Attracting deer to your hunting land isn’t just about luck. It’s about creating the right conditions for deer to thrive, including providing reliable sources of food, cover, and habitat. Food plots can be great for hunters or farmers with the right equipment to prep, plant, and water the food plot each year. Most food plots […]
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Benefits of Growing American Persimmon Trees
Growing American persimmon trees (Diospyros virginiana) offers a multitude of benefits. They are easy growing trees that nearly anyone can grow and achieve success with. Whether you are new to trees, an experienced grower, homesteader, or nature enthusiast growing persimmons is a rewarding pursuit! From their delicious fruit to their ecological contributions, these trees are […]
Beginners Guide to Growing Juneberries in the Northeast
Juneberry, also known as serviceberry, saskatoon, or Amelanchier, is a versatile and fruitful shrub that thrives in the northeast and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. Juneberries have stunning spring blossoms, vibrant fall foliage, and delicious, nutritious berries. Berries ripen here in New Jersey in mid to late June. Juneberry plants can be a great […]
Why We Grow Early Apples
We waited all summer for early apples to start ripening and then life got crazy, and I forgot to post this lol! We have been picking our earliest apples for about a month now. Our first early apples truly ripened around August 10th but we had been taste-testing them since the end of July with […]
Getting to Know The American Persimmon Tree!
American Persimmon, often referred to Sugar Plums or Fruit of the Gods is one of North America’s forgotten fruits. Even though American persimmons grow wild in a large chunk of the eastern US, most people I meet have never even heard of persimmons, let alone tasted their amazing fruit! American Persimmons aren’t found in the […]
How to Manage Spotted Wing Drosophila without Chemicals
Spotted Wing Drosophila is a mouthful sometimes both literally and figurately. I usually can’t say it right so people like me will refer to them as SWD. In this article we will explain what Spotted Wing Drosophila are, why you don’t want them in your berry patch, how to identify them, and how to control […]
Illinois Everbearing Mulberry Trees
Mulberry trees are one of my favorite trees. Mulberry trees can produce tons of food for your family, livestock, and wildlife and above all that they are a great landscape tree. Why Grow Illinois Everbearing Mulberry Trees Illinois Everbearing Mulberry trees are the king of all mulberry trees in the Northeast. Illinois Everbearing is by […]
Cicada Damage Is Real
Despite what people say, Cicada damage is real! While Cicada’s don’t eat leaves or trees but they do lay their eggs into young stems/branches. Female cicada’s use their ovipositor (egg laying tubular organ that looks like a dagger) to pierce the tender stems of plants they mate on. After eggs have been fertilized the female […]