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| Why yes, that is a 12-foot-tall forest of sunchokes behind me... |
A couple weeks ago, I was able to spend a few packed days in St. Louis after my tour with Insomniac Folklore. It was wonderful to catch up a little (though not enough!) with family and friends, and as a bonus I also got to visit our yard to see how it looked after a summer of basically no inputs.
As you can see, the result was a bit stunning.
For contrast, I've included photos of the yard from when we first planted it in April of 2018, then photos from July 2018, and then photos from July of this year. Enjoy!
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| April 2018: Bare sticks of cherry, hazel, and currant, with some cover crops. |
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| July 2018: Corn and squash, with the addition of elder and false indigo. |
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| July 2019: Hibiscus, cherry, false indigo, huge elders, tons of vetch. |
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| April 2018: The *sniff, sniff* chicken coop. |
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| July 2018: False indigo, elder, mulberry, hazel, volunteer squash. |
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| July 2019: Elder, mulberry, ridiculous forest of sunchokes (Jerusalem artichokes), including several in the foreground; a never-ending carpet of turnips, kale, and vetch. |
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| April 2018: Pear trees, apple trees, nectarine. |
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| July 2018: Volunteer squash, sunchokes, tomatoes, with all the above trees. |
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| July 2019: Same as before, but with an ungodly amount of turnips and kale, massive comfrey plants, and volunteer groves of black-eyed susans. |
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| April 2018: More of the same, from a different angle. |
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| July 2018: You can see the edge of the "pond" we made here, as well as the wildflower garden. |
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| July 2019: See how big the nectarine tree is! Also a volunteer maple tree and a mess of comfrey. |
If a food-shortage apocalypse comes, y'all better head to my house.
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