I’m late getting my seeds planted. They ordinarily would go in the ground in fall, but this year I didn’t get the opportunity to do so. Now we’ve got freezing temps and snow on the ground. The snow should melt soon, with more possible next weekend. So at some point this week I’ll get them […]
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This morning I walked through the nursery area to fulfill the last of the 2024 rootlet orders. First year seedling usually do get seeded into a specific location, where it’ll be easier for me to find an pot them the following May for local orders. But this is a wild-simulated nursery, and so plants are
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This year started out with low inventory because I didn’t get a chance to plant seeds last fall. We had a lot of rain early on, and then a lot of drought since summer began. Most of the seedlings I did have for sale in May were sold, and the remainder will ship out as
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The weather forecast calls for possible tennis ball hail tonight, so I figured I’d better get some pics of the plants… just in case. Here’s what it’s looking like today, August in the ginseng habitat. Most of the plants are healthy, but a few are holey from bugs or snails. That didn’t stop them from
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So I have some help this year with the ginseng nursery from a pair of young organic, permaculture enthusiasts who are ready to learn about being good ginseng stewards. That means I will after all have some potted ginseng seedlings available throughout spring! They’ll have to be picked up in the Kingston square, by appointment.
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Every year the same flowers bloom in pretty much the same order. And although I have hundreds of images in my files, I can’t help but start heading out with the camera. The blooms start in early April in the ginseng habitat. The first flowers that bloom are usually the toothwort (formerly of the Dentaria
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Here’s a little inspiration to get outside on this beautiful sunny day and enjoy nature. Phlox is blooming and casting joyful purple splashes all around the Wild Ozark hills and woods, and the fiddleheads are unfurling.
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I have a mystery plant to decipher. Last year I went to the woods and took a root division of a plant I wanted to grow in the Ginseng Habitat Demonstration Garden. I put that root cutting into a pot and placed it in a sheltered spot in one of my nursery terraces. The summer
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It’s mid-March 2018 and I’m watching for the first native flowers of the Ozarks to start blooming. I particularly love the ephemeral blooms of early spring, like the bloodroot and Dutchmen’s breeches. Scroll down to see pictures and keep up with what’s blooming at Wild Ozark. If you’re looking specifically for the ginseng unfurling/blooming, you’ll
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There are ginseng seedlings coming up early this year, at least in Yellville, Arkansas. I haven’t seen any here at Wild Ozark, yet, but a few hours to the east, my friend Suzanne is reporting that hers are all coming up already. Here’s a pic she sent this morning. I’ve never had them come up
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