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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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The Edible World Part 1
One of the great benefits of having a nursery was to inspire others to create gardens filled with unique and delicious fruits and vegetables. Most of the plants I grew were not available by other nurseries or produced by a … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, Beans, ecology, food, nature, nutrition, seeds, thicket bean
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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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The Southern Magnolia Visits My Northern Garden
Many species of woody plants survive only because people move them out to new locations where they would never be found ala naturelle. They may provide a source of seeds which can be used to create additional selections. Like the … Continue reading
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Tagged ecology, Evergreen, gardening, hardiness, magnolia, nature, seeds, southern magnolia
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The American Chestnut Revisited
Thanks to a previous generation of growers who appreciated and loved the chestnut tree for its nuts and wood quality, I was able to grow the hybrid populations on my farm. From these seedling American hybrid nuts, I was able … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, American chestnut, Castanea, chestnut forest, ecology, food, hybrid chestnuts, Population diversity, seeds
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The Alpine Strawberry Moves to Flat-Landia
One of the most common and widely available perennial edible groundcover plants is the Alpine strawberry, Fragaria vesca. I grew as many as I could find in the seed trade. Unlike regular strawberries, Alpine strawberry varieties are grown from seeds. … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, alpine strawberry, ecology, food, garden, gardening, homesteading, seedling fruits, seeds, vegetables, wild crops
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Plants That Saw The Light of Day
(Part 1) I do not have much of a selection process for plants. Every plant looks interesting to me. I really liked the flavor of that wild Rocket I found in the cracks of a sidewalk in Grand Haven, Michigan. … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, buffaloberry, ecology, food, horsetail, perennial broccoli, seeds, vegetables, wild asparagus, wild cucumber
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The Plum From the Beach Comes to Visit and Plans to Stay
Beach Plums I always wondered about the range maps of plants found on the USDA Plants Database. Is the line of demarcation a real and genuinely smooth line or was it purchased directly from the Sears and Roebuck botanical books … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, beach plum, crop biodiversity, ecology, food, fruit farming, gardening, Prunus maritima, seeds
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