My main green project thus far (my backyard garden design) is drawing to a close and only needing maintenance (the weeds ...or are they really deserving of such dismissive terminology ?) and of course continued vegetable planting and perma-cultural additions here and there, more olive trees, summer greens and so forth. The library NPO project has hit a wall in terms of differing taste. I wanted to plant up the Goodwood library garden, a good 1000 meters square, as an educational garden, with as xerophyte, water-wise collection growing on the little 'mound', a food forest among the trees along the perimeter, a permaculture vegetable patch in the sunny low lying center, a local indigenous vegetable section close to the mound (they probably also have low water requirements, like succulents, because they are often succulents), a Fynbos herb and medicinal section along the library 'stoep' with fragrant Boegoe etc., a Sylvan meadow garden under the trees close to the building, with fallen logs to sit on, as an outdoor classroom and workshop space, and a nursery in one of the side alleys, and an organic compostery in the other. Ja, it appears that what is wanted is regular weed-eating and a budget for herbicide so we are a bit out of tune with each other and I'm getting tired of the effort I've invested making contacts (I know experts now on all these different types of garden whom I can consult) and drafting designs washing up on arid shores, though never was the need for an educational garden greater, if you get my driftwood, to continue with the oceanic metaphor. So I'm starting another project closer to home in many ways: learning how to culture indigenous forest trees, fruiting trees and medicinal plants. In preparation for acquiring a license to harvest seed, I'm washing these six-packs in a bleach solution, as taught at gardening school, and here they are drying on the back steps, and fulfilling my desire to make abstract art as they go.
the garden project can be seen at : http://www.greenidiom.com/design.html At the moment I have so much to write about, I'm floundering, don't know where to start and there is never enough time in a day...shall I start on German state regulation and the energy sector there, or biomimetics, or anaerobic composting ...or.... or ...?????? to me its all connected, but apparently to everyone else its all over the place
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