Beaver Food Forest
@beaverfoodforest.bsky.social
A peat-free, coir-free native plant nursery specializing in plants needed by beavers for food and construction materials
Progress update… building raised beds in the big high tunnel to grow clean veggies over contaminated soil — and keep the gophers out!! 🌿🌰#raisedbed #hugelkultur #farming
January 29, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Progress update… building raised beds in the big high tunnel to grow clean veggies over contaminated soil — and keep the gophers out!! 🌿🌰#raisedbed #hugelkultur #farming
There is nothing like a hardy veggie that persists into the winter to bring hope on cold, short days. If I had mulched over these, they would like be in pretty decent shape. Still, a lot of them are salvageable. Yum! 🌿#daikon #winter #farmtotable
January 14, 2026 at 3:56 AM
There is nothing like a hardy veggie that persists into the winter to bring hope on cold, short days. If I had mulched over these, they would like be in pretty decent shape. Still, a lot of them are salvageable. Yum! 🌿#daikon #winter #farmtotable
I make content because I like sharing what I learn when I do things a little differently… 🌿🌰#nativeplants #farming #restoration
January 13, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I make content because I like sharing what I learn when I do things a little differently… 🌿🌰#nativeplants #farming #restoration
Resilience to drought, flooding, and wildfire centers on one thing: water storage. Investing in our wetlands is an investment in having water when we need it. 🌿🌰 #wetlands #waterstorage #peat
January 6, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Resilience to drought, flooding, and wildfire centers on one thing: water storage. Investing in our wetlands is an investment in having water when we need it. 🌿🌰 #wetlands #waterstorage #peat
We’re getting closer to growing in raised beds! It’s a key part of our strategy for growing clean veggies on a former orchard where lead arsenate was sprayed as a pesticide in the past. Follow for other methods of responsible growing that support human and watershed health 🌿 #growing #tips #farming
January 5, 2026 at 5:22 AM
After a month of filling and testing the cistern and troubleshooting possibilities, here is my latest cistern update — and the clearest conclusion I can come to till spring. What a saga! Has anyone else got experience with repairing old concrete to hold water?? 🌿#cistern #rehabilitation #farmlife
January 4, 2026 at 4:25 AM
After a month of filling and testing the cistern and troubleshooting possibilities, here is my latest cistern update — and the clearest conclusion I can come to till spring. What a saga! Has anyone else got experience with repairing old concrete to hold water?? 🌿#cistern #rehabilitation #farmlife
It may seem like it goes without saying, but make sure you know where the sun will shine — and not shine — at various points in the year, before you pick a spot for your greenhouse! (*siting not citing in the closed captions!) 🌿 #greenhouse #planning #passivesolar #tips
January 3, 2026 at 4:09 AM
It may seem like it goes without saying, but make sure you know where the sun will shine — and not shine — at various points in the year, before you pick a spot for your greenhouse! (*siting not citing in the closed captions!) 🌿 #greenhouse #planning #passivesolar #tips
When we think of farming and ecological restoration, we don’t necessarily think of hours spent at a computer. However, behind the scenes of my (and so many others’) outdoor work is a boatload of screen time. 🌿 🌰 #farmlife #behindthescenes
January 2, 2026 at 4:26 AM
When we think of farming and ecological restoration, we don’t necessarily think of hours spent at a computer. However, behind the scenes of my (and so many others’) outdoor work is a boatload of screen time. 🌿 🌰 #farmlife #behindthescenes
Some things in life continue even when you lose someone you love and nothing feels real. And surprisingly, I found that celebrating the new year with friends can still feel good and even fun, the fire still feels warm… and maybe life really does go on. #newyears #newexperience #griefjourney
January 1, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Some things in life continue even when you lose someone you love and nothing feels real. And surprisingly, I found that celebrating the new year with friends can still feel good and even fun, the fire still feels warm… and maybe life really does go on. #newyears #newexperience #griefjourney
I used to think I was imagining it when the willow and red osier dogwood bark colours would seem to pop in winter. It turns out it’s a natural phenomenon of increased pigmentation in the bark due to increased access to sunshine when the leaves fall off the plant. 🌿🌰 #winter #colour #bark
December 29, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Our farm has old apricot trees growing that go pretty far back in time. While they produced abundant fruit last summer, the apricots were tiny, which poses issues with being able to sell them, and efficiency of picking and processing. To prune or not? Tough decisions! 🌿 #farmlife #apricot #pruning
December 28, 2025 at 5:55 AM
If you want to grow native plants from seeds, this is your reminder to get those seeds planted and set out in the winter weather (if you’re in the Northern hemisphere). Continued in comments 🌿🌰 #nativeplants #seed #stratification
December 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
If you want to grow native plants from seeds, this is your reminder to get those seeds planted and set out in the winter weather (if you’re in the Northern hemisphere). Continued in comments 🌿🌰 #nativeplants #seed #stratification
