PASTE survey food forest Weverkeshof (2019)

Posted on ma 15 april 2019 in surveys

This is part of the design for a food forest in Nuenen.

This year we did a new PASTE survey. Data gathered 2019-04-15. See also the previous PASTE survey.

In this section we list the available plants, animals, structures, tools and events we have observed directly or indirectly at the Weverkeshof in 2019.

Plants

  • Aegopodium podagraria (ground elder / zevenblad)
  • Aquilegia vulgaris (columbine / wilde akelei)
  • Arum maculatum (snakeshead / gevelkte aronskelk)
  • Bryophyta (moss / mos) (a lot)
  • Cardamine hirsuta (hairy bittercress / kleine veldkers)
  • Cardamine pratensis (cuckooflower / pinksterbloem)
  • Elytrigia repens ( / kweek)
  • Ficaria verna (pilewort / gewoon speenkruid)
  • Fragaria vesca (wild strawberry / bosaardbei)
  • Fragaria × ananassa (garden strawberry / aardbei)
  • Galium aparine (cleavers / kleefkruid)
  • Galium odoratum (sweetscented bedstraw / lievevrouwenbedstro)
  • Geranium phaeum (dusky crane's-bill / donkere ooievaarsbek)
  • Glechoma hederacea (ground-ivy / hondsdraf)
  • Hedera helix (ivy / klimop) (on some of the trees)
  • Helianthus tuberosus (Jerusalem artichoke / aardpeer)
  • Hypericum perforatum (perforate St John's-wort / sint-janskruid)
  • Lamium purpureum (red dead-nettle / paarse dovenetel)
  • Melissa officinalis (Lemon balm / citroenmelisse)
  • Myosotis sylvatica (forget-me-not / vergeet-me-nietje)
  • Narcissus (daffodil / narcis)
  • Oenothera glazioviana (large-flowered evening-primrose / grote teunisbloem)
  • Origanum vulgare (/ wilde marjolein)
  • Plantago major (plantago / grote weegbree)
  • Prunus avium (wild cherry / zoete kers)
  • Prunus insititia (mirabel / mirabel) (most trees)
  • Pyrus communis (pear / peer)
  • Ranunculus repens (creeping buttercup / kruipende boterbloem) inedible
  • Ribes nidigrolaria (jostaberry / jostabes)
  • Ribes nigrum (blackcurrant / zwarte bes)
  • Ribes rubrum (redcurrant / aalbes)
  • Rubus fruticosus x R. idaeus (tayberry / braamboos)
  • Rubus fruticosus (blackberry / braam)
  • Rubus idaeus (raspberry / framboos)
  • Rubus phoenicolasius (Japanese wineberry / Japanse wijnbes)
  • Rubus × loganobaccus (loganberry / loganberry)
  • Rumex obtusifolius (bitter dock / ridderzuring)
  • Salix alba (white willow / schietwilg)
  • Sambucus nigra (elderberry / gewone vlier)
  • Scrophularia auriculata (water figwort / geoord helmkruid)
  • Silene dioica (red campion / dagkoekoeksbloem)
  • Symphytum officinale (comfrey / smeerwortel)
  • Urtica dioica (nettle / grote brandnetel)
  • Vaccinium corymbosum (blueberry / blauwe bes)
  • Viola tricolor (heartsease / 3-kleurig viooltje)
  • Vitis vinifera (grape / druif)

Sown or planted (not visible yet as of 2019-04-15)

  • Asparagus officinalis (asparagus / asperge)
  • Linum usitatissimum (flax / vlas)
  • Sinapis alba (white mustard / gele mosterd)
  • Coriandrum sativum (coriander / koriander)
  • Allium cepa (onion / rode ui)
  • Helianthus tuberosus (Jerusalem artichoke / aardpeer)
  • Medicago sativa (alfalfa / luzerne)
  • Pastinaca sativa (parsnip / pastinaak)
  • Solanum tuberosum (potato / aardappel)
  • Tagetes patula (French marigold / afrikaantjes)

Animals

  • Homo sapiens sapiens (human / mens)
  • Ovis orientalis aries (sheep / schaap)
  • Equus africanus asinus (donkey / ezel)
  • Equus ferus caballus (horse / paard)
  • Oryctolagus cuniculus (European rabbit / konijn)
  • Rattus norvegicus or Rattus rattus (Brown or black rat / bruine of zwarte rat)
  • Talpa europaea (European mole / mol)
  • Pavo cristatus (Indian peafowl / blauwe pauw)
  • ( / roodborst)
  • Several types of birds
  • Insects
  • Possible life in the stream

Structures

  • fences around meadows and property
  • owl nesting box in one of the trees
  • nesting box on one of the cherry trees
  • further away:
    • bee shed
    • compost piles
    • manure piles
    • animal sheds
    • green house
    • area for general garden waste
    • farm house

Tools

  • gardening tools (coutesy of Garden team)

Events

From the events list of the Weverkeshof

  • Christmas festival - "levende kerststal"
  • (Irish) music sessions
  • Easter activities
  • yearly book market (September)
  • sheep shearing
  • demonstration honey extraction
  • pollarding of willows (every two / three years)
  • picking prunes for selling