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Donate to 🌞 Lupin Gardens 🌱

Lupin Gardens volunteers are interested in growing diverse tropical fruits.

The produce section of Lee’s Supermarket has reasonably priced tropical fruits whose seeds and waste can be used for growing.

Fruits available:

  • Banana, Thai*
  • Custard Apple**
  • Durian**
  • Gac**
  • Grapefruit
  • Jackfruit
  • Lychee
  • Mango
  • Mangosteen
  • Opo Squash
  • Rambutan
  • Papaya
  • Soursop**
  • Star Apple**

*Seedless: peel can be used for rooting cuttings

**Frozen: good for tasting and composting remains

Donate to Lupin Gardens Volunteers: purchase produce and give it to the Lupin Lodge front office with the instruction to give them to Lupin Gardens Volunteers.

If the front office is closed, leave a comment on this note to arrange a pickup & distribution.

Donate to 🌞 Lupin Gardens 🌱

King Fresh Fruit & Dried Seafood sells fresh durian whose seeds can be germinated.

Price: $15/lb, ~$75/fruit

Seeds: ~9-18

Fresh durian is a complete food. By investing in a fresh durian, you enjoy a full spectrum of nutrients and seeds that can be germinated to grow durian trees.

Volunteer propagators with Lupin Gardens would be happy to germinate provided durian seeds.

Donations to Lupin Gardens can be left at the Lupin Lodge front office.

Text 724-326-3426 to coordinate dropoffs and visitation of plants.

LL: Waterfall Lawn

The Waterfall Lawn is a space for meditative activities.

Features:

  • Waterfall water feature in the shape of a vulva
  • Benches and reclining lawn chairs
  • Memorial of the previous owner of Lupin Lodge, Glyn
  • Soft, barefoot walkable grass
  • Butterflies 🦋
  • Redwood grove
  • Full sun
  • Yoga Pilates class on 1-2pm Saturdays
  • Qi Gong class on 1-2pm Sundays


Small blue butterfly seen at the Waterfall Lawn

⬛️ Biochar

Here is biochar: activated charcoal available to be added to compost.

Biochar is often produced from burning 🪵 wood in 🔥 fire pits.

By adding “#biochar” to any ComPost, such as a 🥗 compost pile,🪣 compost bin, 🚽 composting toilet, 💚 compost deposit, or 💩 commit, you increase the soil’s capacity to support biodiversity.

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Source

Primarily wood cut on property, mostly oak

could also contain some Manzanita, bay, sequoia

Creation Conditions

burned in the Lupin Lodge fire pit by the volleyball court; Could consist of meter wide ring of cement blocks on sand; high ash content

Access Instructions

Char is dumped in a pile by the bamboo-lined fence

Usage Instructions

Biochar must be inoculated with wet biomass to be effective.

Share how you inoculate this biochar:

Copy a link to this biochar and paste it in the Amendments section of a 💚 ComPost, 🥗 Compost Pile, 🪣 Compost Bin, 🥗🚽 Composting Toilet, or 💩 Commit.

Share your ⬛️ Biochar!