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Diversity Discovered: The Atlantic White Cedar
It is always a surprise to me that a wetland tree found only in swamps, back waters of streams and lake fronts will grow outside of it’s specific low oxygen and high moisture location into the front of the average … Continue reading
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Tagged agroforestry, Atlantic cedar, Chamaecyparis, Chamaecyparis thyoides, ecology, Evergreen, lumber, nature, plants, seeds, trees, wood
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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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Chinquapin Chestnut On the Move
In the shadow of the hardwood forests of North America lies a well kept treasure rarely cultivated. It is a small nut shrub called the chinquapin. Unlike any number of chestnut trees cultivated or wild, the chinquapin is mostly thought … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiversity, Castanea, Castanea pumila, chestnut, chinquapin, ecology, environment, hybrid chestnut, nature, wild food, wild species
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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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The Edible Rose
Starting in the early 90’s I started a collection of species roses at my farm. I would plant different cultivated rose seeds that I found in my area or wild roses I found on vacation. I placed the seeds in … Continue reading
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Tagged ecology, edible rose, flowers, food, gardening, plants, rose, rose petals, seeds
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Seeds Create-For the Love of Water
“Seeds are a source of wonder. They are objects of ernest inquiry in man’s ceaseless search for understanding of living things. Seeds protect and sustain life. Seeds are wealth. They are beauty. They are a symbol-a symbol of beginnings. They … Continue reading
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Tagged baldcypress, ecology, forestry, nature, plants, seeds, timber, vigorous trees, wetlands
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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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Seeds: River Cane, Pawpaw, Apple, Sloe Plum, Soybean
There is always something new to learn from plants. Growing them from seeds adds to the anticipation of discovery and connection to the natural world. When I grew plants in my nursery we would sell seeds along with nursery stock … Continue reading
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Tagged bamboo seeds, ecology, food, fruit, garden, gardening, pawpaw, river cane, seed germination, seed-saving, seedlings, seeds, sloe plum
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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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