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Tag Archives: mould
Tree of the month: Alder
The moon was full last night. So according to my favourite version of the Ogham ‘tree calendar’, we’re now halfway through the Month of the Alder. You might choose to follow my ‘ogham’ tag for other posts in this series. … Continue reading
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Tagged alien species, ancient woodland, bacterium, bird, bryophyte, catkin, disease, emerging disease, Europe, finfish, flood, flower, forest, fungus, garden, history, indicator species, invertebrate, land reclamation, land use, lichen, mammal, map, mollusc, moss, mould, myth, native species, ogham, pathogen, Phytophthora alni, plant_dicot, seed, seed dispersal, spring, symbiosis, tree, vertebrate, water, waterway, wetland, wildlife, woodland
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Starving to death: the “luck” of the Irish
Originally posted on Auburn Meadow Farm:
“The Almighty, indeed, sent the potato blight, but the English created the Famine.” — Irish national activist, solicitor & political journalist, John Mitchel _________________________________________________________________________ My family came to America from Ireland in the early 1900’s…
Posted in food, horticulture
Tagged America, crop, crop variety, disease, Europe, food, food security, fungus, history, human, mould, Phytophthora infestans, plant_dicot, politics, potato, potato blight, potato Lumper, poverty, staple food, vegetable, vegetable variety
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Rhododendron ponticum – much more than just an invasive weed
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Tagged alien species, arboriculture, biodiversity, biological control, Chondrostereum purpureum, conservation, disease, ecosystem, fungus, herbicide, history, invasive species, mould, mycoherbicide, pathogen, pesticide, Phytophthora infestans, Phytophthora kernoviae, Phytophthora ramorum, plant_dicot, potato blight, research, shrub, sudden oak death, tree, weed
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Emerging disease threats to trees
Trees in Britain are under attack from diseases we hadn’t seen before. Emerging diseases. The dieback fungus Chalara fraxinea on ash (Fraxinus excelsior) isn’t the only emerging disease threat to trees in Britain. There’s also Phytophthora ramorum, another fungus or … Continue reading
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Tagged alien species, arboriculture, ash, ash dieback disease, bacterium, Chalara fraxinea, disease, emerging disease, Europe, forest, fungus, horse chestnut, invasive species, larch, mould, pathogen, pest, Phytophthora ramorum, plant_dicot, plant_gymnosperm, tree, woodland
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Crop of the month: Potato
The Moon was full last night so let’s celebrate harvest. You can see other posts in this series by following my ‘harvest’ tag. This month, instead of the start of a crop’s harvest, I’ll write about one that’s recently ended. … Continue reading
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Tagged America, disease, Europe, farm, finance, food security, garden, harvest, history, late blight, map, mould, pH, Phytophthora infestans, plant_dicot, politics, potato, potato blight, potato scab, poverty, rain, soil, staple food, sunlight, tomato, vegetable, vegetable variety, war, wind
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