What’s New?

You guessed it, more plants!

Yup, we’ve added even more trees and plants to our food forest! I am quite excited about our new Arbequina olive tree.  A mature tree can produce up to 3 or 4 liters of olive oil.  I can’t wait to one day try and make our own olive oil to dip our homemade sourdough bread in.

We also purchased an American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana), a shrub native to southeastern US.  This berry is technically edible, though, it supposedly lacks in flavor when picked and eaten fresh, and is usually made into jams.  However, I mostly wanted this plant to support the local birds and other wildlife.  Whenever I get new plants, I like to think, “One for me, and one for my foraging wildlife visitors.”

Still, I look forward to tasting this berry myself, as well as testing out its use as a mosquito repellant.

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=caam2

Best pigeon pea harvest yet!

Pigeon peas are perennial plants that just keep producing! Our recent harvest yielded 0.37 pounds of shelled peas!  That same day, we also harvested 0.44 pounds of collard greens.  Check out my Newsfeed to see images and learn more!