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The Chinese Mountain Yam: New Crop-A Better World
This particular crop plant is one of the best tubers I have grown at my farm. The mild flavor and smooth texture along with its easily digestible carbohydrates make it an ideal candidate for a new tuber crop not available … Continue reading
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Tagged dense nutrition, ecology, food, garden, gardening, hardy crops, mountain yam, nature, perennial crops, tubers, vegetables, yams
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Butternut and Its Kin
The butternut trees I collected nuts from for my nursery were difficult to find. Every now and then I would spot one from my truck as I drove through a rural area. I would contact the owner and make plans … Continue reading
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Tagged butternut, butternut hybrid, Juglans, nuts, walnut, wood
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Creating Order in a Random World
The plants I chose to grow at my farm was based on my personal experiences. There were many more or less random events of people contacting me with seeds or accidentally finding plants as I went through my daily life. … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, biodiversity, crop biodiversity, ecology, food, gardening, plants, seeds
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The Vigorous Life of Pruning
In the winter, I do a lot of pruning. There are no yellow jackets to avoid. The plants are dormant which is ideal and it is much easier to maneuver and identify shrubs and trees that seed in under my … Continue reading
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Tagged American persimmon, beneficial plants, ecology, garden, nothern pecan, pawpaw colony, pawpaw pruning, pruning, trees
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Turning The Parking Lot Soil Into a Forest
Having an open field is a rare event at my farm so I had to come up with a cost effective means of covering the soil after the polyhouse removals. In total five houses are being taken down and used … Continue reading
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Tagged broccoli-raab, cover-crops, green-cover, orchard-grass, perennial agriculture, soil-amendment, soil-diversity
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