PLANT SPOTLIGHT: Peeling Back The Hardy Banana
Finding Musaceae: A Small Odyssey i. It’s March of 2019, and a friend brings me to work with them for a few hours at the Fairmount… Read More
Finding Musaceae: A Small Odyssey i. It’s March of 2019, and a friend brings me to work with them for a few hours at the Fairmount… Read More
By Yam Vallis, MS Clinical Herbal Medicine Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.) may just look like another scruffy tree on the side of the road or along… Read More
THE STORY BEHIND AMERICAN HOPS OVERVIEW Did you know that hops, the flavoring agent found in beer, grows on a vine? And that it is… Read More
¿Alguna vez comiste una fruta deliciosa y te preguntaste si puedes plantar la semilla para hacer crecer un nuevo árbol? Aunque las frutas comunes generalmente… Read More
MEDICINAL AND CULINARY NATIVE HERBS IN THE LEARNING ORCHARD AT THE WOODLANDS Scarlet Bee Balm, monarda didyma, in the new herb row at the Woodlands… Read More
As an orchardist working in a crowded city, one of the most common questions I get is if people can grow fruit trees and perennials… Read More
HELPFUL ALLIES IN THE ORCHARD NITROGEN FIXATION The importance of nitrogen in the soil cannot be stressed enough. It is essential for all life forms,… Read More
BUT WHAT ARE THEY? Beneficial nematodes are microscopic roundworms that live in the soil. They are used for pest control because they are excellent hunters… Read More
On a rainy Friday in May, POP invited our partners to celebrate the construction of two new high tunnels at our home base, the POP… Read More