La Casa Grande Colectiva

Year: 2005

  • September 2005 Garden Photo


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  • Summer 2005 photo of the Garden

    An undated hand-written addition to the 2004 Species list:
    “2005 Vegetables
    Assorted Chili Peppers
    Collard Greens
    Long Cucumbers
    Some Garlics
    Some Pumpkins”

    Composite photo dated August 2005:

  • Three photos from Spring 2005

    Three photos dated April 23, 2005:


    (1) bamboo shoots the first year of bamboo regrowth


    (2) American Currants under a Peach tree — this is a common assosication of Prunus species with a Ribes underneath


    (3) Rosa rugosa and Comfrey growing through straw mulch

  • Melted Snow reveals warm microclimate

    This picture was taken on February 1, 2005, to demonstrate the effect of house temperature on the garden. On this particular date the temperature was approximately 0 degrees celcius / 32 farenheight. Therefore the snow was right on the verge of melting. The melt pattern illustrates the warm microclimate near the house, which is a few degrees warmer than the surrounding area. Thus, on a day like this, the snow has already melted in the warm microclimate.

    If you are familiar with the garden you will note that the Japanese Timber Bamboo is not visible in the above photo. It was added in 2005 after this photo was taken. This specimen of Phyllostachys vivax was planted in 2004 into this little microclimate but it was about the size of a blade of grass at this stage. The large tree in this photo is a Black Locust which was removed later in the summer — the same black locust and apple are pictured just below from a different angle, in August 2004.