We have lemon thyme as well as your standard garden variety (hah!) thyme. They split readily to make new clonal cuttings, and I’ve rarely had one fail regardless of the timing of the division. We dry it for use in teas or for cooking, and it makes a good ground cover partner for plants like strawberries. The small flowers help to support solitary bees as well as parasitoid wasps, which help to regulate the insect pressure on the thyme’s plant neighbors.

Here’s some data on the benefits of thymol from the NIH

Great stuff! That’s how we do it too

Only the puns

These are great! I <3 mushies

Awesome photos, thank you for sharing! You’ve made me envious, I’ll have to grow some of these next year

This variety is called ‘Red Fuseau’

The seeds should germinate just fine under your cardboard, unless you’ve got a ton of the species that need light to germinate (most don’t, in my experience). That’s awesome though, I can’t tell you how excited I am for your project!

Adding context to context, there was a movement to change the constitution to allow him to run for president around then too

Wowza! All our mantids this year were way smaller than that

just some Heather

Heathers play a huge role in providing forage to a number of butterflies, moths, and bees, so great job!

Here are the 17 pawpaws (Asimina triloba) I planted today around the property

Nice!

some new plants

What new plants?

Boo lazy habañeros, do yer jerb!

Sent this to my wife when my sample came back clear this morning, great timing as always XD

You can check out the toolkit over at Permapeople.org, though I’m unsure exactly how open the codebase is. I do know they’re hoping to make it community run in the future, and that the devs share pretty much whatever is asked of them.

Less in the spirit of your question, but something I’ve used relatively extensively is the mymaps.google tool. Here’s hoping someone with some better answers than me comes along (and I remember to check back) to give additional alternatives

What are their names? They’re adorable!

Attended a fair on Saturday as a vendor but didn’t make back the table fee, which is really kind of a shame. The weather was brisk and incredibly windy, which contributed to folks not really coming through. While I lost some cash doing it, maybe half of the other vendors had broken tents and merchandise by ninety minutes in, so I have to be grateful that our plants are a little heavier than that and I bring enough weights to hold our tent in place. What I missed in dollars I may have made up for in contacts, so I’ll keep my fingers crossed.

My parents visited for the first time since our daughter was born, which was really nice for everyone involved. They even babysat so my wife and I could go out for our 7th wedding anniversary! Five minutes into being seated at the restaurant, my wife took my hand, gazed deeply into my eyes, and said “do you think she’s behaving for them?” XD

That’s fantastic! When did you make it, in relation to that workshop you went to? Seriously, your yard makeover plans deserve their own post

I mean …