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gardeningI enjoy growing dark-colored plants. I have black flowers, bronze leaves, black fruits, all kinds of interesting things.
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How to Make Comfrey Liquid Fertilizer Part 2: Leaves
Jun. 9th, 2025 11:46 pmysabetwordsmith posting in gardeningToday I started making liquid fertilizer from Russian comfrey. Begin with Part 1: Jugs. With those done, I harvested leaves.
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How to Make Comfrey Liquid Fertilizer Part 1: Jugs
Jun. 9th, 2025 10:58 pmysabetwordsmith posting in gardeningToday I started making liquid fertilizer from Russian comfrey. This plant fills a lot of guild roles in permaculture including fertilizer, miner, mulcher, protector, attractor. I have been using it primarily as a bee plant that I can also slash-and-drop several times a season. I grow it under many of my trees and there's some in the prairie garden too.
There are various ways to make liquid fertilizer from comfrey. I will be testing two: 1) a small amount of comfrey leaves in a large amount of water, and 2) only comfrey leaves crammed tightly in a jug. (See Part 2: Leaves.)
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There are various ways to make liquid fertilizer from comfrey. I will be testing two: 1) a small amount of comfrey leaves in a large amount of water, and 2) only comfrey leaves crammed tightly in a jug. (See Part 2: Leaves.)
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June garden updates from Albany, NY
Jun. 9th, 2025 08:28 pmrebeccmeister posting in gardening(updated and cross-posted from my blog)
My newest mulch pile:
I only recently got a wood chipper, and I am so happy to be able to mulch small branches at home now!
Lovely little flowers on the French lavender:
I have a dahlia I call the Dark Dahlia, which is behind the lavender, under some rhubarb leaves, just starting to come up. This is most exciting because I wasn't sure if I got it out of the ground in time last fall/winter.
The wine barrel tomato plants are getting much bigger, and have some flowers going:
Some of the ripe strawberries (while walking my cat Martha):
Yummy strawberry-arugula salad! Needed more strawberries. Next time.
My newest mulch pile:
I only recently got a wood chipper, and I am so happy to be able to mulch small branches at home now!
Lovely little flowers on the French lavender:
I have a dahlia I call the Dark Dahlia, which is behind the lavender, under some rhubarb leaves, just starting to come up. This is most exciting because I wasn't sure if I got it out of the ground in time last fall/winter.
The wine barrel tomato plants are getting much bigger, and have some flowers going:
Some of the ripe strawberries (while walking my cat Martha):
Yummy strawberry-arugula salad! Needed more strawberries. Next time.
Intro
Jun. 4th, 2025 09:14 amluna_moon posting in gardeningHello! My name is Luna. I am new to this group and also somewhat new to Dreamwidth! I keep a small backyard garden of mostly veggies and herbs. I grow most of my plants in containers. I use a variety of pots, grow bags, and upcycled totes for growing. Helps keep weeding a lot easier and I don't have to bend over quite as much/often (I have POTS). I live in the middle of the city, close to our downtown district. I don't have a lot of yard space, or the space I have may not be suitable for growing in ground. I am still working on them, but I have a few ideas for posts about composting and upcycling in the garden that I hope I can share in the future!
Below the cut is a small garden tour! This isn't everything I have, and I am still working on adding a few more things. :]
Below the cut is a small garden tour! This isn't everything I have, and I am still working on adding a few more things. :]
( Garden tour! )