Agroforestry – The Ecologist Cowboy

Workshops

Acorn Processing WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT Join us March 8th from 2 – 4 pm at Crows End Retreat Center! Email us to register: In the subject line put “Acorn Workshop Registration” and let us know you are coming! Do you also see a sustainable revolution and a return to the most natural; what is all aroundContinue reading “Workshops”

Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba)

Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba), also called red date, Chinese date, and Chinese jujube, is an Asian fruit tree in the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae). I commonly incorporate jujube trees into my orchards in arid, semi-arid, and temperate orchards in California! Another great candidate for Californian and Mediterranean agroforestry! Jujubes can grow as a small tree or shrublike. The branches have thorns,Continue reading “Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba)”

Chestnuts (Castanea spp.)

And mimicking that climate, I am just reminiscing about being in an enormous CHESTNUT TREE (!) last November in Skyline Chestnuts. IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. History Although the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) is listed as critically endangered (CR) after a near extinction from the blight in the early 1900s, many countries around the world cherish chestnutsContinue reading “Chestnuts (Castanea spp.)”

Sorbus, Service Tree (Sorbus domestica)

The Service, or Sorbus, Tree (Sorbus domestica), another underutilized LEGEND. I made friends with one of the gurus, Ben Kunesh, pushing Sorbus domestica (Service Tree) into the world, while working at Burnt Ridge. He is as passionate as I am about Quercus rotundifolia, yet actively growing out trees if you are “seeking Sorbus“! As PROLIFICContinue reading “Sorbus, Service Tree (Sorbus domestica)”

“Sweet” Acorn Oaks

Ballota Holm oak (Quercus rotundifolia) from Spain and Portugal Bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) from the Midwest of the US Mexican Blue oak (Quercus oblongifolia) from Arizona and Mexico Emory oak (Quercus emoryi) from Arizona, US Other varieties where some “sweet” acorn-bearing oaks have been found. From California: Valley oak (Q. lobata); from the Southwest USContinue reading ““Sweet” Acorn Oaks”