Nicky and Dave Schauder are passionate about helping families grow their food, and medicine and find God in the garden
Take time to draw your garden
Take time to draw your gardenInspired by Lara Call Gastinger's "Perpetual Journal Practice" and the works of Roger Tory Peterson, I started capturing my garden in this way. And I hope that despite the heat, and perhaps the mosquitoes this summer, we can all still find time to observe nature and perhaps draw it. Drawing forces you to truly look at something. And in a world of digital distraction, may very well be the last bastion of focus. That and prayer, I suppose. And there are similarities between the two practices. That kind of observation is the same instinct behind succession planting, honestly. You can't tell when a bed is ready to turn over unless you're paying close enough attention to notice it's slowing down. Summer Planting & Planning Ahead for the FallIf you missed our webinar on Succession Planting in Summer, or want to sit with it again, we turned it into a full written guide with our actual raised beds, what's planted in each one, and what to plant next as the season moves towards fall. The replay is there too, if you'd rather watch Dave walk through it live.
or watch the replay Grow abundantly! PS. I'm so curious to know what's growing in your garden this time of year, Reader? Send us photos or better yet, drawings of what you see! |
Dave & Nicky Schauder
Nicky and Dave Schauder are passionate about helping families grow their food, and medicine and find God in the garden
When it gets hot Last week, our house hit 97°F. Not far from here, other parts of Northern Virginia were past 100°F. We had planned a family hike and despite weather warnings decided to drive to the Shenandoah mountains very early in the morning anyway, with lots of water packed. We did a loop trail about 4 miles and were delighted to find that just when we were at our sweatiest, a freshwater pool appeared, beckoning us to go for a mid-hike swim! This gave us just the refreshment we needed to...
Happy Early Summer, Reader!Something good happened this week. Our Spicy Mix and Sweet Mix microgreens sold out on the shelves at the Lovettsville Cooperative Grocery. Permaculture Gardens, right there next to baby spring mix. It still makes me smile every time I see it. Photo by Dr Anne Stewart. Shout out to Tobin James of Lovettsville Coop! And then Chef Alison from Between the Hills Kitchen & Catering took our spent microgreens trays and planted them in the garden bed right outside her...
Hey there, garden friend.We had about a hundred visitors walk through Bethany Farm for the Loudoun Spring Farm Tour two weekends ago, and even a few who drove all the way from Pennsylvania! If you were among our guests, Reader, it was so good to have met you in-person. And we hope you walked away raring to grow something good for you and/or your family. The tomatoes are not quite in the ground. (We're still recovering from farm tour) The eggplants are settling while flea beetles threaten to...