I’m a big fan of reusing my old growing media, and it’s safe to use once it’s heat treated, but often needs some oomph added. Sheep wool pellets are an easy, effective way to add that oomph! They hold water while allowing drainage, and release nutrients slowly 🌿 #woolpellets #peatfree #pottingmix
December 26, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I’m a big fan of reusing my old growing media, and it’s safe to use once it’s heat treated, but often needs some oomph added. Sheep wool pellets are an easy, effective way to add that oomph! They hold water while allowing drainage, and release nutrients slowly 🌿 #woolpellets #peatfree #pottingmix
This sled has done SO many different jobs over the past year, many with no snow underneath it! It felt like a lot of money to spend, but it was worth every penny. When you’re problem solving in your garden or on your farm, consider whether a utility sled might help! #farmlife #gardeningtips #sled
December 25, 2025 at 5:59 AM
This sled has done SO many different jobs over the past year, many with no snow underneath it! It felt like a lot of money to spend, but it was worth every penny. When you’re problem solving in your garden or on your farm, consider whether a utility sled might help! #farmlife #gardeningtips #sled
On the shortest day of the year, I put some questionable seeds in moist paper towel to find out if they were viable. By not using potting mix, you can save yourself an enormous amount of space and labor, and you only need to plant the seeds that do sprout. 🌿#gardeningtips #germination #seeds
December 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
On the shortest day of the year, I put some questionable seeds in moist paper towel to find out if they were viable. By not using potting mix, you can save yourself an enormous amount of space and labor, and you only need to plant the seeds that do sprout. 🌿#gardeningtips #germination #seeds
One of our strategies for growing clean veggies on a farm with contaminated soil is to build raised beds. Most land that used to be orchard has lead and arsenic in the soil, from lead arsenate, a once-common pesticide… (see comments) 🌿🌰 #soil #contamination #strategies #peatfree
December 22, 2025 at 4:09 AM
One of our strategies for growing clean veggies on a farm with contaminated soil is to build raised beds. Most land that used to be orchard has lead and arsenic in the soil, from lead arsenate, a once-common pesticide… (see comments) 🌿🌰 #soil #contamination #strategies #peatfree
I don’t have the drive to decorate like my Mom did, which earned her the title, “Mrs. Christmas” in our family. I know she would have loved these rosehips though, and most likely would have picked them to put in the festive centerpieces that she would make from evergreen boughs. #grief #beauty
December 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Beaver-based restoration brings hope. Hope that we can hold back some of the rain that should have been snow, hope that we can slow down some of the water before it races down our rivers and out to the ocean, and hope that we can moderate some of the flooding and drought and wildfire 🌿🌰
December 20, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Beaver-based restoration brings hope. Hope that we can hold back some of the rain that should have been snow, hope that we can slow down some of the water before it races down our rivers and out to the ocean, and hope that we can moderate some of the flooding and drought and wildfire 🌿🌰
Aquifer recharge happens when beavers slow the flow of water, connect streams with floodplains, and when the weight of the water in beaver ponds presses water down into the ground, filling the spaces between soil particles with water instead of air. 🌿🌰 #beaver #groundwater #recharge
December 19, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Aquifer recharge happens when beavers slow the flow of water, connect streams with floodplains, and when the weight of the water in beaver ponds presses water down into the ground, filling the spaces between soil particles with water instead of air. 🌿🌰 #beaver #groundwater #recharge
Excellent question — there are solid reasons why we sometimes need to mimic beavers. One reason is that some sites are too degraded to support beavers. Or, in some locations, the land managers or landowners aren’t open to having beavers onsite. 🌿💧🦫 #beaver #biomimicry #restoration
December 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Excellent question — there are solid reasons why we sometimes need to mimic beavers. One reason is that some sites are too degraded to support beavers. Or, in some locations, the land managers or landowners aren’t open to having beavers onsite. 🌿💧🦫 #beaver #biomimicry #restoration
Beavers slow the flow — and the wetlands they create can hold water when there’s plenty, and then release it slowly, when it’s needed. When beavers are active in smaller streams that feed into rivers, this can help decrease peak flows and reduce flooding downstream. 🦫🌿💧 #beaver #wetlands #flood
December 15, 2025 at 7:12 AM
What’s happening in Washington State and BC right now tells the story of why we need our streams to be stuffed with beaver dams. The more rain we get at once, the more natural infrastructure we need to help hold water back during floods and to recharge the groundwater #beaver #stream #restoration 🦫🌿
December 14, 2025 at 1:18 AM
What’s happening in Washington State and BC right now tells the story of why we need our streams to be stuffed with beaver dams. The more rain we get at once, the more natural infrastructure we need to help hold water back during floods and to recharge the groundwater #beaver #stream #restoration 🦫🌿