A Norway Spruce we planted about 11 years ago as a seedling. A few weeks ago we planted 10 more Norway Spruces to replace the ones we've used for Christmas trees over the years. Our original spruce grove was planted as a windbreak and we purposely planted them too close together so that as they grew we could harvest some of them for Christmas trees. The others have been doing a great job in ...
One of the priorities we have in designing the "non-wild" spaces of the farm and sanctuary is to choose multi-functional plants. In this video, you can see the bumblebees gathering nectar from the blossoms of the comfrey. I've also seen many other pollinators, and even hummingbirds, sipping from the comfrey flowers. Comfrey is likewise a medicinal herb used in salves for healing wounds, and occasionally a tea (for very specific conditions - not to be used long-term ...