Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Harvey Ussery <harvey@themodernhomestead.us>]

On 09/29/2010 08:36 PM, Barbara Money wrote:
>  We can't grow currents or gooseberries in Rhode Island; they carry 
> pine rust. Our native rose hips are pretty small, but I guess they'd 
> do in a pinch and one could dry them if one beat the birds to them.

Rugosa roses that produce quite large hips have been bred and should be 
fairly easy to locate. I got my three from Edible Landscaping. 
(http://eat-it.com/ and key in "pavement rose" in the search box)


> What about mulberries, do they store well? 

Mulberries can be dried and stored just like raisins. I don't know how 
the Vit C content stacks up against ribes spp. or rugosa rose.

~Harvey

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