Blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum)

Bluberries (Vaccinium corymbosum) are a relatively hardy no nonsense fruit to grow. To me the Bluberry stands on its own as a shrub in its own right, being relatively small and almost bonsai in habit. Particularly if you are concerned about fruit then pruning will be on your mind which will keep it in pretty good shape over the years. Before the fruits come there are the beautiful small bell flowers so characteristic of the Ericaceae family. In autumn the leaves turn a fiery red. Grow multiple bushes together to increase fruit set. Remember an ericaceous compost or something similar as like many plants in the Ericaceae, they tend to be adapted for acidic soils.

In future I will post about some experiments with the native European blueberry, Vaccinium myrtilus, or as I know it back home in Scotland 'blaeberry'. This grows as a very small shrub and has proven difficult to cultivate in the garden. 


 







Pea Shoots




[Pea shoots just need a damp material to sit on, a fairly moderate temperature, and some decent sunlight]

I was drawn to the murky world of OOO (Object-Oriented Ontology) a little while back. Particularly the ‘ecological’ slant taken by Timothy Morton in books such as The Ecological Thought and Dark Ecology. I was attracted because here was an aesthetic dimension to considering environment that accounted for the strangeness and melancholy we often feel in the face of it.
Practical knowledge of the systems that sustain us on Earth must surely make for the foundation of our ecological philosophies/politics. And yet we can’t forget the strangeness that is being a conscious living thing on this planet.
It gets pretty interesting in that third place between the pragmatic ecological and the oblique aesthetic dimensions of life.
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⌂ - The Greenhouse


This is the greenhouse I started out with. It could be some sort of metaphor for this blog.

Derek Jarman's Garden

from Derek Jarman's Garden*

*copyright disclaimer - limited low-res scans for educational use only

Jean Tinguely Sketches

 
Jean Tinguely Sketches
 


Robert Ryman paintings





When it comes to colour Milton Avery is channeling from somewhere else. He painted like he had the eyes of another animal.

 

 

 

Milton Avery Paintings