I still need to add fruit trees, berry bushes, grape vines, and a few other items, but overall it’s really starting to settle into place and look fantastic. It no longer looks like a new garden. It’s filled with tons of self seeded flower: anise hyssop, verbena bonariensis, echinacea...
Allow some dandelions, milkweed, or thistles to grow on your property for bees to feed on; pull them right before they bolt. Bailey suggests growing other “bee groceries” like catmint, lavender, borage, globe thistle, goldenrod, bee balm, chives, lemon balm, horsemint, sedums, anise hyss...
Finally, in January, it was ready – seeds rattling away in the crunchy husk on the counter. I pulled off the husk by hand and did my best to pull out the seeds (because it hadn’t fully matured on the vine, many seeds were under-formed and therefore stuck), rinsed thoroughly with ...