Photos: Charleston Food Forest 5-10-25
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gardeningToday I took some pictures at the Charleston Food Forest.
The Coles County Community Garden is across the parking lot from the Charleston Food Forest. Here you can see a storage shed, greenhouse, and raised beds.
This sign marks the entrance to the Coles County Community Garden. It doesn't have assigned beds. You can just go putter around and pick things to eat. They do have some workshops though.
The greenhouse was standing open today, with some seedlings inside.
Some of the raised beds have been planted already, others not yet. The front one has tomatoes. The back one is probably peas or beans.
This is the entrance to the Charleston Food Forest.
This is the left front of the food forest.
This is the right front of the food forest.
I believe this is crimson clover. Several patches of it are blooming.
This is one of several wild strawberry patches. These things ramble all around the food forest -- which is their typical role in a permaculture garden, they're probably the most popular edible ground cover because they grow in moderate shade.
Batchelor's buttons are blooming. These are periwinkle.
This section of path has been freshly mulched. Several sections have been done, but much remains covered with weeds, wild strawberries, and assorted other wandering plants.
Red Currant has green fruit.
Chives are blooming. You can eat the flowers. They taste like onions, which some people like in salads.
This wild indigo is blooming ivory. It's a nitrogen-fixing plant.
The grapevines have flower buds.
Raspberries have flowers and the first tiny green fruits.
Blackberries are blooming. These are thick, tall, upright canes bearing flowers at the upper tips.
Here is the sign for the crosne knotroots.
The little crinkly leaves are crosne knotroots.
This is a tree collard.
The skirrets have sprouted. This is a root crop similar to a white carrot, except they produce a big bunch of finger-sized roots.
This sign marks the Egyptian Walking Onions.
In the back, the Egyptian Walking Onions have their top buds just starting. The blue flowers in front are spiderwort.
The Coles County Community Garden is across the parking lot from the Charleston Food Forest. Here you can see a storage shed, greenhouse, and raised beds.
This sign marks the entrance to the Coles County Community Garden. It doesn't have assigned beds. You can just go putter around and pick things to eat. They do have some workshops though.
The greenhouse was standing open today, with some seedlings inside.
Some of the raised beds have been planted already, others not yet. The front one has tomatoes. The back one is probably peas or beans.
This is the entrance to the Charleston Food Forest.
This is the left front of the food forest.
This is the right front of the food forest.
I believe this is crimson clover. Several patches of it are blooming.
This is one of several wild strawberry patches. These things ramble all around the food forest -- which is their typical role in a permaculture garden, they're probably the most popular edible ground cover because they grow in moderate shade.
Batchelor's buttons are blooming. These are periwinkle.
This section of path has been freshly mulched. Several sections have been done, but much remains covered with weeds, wild strawberries, and assorted other wandering plants.
Red Currant has green fruit.
Chives are blooming. You can eat the flowers. They taste like onions, which some people like in salads.
This wild indigo is blooming ivory. It's a nitrogen-fixing plant.
The grapevines have flower buds.
Raspberries have flowers and the first tiny green fruits.
Blackberries are blooming. These are thick, tall, upright canes bearing flowers at the upper tips.
Here is the sign for the crosne knotroots.
The little crinkly leaves are crosne knotroots.
This is a tree collard.
The skirrets have sprouted. This is a root crop similar to a white carrot, except they produce a big bunch of finger-sized roots.
This sign marks the Egyptian Walking Onions.
In the back, the Egyptian Walking Onions have their top buds just starting. The blue flowers in front are spiderwort.
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Date: 2025-05-11 06:03 am (UTC)Thank you!
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