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We are an urban permaculture orchard on one acre in Oshkosh, WI.

14/08/2025

Native hedgerow glow up today. Willows, dogwoods, witch hazel, spice bush, and ninebark. Cages because the deer and rabbits are excited for this project too. Dreaming of birds, butterflies, and moths.

11/07/2025

Red Currant Panna Cotta Tart (mini tarts in this case)

July in a dessert, straight from the backyard.

01/07/2025

Summer means the snack yard is open. We love wandering the yard after dinner, finding treats hiding among the trees and bushes. Tonight's findings included pink currants, mulberries, and a couple cherries.

29/06/2025

Plums. We have plums.

This tree was added to the orchard about six years ago. Every year we've gotten maybe 2 plums. I've been discouraged, wondering if it's a pollination problem or if there was something else we were missing.

Guess we just needed time.

Friendly reminder that good things take time 🌱

07/05/2025

Plums and cherries are blooming, their fragrance wafting across the yard.

Slow spring this year.

All things in their time.

24/02/2025

45 degrees outside means the garden season is on the horizon.

Local friends, please stop by annual seed swap this weekend! I'd love to say hi and chat about seeds with you.

15/02/2025

Winter is the time for soaking in books...

I love books, but I often don't have time to read as much as I want to. This year I've decided to be a book finisher when it comes to my farming/permaculture/regenerative landscaping books. That means I'm squeezing in the reading and studying a few minutes every night before bed.

This book is a two volume set that feels like a textbook, but I'm here for it. Deep diving into ecology makes me miss my college days.

We have to make space in life for the things we love. I love learning, and I love books. Both are lifelong hobbies 📚

05/02/2025

Our root cellar is looking a bit too full of a few items at this point in the winter. If local folks are interested, I'm happy to set up a pick up/delivery that works for the following items:

-spiced peach butter (think apple butter but using peaches)
-peach black currant jam
-mild salsa
-dried lavender

Please pm if interested for prices and to set a time up.

04/02/2025

The seeds have arrived! Getting the package of these from the mail is like waking up on Christmas morning.

We love . They're the primary company we order from for a few reasons:
1) they're based out of Maine, and we appreciate a northern grower of seeds
2) they label their seed varieties with supplier codes so you can know if you're supporting a small seed farmer or a larger corporation
3)they reject genetically engineered seeds
4) they support seed breeders and keepers with specific programs such as indigenous royalties and black benefit sharing

Some of our favorite varieties they carry include tatsoi, optima lettuce, Klari baby cheese sweet pepper, gaudi eggplant, and sun gold cherry tomato.

We're excited to try their Czech black hot pepper and Glacier Rose shallot this year!

30/01/2025

This strawflower sits on my book shelf and reminds me that beauty still exists.

Last year was the first year I dried strawflower, and this variety is Monstrosum Fire Ball. I picked it because I thought my son would love the color. My strawflower did poorly, as it was planted in part of the garden that was nearly drowned in last June's rain. But these blooms persisted, and I managed to dry them so they could be with us all winter. Reminding us of sunshine. Of warmth. Of brighter days when all is cold and dark outside.

The world feels cold and dark right now. Uncertainty and anxiety pound on my door as headline after headline sows discord.

But I will not forget that we had summer before, and it will be summer again. Winter is the season for planning, so plan we will. Plan, and prepare and give and support those who also feel the cold and the darkness. Because the sun will shine again on us. And we will last to see it.

14/01/2025

Seeds never stop being a wonder to me. An entire garden of food sits here in a small metal box and some jars.

It doesn't matter how many years I've done this, it still feels like a miracle. In a world full of cynicism and hate, January helps me remember that wonder and hope are still good things. I sit with my seed catalogs, garden maps, and box of seeds looking out at the icy cold, and sometimes it just doesn't seem possible.

But I remember that the seeds don't mind waiting. They don't mind the cold. They bide the time. And when the earth once again turns her face to the sun on our side of the world, life will burst forth.

Miracles and wonder and hope indeed. All kept in a tiny seed.

07/01/2025

I'm starting 2025 slowly this year. No intense goals, no tight deadlines I can't possibly meet- just measured breathing asking what is the next step.

These past few years have felt like being on a sinking ship with only a leaky bucket to bail out water. I've worried about the collapse of ecosystems (Doug Tallamy has excellent books), stressed over the state of agriculture, and wondered if I was doing enough to change anything.

Of course I am, and I'm also not. I am doing my best to steward the land I have, to bring back natives, to grow food and ornamentals in the best way for nature. But while my acre of land IS significant, I cannot be the only one. I cannot be an island. I need to understand that no amount of my increasing anxiety will make a tree grow faster. That just isn't how it's done.

So this year we are still working, still planning, still setting goals and hoping and dreaming. But I'm also letting go of the need to have my space be perfect now and feeling like I have to fix everything.

We need community. We need people working together. I am a highly introverted person, and it can be very hard to talk to people I do know about things I care about, let alone people I don't know. I gotta start somewhere though, so here we are.

I cannot fix everything. But perhaps I can take one step at a time, and trust that just like the trees, we'll grow into something lovely as well.
#2025

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