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Low bush blueberries could do well there, unless its super steep. They stay low, only get about a foot tall and wide. They have great white flowers in the spring, blue-green foilage in the summer, plus edible fruit native birds love, and gorgeous fall color.
They do like acidic soil, so mulch with pine needles/wood.
Depends on where you are, how big your yard is.
If the maples are sugar maples I would deeply ask you reconsider ripping them out as they don’t tolerate road polution in urban areas.
I only have 2 trees. So I was hoping to boost my yields in a way that doesnt mean hand pollination or hanging a carcass (which I havent seen any hard evidence works, just some anecdotes).
And I thought if I could propose my idea to others and get them to try it, I might have some alternative methods that are less labor intensive options by the time my trees are ready to bear fruit.
I plan on doing the carrion-flower bed as I think its pretty cool but it might be an easier sell to my gf if it is a proven way to boost fertilazation, on the pawpaws.
I regularly liberate my neighbors tree of their mulberries. They’re not eating them, they think I’m crazy.
It’s a white mulberry though. It is unknown if the birds will deny me a red mulberry. I’m not too worried about it.
I have decided to attempt to convince them of 12 trees. I am planning to omit that they bear fruit unless asked. There are some oaks I can plant the pawpaws north of and can likely avoid needing to artificially shade them. And some sunny spots more that 100ft from any damagable property for the Black Cherries.
I found a local native plant nursery, so I have emailed seeking prices and availibility of these plants.
I am most unsure of the staghorn sumac due to their structural fragility, and thicket forming habits. But I may guerilla plant it in a recently cleared homeless encampment near my house to give them more cover next time they move in.
Morus Rubra (Red Mulberry) 2 female (known males in the neighborhood)
Asmina Triloba (PawPaw) 2 trees
Rhus typhina (Staghorn Sumac) 2 trees
Prunus Serotina (Black Cherry) 2 trees
Diospyros virginiana (American Persimmon) 1 female 1 male
Prunus Americana (American Plum) 2 trees
There’s a nicely gladed park near me that guerilla planting probably wouldnt work in, but I am considering trying to get official permission to plant some trees in.
I ended up with 2 pawpaw saplings, and a bunch of berry bushes. At this point I’m out of space for any more trees and probably anything that doesnt climb. Im thinking of filling out my fences with milkweed and/or grapes.
It was a very cool festival, I’m now considering driving to WV for the Chestnut Festival.
I got 2 saplings at the festival. From different vendors so it’s incredibly unlikely they’re related. They’re already planted and doing well, they survived the windstorm from Helene undamaged.
The American Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) is native, it gets upto 80 feet tall.
And while I do have some non-native plants. I’m hoping to fill out the rest of my garden with Native fruit. I have found two native plums to my region(Prunus Niagra and Prunus Americana).
And apparently I’ve been ignoring a variety of native nuts, though they are all too large. I’m hoping to keep any trees under 30ft, but I’m also planting things that aren’t trees.
I’m specifically looking for native fruit. I already have 2 apple trees and a lapin cherry tree.
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That first paragraph is fair enough.
I’d disagree that the microplastic doomer narrative is incorrect, the plastic in the brain is just the newest tidbit. It’s already in our kldneys, testicles, placentas, blood, semen, livers and lungs. Even if this study is wrong (which I don’t think it is, because its on trend with plastic contamination growth in the rest of our bodies) about how much plastic there is specifically in brains, there’s still easily a credit cards worth in our bodies.
Microplastics are killing worms, it is contaminating soil, it is hurting crops, it is killing fish, and studied effects of plastic on other mammals are bad, to the point it seems pointless to confirm it hurts humans in specific ways before doing something about it.
What information did I present that was untrue? I guess technically there’s more plastic in your brain than required to make a plastic credit card.
Here’s additional supporting research.
It’s likely causing your erectile disfunction, even if it tripled it’s size.
They wouldn’t be plastic and would be biodegradable, which is likely a step in the correct direction.
You’re good, just wanted to be clear.
I’m saying the weight is, and it’s not just my skull, it’s everyone’s skull. It’s likely we’re all experiencing those issues. It’s also not up there in a single slab, but embedded throughout, which hopefully mitigates that issue.
A study under peer review claims those with dementia are more likely to have more plastic in their brains than the average person.
Or just go back to unvulcanized rubber
You have to get a low bush variety, theres half-hybrids that get 3-4 ft tall, and High bushes that get 6-12 ft tall.
The acidic soil requirements are pretty stringent (PH 4.5-5.5), so I avoid watering with tap water (most tap water is alkaline), and I would test your soil before planting.