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10 Percent Off Entire Store-All Seeds
10 Percent Off Entire Store for all of the Seeds. Recent harvests include: Pawpaw, Chinquapin Hybrid Chestnut, Ashe Magnolia, American Persimmon USE CODE OneSeed at check out. Sale expires 10-30-22. Recent Newsletter Very good crop of pawpaw this year. It has allowed me to taste test them in great diversity. Sooner or …
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Apricot and Plum Seeds=10% Off=PLUM10
Free Offers+Use Code: PLUM10 for 10 Percent Off Offer Expires 10-15-22 Free with all orders: 12 Iowa Peach Seeds-True to type northern wild peach. Orders over $400.00 receive either an all organic cotton t-shirt print from artwork from the Oikos Tree Crops catalog collection or 4 ounces of Wild Goose Plum jam made with …
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Full Expression Plant Discoveries-Find What You Are Looking For
A work of art like this stone Egyptian water buffalo at the New York Met can last many lifetimes. Plant discoveries can create the same effect. By contributing to that which has come before, it can make life easier for future generations. A certain level of appreciation for the artist and scientist is generated …
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The American Persimmon in Michigan
The American Persimmon Defined When I first heard of the American Persimmon I had just graduated from college with an interest in starting a fruit farm with my brother in southwestern Michigan. I had a small landscape maintenance company trying to develop the concept of edible landscapes. In the winter I would work by pruning …
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The Groundnut-Weed, Protein and Global in Nature
When I first started growing groundnuts over 20 years ago, I had little information on how to produce the plant or use it. It was an edible wild plant I use to read about in high school. I remember ordering the tubers from J.L. Hudson Seedsman and putting them in these long narrow paper pots. …
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The Importance of the Perennial Bean at This Juncture in Time
Everyday is a reminder to me that more has to be done to improve the worlds health and well being. A little bit of news in the morning is enough. There are so many avenues to take. What to do? I have noticed a great surge in new protein crops over the last few years. …
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The Oikos Vision of Tree Crops Podcast
Enjoy this podcast I made with the folks at Partisan Gardens where we discuss edible acorns, tree crops and my personal experiences with growing plants. Thank you Partisan Gardens. The Oikos Vision for Tree Crops Partisan Gardens September 2021
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Seeds are Available-Cultivar Releases
May 24th will be the last date of our nursery. I am retiring and closing the nursery. Oikos Tree Crops has been in existence since the early 1980’s.
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Remaining Inventory June 2021-Last Chance
This is our last list of inventory available at 50% off in wholesale lots. Order now for immediate shipment.
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20 Percent Off Tree Crops
20 Percent Off Russian Hawthorne, Northern Prairie Apricot, Hardy Orange and Black Mulberry