It is frequently observed that patience is a requisite for any type of planting. Being members of modern society, our impulse is to have what we want now. Gardening forces us to slow down and to acknowledge the authority that nature (and nature’s pace) ultimately has overall our lives. It also forces us to give up the illusory sense of control we feel we have over space and time. Feeling stressed? Grow a seed. In your waiting, you’ll feel more appreciative for what you have. Read about fruits, vegetables, and other plants (e.g. native and aesthetic, such as flowers) here and if you have anything to share, please write!
It has been said that "the best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago." In waiting impatiently for my trees and bushes to bear fruit, I concur with this sentiment. Piscataway Acres has just recently planted various fruit trees and bushes, which are following the slow course of nature. Last year, we got a few Korean pears, this year we'll hopefully get a few more. Other fruits we're expecting some time in the future are apples, cherries, blackberries, and, in a very long time due to a local beaver, peaches and plums. Regardless, I will try provide good information on them all here as they develop.
Don't just eat your vegetables, grow them! I've been working on trying to produce my own asparagus, squash, corn, pumpkins, and others. Stop in here to get some input for your own garden or to just see what I'm doing. If I can effectively stave off the animals from munching away at whatever suits their fancy, I'll hopefully have a lucrative crop by the autumn.
Some plants you don't have to compel to grow through active nourishment, they just show up. Some are wonderful and lovely, but I will never understand why edible plants can't be the same way. Here I will catalog the various organisms I take notice of in the yard or in the region generally.
Let's hear it for plants that make the world more beautiful. Primarily, you'll find here information about flowers, but also other ornamental plants that will liven up your landscape.
