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Hog Peanut: Subterranean Tuber Becomes Aerial Bean
While harvesting American hazelnuts on my farm near the electric line right of way, I discovered the hog peanut. I pulled up on the vine and found several larger than average tubers (dime sized) connected on a string. I had … Continue reading
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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Flexibility and Stability: Integrating Opposite Values With the Wild Apple
When you grow an apple from seed (which I highly recommend) you will see the extremities of what is possible in terms of what the apple will look and taste like. If a crabapple tree is nearby, then there is … Continue reading
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Tagged seeds, agriculture, crabapple, ecology, wild apple, seed source, Malus
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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
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Tagged agriculture, Castanea dentata, Castatanea x hybrid, ecology, Plant disease, Plant populations, seeds, sustainability
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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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