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Full Seeds Ahead
Every time I see seeds on a rack in a store I stop. They are always very organized. The packets jump off the rack. They are small and easy to pick. It is like the space between your hand and … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, ecology, food, gardening, plants, seeds, tomatoes, vegetables
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Furry, Cute and Venomous Meets Crispy, Snackable and Delicious
Some of the most secretive plants are the most common. We pass by. We see it. Yet, our consciousness does not reflect it as a discovery of anything significant. I saw this trifoliate vine twining around an American hazelnut bush … Continue reading
Posted in Diversity Found, Ecology-Biodiversity-Integration, Miracles of Nature
Tagged ecology, food, hog peanut, nature, nitrogen fixing, plants, voles
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A Raspberry Takes Many Forms
You got to respect them.They are a tad thorny and hard to walk through. They are a bit overwhelming at times yet bring you closer to wild fruit nirvana more than any fruit. They can fourish where few fruits can … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, beneficial-plants, blackberry, ecological enrichment, ecology, plant-diversity, plants, raspberry, Rubus, wild
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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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Tagged Beans, ecology, enrich, enrichment, food, garden, gardening, nature, plants, thicket bean, vegetables
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Purpurea
Purple pigments in plants attract attention. Probably the most well known purple plant is the purple leaf Norway maple. It is produced from seed as well as varietal selections with intense purple coloration. You still see it in the nursery … Continue reading
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Tagged American-hazelnut, hazelnut, nut, plants, purpurea
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Meet the Perennial Brassicas
It’s a common experience with gardeners to discover sprouts on old broccoli or cabbage stalks from the year before. Even the Brussels sprouts will kick out a new stem in the second year. This is because by and large Brassicas … Continue reading
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Tagged brassica, broccoli, Bunia, flowers, garden, gardening, perennial, plants, vegetables, wild-foods
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You and What Sandcherry Empire
Have you ever gone for a hike and discovered some interesting fruit along a trail somewhere? Many people have seen or know this fruit along the shores of the Great Lakes. The trails that wind their way through the dunes … Continue reading
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Tagged cherry, food, fruit, garden, gardening, native, plants, sandcherry, wild
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It is A Good Beech On A Shore of A Great Lake
When I started my business, I really made use of a Pentax camera my parents bought me when I graduated from college in 1979. It was a perfect gift for me. As a recommendation of a high school friend of … Continue reading
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Tagged belief, botany, identification, plants
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Random is Not That Random
We tend to think of forests as a random set of circumstances creating infinite random configurations of plants each situated spatially that is highly variable. Things are not in rows. We would tend to think, “oh this is much more … Continue reading
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Tagged forest, gardening, plants, trees
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