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A new model suggests that timber production in Minnesota could decrease by half as windstorms intensify with climate change.
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The Haldane Prize is awarded annually by the British Ecological Society for the best paper in Functional Ecology by an early career author. We are pleased to present the shortlisted papers for the 2024 award (published in Volume 38): ⭐️ Ian Ausprey: Dispersal limitation predicts the spatial and temporal filtering of tropical bird communities in isolated forest fragments Ian’s results (1) experimentally validate the use of morphological traits as proxies for movement …
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Sustainabloom, an American Floral Endowment initiative, has shared a short video highlighting its mission toward a sustainable future.
The post Video of the Week: Sustainabloom Road appeared first on Greenhouse Grower.
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Not sure if this is the right sub for this but im looking to buy some paw paw trees (preferably named var.), along with other Kansas native fruit trees like american plum, sandhill plum and persimmon. So far the places i have checked have been out of stock and id prefer pick up over online.
Ive checked the Kansas forest service, soil service, and a handful of local nurseries. I also reached out to the Lawrence fruit tree project currently waiting to hear back. If any one could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it.
Id also appreciate any advice for care or tips.
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I recently attended an event called Women in Horticulture (celebrating women with Community College and Technical Institute roots) held at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Oregon. I went not knowing exactly what to expect, but since three women I know (and respect) were speaking, I figured it was going to be a great event (and it was).
Here are those ladies, left to right: Margaret Ney, Grower at (LPO); Alexa Patti, Nursery Manager and Head Grower at LPO; and Emily Joseph, Nursery and Sales Manager for the , and Retail Sales Manager and Assistant Nursery Manager for the (RSBG).
This lady, Joleen Schilling, Horticulture Department Head at CCC, was the event organizer and she gave a heartfelt introduction for each of the six speakers.
Emily got her degree in Environmental Horticulture from Lake Washington Institute of Technology. After several years in the hospitality industry (restaurant management) she’d come to realize she wasn’t going to be happy there long term. Her supportive partner asked the right questions and she hit upon horticulture as her future, starting the program during COVID with online programs and (thankfully) greenhouse time.
Emily ended her
presentation with the news that she’s headed to New Zealand!
The next speaker was Liz Shinn, farmer, and co-owner of and a graduate of
the Chemeketa program. Liz echoed something Emily said earlier, that it took her significant other asking the question “if you could do anything”… for her to realize how much the hort industry was calling to her, and her specific dream was to open a
farm stand. She also cautioned that you have to love the work since it’s not a high paying industry.
After Liz finished up with her talk we had a break for lunch and for me that also meant checking out the grounds…
This facility has new state of the art greenhouses.
Tomatoes!
Basil! (it was lunchtime, I was getting hungry)
And flowers…
Such big blooms on a small shrub (edgeworthia).
Among other things Katie shared that taking the Plant ID class felt like her eyes were open for the first time, and that an internship in out in the field taught her she’s an office person. I loved that, I mean not everyone needs to work directly with the plants to be in the industry.
Next we heard from Grace Sheuflet, Floral Designer, owner , and graduate of Chemeketa program.
Margaret was the last speaker of the afternoon. I learned she first set out for a career in underwater welding, because she “wanted the money”… (and yet here she is in horticulture).
After two years at LPO she’s worked her way through a few different positions and she’s now the Young Plant Grower, not because she’s young (although she is), but because she is in charge of the young plants, like the tiny liners. She was also the cover girl for the Oregon Association of Nurseries Digger magazine…
Truth be told I left this event a little jealous of these ladies, wishing that I’d heard the call earlier and had completed an education in a horticulture field. Not that it’s all bad, I am lucky to get to write about it.
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Small tan worm like, found a small batch of them and wondering if I should do something about it now or if they are not harmful. Beds covered in leaves all winter and uncovered today and found some! Thanks
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I live in a wildfire-prone area and want to plant some windbreaks around the perimeter of my 30ish acre parcel.
I don’t remember where I got this info from, but I remember hearing that a good windbreak should be dense/evergreen, and should be layered so the canopies of the various trees make a 60 degree angle from the ground to the tallest tree.
Assuming that’s valid (correct me if not) wouldn’t that also be the ‘perfect’ fuel ladder in the case of a wildfire? I’ve heard windbreaks are good wildfire protection, but I don’t know how to square these two ideas.
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I share a garden with someone who wanted to be all permaculture and collected a bunch of seagrass to use as mulch. Sounds great, right? Except instead of using it straight away, they left it sitting outside in plastic bags for ages. Now the bags have disintegrated, and there are tiny bits of plastic EVERYWHERE
I finally had enough and tried to clean it up—got as much of the plastic out as I could and spread the seagrass on the garden, but it’s still pretty contaminated. So frustrating when something meant to be eco-friendly turns into a mess like this.
Anyone else dealt with something like this?How do you even begin to clean up tiny plastic bits once they’re in the soil?
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