MTCA Tour 9-June-2019 (click on photos to enlarge.) The Invitation. Join us for a great double tour to start the season off! We will meet at 10:30am at Edgewood Nursery to see and discuss a small but very diverse collection of tree, bush and vine crops, including paw paw, persimmon,…
The Acornucopia Project , an Ashville, N.C.-based group dedicated to learning more about using acorns. “There’s plenty to go around and more to be had. — Old squirrel proverb.” Their mission is “to develop perennial based agriculture as an economically viable, environmentally beneficial, and socially dignified human endeavor.” Lots of…
From Jack Kertesz via email Dec. 2020: Ken Asmus recommends seedlings for their colonizing ability. Pretty convincing article. https://oikostreecrops.com/time-to-prune-stem-density-and-the-life-of-the-pawpaw-colony/ 100 3-6″ seedlings are $134. I would be interested in seeing these spread around, or potted and greenhouse grown for a year. From Tom Vigue, Dec 2020: :I have a bunch…
Listed by Species by Aaron Parker , Sunday, 24 March 2019 Trees should be hardy in most of the state, but only early ripening genetics are likely to ripen and only in decent conditions, with the limiting factor being heat units rather then season length. Hot micro climates are limited…
