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In praise of the honey locust, an important tree for ecological, agricultural, and human needs
Seeds are one of the most beautiful aspects of nursery work. Here we have false indigo bush seeds in all their glory
Seed orders ready for the post office ! We are running a 20% off sale for all seeds, tubers, and cuttings while supplies last - link in bio
More book talk! Breed your own vegetable varieties. This one is a real thrill to read!
The prettiest snow I’ve ever seen, maybe.
Here is a compost tip for collecting food waste in buckets.
Book talk time ! These two books had a large impact on me
Food waste, let’s talk about it. If you live in Blacksburg and want your food waste to be composted please reach out. We are in the process of getting a curbside food scrap collection program going. Message me here or send me an email to learn more. livingsoiltreefarm@Gmail.com
Black solider fly larva are 20% off right now when you use my discount code LSTF20 at @GrubTerra ! Black solider fly larva are a healthy source of protein fat and calcium which are extremely beneficial to your chickens during these colder months of the year.
Tour the tree nursery! Lots of native, fruit, and nut trees ! :)’
Additionally I’m planning a livestream to answer any questions around this presentation. I’m loosely planning to do a livestream on YouTube this Friday at 5PM EST but I will confirm later in the week. In the meantime please message any questions you would like me to cover during the livestream
Friends! I am happy to announce that the recording of my recent webinar, growing trees from seed (hosted by the Giving Grove) is now available online ! There is no cost to view this recording. There is a link to where you can watch under the link tree on my profile.
A quick tour/behind the scenes look at what’s growing in the nursery here, early May, 2025. If you’re local, come see us at the Grandin farmers market in Roanoke VA tomorrow 8-12! We have various native herbaceous plants, herbs, flowers, and lots of trees and shrubs 🌱😋
Someone please tell me what animal these bones came from it’s driving me nuts. I feel like it’s giving lizard vibes
This is what 6 pallets of moldy bread looks like. We got this from our local food bank, sadly it went bad before it could be distributed. Well mix in woodchips and make compost with it
Friends ! I’m putting our April & May market schedule below, come stop by and see us 😊🌱
4/22 West end
4/26 Grandin
5/3 Salem
5/6 West end
5/10 Grandin
5/17 Salem
5/20 West end
5/24 Grandin
5/31 Rocky Mount
Sometime in May we will finalize and release a June schedule.
A short video about one of my favorite trees, the American persimmon
How I grow 1000s of trees in air pruning beds. These beds are great for nuts and tap rooted species ! They also work really well in small spaces
I’m hosting a free webinar tomorrow (4/17) about growing trees from seed in a nursery context without use of chemicals. The registration link is in my bio. We’re going to try to cover a lot of ground in our hour together tomorrow. I hope to see you there !
Will the juneberries survive the frost ? We will learn soon
Signs of spring all around, the trees are waking up from their annual slumber 😊 these are flowering dogwood here
Hatched out our first round of chicks! They’re SO cute
Getting the last of our bare root orders packed. The end of the shipping season is here! We plan to stop shipping trees a week from tomorrow due to the warm weather. We’ll pick up again in fall. Until then find us at the Roanoke farmers market !
Moved everyone into the shed with heat lamps and space heaters to survive the frost last night. It worked ! All alive and back in the greenhouse now - happy spring !
For all my #bloomscrolling friends
Got our first blue egg last week. There’s been a lot of work to do in the new chicken run lately but it’s nice to see the chickens happy in their home
And so we pass the spring equinox. Seeds are sprouting, here are some rhubarb babies
Normally no but definitely for you Nate I would accept Vietnam dong
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