20121116 Patio Veggie Pots 2 of 6

Nov 172012

Fennel Pond – a critter’s pondside dream resort.

Day 2 in this 6-day video series: Preparing patio pots for winter veggie planting.

First a video re “Patio Veggie Pots”, then some patio veggie planting pics (below the video):

Patio Veggie Pots 2 of 6 (video):

Patio Veggie Planting (pics):

Patio Planting Pots patiently wait for seeds and seedlings.

Fennel Pond sits high up in the clouds of fresh soil.

Fennel Pond (the spent fennel was just removed) sits high up in the clouds of fresh soil. Think like a critter!

Fennel Pond provides critters with water. AND, some microbes and aquatic creatures call Fennel Pond home!

LIFE comes to Fennel Pond, a critter’s pondside dream resort, in older times. Imagine you, the kneeling child, lost in the wonder of whirling Life in the shallow pool of Fennel Pond.

Happy planting veggies on your patio and see you tomorrow.

Tony

20121112 Amaranth Seed Collecting 2 of 3 videos

1- Residential Habitats -- Critters and Their Homes, 2- Food Forest Gardening No Responses »

Nov 132012

Great Green Bush Cricket on amaranth leaf.

You have landed on Day 2 in this 3-day series of videos depicting amaranth seed collecting. Enjoy!

First a video re “Amaranth Seed Collecting”. Today’s video is part 2 of 3 (1/day) for the series! THEN some amaranth pics (below the video):

Amaranth Seed Collecting 2 of 3 videos

Amaranth in Tony’s Garden (pics):

Amaranth growing on Dragon Spine Ridge. Note how the vibrant red-purple stands out in an otherwise green landscape. Note the "edge effect" provided by the amaranth plant -- it fills in the shrubbery between the overhead pine tree and the lower vegetation.

Great Green Bush Cricket on amaranth leaf. Be careful -- look closely enough and YOU may go cross-eyed, too.

Amaranth growing next to Birdbath Beach. Birds eat amaranth's ripe seeds. Note the wood perches that allow the birds a look-see before hopping down into Birdbath Beach. The rock and slate shard in the birdbath allow insects and birds to find their own "shallow end" to the pool.

Amaranth on the web:

I like the page “Growing Amaranth and Quinoa” at:

http://www.seedsanctuary.com/articles/growing-power-foods.cfm

For chicken lovers: “Feeding the Flock from the Homestead’s Own Resources: Part Two”

http://www.themodernhomestead.us/article/Growing-Poultry-Feeds-2.html

Happy seed collecting and see you tomorrow.

Tony