Posts by Jenks Farmer
Moths & Me. Lured In By An Ancient Cycle of Milk & Wine Lily Variation
When two individuals of the same plant species cross-pollinate, the seeds and resulting plants vary in size, flower color, petal shape, and even vigor. That variation among individuals, good for people and animals too, ensures adaptability and continuity of the species. Variations bring flexibility and strengths. Over hundreds of millions of years, some plants…
Read MoreThe Compost Bin Structure That Iris Built
Iris is in her second year of internship on the farm. She’s a student at a nearby arts high school and she’s recently been accepted into a summer month-long writing program at Berry College near Rome Georgia. As a part of her winter project, she reviewed various compost bin designs, selected one, then built a…
Read MoreFarm & Flower Sunset Cruise
Take your shoes off for an end-of-the-day walk through the farm and garden. Join Jenks, Tom, and the farm and flower crews to get connected with the earth. Lots of lilies and lots of veggies will be ready, we’ll learn about them as well as soil building, farming, and connoisseur plants — with a glass…
Read MoreJenkster’s Parsley Party Salsa
It’s too easy to grow and too good for your body to be used only as a garnish. Years ago, I came up with this way to use a lot parsley in a salsa — it is an unexpected crowd-pleaser inspired by a trip to Cambodia! The ingredients list is below. Here’s what to do:…
Read MoreBamboo Privacy Hedge in a Narrow Space
25 years ago, the real estate agents didn’t like it. “Too cheap.” They said, “You can afford more.” “Iffy neighborhood,” they said, “Two young gay guys, y’all should be looking in the happening parts of town.” Ultimately, we got the professionals to understand what we wanted, what we didn’t want — to spend every dime…
Read MorePlant List for Greenville Master Gardeners — Funky Little Flower Farm
The Bulb Lawn Ornithogalum umbellatum Star of Bethlehem Southern Snowflake Leucojum aesiveticum Read More Muscari neglectum Grape Hyacinth Tulipa clusiana Lycoris radiata Red Spider Lily Read More Lycoris sprengeri Tie-die Spider Lily Summer Bulbs Haemanthis aka Scadoxis Blood Lily Read More Amorphophalus sp. Read More Hymenocallis harrisiana Mexican River…
Read MoreNo One Knows Best
On our farm, in our garden design work, we work as a team with a common goal. Everyone chips in for digging, washing, boxing, welcoming guests, and cleaning tools. But everyone gets to explore passions and develop skills. Sam Engler’s writing talent has awed me since he started here – at 16 years old. Home…
Read MoreFarm Lunch & Learn
A little farmstead down a bumpy dirt road, a lot of physical work and some ingenuity — that’s what American agriculture grew up on. Lots of us have come back to that after sowing oats around the globe, running away then thinking we could figure out a way to re-make those farmsteads with a new…
Read MoreNative Trees Handout
This is a plant list for a presentation for Columbia Green Foundations. We’ll leave it posted here for just 24 hours! TIPS Start Small Show Your Root Flare Plant for Diversity Take Care; Water, Lime, and Root Zone BIG TREES Bald Cyprus Taxodium distichum ‘Lindsey Skyward’, ‘Shawnee Brave’,…
Read MoreBuild Your Soil & Soul with Late Summer Cover Crops
Once I considered writing a book called Farm, Yard, Garden. The premise would be that farming and horticulture are based on the same science but used for different goals. What a mistake that would have been. Big agriculture and my farm, yard, or garden have almost nothing in common. Being a part of, a…
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