farming – The Ecologist Cowboy

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.)”

NOTES: Land Management and Farming with the Seasons

Fall Earth moving and swale building Cover crop sowing Breeding livestock Collecting, ordering, and seeding nuts Harvesting: nuts – acorns, walnuts and chestnuts! Winter Bare root tree and rootstock orders Winter greens: Brassicaceae Asian greens Lettuce Mulching Pruning Cuttings for plant propagation Saving scion budwood Grafting pruned scions to rootstocks Seed starting: summer crop seedingContinue reading “NOTES: Land Management and Farming with the Seasons”