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The Species Pear Balancing Act On the Move
If you were to take a peak into the secret life of pears, you will find treasures hidden in places that are not easily accesible. These are not “escaped” pears but subspecies that someone in the taxonomic botanical world has … Continue reading
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Tagged gardening, seeds, nature, agriculture, food, ecology, wild pear, Pyrus pyraster
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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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A Canvas and Some Paint
A Story of Creative Forestry and “Sweeta” Wild Black Cherry-Prunus serotina It is very interesting to learn about the relationships people have with nature. I love hearing stories from people who farm and discover plants and animals. Some of the … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiversity, blackcherry, climate-change, environment, gardening, land-use, lawn, mowing, nature
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Returning to the Wild is Not That Wild
The above image is my ongoing wild potato release program for the feral potato. I’m trying to create a mini-potato oasis in the middle of a field. Eventually you have to let them go back to the wild. As you … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, ecology, environment, feral crops, nature, wild potato
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Black Mulberry
There is a magnificent specimen of black mulberry filled with lustrous green foliage in Central Park. I had my brother help me photograph one of the branches. To me it was a miracle because it isn’t suppose to survive in … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, Black mulberry, ecology, flowers, garden, gardening, healthy enviornment, Morus nigra, nature, plants, Species fruits, trees
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Persimmon Roots and Their Underground Network
In the beginning, I had a pasture. It was a good pasture used for hay to feed livestock. It consisted of steep hills with flat parts which was almost barren of trees. All I had to do was add trees. … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, American persimmon, ecology, garden, gardening, nature, seed source, seeds
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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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Things of Unique Beauty and Other Rare Phenomena
Via Wildlife Camera Enjoy. Kenneth Asmus
Posted in Diversity Found, Ecology-Biodiversity-Integration, Miracles of Nature
Tagged nature, wildlife camera
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The Grass Was Smushed in Great Quantity
On my way to classes in my first year in college I would always pass by the student union. Out in front overlooking the president’s home on a sloped hill covered in thick grass with sycamore trees was a small … Continue reading
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Tagged nature, resolution
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The Edible World Part 3
When the vegetation management power line people came to my house a few years ago, I asked if people freak out when they show up. The foreman said that once a person decided to stop the carnage by throwing himself … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, ecology, fruit farm, gardening, Genus hybrids, history, native-plants, nature, nutrition, plants, Rowan, seeds, Sorbus
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