tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964420214422931785.comments2024-02-22T18:31:06.865-08:00Earth's Internet & Natural NetworkingChaparral Earthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00618976919417073750noreply@blogger.comBlogger207125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964420214422931785.post-85234649614287399242022-08-09T14:33:15.662-07:002022-08-09T14:33:15.662-07:00The first figure you use, labelled "Graphic -...The first figure you use, labelled "Graphic - springernature.com (July 2020)". Can you tell me where that is from? springernature.com comprises hundreds of journals and books. This figure must have been from a specific journal or book article - can you tell me which one? MicroAstrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06588552888365230523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964420214422931785.post-42680739008190685512022-08-09T00:46:49.819-07:002022-08-09T00:46:49.819-07:00Don, you have Pinus edulis (Colorado Pinyon). It&#...Don, you have Pinus edulis (Colorado Pinyon). It's also the common Pinyon all over Northern Arizona where Navajo Reservation is located. Here is a link from 2015 where someone alse asked a University Agricultural Extension the same question you & I wondered about.<br /><br /><a href="https://ask2.extension.org/kb/faq.php?id=286954" rel="nofollow">Ask Extension: "Empty shells from my pinion tree - October 2015 </a><br /><br />But it's not just pinyons, it's also other pines and in worst cases the pines die off. Some areas have experienced a loss of Mycorrhizal fungi assoications and I've written about that as well.<br /><br /><a href="https://creating-a-new-earth.blogspot.com/2014/07/what-happens-to-earths-mycorrhizal.html" rel="nofollow">What happens to Earth's Mycorrhizal Community when their Hosts fail above ground ?</a><br /><br />Thanks for replyingChaparral Earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618976919417073750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964420214422931785.post-36679436718872433092022-08-08T12:29:16.515-07:002022-08-08T12:29:16.515-07:00I have 3 healthy pinion pines in my backyard (Colo...I have 3 healthy pinion pines in my backyard (Colorado front range) . Probably 40 years old trees. I found this article by searching to find why all the nuts are hollow. They get plenty of water are healthy and produce lots of cones but I have not found a single nut that was not hollow. It's got to be something else. Pinion grow in hotter climates than this in Arizona so I can't see how 2 degrees of temperature change would affect them this way. It has to be some other reason. Like pesticides or other chemicals in the air.Don Kleppingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02266023115878336856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964420214422931785.post-47362174952591198052022-03-04T09:31:45.074-08:002022-03-04T09:31:45.074-08:00Thanks. I think I get it. I think James Rebanks&...Thanks. I think I get it. I think James Rebanks' Pastoral Song is an example...a third generation farmer in the Lake District of England who is trying to restore his family's farm while continuing to farm. That's the kind of long-term relationship with land that's needed to accomplish such a complex undertaking. Most ecological "restorations" are a one-shot deal that destroys everything first, then plants, then walks away. The soil is rarely analyzed. Herbicide used to destroy everything damages the soil, which handicaps anything that is subsequently planted. Plants are often not suited to the specific locations, etc., etc. Most people engaged in these projects don't have the knowledge required to avoid these mistakes. Million Treeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023451366280272889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964420214422931785.post-32821919395244510122022-03-04T04:52:19.776-08:002022-03-04T04:52:19.776-08:00Hello Trees,
Biomimicry simply put is discovering...Hello Trees,<br /><br />Biomimicry simply put is discovering the reality of how nature work and replicating what nature does that is successful and beneficial. A big part of my disagreement with the researchers in this post's subject is that they did not strictly follow biomimicry or replicate how Nature does things. They are following an old outdate archaic way of outplanting which hinders gorwth of the Torrey Pines in this case and colours the results of the experiment. Somehow it made their F-1 Hybrid look good, but I have always had the same exact results with Torrey Pine growth with seed sourced from Del Mar and La Jolla. <br /><br />But here is a <br /><br /><a href="https://creating-a-new-earth.blogspot.com/2016/08/biomimicry-streamlining-innovation-for.html" rel="nofollow">Biomimicry: Streamlining Innovation for Environmentally Sustainable Products<br /></a><br /><br />This next post is how I have used specific native shrubs for repeat applcation as the best or superior Nurse Plants. <br /><br /><a href="https://creating-a-new-earth.blogspot.com/2017/09/southern-california-engineering-urban.html" rel="nofollow">Southern California: Engineering an Urban Landscape patterned after the blueprint found in Nature<br /></a><br /><br />The other thing I had a problem with in their research works on genetics here was they continued insistance their breeding program had some to do with evolution and it didn't. Nothing could have been further from the truth.This was all about epigenetics and an organism's DNA responding differently to different environmental influences, whether on Santa Rosa Island, Del Mar Reserve or the Monticello experimental planting site. For example the most giant Torrey Pine on record comes from seed sourced from the Santa Rosa Island Torrey Pine trees. But this giant located in Santa Barbara looks nothing like one of the island trees which are far smaller and contorted in shape. Yet if you check the DNA of both the genome would be identical. So why the changes ??? Different environmental cues which can influence the way genes within the DNA double helix are used. Genes have various on and off switches which can be turned on to run another program, App or blueprint which is a better fit for the environmental circumstance.