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A Canvas and Some Paint
It is very interesting to learn about relationships people have with plants and animals. When people visit my farm, they always have some thoughts on what they do and why and while offering me advice. No one was really strict … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiversity, blackcherry, climate-change, environment, gardening, land-use, lawn, mowing, nature
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One With the Other
It happens effortlessly all the time in an infinite number of ways. Nature integrates all living things. Every gardener knows this too. Like the above image of my Norway spruce and pawpaw planting there is no unwritten rule of good … Continue reading
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Tagged ecology, enrichment, Norway-spruce
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The Wild Andean Pumpkin
I have always enjoyed finding and growing the ancestors of crop plants. Unlike what would be called scientific breeding or selection I have a different motive. I want to see the plant that began it all. I want to time … Continue reading
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Tagged garden, gardening, Peru, pumpkin, pumpkins, teenage-pumpkin, vegetables, wild-pumpkin
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The Edible Lily
I have always found it fascinating to read about the use of wildflowers as food plants. In particular, I wondered how anyone could make a go of harvesting lily bulbs to any degree for food. You hear stories of many … Continue reading
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Tagged edible-lily, flowers, gardening, lily, perennial-crops, root-crops, tuber-crop
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The Earth Pea
One of the most interesting perennial crops I grow is the earth pea, Lathyrus tuberosus. It reminds me in many ways of the highway pea that is so common along roadways used as a soil stabilizer and nitrogen fixer. As … Continue reading
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Tagged delicious, edible, peas, perennial, tuberous-peas
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The Brassica Forest Comes Alive
About a decade ago, I began growing tree collards from cuttings and seeds from The Tree Collard Project in California. I also purchased seeds of other types of brassica from Chris Homanics, Joseph Lofthouse and Southern Seed as well as … Continue reading
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Tagged brassica, Collards, forest
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Too Little Too Late
Extreme environmental changes will require a major shift on how and where we grow certain human edible crop plants. Although human edible corn makes up less than five percent of all corn, it is still important to think of it … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, antioxidants, edible, farming, garden, gardening, healthy, shortseason, sweetcorn, vegetables
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Wild Tomatoes are Out of Control
Every now and then people will discover wild colonies of domesticated food plants like tomatoes. Some are accidental pitches by motorists but some have been around for many generations and have adapted to their new homes self seeding and creating … Continue reading
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Tagged food, garden, gardening, tomato, tomatoes, vegetables, wild
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The Making of a Forest
It’s a great joy to plant trees. It is a type of activity that is always rewarding. You need to bring with you a sense of wonder and patience and wait for the outcome. When I planted these northern pecans … Continue reading
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Tagged forest, pecan, persimmon, treefarm
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The Glorious, Exalted and Most Powerful Beans
Every year in the spring I go through my small bins of seeds and figure out what I am going to plant. I have no plan so the choices are wide open. I like that idea. It reminds me of … Continue reading
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Tagged Beans, Lima bean, thicket bean
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