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Posts from the Native Food Forest and Rain Garden project at Christ the King Lutheran Church in SW Ohio. A work by the community for the community. Original plant lists & layouts here: https://www.ctkluth.org/food-forest.html
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May 20 is World Bee Day! To celebrate I am posting an Eastern Carpenter Bee photo-bombing my shot of Blue Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis) in our native food forest. Baptisia is one of the few deer resistant nitrogen fixers in Ohio and we love it! #Insects #NativePlants #Permaculture 🐝

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

This newly emerged cicada, decided to rest on some Ostrich Ferns (Matteuccia struthiopteris) potted up and donated to the food forest by our friend in the local conservation district. More on the edible delicacy of fiddlehead ferns later. Enjoy the beautiful bug! #Bugsky #Permaculture #NativePlants

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

There is something royal about them. I cannot capture the extraordinary beauty of Red Columbine flowers floating above the generous foliage. Tougher than it looks. Began with 10 wintersown seedlings. Now hundreds cover and protect the soil. Love this plant! #NativePlants #WinterSowing #Permaculture

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments

A happy mushroom family enjoying all of the cool, wet weather we have had this spring in southwest Ohio. We are always excited to see fungi in the soil of our young food forest which began as mostly clay. #FungiFriends #Permaculture #Mushrooms

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

The early May 2025 blooms in the Rain Garden include Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea) in the swale and Red Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) on the berm. Great spring combo that is so bright it can attract attention from the street, 100 yards away. #NativePlants #Permaculture #RainGarden #Gardening

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments