|
|
|
The forest here mostly consists of pines, oaks, and madrones. We’ve planted several different types of trees in past years to try to diversify the forest a bit. This year we are planting over 600 new trees! They include: fig, citrus, avocado, jacaranda, mora, nispero (loquat), pomegranate, cedar, and ash. We also are planting thousands […] We are finally near the end of our window for planting cuttings.
This year we did really well – we have nearly filled our barranca gardens with cuttings of succulents, vines, flowers, bougainvillea, datura, lemon verbana, and trees. We also visited many gardens of folks around the Lake Pátzcuaro area to trim […] Nopales, or prickly pear, grow natively here in Michoacán. They are incredibly easy to plant: stir up a bit of dirt, plop nopal paddle down on the ground, and walk away. We had three truckloads of nopal paddles delivered – about 2,000 plants in total. We will use them as natural barriers along the edges […] During the rainy season the forest floor is spotted with a variety of mushrooms – some edible, some not. We have begun to identify the different types. To date, this is the list of the different mushrooms we have identified: Helvella crispa (oreja de ratón blanca) Hypomyces lactifluorum (trompa) Agaricus augustus (codorniz) Amanita caesarea (hongo […] Today is an important day. Today begins this year’s plant propogation cycle. Many new garden spaces are ready to receive cuttings. We can likely do 6,000-7,000 cutting easily each year. My guy is trained from last year and will be able to do this lots, and this year two more guys will do it too. […] |