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Random: Distribution of Plants Within an Orderly Structure
Random is Not That Random. We tend to think of forests as random sets of plants in a structured organized way. Things are not in rows. It is a mixed forest. We might think, “oh this is much more desirable … Continue reading
Flexibility and Stability: Integrating Opposite Values With the Wild Apple
When you grow an apple from seed (which I highly recommend) you will see the extremities of what is possible in terms of what the apple will look and taste like. If a crabapple tree is nearby, then there is … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology-Biodiversity-Integration, Diversity Found, Miracles of Nature
Tagged agriculture, crabapple, ecology, Malus, seed source, seeds, wild apple
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One is a Lonely Number: it just is no good anymore and other fixer uppers in the plant world
Just one single species of plant can positively change the world in so many wonderful productive agricultural ways. To make the world more fruitful and abundant, crop enrichment could light the way by harnessing new species of plants outside of what … Continue reading
Posted in Diversity Found, Ecology-Biodiversity-Integration
Tagged autumn-olive, autumnberry, ecology, hardy-citrus, trifoliate-orange, weeds
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Strength in Numbers: Where Loss Benefits the Whole
The whole is more than the sum of its parts. Such is the case of using cultivated plants as a means for overcoming disease and other environmental calamities. To overcome obstacles, it takes a population not a lone individual to … Continue reading
Posted in Diversity Found, Ecology-Biodiversity-Integration
Tagged American-hybrid-chestnut, chestnut, nuts, seedling-trees
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You and Your Sandcherry Empire
Have you ever gone for a hike and discovered some interesting fruit along a trail somewhere? It’s a common experience. Such is the case for Prunus pumila or sandcherry found on the dunes of the Great Lakes. The trails that … Continue reading
Posted in Diversity Found, Ecology-Biodiversity-Integration, Miracles of Nature
Tagged cherry, food, fruit, garden, gardening, native, plants, sandcherry, wild
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Small Potato in a Big Universe
I’ve always been fascinated by the potato plant. Every year on vacation while driving to the upper peninsula in Michigan with my family we took a route that happened to be surrounded by potatoes in full flower on both sides … Continue reading
Posted in Diversity Found, Ecology-Biodiversity-Integration, Miracles of Nature
Tagged crop-diversity, gardening, population, potato, true-seed, vegetables
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A Canvas and Some Paint
A Story of Creative Forestry and “Sweeta” Wild Black Cherry-Prunus serotina It is very interesting to learn about the relationships people have with nature. I love hearing stories from people who farm and discover plants and animals. Some of the … Continue reading
Posted in Diversity Found, Ecology-Biodiversity-Integration
Tagged biodiversity, blackcherry, climate-change, environment, gardening, land-use, lawn, mowing, nature
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Asparagii of Unknown Origins
For many years I was on the hunt for wild asparagus seeds for my nursery. I needed asparagii but only from seed. Not far from my nursery was a real life asparagus nursery which was 100 percent clonal. The asparagus … Continue reading
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Tagged Asparagus officinalis, dense nutrition, Euell Gibbons, perennial vegetables, very wild asparagus, wild asparagus
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The Jerusalem Artichoke Goes the Distance
It’s a root. It’s a tuber. It’s Super Sunflower. One of the great joys of growing plants is when you find a unique plant with characteristics in what would be considered impossible odds from a sea of uniformity. Because it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, ecology, Helianthus tuberosus, Jerusalem artichoke, perennial agriculture, Root crops, sunchoke
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Taco Bebbs Oak: Increasing Diversity
Bebbs Oak Quercus x bebbiana Quercus macrocarpa x alba Bur-White Hybrid Oak When I first started my oak collection, I found myself wheeling and dealing in acorns. It was like poker but with acorns. Everyone wins. Diversity increases. “Hit me.” … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, bebbs oak, ecology, hybrid oaks, oak tree, quercus
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