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The Species Pear Balancing Act On the Move
If you were to take a peak into the secret life of pears, you will find treasures hidden in places that are not easily accesible. These are not “escaped” pears but subspecies that someone in the taxonomic botanical world has … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology-Biodiversity-Integration, Diversity Found
Tagged agriculture, ecology, food, gardening, nature, Pyrus pyraster, seeds, wild pear
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Paulownia: Grow Your Own Home-It Zooms
One of my first acquaintances in the tree crop arena was a research technician in the pharmaceutical industry. He was very passionate about growing his own firewood. This was in an era when the hybrid-popular market was in full swing … Continue reading
Posted in Diversity Found, Ecology-Biodiversity-Integration, Miracles of Nature
Tagged agriculture, ecology, Empress tree, farming, lumber, Paulownia, sustainability, timber, tree crops, wood
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Rediscovered Fruit: The Cornelian Cherry
On a camping trip when I was in high school I ate a bunch of bunchberries, Cornus canadensis. It is a common groundcover found in the northern woods of Michigan. The edible wild book that I had said they would … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, Cornelian cherry, Cornus mas, ecology, edible dogwood, fruit
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Finding Mulberry: Morus rubra
I like mulberries and everything about them. It doesn’t matter what type they are. I made the selection Lavender Life red mulberry based on heavy fruit yields. It was not based on percentage of how much it may or may … Continue reading
Posted in Diversity Found, Ecology-Biodiversity-Integration
Tagged agriculture, ecology, farming, Morus rubra, mulberry, red mulberry, seed selections
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Parking Lot to Forest: Going From Zero to Hero in Plant Diversity
In terms of establishing new perennial plants in my treeless pasture, my farm was a good testing ground for all these different methods I kept reading about from other growers in gardening and permaculture. I applied these ideas to my … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, cover-crops, ecology, farming, green-cover, orchard-grass, perennial agriculture, soil-amendment, soil-diversity, sustainability
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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
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Tagged agriculture, crabapple, ecology, Malus, seed source, seeds, wild apple
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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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Biodiversity in Fruits: 250 Year Old Pear Leads the Way
Diversity Expands In Novel Ecological Ways If you look at all the different systems of growing food, the plants used in human designed systems cannot regenerate on their own and go in what could be called creative directions outside what … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, crop biodiversity, ecological integration, wild pear
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The Inbetweeners
Hybrid American Chestnuts: Castanea dentata x mollissima When I first started my nursery, I was always trying to find new seed sources to grow trees. A lot of my early sources were people known to me by reading Organic Gardening … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, Castanea dentata, Castatanea x hybrid, ecology, Plant disease, Plant populations, seeds, sustainability
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