Rye Owen
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Growing Teas & Spices
Teas & Spices Growing Guide A helpful guide to get you started growing teas and spices.
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Mulching Fruit Trees
By Xander Rose As I’m moving wood chips provided by a local arborist to put around our fruit trees at Raintree Nursery on a recent winter’s day (fortunately without too much rain), I ...
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Growing Tubers
Tuber Growing Guide A helpful guide to get you started growing your own edible tubers.
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Growing Mushrooms
Mushroom Growing Guide A helpful guide to get you started on your journey to become a mycophile. More Helpful Resources: Harvesting and cooking Oyster mushrooms in the PNW! Building a King S...
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Appreciating Native Pollinators
By Xander Rose Pollinating insects are important for pollinating flowers so that they become fruit. Many fruiting plants need to be pollinated, which means needing more than one variety of tr...
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Grafting Paw Paw Trees
It's paw paw weather! The heat is upon us in the Pacific Northwest on this late summer day. Paw paw fruits need heat like this to ripen. The oblong, green paw paw fruits are growing at Rain...
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The Persimmon Tree: Centuries of Fall Colors and Sweet Rewards
By Xander Rose I have really been enjoying the fall colors of the persimmon trees at Raintree. The trees’ foliage lends warm hues to gray days. From dark greens, yellows, and golds, to bu...
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Considering Pawpaw Biology to Inform How to Grow Them
By Xander Rose The pawpaw has interesting biology. Establishing pawpaw seedlings need shade because their young shoots and leaves can scald or burn in full sun. Mature, fully grown ...
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An Introduction to Training Fruiting Vines
By Xander Rose Raintree sells some great fruiting vines that can be trained to arbors, fences, walls, and trellises. Vines require training because they are not as upright as trees. A basic under...
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How do I graft a fruit tree
Grafting Fruit Trees We have put together a helpful Grafting Guide to help guide you through your grafting process. You might also enjoy watching this tutorial on bench grafting.