Posts by Jenks Farmer
American Jeans
You can enjoy my photo or buy an original Redoute print of this plant for a mere $617,000 here. With it, on this web page, for free, you get a tiny, important bit of garden history.
Read MoreA Few Pictures from the ‘Permaculture’ Barn
Just because we made it with dirt and building materials that Daddy collected over 45 years, we call it a per maculture building. Some people might call it ‘thrown together’ or ‘high tech redneck.’ 1. bathroom. 2 ‘office’ 3 bottle window in adobe wall. 4. (center) bar. 5. view
Read MoreCollages
Having fun with this little photo collage ap on my phone. But headed out today for finishing touches on our Permculture Studio barn that Tom designed. The loft is ready and we’ll post pics over the weekend — who wants to be in on the first sleep over?
Read MoreArmstrong Atlantic
Amazing plant collections and grounds at this Savannah college. I just pulled off I-95 and walked around campus yesterday and took these pics of really cool plants:
Read MoreUnwritten Plant History
I get to hang out with a lot of old guys. I love them; they teach me. But they also remind me that there’s a whole lost generation of men in between us, who should have been my mentors too. My imagination and awe for the WWII guys has been overstimulated this week. I’m stunned…
Read MoreRed Stuff & Radio Interview
Plant Tying, Staking and Tutoring with Found Objects
DeSoto’s Silver
Tommac Garret is local, well, recently returned to Beech Island, potter who told me this “When Desoto came up the river, he saw white in the cliffs along the Carolina side and thought it was silver — that’s why the area is called Silver Bluff.” He also told me all this other amazing history of…
Read MoreMe The Model
I’m one of those people who hates photos of me. But it’s happening. There’s one on this page I don’t mind but generally, ugh. Couldn’t someone have told me to buckle my belt? Lots this morning. the only good one was of Lorraine Clark……Here she is, with a single Nigella flower.
Read More20 Tough Plants for Parking Lot Gardens
For 80 years this was a parking lot. Can we reclaim, plant, green up even a little fringe of the space? It’s a tough spot. Days often reach just over 100 F which means asphalt surface could be about 140F in the daytime. That stresses many plants. Even plants that can tolerate that but need…
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