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Nana Beach Plum: It Lives in a Farmerless Field
Any species of fruit as it is found in ‘nature’ can be cultivated. Two years ago, I grew a wild tomato from the Everglades that produced a tomato the size of a pea. It tasted like a tomato but was … Continue reading
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Tagged beach plums, ecology, farmerless fields, forest, fruit, fruit-trees, fruits, healthy fruits, jam, nature, wild plums
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Random: Distribution of Plants Within an Orderly Structure
Random is Not That Random. We tend to think of forests as random sets of plants in a structured organized way. Things are not in rows. It is a mixed forest. We might think, “oh this is much more desirable … Continue reading
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Tagged apples, beneficial plants, forest, fruit farm, global, multiflora rose, plants, random, seed production, trees, woody plants
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The Timber Apple: An Opposite Value Rises in the Forest
All fruit trees contain within them their original blueprint of the forest environment that they were originally found. There are apricots, plums and apples throughout the world that are part of the forests around them in some way. When these … Continue reading
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Tagged apple wood, apples, crabapple, ecology, fast growing, forest, forest fruits, healthy trees, timber apple
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The Brassica Forest Comes Alive
About a decade ago, I began growing tree collards from cuttings and seeds from The Tree Collard Project in California. I also purchased seeds of other types of brassica from Chris Homanics, Joseph Lofthouse and Southern Seed as well as … Continue reading
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The Making of a Forest
It’s a great joy to plant trees. It is a type of activity that is always rewarding. You need to bring with you a sense of wonder and patience and wait for the outcome. When I planted these northern pecans … Continue reading
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