Archive from October 2024: Looking forward for 2025!

I'm locally adapting plants to my garden. This is the harvest of my first year. I got seeds from a serendipity seed swap (farmer seeds from different places in the world!).
I planted plants of very diverse genetics together: many varieties of sweet corn, many varieties of cucumber, pumpkins, beans etc. Many plants died, grew too slowly or didn't even germinate. That's part of the plan. Those that survived show me that they enjoy and fit my local conditions. They cross pollinated with each other. Their seeds are precious to me: I collect them and will plant them next season. Within 2 to 3 years, I'm expecting more abundance and will start selecting for flavour and other fun stuff of my liking. I also want to select for drought tolerance and climate change resilience.
In the meantime I'd love to exchange seeds with neighbors and friends.
This is nothing new but a very ancient and community based plant breeding technology. It's a lot of fun as well.

Big learning this year: my season was too short. Next year I want to help my plants better and give them a good time to grow. I'll start germinate in April, I promise maman

#adaptivegardening #landracegardening #localadaptation @goingtoseed1

I'M LOOKING FOR THE HOSE - Sexyy Red remix

Ok så jeg lytter til bad bitch rap og prøver her 'dry farming' på min enårige grøntsager. Gav mine frø masse vand nu her en gang og har også plantet ud nogle majs som var i polytunnel. Nu lad os se om at de kan klare sig uden deres deltid mor aka mig og hvilken af de frøer er tørk tolerant nok.
Måske dør de alle lol not lol.
Vi får det at vide snart. Big pixelfed cliffhanger.

#dryfarming #adaptivegardening #corn #cucumber #watermelon #squash #zucchini #cucurbits #beans #peas #sprout #germination #bloomscrolling

Og mine fucking kalabas er i gang med at komme i liv. Kalabas er det nye Calabasas #kardashian #gourd
Jeg bliver ægte hippie fordi min plan er at lave pynte og musik instrumenter med dem.

Ciao

Some pics of the perennial kale landrace I'm developing. Original seed came from Chris Homanics which I crossed with Daubenton for further bushy growth habit. There's probably also some other kale genetics in there by now. Have been growing it for 5-6 years or so at 4 different sites. This one is at the school. I love to go looking for new colors, shapes or particularly healthy individuals, esp. ability to survive the winters, slugs, birds and caterpillars. My goal is to adapt this landrace to my conditions and the tastes of local chefs. These are doing pretty well in February! #PerennialVegetables #PerennialKale #PlantBreeding #LandraceGardening #AdaptiveGardening #BrassicaOleracea