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The Edible Rose
Starting in the early 90’s I started a collection of species roses at my farm. I would plant different cultivated rose seeds that I found in my area or wild roses I found on vacation. I placed the seeds in … Continue reading
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Tagged ecology, edible rose, flowers, food, gardening, plants, rose, rose petals, seeds
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Beautiful Orderly Plants
Under a powerline ground to sawdust by the tree services of Consumers Power is an autumn olive bush which resprouted creating this one bud sport or sprout which is variegated. From a hundred sprouts only one is variegated. Variegation can … Continue reading
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Tagged beautiful, beneficial plants, flowers, garden, gardening, nature, order, plants
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Seeds Create-For the Love of Water
“Seeds are a source of wonder. They are objects of ernest inquiry in man’s ceaseless search for understanding of living things. Seeds protect and sustain life. Seeds are wealth. They are beauty. They are a symbol-a symbol of beginnings. They … Continue reading
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Tagged baldcypress, ecology, forestry, nature, plants, seeds, timber, vigorous trees, wetlands
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Discovery from Seeds
Sometimes its the small things that matter. Growing plants from seeds and finding traits that are inherited over time in a population of plants is a joy for me. I have no idea why I like it. I just find … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, discovery, ecology, flowers, food, garden, gardening, lima beans, nature, plant breeding, potatoes, seeds, sunflowers, umbrella magnolia
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Full Seeds Ahead
Every time I see seeds on a rack in a store I stop. They are always very organized. The packets jump off the rack. They are small and easy to pick. It is like the space between your hand and … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, ecology, food, gardening, plants, seeds, tomatoes, vegetables
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Seeds: River Cane, Pawpaw, Apple, Sloe Plum, Soybean
There is always something new to learn from plants. Growing them from seeds adds to the anticipation of discovery and connection to the natural world. When I grew plants in my nursery we use to routinely sell seeds along with … Continue reading
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Tagged bamboo seeds, ecology, food, fruit, garden, gardening, pawpaw, river cane, seed germination, seed-saving, seedlings, seeds, sloe plum
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Meanwhile Back at the Grocery Store
For many years I would keep the pits of some of my favorite grocery store fruit and try to grow them at my farm. Everything looks so spectacular coming exclusively from California. Everything is also patented and totally illegal to … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, ecology, food, fruit, fruit farm, garden, gardening, hardy fruits, Korean pears, pear, pear seedlings, pears, seeds
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Waves on an Ocean: From Monoculture to Diversiculture
Going to the Ocean of Corn Where Waves of Diversity Continually Emerge Like an ocean filled with innumerable waves, there is no end to plant diversity. When it comes to a common cultivated food plant like corn, the species becomes … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, ancient corn, biological enrichment, corn, corn-flour, dense nutrition, farming, food, grass, northern teosinte, popcorn, teosinte
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One Potato: Teeny Tubers on a Quantum String
Its a funny thing to talk about potato roots. It is for my audience of one. I can clear a room discussing potato roots. Need help getting rid of guests that stay too long? Let me talk to them about … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, gardening, healthy food, new varieties, plant breeding, potato, potatoes, vegetables
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Diversity Explored: The Wild Blueberry
When my father and his friend from the post office purchased 140 acres of wetland in central Michigan in the mid-1960’s they knew that it was a swamp and generally unusable.The price was roughly $100 per acre at the time. … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, blueberry, fruit growing, plant breeding, wild blueberry, wild crops, wild edible
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