
- Begonias, Begonias
- Hardy Begonias- “A Pass Along Plant”
- Camellias
- Like A Dusting of Snow: Sweet Autumn Clematis
- Crepe Myrtle: One Hundred Days of Flowers
- Edgeworthia in the Garden
- Evergreen Ivy
- Ferns are Fabulous in a Forest Garden
- Figs
- Woody Flowers?
- What Is It, Anyway?
- Pass Along Plants, Ginger Lily
- Goldenrod
- Hardy Hibiscus
- American Holly
- “Miss Huff” Perennial Lantana
- Jewel Orchid In Bloom
- Ligustrum in the Winter Garden
- Oregon Grape Holly
- Moonflowers, Another Pass Along Plant
- Moth Orchid
- Just a “Split Second…”
- Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme….
- Pyracantha
- Southern Wax Myrtle
- Violas For Winter Blooms
- Vine Covered Trees
- Gardening in Raised Beds and Containers
- (Almost) Free Plants
- “Shopping” The Garden For Flowers
- Our Hunger
- Small Beginnings
- Planning That Happy New (Gardening) Year
- Plants Through the Post
- Delighted
- The Gift of a Snowy Day
- The Old That Is Strong
- Cypress
- Bringing Birds To the Garden
- Bees, Hummingbirds, Butterflies, and Dragonflies
- Bee-Friendly
- Creating A Hummingbird and Butterfly Garden
- Beautiful Bees and Flutterbys
- Butterflies Everywhere….
- Butterfly Close Ups
- A Monarch at Last!
- Hungry Caterpillars; What’s For Lunch?
- Eastern Black Swallowtail Caterpilliars- Revisited
- Where Have the Butterflies Gone?
- Painted Lady
- Hummingbird Moth
- Moths, So Beautiful, So Short Lived
- Love Your Local Beekeeper
- Making and Breaking Bread
- Beauty Where You Find It
- Summer Fireworks
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Object
- Back to the Bare Bones
- The Path: Continuing Into 2014
- Bare
- After the Frost
- A Golden November Day
- December Reflections
- A World of Color
- Paint the Sky: Tuesday Snapshots
- Appreciating the Earth: Tuesday Snapshots
- Color and Form
- First Signs of Spring
- Conscious Seeing
- Winter Sunset
- Frozen
- Wild Ice
- Snow Washed
- Nature’s Wisdom and Tuesday Snapshots
- The First Golden Dandelion Blosssom
- The First Blossom of Spring
- Families Gathering On A Sunday Afternoon
- Life on a Beach: Tuesday Snapshots
- Poetry
- About Forest Garden
- Good Bread: Sourdough
- PIckled fig recipe
- Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme….
- Bountiful Basil
- Celebrate the Autumn Harvest With Fresh Apple Butter
- Figs
I love that first photo – Mrs. Mop-top with her hair in curlers! 😉