Landscape Master Plan

Landscape Master Plan

1. To govern the overall maximum benefit to the health of all inhabitants (Humans, Bear, Deer, Rabbits, Mt. Beaver, Birds, bats, bees, etc…)

2. To protect and enhance the watershed

3. To act as a potential Wetland Mitigation Plan in anticipation of any additions, alterations or renovations

4. To provide food, shelter, harvestable materials and beauty.

5. To follow the basic principles of permaculture with an emphasis on native species where appropriate.

6. To include management of soil erosion caused by storm water runoff and bioremediation through phytoremediation and myco remediation.

7. To remove and eradicate invasive species including ivy, knotweed, something and something and something else????

Plant Purpose Abbreviations

PNW

Native Species

M

Medicinal

FB

Fruit Bearing

PA

Pollinator Attractor

N

Nitrogen fixer

EG

Evergreen

BA

Bioaccumlator

T

Edible tube

BR

Bioremediation

Plant List

Plants on this list are to be introduced in addition to the existing landscape of canopy trees, understory fruit and nut trees, shrubs, flowers and herbs, groundcover, and mushroom patches.

Native Species are labled PNW (Those listed shall be used in any mitigation plans)

Code

Red Flowering Currant   Ribes Sanguineum

FB

PNW

SnowBrush  Ceanothus Veluntinus

PA

PNW

N

EG

Cascade Pentsemon    Pentsemon Serrulatus

PA

PNW

Service Berry   Amelanchier Alnifolia

FB

PNW

Wild Ginger   Asarum caudatum

M

PNW

Kinnikinick  Arctostaphylos uva ursi

M

PNW

FB

EG

Arrowhead   Sagittaria Latifolia

T

PNW

BR

Great Camas Camassia Leichtlinii

T

PNW

PA

Yarrow   Achillea Millefolium

M

PNW

BA

Elderberry   Sambucus Caerulea & Nigra

M

PNW

FB

Agricultural Plants

Camellia Sinensis

Tea

PA

EG

Goumi Elangus multiflora

FB

N

Seaberry

FB

N

Comfrey

BA

Hibiscus

Tea/wine

PA

Jujube

FB

Olive (Arborquina)

FB

Passion Flower

FB

PA

Kiwi

FB

Moringa tree  Moringa oleifera

M

Saffron Crocus    Crocus sativas

Spice

PA

Pineapple Broom   Cytisus Battendieri

N

Hugle Lasagne Garten Kultur (Raised Garden Beds)

We finally got around to processing down last years storm debris, landscape compost, bonfire and bbq ashes and charcoal, and our kitchen compost. I added some logs and branches on the bottom to decay and absorb water and nutrients for the summer months. I'm not sure what I want to plant yet but most likely it will be something that loves sun and heat and will provide some shade to the middle beds for those less heat tolerant plants.

I'm calling Winter Over

I set out this past winter to be more active with writing. Nope, I really don't get that many views so I tried to keep up with making videos of past projects and use the dreary winter weather as an excuse to be inside editing all the video I shot while the weather is good. I figure that's when people will be trying to waste some of the dark days hours anyway.

Well, I'm calling it. I'm going to say that spring has sprung. I'm going to go back and recap on some of the projects I was able to accomplish and see if I can get this blog back on track, views or no views damn it. I don't do much writing these days so I have to keep up my typing skills somehow!

I have a good backlog of photographs to go through and I should put them to use. Since launching Spatial Recognition last year most of my time has been directed to getting that off the ground. We are attempting to focus on Historic, Natural and Cultural Resources in an area that is more about demolition and Mondrianesque painted vertical shipping container looking buildings.

So, sticking with the post and a notion to be succinct I'll turn my attention to the excitement in the landscape. The Ivy War continues and there will be another chapter coming soon but it has led to a more ambitious plan of permaculture. We intend to create a Master Plan (which I will outline later) that provides us and the animals some of our daily requirements. One of these initiatives is what I call indicators, indicators are plants that are typically consistent in their cycle. I plant them, or they plant themselves, in areas where I need certain functions. First, color! I need to see something that is not white, grey, or brown. While the evergreens are helpful I want some pink, red, purple, yellow, you know a bright garden billboard that says IT'S SPRING.

Flowering Quince- The humming birds are already VERY happy to see this starting to bloom. Although this is not the giant sweet quince fruit producing variety, we do get small tart quince that are loaded with pectin that go wonderfully with rhubarb and blackberry the the wife makes in to a jam. Keep these trimmed up and it'll flower almost all summer.

Hyacinth!!! One of my favs. What more is there to say? Both of these are perfect wake up calls to get your beans and greens started. They are also extremely important for the first food source for early bees. This is vital in the event the fruit trees blossom early as you want to keep the bees around. A couple of these planted strategically near the fruits and veggies will boost your yield.

Spring Time!!! Mason Bee House

As the Winter thaws and the blooms are budding I started building Orchard Mason Bee (Osmia Lignaria) Houses to put around the yard and hopefully the whole neighborhood should anyone ask for some. Super simple and straight forward, to start I drilled out a block of wood and capped it with some cedar for a roof.

Jason Kotarski

If I get the chance I will try to pick up a pack of cocoons with larvae. I am going to try several variations of the houses and see which ones get the most action. This one is near the blueberries tucked up against a tree for rain protection and facing the morning sun.

Jason Kotarski

With an ample supply of water and mud, I hope these little friends move in and help us with the garden! I'm excited to see how this year's harvest goes. We expanded the blueberry patch this year with four more bushes and are looking at four more next year.