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Newsletter: March 12, 2018 Features sunchokes, sunchoke seeds and how to grow them. With over 20 different selections there is a variety that fits your preferences including selections grown for their flowers and screening ability. Tubers range from golf ball to volley ball in size. Need a perennial edible sunflower? This is the Jerusalem …
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Is it time to make the donuts of the soil amendment world? The right mix has a positive effect on establishing woody plants. Is it healthier than a donut? We think so.
The hog peanut is an unassuming plant of immense importance producing a delicious small tuber.
Wild goose plum, true comfrey and edible roses make up a perfect forest of fruit, fertilizer and medicine.
Apples are on the move and their escaped cousins offer hope in the world of disease and insects and those wishing to refrain from the use of pesticides.
The philosophy of one plant helping the other is common in the plant world. It can be no other way.
Newsletter: February 3, 2018 The low tannin acorn is often produced with this hybrid. Its ability to have heavy yields of acorns attracts wildlife as well as people who enjoy making a-corn bread. With only small amounts of leaching needed: using hot water and a blender, the tannin can usually be removed with only 1-3 …
Flavors of fruits can be varied and diverse far from the cultivated varieties that are often found today in cultivation. That is why Oikos Tree Crops exist-to find these fruits and make them available in forms of plants and seeds.
An evergreen tree that produces an edible crop is probably one of the few pines with large enough seeds to grow in the north.
Newsletter: January 13, 2018 This high protein tuber can be grown in a variety of conditions and is easy to cultivate in even poor soils. The delicious tubers can be mashed or fried. We have been growing groundnuts for over 20 years. The selections we offer are some of the best available from Maine to …
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