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  • From: Emery Mitchamore <emitch@att.net>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] two agricultures not one
  • Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 06:36:17 -0500

Incredibly, in spite of extensive searching and reading on Forest Gardens, I
had never visited Edible Landscaping. Thank you for the link. It's the most
useful resource I've found on the subject.

E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
www.hillcountrynatives.net



On Sep 30, 2010, at 5:45 AM, Harvey Ussery wrote:

> 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
>
> --
> Harvey in northern Va
> www.themodernhomestead.us
>
> My book, THE MODERN HOMESTEAD POULTRY FLOCK, will be published next year by
> Chelsea Green Publishing.
>
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