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It Happens: Growth.
2024 was a year of surprises. Things grow. Part of growth is change. Enjoy. Kenneth Asmus
Posted in Ecology-Biodiversity-Integration, Miracles of Nature
Tagged agriculture, Beans, ecology, garden, gardening, nature, plants, seeds, tomatoes
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Diversity Explored: Serviceberry
At the time of my early nursery life in the 1980’s I was well aware of this beautiful flowering ornamental plant with delicious fruit. Sometimes in the nursery profession, you would not want to use the word serviceberry. It made … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, Amelanchier, ecology, food, garden, gardening, Juneberry, nature, plants, seeds, serviceberry', trees
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Diversity Discovered: The Wild Gourd
One of the blessings of growing plants is the unknown progeny produced by cross pollination. This twist of fate brings huge benefits to the plants as they change. The species is plastic and changes over time to help adjust to … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, ecology, edible wild, food, food crops, gardening, ozark gourd, plants, seeds, wild pumpkin
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Dreams of Crop Diversity-The Perennial Bean
The thought of creating or exploring a new crop is a good idea. It is very simple. You start with seeds. All new crops start with new seeds. Like an idea the new seeds are something that no one has … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, bean consciousness, bean hybrids, Beans, beneficial-plants, crop-diversity, ecology, food, garden, gardening, hybrid plants, Lima bean, perennial bean, plant-diversity, seeds, thicket bean, vegetables
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The Hazelnut Arrives
It was over forty years ago when I first peered through the tree line on the land I was about to purchase and spotted hazelnuts. It was a good sign. I had no idea what was ahead of me. Here … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, Corylus americana, Corylus x hybrid, ecology, filazels, food, hazelberts, hazelnuts, nuts, seeds, tree crops
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The Perfect Plum
One of my early nursery experiences with another nursery owner on the west coast was with plums. He was producing an Asian species from seed like gangbusters. I started seeing them in the some of the giant retailers like Gurney … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, ecology, fruit production, garden, gardening, japanese plums, multi-story agriculture, nature, plants, plums, regeneration, seeds, tree
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Discovery from Seeds
Sometimes its the small things that matter. Growing plants from seeds and finding traits that are inherited over time in a population of plants is a joy for me. I have no idea why I like it. I just find … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, discovery, ecology, flowers, food, garden, gardening, lima beans, nature, plant breeding, potatoes, seeds, sunflowers, umbrella magnolia
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Meanwhile Back at the Grocery Store Germplasm is Found
For many years I would keep the pits of some of my favorite grocery store fruits and try to grow them at my farm. Every fruit looks so spectacular coming exclusively from California. Everything is also patented and illegal to … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, ecology, food, fruit, fruit farm, garden, gardening, hardy fruits, Korean pears, pear, pear seedlings, pears, seeds
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Waves on an Ocean: From Monoculture to Diversiculture
Going to the Ocean of Corn Where Waves of Diversity Continually Emerge Like an ocean filled with innumerable waves, there is no end to plant diversity. When it comes to a common cultivated food plant like corn, the species becomes … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, ancient corn, biological enrichment, corn, corn-flour, dense nutrition, farming, food, grass, northern teosinte, popcorn, teosinte
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One Potato: Teeny Tubers on a Quantum String
Its a funny thing to talk about potato roots. It is for my audience of one. I can clear a room discussing potato roots. Need help getting rid of guests that stay too long? Let me talk to them about … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, gardening, healthy food, new varieties, plant breeding, potato, potatoes, vegetables
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