Buzz for Spring
Yesterday I was walking aimlessly around my yard because it was nice outside and sometimes I like to do that. My big pear tree is a huge mess of flowers right now and as it typically does, has attracted a huge swarm of bees. Normally I am not a fan of insects, especially when they are of the...
Read MorePlant In-Vitro
Ok class today we are going to study plant reproduction, particularly in plants that are incapable of reproducing the good old fashioned way. In this case it’s my lemon tree. For plants to fruit they have to have their flowers pollenated. Which I think is kind of weird because they produce...
Read MoreAcorn Convention
I just returned from the 2008 Walnut Council Annual Meeting in Columbia, MO, which my sister has been referring to as the “acorn convention”. Since we are growing black walnut trees on a fairly massive scale, we figured this would be a worthy organization in which to get our feet...
Read MoreRaspberries
I planted a ho-bunch of fruit trees and shrubs this spring and none have been more exciting than the raspberries. I say that because they are the only thing that has actually been producing edible fruit in their first growing season. Not only edible, but quite tasty. Yesterday I was particularly...
Read MoreShe Thinks My Tractor's Sexy
I learned from my friend Bridgette the other day that the way you know if you are a true farmer is if you have an allegiance to a particular tractor manufacturer. Apparently we are true farmers because we have only the best and that is John Deere. I feel it in my heart so I know it’s true....
Read MorePlant Update
Here is the latest from my Ryan’s Greenhouse…. I have a lemon, roughly the size of a quarter. Although I had thought my perfume acacia died…it magically came back to life. Perhaps it is a deciduous? Here is the banana tree that was only 6″ tall a year ago. Last but not...
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