Feral Farmer

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Feral Farmer, co-owner & product designer at Glaciers End, soil, specialty crops, perennials, nature hacker, compulsive pickler, hot saucier, artist, Illinois Local Food Change Maker 2021, ISA Farmer Leader of the Year 2023, Il soil health caucus co-chair

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Babe is something right, you haven't touched your despairagus?

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No but I love when all you beautiful sickos start posting shit like "Bogroubler flips Hambarn upon Gwynyychlyyrah! A huge result!" It's like hanging out with people being poisoned by carbon monoxide. None of those places are real

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People outside my apartment are so excited about these Labour gains, they're setting off fireworks!

Just me over here trying to normalize squash as an ornamental. 🌿🌱#permaculture

It’s weird. The greatest generation gave birth to the worst and Gen X, the “latchkey children”, raised the most clingy, helpless, clueless generation of all time.

Aronia berries are looking good. #permaculture 🌿🌱

One of my favorite parts about visiting rural Kentucky is listening to Swap Shop on the radio. Erma June has a mobil deer hut and a free cat that will be fixed next Thursday.

Elderflower harvest. We harvest the flowers at peddle drop and then we can harvest berries later off the same head. Two full harvests off the same plant/ head is an incredible attribute of elder. The flowers are the best tasting part imo. Delicious in syrups, shrubs, cordials #permaculture 🌱🌿

Potted up 30 reapers and some Primotalii x’s in 5 gal pots. Babies are settling well into the shade house. They probably won’t make it out of there this year so I’ll over winter them under lights for next year. Went with pots so I can move them into the high tunnel when we get it up. 🌿🌱#permaculture

This is an amazing podcast in general but this episode is really fantastic. It’s a fairly deep dive into American persimmon, their genetic diversity and origins and theory of dispersal. #agroforestry, #permaculture, and #foodforest 🌿🌱

‎Perennial AF: Persimmon Folklore, Fruit Exploring, and Genetics - with Eliza Greenman on Apple Podcastspodcasts.apple.com ‎Show Perennial AF, Ep Persimmon Folklore, Fruit Exploring, and Genetics - with Eliza Greenman - Jun 1, 2024

Take a walk on the wild side. Do todo do do todo do todo do do todo do …. 🎷🌿🌱#permaculture

Making my 🔥hell buckets🔥 this morning. 5gal mix of plant and horse manure soil compost with a shot of alpaca poop. Reapers and prematelli’s going in tomorrow. 🌱🌿🌶️

I was lucky enough to start my day today in the woods gathering bark for Hickory Syrup. I think it was the first thing we made as a business and still holds strong. It’s still one of my favs. It doesn’t suck that the process begins by traipsing around through the woods. 🌱🌿🍽️ #permaculture

Last year I had the issue of my pepper plants getting too much sun. Sounds crazy but once i put shade cloth over them they flourished after struggling. This year I’m planting lemongrass in the west end of my beds to shade afternoon sun. Also super happy with these volunteer hyssop. 🌱🌿 #permaculture

Pretty stiff breeze last night. Sad to see the 100 year old walnut take a hit. Tornado (not my pic) was just a few miles south of us. We got hit by a Derecho a few minutes later.

Today I did a small test batch. Pickled garlic scapes in a brown sugar balsamic fire cider brine. The idea is that once you are finished with the scapes the brine can be used on other veggies like green beans and asparagus as a sauce. 🍽️🌿🌱#permaculture

Mornings in the summer start early. Farming in the mornings and evening bookend our cooking and selling at the shop. Two beds today. Mixed tomato/ pepper first and a pepper breeding bed of Italian sweets and reaper, my dream combination. Fingers crossed the bees will do their job. 🌱🌿#permaculture

It’s official. Pickling season is here. Not gonna lie I couldn’t sleep well last night in anticipation of today. Exciting and fun time of year. I love the experimental versatility and creative opportunities of pickling. These are turnip pickles in a fire cider brine. 🌱🌿🍽️ #permaculture

First mulberry’s of the year. Wild White Mulberry. It grows all over the farm especially in the fence rows. Planted by perching birds last spring. I try to emulate this with chicken poop when I grow mulberry from seed. 🌱🌿#permaculture

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At the farm level, sustainable cropping practices may ensure that crop production is robust enough to buffer against and adapt to current future climate change risks. #intercropping

Increasing climate change resilience through sustainable agricultural practices - IEEP AISBLieep.eu This report examines the impacts of different climate risks on three major agricultural crops, which are staples of European cuisines: wheat, potatoes, and olives. It reviews the available research in...

Mullein from seed. Such a cool texture on the leaves. 🌿🌱#permaculture

A thing of beauty. Let’s normalize elderberry as an edible, native, ornamental. 🌿🌱#permaculture

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There's a good chance your zone shifted when the USDA updated its plant hardiness map in 2023. Zoom in on what that means for your garden.

The USDA’s gardening zones shifted. This map shows you what’s changed in vivid detailapps.npr.org There's a good chance your zone shifted when the USDA updated its plant hardiness map in 2023. Zoom in on what that means for your garden.

Our first black current! Before 1966 it would have been illegal to grow this. I feel like a farmer bootlegger. 🌱🌿 #permaculture

It’s about figgin time! Was wondering if our Chicago Hardy would survive and it did. Last years growth didn’t winter but it’s springing back into action. 🌿🌱#permaculture

Southern Illinois. Northern lights going on.

Aronia berries are looking great this year. Their second year in the ground so our first decent crop hopefully. Looking forward to the challenge of incorporating something called “choke berry” into some recipes. They are packed with beneficial qualities so excited to work with them.🌱🌿🍽️ #permaculture

Our first honeysuckle harvest this morning and into the dehydrator. Broke off a bit to make a batch of Wild Blackberry Honeysuckle shrub. A lovely way to spend the morning. 🌿🌱🍽️ #permaculture

This seems right. We were in the moderate zone before and now medium. Definitely an uptake here. We drive frequently through the new “high” zone and metal is commonly wrapped around trees throughout that area. www.scientificamerican.com/article/watc...

Watch Out: Tornado Alley Is Migrating Eastwardwww.scientificamerican.com Tornado outbreaks are moving from Texas and Oklahoma toward Tennessee and Kentucky, where people may not be prepared