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michael

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Trying to develop a forest garden along the CT-RI border.

In the before times I lived in NYC where I worked in the online media world as a creator, producer and technologist.

I once won an Emmy. Another time I started a journalism lab.

Now I ponder bees and trees with my young daughters and am much happier.

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in early spring i spent a few days in the woods hacking back at invasives.

i went for a walk today to see what's been going on.

ferns. beautiful, lovely ferns have been going in.

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@thegardendude @plants it's pretty spectacular. i'll work in there in the fall and next spring, and then again for years to come.

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Of the handful of peonies we have, this one's the most indecent.

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on fire loving fungus:

"Fischer and colleagues found, for instance, that Pyronema can eat charcoal, breaking it down and releasing its contents."

https://daily.jstor.org/the-vital-near-magic-of-fire-eating-fungi/

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as i read up on invasives, morrow's honeysuckle is a bit of an asshole:

"[S]ome studies have led researchers to believe that honeysuckle may release a toxin into the soil from their roots that would harm surrounding vegetation, preventing their growth."

https://www.nps.gov/articles/morrows-honeysuckle.htm

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