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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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Watermelons in Trees
One of my first attempts at growing watermelons was a huge success. I was working full time at a garden center and much like all of my co-workers I had a large garden. My garden extended the width of the … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, ecological enrichment, ecology, edible seeds, farming, gardening, nature, plant unbreeding, watermelon, wild crops, wild watermelons
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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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Flavor Impossible
Some of the plants I grew at my farm were the ‘lost in translation’ of the edible world. I was not sure how anyone, made use of or processed and consumed in some way their fruits or foliage. The flavors … Continue reading
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Tagged bitter foods, cultivated, ecology, edible wild, food, foraging, gardening, nature, vegetables, wild crops
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Diversity Explored: The Wild Blueberry
When my father and his friend from the post office purchased 140 acres of wetland in central Michigan in the mid-1960’s they knew that it was a swamp and generally unusable.The price was roughly $100 per acre at the time. … Continue reading
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Diversity Explored: The Edible Sunflower
I always was fascinated with the sunflower. There was always so much activity around them. My parents decided to move to a new home when I was 16 years old. It was in a new subdivision in the midst of … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, crop-diversity, ecology, edible, edible oil, enrichment, flowers, food, seeds, sunflower seeds, sunflowers, wild crops
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