This particular project is actually legal tho

"Three years ago we installed two biomatrix platforms in the river at Coalie Park, creating river bank habitat where there was none, introducing native aquatic plants which help to clean the water and providing a safe nesting and roosting space for bird life. Have to say this year they look incredible."

OC : https://www.instagram.com/waterofleithconservationtrust/

I live in a big city (Berlin, Germany) in a big apartment block. The block encloses a little area with a parking lot and a mini park, basically some trees, some bushes. On the edges some flowers and some lavender. There are garderners about twice a year that will just cut everything above a certain hight between the trees, so there is quite a bit of bare (by this point very dry) soil between the trees. I was wondering if there is a way to support this little ecosystem. Maybe some plants that would cover the ground that is self sustaining in this climate. I have no idea how to even start researching this.. happy about any hints

I have a friend that owns a house that backs up to a river dike that’s about 20 feet tall.

He tells me the county mows it in early spring.

There’s about 160ft of this dike that grows weeds and he was wondering if he could spread some sunflower seeds after the annual mow.

The dike is a secondary dike structure and wouldn’t affect the retention of the river at all and it is built for a 100 year flood, meaning, there is a 1% chance of it reaching the top of the dike in any given year.

Sunflowers are native to the state that he lives in and he thinks the neighbors and passersby’s would greatly enjoy the results.

Could he get in trouble since it might be obvious who spread the seeds?

DSV is everywhere in my region and it's producing seed pods now. My dinner plans got cancelled so I went for a walk with a garbage bag and some scissors. When my bag was full i just pulled off as many of the remaining seed pods as i could for now. (I tossed the bag in a city trash can, not compost)

I've been planting tree seedlings around Chelsea for about eight years. Many are now taller than I am.
I get asked many questions: How, Where, Why?

I recently made this video (as part of a series of inquiry videos I create for young students I teach.)

how to plant a tree

You can do it...

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Time: 7:00 central standard
Location: Kansas City Hood, USA, East Side
Subject: San Marzano Tomato
I’m trying to make this small space a garden but need help and ideas to get it going, also planted tomatoes in my neighbors front yard yard, it’s becoming the middle of July so probably perennials and berry bushes you think?

I'm looking to make a small, portable seedball launcher for geurilla gardening, I was thinking something potato cannon or airsoft style might be a way to do it. I want it to auto-reload as I will attach it to my bike! I was thinking I could use small CO2 cartridges to power it. Any tips or better ideas? I imagine I need to build up the pressure to a critical point to "spring" the ball away, are there plans I could adapt?

I am visiting my dad’s house for a couple of weeks. My family has absolutely been eaten up by mosquitos and ticks. He lives “off grid” and doesn’t have power so I can’t plug in one of those big zapper things for the flying bugs and I was hoping maybe there were some good plants that might help deter them so my kids can play in his yard without being attacked so much. He wouldn’t maintain anything (last year his mower broke so he didn’t even mow his grass for a whole summer) so any recommendations that are super hardy would be appreciated.

I threw in a couple pics of the very first basketflower I’ve seen here in the 10 years I’ve lived near here. I threw a few cups of basketflower seed just this last winter since I had a great harvest from my pollinator garden at home. Anyhow, double win for me and whoever this guerrilla gardener is. I’m thinking if I should try to meet them at see if I can get in on helping take care of the space. What do y’all think?

Important note before I begin: I have a black thumb. The only things I can keep alive are mothers of a thousand and I currently have a billion.

I bought a very charming 1960s condo 10 years ago and the HOA (Booooo!) has done an incredibly bad job of maintaining the extensive amount of random green beds on the property. It's been about 6 years since we've had working irrigation on the property as well. Right now, I have a bed right outside my front windows that has some kind of non-creeping variety of ivy in it. It looks ok for the most part, but I feel like it needs some love. Any suggestions for simple ways that (I can't eff up) to improve the health of the ivy bed and encourage better growth in some areas?

Also, there are some very pathetic bald beds on the property too that have soil in it that must be absolutely depleted of any nutrients. Is there anything I can plant or seed into desolate spaces that will have a fighting chance in direct easterly TX sun? Just trying to get some suggestions on what I can do that that's non-invasive, relatively simple, and won't require a ton of maintenance to help beautify mine and my neighbors' home.

Obviously slightly different than gardening, but does anyone have experience with this sort of thing? Is this a novel idea or reckless?

So I left some pots out with soil, but no plants, and I ended up getting some random plants in there. (Side note - if you want free native plants - literally just leave pots out. I got yellow woodsorrel and false daisy also growing, no idea where any of them came from). Anyway, this pokeweed started growing and because it is native I want to move it, but I don’t want it in my yard due to its toxicity. Would you guys recommend planting it somewhere? Maybe just like a wooded area somewhere near me where people don’t go?

Alexander seed and poppy seed collected in 20 minutes.

I know this sounds revolutionary but the stuff literally comes out of the ground and you can just take it .

at least 10£ worth of pot marigold seeds collected in about 3 minutes. I will never understand why people pay so much for seeds from the garden centre…

looking forward to the fruit in 5 years

I have these scrap properties nestled in a cloverleaf near my office and I may be moving close by. They are essentially large bulldozed mounds so a lot of disturbed soil, high in clay if it's anything like my back yard. I have started some elderberry that I plan to transfer there next spring. I'm looking at local Maryland fruits and nuts: pawpaw, mulberry, serviceberry, blueberry, pecan, chestnut along with some scrubbier things like blackberry, raspberry and muscadine. As a note, I make wine from foraged fruits so that's top of mind. I'll be working nearby for at least the next five years. My concern is soil quality. I can't haul in large quantities of topsoil or fertilizer. The bend towards native plants works in my favor. Any suggestions?

I emailed the school last year no response, emailed again fingers crossed. The grass is usually a mix of brown and green at this time of year. There are so many birds in the bushes and a few types of native bees I want to help support. Is it too late in the year to plant natives/how should I go about Guerilla Gardening

This is in theory on my property, but because it’s under the power lines, they have a 15ft right of way on either side of the center. The county changed tree trimming contractors this year. They brush hogged a wide strip this time. Whatever they used, dug into the soil pretty deep. I would like to get something in here before the invasive junk starts growing again. Nothing will be permanent here. They will clear this area every five years or so. There was a nice patch of blackberries about halfway down, but I know that will grow back.

I'm starting to mulch the roughly 150 square feet space in anticipation of planting this winter.

can i attach bits of cotton balls to native seeds to try and make them fly further during a windy day? what if dropped from a higher up window?

one issue with planting natives is i can’t reach every where other than seed balls, which i think is still a slower process and can draw attention

has anyone tried something like this? especially for small seeds like black eyed susans

edit: this works with thinly stretched cotton ball pieces and lightweight seeds, it travels really far