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While there is currently still snow on the ground in the garden of Quebec, the expectation is for the planting season of iceberg lettuce, Romaine lettuce, Romaine Hearths, and celery to start in about three weeks, around April 14. These crops will be followed by carrots, green onions, parsley, cilantro,…
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Crop chem firm Gowan Canada has picked up registration for its first biological product in the Canadian horticulture market. The product, called EcoSwing, is approved for control of mummy berries in high-bush blueberries and powdery mildew in cucurbits such as pumpkins, squash and cucumber. It’s also…
Gowan Canada gets registration for first crop protection product in Canadian market Read More »
The demand for tomatoes right now is outweighing the supply of them. “The tomato supply has been very short,” says Roger Riehm of Blue Creek Produce. “Florida is in a gap on supply, and Mexico is in the same situation–there’s not a lot of supply there either.” Earlier weather occurrences in both regions…
Tomato pricing continues to strengthen this week Read More »
On the morning of March 20, 2025, there was an early gathering for a group of 30 quality employees in connection with a visit to the European Fruit and Vegetable Centre in Brussels. The participants were not only paying attention to breakfast, but were addressed by three speakers involved in the…
John Van Laethem announces farewell as business manager Read More »
It was great fun to visit Hersonswood Garden last July with my fellow Flingers (the same day we also visited Windcliff, Dan Hinkley’s current garden). I think there were roughly 90 of us, but the garden is so large (15 acres) we quickly dispersed and only occasionally would we cross paths. Since I’d been a few times before, I was able to stroll at a leisurely pace and not try to see it all, I felt sorry for those folks who had to rush. Here are my highlights…
Lovely purples with the cotinus and acanthus.
This is the first time I’ve seen the Raining Wall (at the entrance to the Renaissance Garden) complete.
Blechnum penna-marina
Rhododendron valentinioides
Selaginella tamariscina ‘Golden Sprite’
Adiantum x mairisii
Adiantum aleuticum ‘Subpumilum’ (on either side of the moss).
Blechnum microphyllum
This was interesting to see. When at the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden in February I spied a plant that looks a lot like this. I called that one out as perhaps Polygonatum mengtzense. But I had a phone screen shot in my files noting this plant as Maianthemum oleraceum. The plot thickens!
I’ve taken a photo of this container on several visits. Parts change, parts stay the same.
Okay, here’s a confession. I love this…
I hate this…
I’ve felt the extreme love/hate ever since my first visit to the garden. One seems like an interesting way to raise up planters above the ground level, the other seems overly contrived and out of place.
Ditto for the potager.
I used to dislike the chanterelle fountain, but it’s grown on me.
Imagine rinsing your vegetable harvest here after picking them from the potager…
Lillies, the flower of July…
I loved the dusty hues of this vignette.
Globularia incanescens
Empty pot as framing device, it works. It really does.
A little further into the same planting.
The tree ferns! These have been here for years, surviving the seasons, unlike some newer tree ferns in the Renaissance Garden.
Dryopteris crassirhizoma
I feel extreme plant lust every time I look at a photo of this fern.
A last look at the tree ferns (Dicksonia antarctica).
Making my way out of the garden and back to our bus I passed this totem pole that had been left to rest, decay, and return to the land.
It was a great reminder that the garden is now owned by the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe and going forward the garden will meld their vision with that of it’s famous founder, Dan Hinkley.
We Fling at Heronswood Read More »
Why do some plants thrive in specific regions but not in others? A study explores the factors shaping plant distributions and how these patterns have changed over millions of years. Analyzing nearly 270,000 seed plant species worldwide, the research highlights the roles of environmental conditions and dispersal barriers in influencing global plant diversity.
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Why do some plants thrive in specific regions but not in others? A study explores the factors shaping plant distributions and how these patterns have changed over millions of years. Analyzing nearly 270,000 seed plant species worldwide, the research highlights the roles of environmental conditions and dispersal barriers in influencing global plant diversity.
Global patterns in seed plant distribution over millions of years Read More »
Why do some plants thrive in specific regions but not in others? A study explores the factors shaping plant distributions and how these patterns have changed over millions of years. Analyzing nearly 270,000 seed plant species worldwide, the research highlights the roles of environmental conditions and dispersal barriers in influencing global plant diversity.
Global patterns in seed plant distribution over millions of years Read More »
The actor was an unlikely ally in this week’s fiery debate over an endangered fish – and is, an insider confirms, ‘very engaged’
When a fiery parliament debate erupted this week about Tasmania’s salmon industry, support for the endangered fish at the centre of the fight – the Maugean skate – came from an unlikely corner.
Hours before the Albanese government’s controversial legislation to protect fish farming in the state’s Macquarie Harbour passed on Wednesday, global star Leonardo DiCaprio weighed in.
Why does Leonardo DiCaprio care so much about Australian wildlife? Read More »
Hey guys, under-informed layman here curious about land restoration principles. Like many others who have asked previously, I’m intrigued about applying permaculture to a large scale project. I’ve accepted it’s unlikely to profitably run a commercial farm due to the labor involved, so I want to make it clear that I’m not looking to profit from yields. I’m coming at this from a government funded water project angle and looking for input on the feasibility.
I’ve heard several speculations about how the Southwest plans to solve their water problems with Arizona in particular suggesting desalination in Southern California or Mexico and piping it to AZ or even piping water from the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. Instead of that, couldn’t a handful of heavy equipment operators go to all the barren lands and dig some holes and create some swales on contour? Maybe build some well placed gabions in dry creek beds? My understanding of permaculture is that we wouldn’t even need to seed anything or do anything else after the earthmoving is done. Would that restore some creeks and rivers and help with the water crisis?
If the government came to you and said hey replenish our water sources, what is your plan of attack? I understand in an ideal world everyone would have a nice acre they could manage themselves but I’m looking for actionable ideas that can be done with the minimum amount of people. I also understand it would be better if commercial farmers would adopt more sustainable methods. But humor me here and assume it’ll just be a small team assigned to tackle the project.
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