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Diversity Explored: The Edible Sunflower

I always was fascinated with the sunflower. There was always so much activity around them. My parents decided to move to a new home when I was 16 years old. It was in a new subdivision in the midst of … Continue reading

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Heading North on the American Persimmon Highway

One of the easiest ways to create a strain of plant is to find similar individuals in a climate or zone similar to yours. The reason you might attempt this is that you desire to grow a plant that is … Continue reading

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The Thicket Bean Explodes

Before the advent of annual beans, the thicket bean was well known. It was the protein that did not run away. It is a species of perennial bean found throughout the midwest and northeastern U.S. Unlike the thousands of selections … Continue reading

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One With the Other

It happens effortlessly all the time in an infinite number of ways. Nature integrates all living things. Every gardener knows this too. Like the above image of my Norway spruce and pawpaw planting there is no unwritten rule of good … Continue reading

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