What did you plant today? Garden and Farming for FOOD SECURITY.

[Abondance]

In a plant fair yesterday, I have found some interesting varieties to complete my "forest-garden".

An old japanese nashi-pear tree ( I love these fruits, more than pear). Very resistant ( -25°c), easy to grow but need a companion or pear tree for better pollinisation.

(I hope these names are correct: )

Motherwort (medicinal)
skullwort (medicinal)
Jerusalem sage ( edible flowers and good for bees)
caraway ( spice)
pineapple sage ( very tasty for tea and a lot of flowers until autumn!)

And some flowers for beauty and bees.

I have also some other seeds to prepare. I'll try sweet sorghum, quinoa and millet.

At my parent’s, I've harvested some rush for improving my pond's autofiltration ( not very easy even if my frogs seems happy and made babies this year!)

[Tigger]

I attended a ‘farmer’s convention’ over the weekend in Atherton. Interestingly, the subject of growing garlic came up. Apparently, the ideal way to start garlic at this latitude (17°16’S) is to refrigerate (not freeze) the cloves for several days before planting. Garlic responds to cooler weather in order for the cloves to sprout (I did not know this), so they must be kept cold to start the germinating process. We’re fortunate to be at a relatively high elevation (~900m) to get short, sharp winters (yes, we get pretty cold winters in the tropical tablelands), and the local farmers told me to plant garlic at the end of April instead of early April.

I traded some of my home-grown pineapples for some locally grown ‘Russian garlic’ bulbs, and some heirloom tomato seedlings. I am looking forward to my first garlic-growing season!

[Abondance]

This guy has always good tricks to grow food. Here, how to boost tomatoes flowering ( and harvesting) :

4 simple ingredients

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=BKdy0rRxuwI