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Welcome to Your Daily Dot where Dot will share tips, advice, and stories on how we can make our world better. |
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Dear Dot,
Can you recommend a good book with some information about growing trees from seed?
– Margaret
Dear Margaret,
What a delightful question! As that old chestnut goes, “the best time to plant a tree was 30 years ago. The next best time is now.” And “now” really means now. As I write this from my home in the North, the snow is piling up outside, but we needn’t wait til the weather warms to begin the process of planting a tree under whose shade we hope eventually to sit.
I’m no expert at nurturing tree growth, but I found someone who is. So we will not only offer up a selection of books that will tell you how to grow a tree, but also some straightforward instructions, courtesy of Jordan Jones, a regenerative tree farmer in Kansas.
He founded Mad Cat Farm (named for a beloved feline with a cantankerous personality) where he applies knowledge and nerdiness to genetic resilience in fruit and nut trees.
His market, he says, is the “advanced” backyard grower, which is potentially you, Margaret, and people like you! Who better to help us?
At Mad Cat, Jordan explained, he deals with the climatic and environmental realities of the present. With climate change and disease already impacting what grows and thrives, Jordan is interested in “what’s going to happen when that seed starts to grow? What is going to end up surviving? Because that's the tree of the present and the future.”
How can you best ensure that the seed you plant survives and thrives, Margaret? Jordan has plenty to say on this topic!
Keep reading! |
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Past and present collide at the newly completed Chumash Museum and Cultural Center in Santa Ynez, which gives visitors a glimpse into how this tribe has lived and survived in California for more than 8,000 years. You’ll get to experience this museum on our upcoming Bluedot Living trip to California’s Central Coast. Designed and led by Bluedot’s founder, Victoria Riskin, this curated trip was designed with sustainability and luxury in mind and features private tours, whale watching, wine tasting, meetings with local change-makers, and inspiration to care for our planet.
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