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Plant A Tree by Nicolery Hierophen, mella hyperborea
March 30th, 2006 1:45 PM
Nicolery and I planted an avocado tree in a vacant lot adjacent to Faux's house, with Faux's help.
When the houses were torn down on this lot, the plants in the gardens were left where they were. The roses overtook the back section, as well as grasses and small flowers and an insane amount of succulents: the garden plants went feral, and did a good job of it too - the lot is quite lush and pretty. Our addition is the avocado, and we will return with other low-care food-producing plants & trees (raspberries? plum? zucchini?)
Note we tried to get natives, but ended up at Home Depot late last night due to my putting off finding the actual tree. The staff was really helpful in trying to get us a native specimen to plant, but they had nothing in stock except a few hybrids of natives with non-native species (just perrenial flowers, nothing woody); so we bought a packet of 'California Wildflower' seeds and scattered these around the lot too. We also have a reserve packet of the gorgeous bright orange California Poppy seeds to carry and sow wherever we find a hospitable spot.
(A good resource for bay area native plants is baynatives.com)
When the houses were torn down on this lot, the plants in the gardens were left where they were. The roses overtook the back section, as well as grasses and small flowers and an insane amount of succulents: the garden plants went feral, and did a good job of it too - the lot is quite lush and pretty. Our addition is the avocado, and we will return with other low-care food-producing plants & trees (raspberries? plum? zucchini?)
Note we tried to get natives, but ended up at Home Depot late last night due to my putting off finding the actual tree. The staff was really helpful in trying to get us a native specimen to plant, but they had nothing in stock except a few hybrids of natives with non-native species (just perrenial flowers, nothing woody); so we bought a packet of 'California Wildflower' seeds and scattered these around the lot too. We also have a reserve packet of the gorgeous bright orange California Poppy seeds to carry and sow wherever we find a hospitable spot.
(A good resource for bay area native plants is baynatives.com)
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posted by mella hyperborea on April 4th, 2006 4:10 PM
I stole your idea and just created such a task, called The City As A Supermarket.
And be a dear and give me a copy of the map when you're done ^_^
posted by Al gae on June 3rd, 2006 9:09 PM
May I suggest stawberries as a low-maintenance, fruit-bearing plant. I planted some in a strawberry pot last year, and discovered that the little suckers sent out above-ground shoots to reproduce themselves. My lawn is now full of strawberry plants, much to the delight of my dog. Seedlings can be found in garden stores around March.
That would be a pretty cool resource (speaking about Sean's idea in his vote).