Harvesting some strawberries at #emersonfoodforest in #hyattsvillemd. We got to give a tasting tour to some of the guys from next door New York Auto Repairs https://m.facebook.com/newyorkautorepairs/ and also some local kids we met!

#brunchprep #farmtotablebrunch #farmtotable

This is our amazing volunteer Arman who put on our first garden brunch this morning! #volunteersrock

Check out the amazing brunch that @armmilan hosted this morning! #brunch #localbrunch #brunchoutside

#americangiantmillipede #narceusamericanus

There’s lots of Showy Orchis showing up in the woods around us. #galearisspectabilis #showyorchis #nativeplants #dislikesdisturbance #donotdisturb

Look at these Comfrey roots! This I who’s doin the hard work of bringing the nutrients up to the surface for all of our other plants. #dynamicaccumulator #comfrey #medicinalplants #symphytum #foodforest

#butternuts #juglanscinerea on the way!

Are you eating black locust flowers? Do you like the way they taste or do you think they might as well be peas? 🤓 #blacklocust #robiniapseudoacacia #edibleflowers #nativeplants #nativetrees #nativeedibles

A #redmaple growing in the stream valley

Ladybug on a Hazelnut shrub. #filbert #localnuts #corylus #ladybug #foodforest #forestgarden

Look at this pile of weeds at the Emerson Food Forest! Our #PDC class did all of that in under an hour after a great talk with Lesley Riddle, the director of Public Works for Hyattsville, about working in community. #weeds #community #foodforest #parks #manyhandsmakelightwork

This weekend we grafted a bunch of new pears and persimmons with our #PDC students. We’re singing #ichikikeijiro like Michael McConkey of Edible Landscaping taught us! #localfruit #localpears #localpersimmons #invasiveplants #grafting #graftedfruittrees

Learning about planting and maintenance in the #foodforest with the #PDC students. #permaculturedesign #permaculture #forestgarden #foodforestmaintenance

A #dryadssaddle - it was delicious!

Learning about site analysis with the PDC students. #siteanalysis #pdc #permaculture #permaculturedesign #foodforestdesign

#permaculture course #communitycomposting

Our woodland valley is growing away. #goldenseal #ramps #medicinalplants #nativeplants #forestgarden #foodforest

Harvesting some strawberries at #emersonfoodforest in #hyattsvillemd. We got to give a tasting tour to some of the guys from next door New York Auto Repairs https://m.facebook.com/newyorkautorepairs/ and also some local kids we met!

#brunchprep #farmtotablebrunch #farmtotable

This is our amazing volunteer Arman who put on our first garden brunch this morning! #volunteersrock

Check out the amazing brunch that @armmilan hosted this morning! #brunch #localbrunch #brunchoutside

#americangiantmillipede #narceusamericanus

There’s lots of Showy Orchis showing up in the woods around us. #galearisspectabilis #showyorchis #nativeplants #dislikesdisturbance #donotdisturb

Look at these Comfrey roots! This I who’s doin the hard work of bringing the nutrients up to the surface for all of our other plants. #dynamicaccumulator #comfrey #medicinalplants #symphytum #foodforest

#butternuts #juglanscinerea on the way!

Are you eating black locust flowers? Do you like the way they taste or do you think they might as well be peas? 🤓 #blacklocust #robiniapseudoacacia #edibleflowers #nativeplants #nativetrees #nativeedibles

A #redmaple growing in the stream valley

Ladybug on a Hazelnut shrub. #filbert #localnuts #corylus #ladybug #foodforest #forestgarden

Look at this pile of weeds at the Emerson Food Forest! Our #PDC class did all of that in under an hour after a great talk with Lesley Riddle, the director of Public Works for Hyattsville, about working in community. #weeds #community #foodforest #parks #manyhandsmakelightwork

This weekend we grafted a bunch of new pears and persimmons with our #PDC students. We’re singing #ichikikeijiro like Michael McConkey of Edible Landscaping taught us! #localfruit #localpears #localpersimmons #invasiveplants #grafting #graftedfruittrees

Learning about planting and maintenance in the #foodforest with the #PDC students. #permaculturedesign #permaculture #forestgarden #foodforestmaintenance

A #dryadssaddle - it was delicious!

Learning about site analysis with the PDC students. #siteanalysis #pdc #permaculture #permaculturedesign #foodforestdesign

#permaculture course #communitycomposting

Our woodland valley is growing away. #goldenseal #ramps #medicinalplants #nativeplants #forestgarden #foodforest

It’s a busy day in the forest garden! #pollinators #pollinatorfriendly #nativebees #bees

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