tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12931688.post2440264117896702558..comments2024-02-16T11:34:41.473-08:00Comments on Permaculture, Perennial Polycultures & Resistance: Polyculture summary: stinging nettle & Ribes spNorrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02790917341588271564noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12931688.post-60138995234806898692011-05-13T22:55:06.291-07:002011-05-13T22:55:06.291-07:00Hi Hannah,
A belated thanks for your comment, and...Hi Hannah,<br /><br />A belated thanks for your comment, and for the link to your blog. One note on our gooseberries since you mentioned colors: we have green, white, and red fruited varieties, as well as the Black Velvet you mentioned. They all got hit by the sawflies in 2009, so the color didn't seem to make any difference...<br /><br />Cheers,<br />NorrisNorrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790917341588271564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12931688.post-83994673927540312972010-10-05T13:11:03.862-07:002010-10-05T13:11:03.862-07:00I do a lot of volunteer work at a nearby wildlife ...I do a lot of volunteer work at a nearby wildlife refuge near Washougal, WA. I was doing some GPS mapping one day and I noticed in one spot that stinging nettle seemed to be out-competing the invasive reed canarygrass. This is of great interest to me because RCG is enemy #1 at the refuge, which the refuge manager battles with lots of herbicide. I would like to try using nettle on the refuge to battle an existing RCG site and see what happens. So I appreciate your observations between nettle and other plants.Dave Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04287527440347279797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12931688.post-16934259971611880282010-09-21T14:30:20.112-07:002010-09-21T14:30:20.112-07:00Farmer Scrub- Very interesting. I went berserk pl...Farmer Scrub- Very interesting. I went berserk planting lots of varieties of fruits in my 2 acre garden, and I would say from your blog that you would have gooseberries that are green? Only Oregon Champion has had extensive sawfly damage, I don't get any on Black Velvet. It is a better tasting variety, too. My red currants are very heavy yielders but hard to pick the fruit and not as tasty as I would like. I intend to try to make wine from them one of these days... Black currants are better, with a very rich taste, but my favorite is Aronia, which has clusters of fruit all hanging from a single twig and all ripening at the same time all over the whole bush, which makes them a snap to harvest, breaking off the clusters in the yard and finishing pulling berries off the stems indoors while watching TV, popping them directly into freezer bags. I get enough berries from my 2 Viking bushes to last a whole year and beyond.<br /><br />I wouldn't put it past the chickens to have eaten all your gooseberries, I can't stand all the scratching and digging they do. My daughter let them go just a few minutes and they immediately went to a bed and dug out all my new transplants. Grrr.<br /><br />I have a newish blog-<br /><br />www.weedingonthewildside.blogspot.com<br /><br />HannahHannahhttp://www.weedingonthewildside.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12931688.post-90311499665217229982010-09-07T06:10:31.964-07:002010-09-07T06:10:31.964-07:00Thanks for the updates, the way you provide detail...Thanks for the updates, the way you provide details as you learn... very appreciated!Dale Asberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12144102722000937328noreply@blogger.com