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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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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
Posted in Diversity Found, Ecology-Biodiversity-Integration, Miracles of Nature
Tagged acorns, edible acorns, food, oak, oak tree, quercus, timber
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Wild Strawberry Sense of Humor
Everyone loves wild strawberries. It’s a universal fruit with universal appeal. The flavor is always rich in gold. They are impossible to resist. Here grows a small perennial plant that effortlessly skips along the ground rooting as it goes through … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, Fragaria, plant breeding, seeds, strawberry, wild fruits, wild strawberry
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Diversity Rises in the Forest: Wild Black Cherry
I did not grow the wild black cherry at my farm. It grew by itself. Today it self-seeds freely under my tree crops. It is a native tree found from Guatemala to Canada. This huge range has great diversity. Almost … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, black cherry, chokecherry, ecology, food, nature, pincherry, Prunus serotina, seeds, Sweeta, wild cherry
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Cactus Town
I saw it first on a walk with my daughter near a sidewalk. As we rounded the corner, a cardboard sign alerted us saying it was “Free’. There it hung on a bamboo stake neatly tied by a small piece … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiversity, cactus, cactus fruit, crop diversity, food crops, fruit, gardening, nature, nopal, plants, tunas
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Peach Nirvana: Peaches from Pits
The very first peach I had ever seen on a tree was from a backyard gardener next to my family home in Saginaw, Michigan. Peaches were not common there because of the late frosts and cold winters. My neighbor was … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, ecology, food, fruit, gardening, heirloom peach, nature, organic peaches, peach culture, peach pits, peach seeds, peaches
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