Comments on: Berry Babies http://bearmedicineherbals.com/berry-babies.html Traditional Western Herbalism with Kiva Rose Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:31:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kiva Rose http://bearmedicineherbals.com/berry-babies.html/comment-page-1#comment-614 Kiva Rose Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:17:20 +0000 http://bearmedicineherbals.com/blog/?p=177#comment-614 I was only able to get two of the Mexican Elders for this year, and will get multiple species in the spring to see which grow best. Do you know where the Faery Circle is, the little path off to the right before you cross the arroyo to go to the Gifting Lodge? Basically they're up out of the wash, set back just a little bit, with lots of pine mulch and some big rocks nearby... I hope they like it! They have different needs than my S. neomexicana that grow in the Ponderosa Pines and Alligator Juniper so I hope I've got them figured out alright. The blackberries will be an excellent foraging food for the wildlife and us... and where they're planted, across the river, on narrow, damp strips of land should keep them from getting out of control, even if they completely covered that area, it'd be ok cuz they can't go anywhere else (well, the birds could spread them by seed eventually). The Serviceberries will have the hardest time I expect, but I put them in a nice cool and damp place, so we'll see. I was only able to get two of the Mexican Elders for this year, and will get multiple species in the spring to see which grow best.

Do you know where the Faery Circle is, the little path off to the right before you cross the arroyo to go to the Gifting Lodge? Basically they’re up out of the wash, set back just a little bit, with lots of pine mulch and some big rocks nearby… I hope they like it! They have different needs than my S. neomexicana that grow in the Ponderosa Pines and Alligator Juniper so I hope I’ve got them figured out alright.

The blackberries will be an excellent foraging food for the wildlife and us… and where they’re planted, across the river, on narrow, damp strips of land should keep them from getting out of control, even if they completely covered that area, it’d be ok cuz they can’t go anywhere else (well, the birds could spread them by seed eventually).

The Serviceberries will have the hardest time I expect, but I put them in a nice cool and damp place, so we’ll see.

]]> By: shamana flora http://bearmedicineherbals.com/berry-babies.html/comment-page-1#comment-613 shamana flora Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:09:52 +0000 http://bearmedicineherbals.com/blog/?p=177#comment-613 yay! baby plants!! That's very exciting about new elders. Where do you want to put them eventually?? You are brave to plant blackberries!! but yum! yay! baby plants!! That’s very exciting about new elders. Where do you want to put them eventually??

You are brave to plant blackberries!!
but yum!

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