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The Inbetweeners
Hybrid American Chestnuts: Castanea dentata x mollissima When I first started my nursery, I was always trying to find new seed sources to grow trees. A lot of my early sources were people known to me by reading Organic Gardening … Continue reading
Chinquapin Chestnut: It’s Natural
A New Chinquapin Variety-“Resilient” One of the first oaks I grew at my farm was the Turkey Oak, Quercus cerris. The tree has a huge range in Europe and grows to massive sizes. I used a wide variety of seed … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, ecology, food, seeds
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Direct Seeding: Get Your Satchel and Plant a Forest
Everyone wants to create a forest. It’s a natural desire. How hard can it be? You start with a blank canvas and add paint in the form of seeds or trees. Like the book “The Man Who Planted Trees” by … Continue reading
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Tagged acorns, agriculture, chestnut, direct seeding, ecology, food, hickory, persimmon, seeds, trees
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Sprouts Hiding in The Grassy Meadow
The Grassy Meadows Have Delicious Food The seed tells a story of a plant. If you’re willing to listen, you will benefit from your experience with the plant. Such was the case for some of the plants I grew at … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, cattails, ecology, edible sprouts, edible wild, phragmites, river cane, seeds, vegetables
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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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Persimmon Ideals and Species Fruits
The wild Missouri black gooseberry was a plant I discovered under the powerlines near my farm when I first started my nursery. I reproduced it from seeds and found unique high yielding individuals in the populations. This was one way … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, crop diversity, Diospyros, ecological enrichment, ecological theatre, fruit, Princess persimmon, seeds
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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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The Very Wild Texas Peach
The Texas peach represents a great human plant introduction into the southwestern U.S. native flora. It integrates into its surrounding environment and continues to broaden its genetic diversity. When botanists first looked at the peach thriving in the southeastern U.S., … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, crop-diversity, ecological enrichment, ecology, environment, food, fruit, heirloom peach, Prunus persica, seeds, wild crops, wild peaches
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The American Persimmon: Sugar Heaven
Every year is a great joy to harvest American persimmons. This year is no exception. I relish the major brush clearing and grass mowing that is needed for me to obtain the fruit in quantity and quality. To harvest the … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, American persimmon, ecology, food, fruit, geographic strain, northern persimmon, seeds, sugar fruit
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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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