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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
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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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The Pecan As a Tree Crop in Michigan
One of the most underlooked tree crops for Michigan and other northern short season areas is the pecan. The pecan has a ton of research behind it. It has the mechanization. It has shakers, crackers, dryers and sorters. It has … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, ecology, environment, farming, northern pecan, oil crop, pecan, tree crop
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Watermelons Grow in Trees
One of my first attempts at growing watermelons was a big success. I was working full time at a garden center and much like all of my co-workers I had a large garden. My garden extended the width of the … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, ecological enrichment, ecology, edible seeds, farming, gardening, nature, plant unbreeding, watermelon, wild crops, wild watermelons
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The Island of Plant Production: Small Nursery
When I first started my nursery, I soon found many nursery people who were in the plant business handed down in their family. Many had large acreages devoted to plant production. Some were connected to the Christmas tree industry and … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, environment, farming, food, gardening, healthy enviornment, plant nursery, wild apple
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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 Plant-One Human-One Idea
If you have ever planted a cover crop of rye, you soon realize how much this powerhouse of a plant can do in such a short period of time. It is such a simple thing yet has immense environmental benefits. … Continue reading
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Tagged ecology, farming, green manure, health, nature, rye, soil, wildlife value
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Scientific Thoughts
I took a class in college taught by a history of science teacher called “Scientific Thoughts and Thinkers.” One of my business major friends from Detroit who was super skeptical on many topics took it at the same time. He … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, biological enrichment, farming, food, natural laws, nature, objective, Spirtuality, subjective, sustainable-agriculture
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Too Little Too Late
Extreme environmental changes will require a major shift on how and where we grow certain human edible crop plants. Although human edible corn makes up less than five percent of all corn, it is still important to think of it … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, antioxidants, edible, farming, garden, gardening, healthy, shortseason, sweetcorn, vegetables
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