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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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You and Your Sandcherry Empire
Have you ever gone for a hike and discovered some interesting fruit along a trail somewhere? It’s a common experience. Such is the case for Prunus pumila or sandcherry found on the dunes of the Great Lakes. The trails that … Continue reading
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Tagged cherry, food, fruit, garden, gardening, native, plants, sandcherry, wild
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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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ZEA
ZEA Zea is the genus name for corn. It is the Greek word meaning bread. The first Zea grain goes back to at least 12,000 years ago. Evidence was recently found in a cave in Turkey that Zea grains were … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, ancient grain, ecology, food, plants, seeds, teosinte, Zea
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Natural Phenomena and Wonders at My Farm
Enjoy. Kenneth Asmus
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Tagged diversity, natural law, natural world, plants
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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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Creating Order in a Random World
The plants I chose to grow at my farm was based on my personal experiences. There were many more or less random events of people contacting me with seeds or accidentally finding plants as I went through my daily life. … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, biodiversity, crop biodiversity, ecology, food, gardening, plants, seeds
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Two Story Agriculture
Ground Floor and Going Up I first found the concept of Two Story Agriculture in the best selling book Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture by J. Russell Smith. He was an economic geographer for Columbia University and had written extensively … Continue reading
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Tagged ecological enrichment, ecology, garden, hickory, lilac, nature, planting trees, plants, tree crops
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Cactus Town
I saw it first on a walk with my daughter near a sidewalk. As we rounded the corner, a cardboard sign alerted us saying it was “Free’. There it hung on a bamboo stake neatly tied by a small piece … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiversity, cactus, cactus fruit, crop diversity, food crops, fruit, gardening, nature, nopal, plants, tunas
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Structure and Function of Future Plants and Forests
One of the the great events of my family farm was the sand mining operations that left two large distinctively different ponds. In the process, it also created a completely different landscape. It was one we fully enjoyed as now … Continue reading
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Tagged environmental health, forestry, life, plants, trees
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