Tree Season
It’s March and for me that means just one thing… time to plant trees! Most years I stick mainly to the cheapo bundles of seedlings available from the Missouri Conservation Dpt…stuff like White, Loblolly, and the pine from which that this website gets its name…the Shortleaf....
Read MoreHot Peppers
-click for larger image- I like me some hot peppers. And since I have managed to get on the mailing list of every gardening supply company on earth, I have catalogs full of every kind of seed imaginable. Here are a few pictured along with some useful info about each type. If you want...
Read MoreHow To: Make Raspberry Jam
I often find myself buying various kinds of jams etc to spread on my bread for snacks and whatnot. The other day I went out to check on my raspberry plants and suddenly found myself with a surplus of berries. So I thought maybe I should make jam or something with them. In case anyone wants to try...
Read MoreTree Facts #4 – Dawn Redwood
There are 3 species of Redwood trees and just about everyone is familiar with two of them. The Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) is the overall largest tree species on earth, and the Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) is world’s tallest tree species. The third redwood, which...
Read MoreTree Facts #3 – Cedars
Everyone knows about Cedar trees… or do you? If you live in Missouri then you are likely familiar with the Eastern Red Cedar, often called simply a ‘Cedar tree’. However these, along with many other trees commonly referred to as ‘cedars’ are not cedars at all. They...
Read MoreTree Facts #2 – Douglas Fir
When you think of Fir trees what comes to mind? If you buy high end christmas trees you might think of the Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri). However I think the most widely known ‘fir’ is the Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii). Except that Douglas Fir, isn’t a fir at all because...
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