Notes for Seed Spreading Restoration
Researched seeds to use in the hula hoop spreaders.
MoS Collective Cards: Morning Glory for urban fire escapes — vertical growing weed vines.
Urban Foraging
Listen to DC public food forest
https://wamu.org/story/19/05/23/from-chanterelles-to-serviceberries-a-forageable-feast-surrounds-us/
Notes from search.
Use native plant life first off — obvious but worth reminding.
- Spread edible plants into urban environments as you dance the seeds go under the dirt as they are accidentally stepping on them into the dirt.
- With more plant diversity we restore water, restore wildlife habitat, care for ourselves much better.
- There is a lot of evidence to say that the diet we’re eating from our grocery stores is not nearly as diverse as any diet of our ancestors. Our ancestors would have been much more in tune with a greater diversity of plants in their local environment than we are today, Smith says.
- Use open space: “We can create a space that takes less maintenance — slightly different care — but much less inputs.”
“As we’ve bred for shelf life and transportability, we have accidentally bred a lot of the nutrition and a lot of the flavor out of our food.”
- Preserve future food system.
- Spread relevant seeds so foraged foods and weeds are a more regular part of our diet.
- Sought-after weeds become valuable enough that farmers can sell them to restaurants — rather than trying to eradicate weeds.
Loisaida Fest 19 urban renewal Seed Sowers save the sad neighborhood. Photo by George Hirose.
List of Seeds to Spread
local to NYC to seed:
pineapple weed, dandelion, Virginia peppergrass, wild mint, broad leaf plantain, Purple henbit, Wood sorrel, Wild violets, Chickweed, Chicory, Clovers, Wild ginger, Burdock, Lemon chives, Chives, Wild strawberry, SpiceBush, Mugwort, Motherwort, Nettles, Elderberries, Chamomile, Japanese knot weed, Field garlic greens, Garlic mustard, Ramps, Mullein, Lamb’s quarters, Purslane, Shepherd’s purse, Anise hyssop, Wild bergamot, Eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea), Catnip, Agastache ‘Black Adder’, Echinacea purpurea, Agastache foeniculum, Asclepias incarnata, Swamp milkweed, angustifolium Fireweed, Lobelia siphilitica, Blue cardinal flower, Symphyotrichum oblongifolium Aromatic aster, Purpletop tridens, Monarda fistulosa.
– part credit: Gowanus Canal Conservancy
Introducing Hula-Hoop Seed Spreader Skirts
Hula Hoop Skirts in action at Loisaida Fest 19.
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