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Plants That Saw The Light of Day
(Part 1) I do not have much of a selection process for plants. Every plant looks interesting to me. I really liked the flavor of that wild Rocket I found in the cracks of a sidewalk in Grand Haven, Michigan. … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, buffaloberry, ecology, food, horsetail, perennial broccoli, seeds, vegetables, wild asparagus, wild cucumber
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Two Story Agriculture
Ground Floor and Going Up I first found the concept of Two Story Agriculture in the best selling book Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture by J. Russell Smith. He was an economic geographer for Columbia University and had written extensively … Continue reading
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Tagged ecological enrichment, ecology, garden, hickory, lilac, nature, planting trees, plants, tree crops
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Exploring Diversity: Creating Flavor Forests With the Species Apples
From the time I was a child, I loved to grow plants. I threw a pit of a prune near the back door of my home. A tree emerged and I quickly put it in a pot. How could this … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, apple fruit, apple lumber, apple wood, ecology, food, forest apple, fruit, garden, gardening, nature, no spray, plants, seeds, timber apple
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Thoughts From the Bean Warriors
Thoughts from the Bean Warriors Archaeologists Bean Warriors Archaeologists: The jungle was inhospitable. Bean Warriors: We made it hospitable. Archaeologists: They grew lima beans. Bean Warriors: It was the protein that didn’t run away. Archaeologists: Small bushy annual … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, archaeology, culture, food, history, lima beans, plant connections
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The Plum From the Beach Comes to Visit and Plans to Stay
Beach Plums I always wondered about the range maps of plants found on the USDA Plants Database. Is the line of demarcation a real and genuinely smooth line or was it purchased directly from the Sears and Roebuck botanical books … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, beach plum, crop biodiversity, ecology, food, fruit farming, gardening, Prunus maritima, seeds
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Making Your Way Through the Storm
When I first purchased my land in the early 1980’s, there was plenty of information in the books on conservation and ecology. I kept some of my texts from college like Fundamentals of Ecology by Eugene Odum and Shrubs and … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, biodiversity, ecology, new crops, tree farm
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The Young and Evolving Oak Tree
I was surprised to read this descriptive terminology of the oak genus and related families by a taxonomist many years ago. It really stuck and I have used it many times in writing about oaks in my catalogs. Usually cold … Continue reading
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Tagged acorns, edible acorns, food, oak, oak tree, quercus, timber
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A-Salading We Shall Go with Viola
Crop Diversity: Perennial Greens-Violets Growing edible perennial greens is part of the edible landscape movement. It was born with the idea that an ornamental plant can provide food. The edible greens created by a violet can be harvested as a … Continue reading
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Tagged flowering edibles, greens, lawn weed, perennial vegetables, purification, viola
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Cuppa Tea?
Anyone that has worked for me or comes to my farm in any capacity, knows I will ask them if they would like a cup of tea. I would always ask. There is a Kinks song, I would sing to … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, Camellia, ecology, food, gardening, green tea, health, herbs, seeds, tea, Tea oil
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The Island of Plant Production: Small Nursery
When I first started my nursery, I soon found many nursery people who were in the plant business from their family. They had large farms devoted to plant production. Some were connected to the Christmas tree industry while others came … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, environment, farming, food, gardening, healthy enviornment, plant nursery, wild apple
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