Seed-to-Pantry thinking… plant now!
Not too late to plant some seeds. A little patch of fraises des bois planned under the watchful eye of the Scare-Hen.
frontdoor foraging in the garden-at-camont
“You could plant a stone at Camont and it would grow!”
I think of Vetou saying this 20+ years ago as I first started gardening at Camont. First a swath of English-ish border plants lined the pathway to the canal: poppies, roses, lavender…
Next, Jhon Corbin- artist/matelot/friend, created a wine bottle border sculpture- Camont Woman-that filled in over the years with day lilies, delphinium, and more roses…
Until she was rousted from her slumber and the front path was ‘landscaped’. Sort of like trying to dress this old woman in a business suit of pine bark. Uck, it looked bad and didn’t work…
Over planting years came next. Weed-invaded textile ripped up, trees re-introduced, a jungle grew of crabapple, rosa banksiae, magnolia, almond, fig…
Are you getting the picture? Wild. Sauvage. Growing like stones… Read More
Can U Garden? The French Potager part 1.
My secrets to planting a successful French Potager or kitchen canning garden this year?
- Perfect Spring weather.
- Dense soil left dormant all winter as chickens did daily slug and poop patrols.
- Kitchen window fertilizer.
