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A living hedge for beauty, food production, and wildlife

A living hedge for beauty, food production, and...

What's a hedge? It's a line (or curve) of shrubs or small trees, planted close together - 3' or tighter. What are hedges good for? All kinds of things -...

A living hedge for beauty, food production, and...

What's a hedge? It's a line (or curve) of shrubs or small trees, planted close together - 3' or tighter. What are hedges good for? All kinds of things -...

Organizing seed packets

Organizing seed packets

All gardeners check and refresh their seed stashes, erhm, I mean, collections, during the winter. It's early January and it's ALMOST seed-starting time. So here's a blog post about how...

Organizing seed packets

All gardeners check and refresh their seed stashes, erhm, I mean, collections, during the winter. It's early January and it's ALMOST seed-starting time. So here's a blog post about how...

Fall planting of bare-root trees and bushes

It's late fall, the gardens are going dormant, and we have a short window of opportunity to plant bare-rooted trees and bushes for our next season's growth. Why can fall...

Fall planting of bare-root trees and bushes

It's late fall, the gardens are going dormant, and we have a short window of opportunity to plant bare-rooted trees and bushes for our next season's growth. Why can fall...

Notes from the Food Forest Tour at Sima's Roots & Fruits

Notes from the Food Forest Tour at Sima's Roots...

In 2025, we hosted the food forest tours at our property in June and in September. Both times we had excellent groups of folks, lots of interest, questions, and sharing...

Notes from the Food Forest Tour at Sima's Roots...

In 2025, we hosted the food forest tours at our property in June and in September. Both times we had excellent groups of folks, lots of interest, questions, and sharing...

The NB Food Forest Tours

The NB Food Forest Tours

In 2024, the very first NB Food Forest Tour was organized by yours truly and by my friend Andrew Mathis (the owner of Oasis Farmery, just outside of Fredericton). I have...

The NB Food Forest Tours

In 2024, the very first NB Food Forest Tour was organized by yours truly and by my friend Andrew Mathis (the owner of Oasis Farmery, just outside of Fredericton). I have...

Bare-root trees and bushes

Bare-root trees and bushes

What the heck is a bare-root plant? As opposed to the potted plants you purchase in a garden center, a bare-root plant is sold without any soil around the roots....

Bare-root trees and bushes

What the heck is a bare-root plant? As opposed to the potted plants you purchase in a garden center, a bare-root plant is sold without any soil around the roots....