From GENE LOGSDON I used to think a lot about starting a Christmas tree farm. Hilly cheaper land could be used and I had some, machinery investment would be low, or so I thought, and the customer would maybe do the work of harvesting. What stopped me was what I took to be the insane human [...]
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Gene Logsdon: My Search For the Imperfect Christmas Tree
Posted December 16th, 2011 by Admin. Comment (0).
Gene Logsdon: An Affinity For Tree Groves
Posted January 27th, 2011 by Admin. Comment (0).
From GENE LOGSDON Upper Sandusky, Ohio I have been cuddling up lately to the woodstove and giving thanks for my good fortune in being able to do so. When we could finally afford to buy our own land, my wife and I were determined to get a tract that had a woodlot on it and [...]
Gene Logsdon: A Pumpkin In The Apple Tree
Posted October 20th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
From GENE LOGSDON The Contrary Farmer My sister Jenny went out to pick apples the other day and found a Cinderella pumpkin growing up in her Winesap tree. See the photo. Some of you, being as disbelieving as I am, will suspect that someone stuck that pumpkin up there just for fun, but I assure [...]
Gene Logsdon: Transplanting Tree Seedlings
Posted September 1st, 2010 by Admin. Comment (1).
From GENE LOGSDON I have a hunch that readers thought I was joking when I wrote recently about growing tree seedlings in roof gutters. The picture above proves that it works. I thought by now (late summer) the seedlings would have died for lack of water, but we’ve had regular rain so now I can [...]