[Seedgeeks] Dan, Gabriel and all

[Gary Koch]

Thanks for the replies, guys,

We have a place in the Birchwood neighborhood.  It's a good sized lot with good solar orientation.  Still too many trees at the present, but that's on the short list.  A large Atlas cedar and big leaf maple are coming down in the very near future.  Wood heat coming soon.

We're working towards a food-forest arrangement in the back yard.  The place has 4 old apples, an old cherry an old pear and an old plum.  Old is the operative word for the yard.  Has needed lots of cutting back and pruning.  But, it's underway.  I'm working mostly with perennials, insectaries, mulch producers, etc to get a working backbone of plantlife in place to support the insects.  Slowly...

I'll get to make it to Pt. Townsend sometime this month with a visiting friend.  Haven't been able to see much of it, but it always felt like the only other WA alternative for us.  Who is your friend who moved to town?  Would be fun to meet him.  There are other PC people scattered around the area.

Dan, you probably know the Bullock's from Orcas.  I was able to take their certificate course last summer.  Quite an experience! Dynamite food, too!!

So, plantwise, I have a lot of perennials sitting close together waiting to go into permanent beds which can be created over the winter after the trees are down, split and stacked.  Patience, patience.  I'm interested in perennial collards as they are perennial and they are collards, which I like a lot.  We were in north Florida for a long time, and the food in the south IS good, if heavy on the pork fat.

I ran across the list when searching for perennial collards + Bellingham and saw your post, Dan.  What are you involved in at the moment?  And Gabriel, what about you?

Gabriel, feel free to give my email to your friend here.

Any other interesting plant site you all like?

Gary
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