Category Archives: Ecology-Biodiversity-Integration

A healthy environment starts with a healthy human making the best of what is available and adding to what is possible.

The Pecan is the Pie in the Sky

Posted on August 26, 2024 by Biologicalenrichment

I live in one of the cloudiest counties in North America. When sun appears, people comment on it in the stores. “Oh, it’s a sunny day!” As if to say time is short and you better enjoy it now! The … Continue reading →

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That is the Power of Bamboo

Posted on August 20, 2024 by Biologicalenrichment

When I lived in town with my family, I would go for a run and take the same route almost every day. I would pass by this house on an old brick road that contained a beautiful well cared for … Continue reading →

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Chufa-The Savior of Sedges

Posted on August 18, 2024 by Biologicalenrichment

One of the crop plants I had the pleasure of working with was chufa or tiger nut. I had heard about this plant from a food website describing the use of the crop and how it is cultvated. I ordered … Continue reading →

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Bean Flowers

Posted on August 15, 2024 by Biologicalenrichment

Yesterday while trying to capture insects working my bean flowers via photography , I remembered the college professor that I took an Entomology class from Western Michigan University in 1975. The whole class went out one night to a nearby … Continue reading →

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One Plant-One Human-One Idea

Posted on August 14, 2024 by Biologicalenrichment

If you have ever planted a cover crop of rye, you soon realize how much this powerhouse of a plant can do in such a short period of time. It is such a simple thing yet has immense environmental benefits. … Continue reading →

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The Deer Solution

Posted on August 12, 2024 by Biologicalenrichment

For many years on my way into town, I would drive by a farm that raised sheep. The pasture was very neat looking and was often cropped to the ground. Like a neatly mowed lawn with isolated thistle plants popping … Continue reading →

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Michigan Oranges

Posted on August 10, 2024 by Biologicalenrichment

Not too long ago, the USDA sent me a newsletter that contained a snippet of nursery catalogs from the early 1900’s. It is interesting to see the drawings and written descriptions of plants used in gardens at this time. This … Continue reading →

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Pawpaw

Posted on August 8, 2024 by Biologicalenrichment

I always felt the pawpaw was the Sasquatch of fruit. I read about it in college. Later several people told me they had seen it. My botany teacher told me of a huge colony. I think someone showed me a … Continue reading →

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What Happened To Corn?

Posted on August 7, 2024 by Biologicalenrichment

If someone came back from a 9000 year journey and saw corn today this might be their first question. What did happen to corn? It is funny to me as this question came to me last year from a colleague … Continue reading →

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Wild Plums On The Move

Posted on August 5, 2024 by Biologicalenrichment

One of the great joys of growing seedling fruit is not knowing what is going to be the end result. You are using a tree as you would find it in the wild in an untended situation and putting it … Continue reading →

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