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I’m going to try to start building a bit of a food forest in my yard this year and I’m wondering if anybody has recommendations on where to get bare root trees or saplings. I’d like to go buy in person near the North Metro if possible. I’m interested in American Plum, Chestnut, Hazelnut, Apple, etc.

Not a tree, but I’m also interested in American ground nut, but haven’t found any good sources. Any other perennial native edible recommendations or sources would also be appreciated.

1. Came up among clover that I’m about to pull back for seed planting. 2. I DID add mushroom spores to a layer of logs 2 feet down but they were Blue Dolphin oyster. 3. There are about 5 of these, each about 3-4″ in diameter. 4. They are NOT slugs (my dad’s first thought) as they are the texture of shrooms and break off in pieces like mushrooms. 5. They are also not (at least I think not) a version of slime mold, they are opaque, solid, non moving). 6. So… any ideas? My mushroom queen of a cousin thinks they’re poisonous… what does all this mean for my garden bed? (My permaculture guy says it means the soil is doing great. I have emitters watering daily from the pond…

I’ve been trying to germinate Caucasian Spinach in the fridge. The instructions from the supplier was to plant in moist mix in pots in a sealed container and put it in the fridge for a month. In each of these pots I planted around 5 seeds. Only one sprout came up in the past couple days. I moved that pot out of the fridge onto a windowsill. But I’ve gotten nothing so far from the rest and I’ve also noticed white fuzz developing on the pots, probably due to the fact that they’re in a sealed container which I haven’t watered at all since the beginning because the water had nowhere to evaporate to. Yet doing this in a sealed container is recommended in numerous guides online.

I’m wondering if anyone he has tips and if I should be concerned about the fuzz. Thanks!

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On and off for 15 years I have built a relationship with a local farm, whilst it has been in transition to regenerative farming, to use a catch-all phrase, embracing permaculture, no til, biodiversity and farm diversification. It is wonderful to see, and for a small farm, with very tight margins, it is also difficult to navigate whilst remaining profitable and viable as a working farm. I have brought horticulture into the mix, a biodiverse permaculture garden which we are now trying to raise funds to turn the garden into a horticulture hub with a community orientation. The farm eet up a CIC, a non-profit arm, and we are part of that, with education, social inclusion as goals as well as food production. We need help to reach our target, if we can make 30% of the goal, the County Council will top up the fund to 100%, so every penny goes a long way. If you can help us, please do, we need support and donations, very much appreciated!