<br /><br />Back in 2013 Science Daily came out with an article entitled: "Hidden layer of genome unveils how plants may adapt to environments throughout the world"<br /><br />Here is the link, but you can google it. But look at one interesting quote here.<br /><br />"We looked at plants collected from around the world and found that their epigenomes are surprisingly different. This additional diversity may create a way for plants to rapidly adapt to diverse environments without any genetic change in their DNA, which takes a very long time."<br /><br />In other words, different specimens of a given species of plant, all with the same genome, had significantly different epigenomes. Another prime example of this is the Monterey Pine. In it's native California is is extremely restricted and has no other purpose for use other than wildlife or landscape tree. However in other parts of the world it becomes a giant like in New Zealand where it is a major Lumber tree. Iy's not even remotely used for such a purpose in California. The wood is low quality. Why the differences ??? epigenetics, the environment triggers certain genes to be turned on or off depending on the external environmental input it receives. Same with Australia, certain Eucalypts turn giant in California, but not in australia. Go figure.<br /><br />But my point about biomimicry is they need to replicate exactly the wild conditions and not the articfical ones created by humans. Hope that makes sense<br />Chaparral Earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618976919417073750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964420214422931785.post-61225923657998469322022-03-03T05:35:59.977-08:002022-03-03T05:35:59.977-08:00This is a very interesting and informative article...This is a very interesting and informative article. You have more horticultural/botanical knowledge than I have. I'm not sure I understand "biomimicry." Could you explain at my elementary level of knowledge? Thanks for engaging with native plant advocates when their viewpoint prevents native plants from surviving wherever they can. Million Treeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023451366280272889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964420214422931785.post-65476718458081293832021-03-02T03:34:41.291-08:002021-03-02T03:34:41.291-08:00Thank you for writing this! I posted on reddit so...Thank you for writing this! I posted on reddit some photos from a hugelkultur garden I made last summer. It was attacked by someone touting Linda Chalker-Scott's peer revied "fact sheets." What I read was the most unscientific and snide writing I've ever come across. No data. No theory. Just condescension. The only studies referenced were showed positive results for hugelkultur practices, but were disdained for not being peer reviewed. No studies were referenced that showed any negative data against hugelkultur. Their peer reviewed "fact sheet" was nothing, but bias and opinion.Phaedrushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16090412373817621455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964420214422931785.post-34877508349111597292021-01-23T19:56:55.840-08:002021-01-23T19:56:55.840-08:00Wow that was a very interesting article... thanks!...Wow that was a very interesting article... thanks!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02725616096757784872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964420214422931785.post-27240975460463028102021-01-08T06:09:20.143-08:002021-01-08T06:09:20.143-08:00Very interesting, Thank you so much for the time a...Very interesting, Thank you so much for the time and information. Drank it up.<br />cawoman1https://www.blogger.com/profile/07834240686139970091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964420214422931785.post-38985139565575965022020-05-17T13:03:06.447-07:002020-05-17T13:03:06.447-07:00This may look familiar:
https://youtu.be/8uqFGz1d...This may look familiar:<br /><br />https://youtu.be/8uqFGz1dmBc<br /><br />Email me if you want more info.<br /><br />RobAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06666084573146072793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964420214422931785.post-56519741639695779532019-02-19T20:54:25.998-08:002019-02-19T20:54:25.998-08:00Excellent information. I still wonder about the de...Excellent information. I still wonder about the deep-pipe irrigation with maintenance and creating a wide, moist zone for all the tree roots. But it seems to have merit. It's too bad folks like you or I don't score contracts to design, build, and maintain large-scale plantings. <br /><br />My guess is the large private donors would want such a return on their investment via a more solid program, instead of what they get.David C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16897398037657414471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964420214422931785.post-82858048229377889792018-11-21T14:10:39.328-08:002018-11-21T14:10:39.328-08:00Thanks, your welcome. Wish I could be down there t...Thanks, your welcome. Wish I could be down there to help.Chaparral Earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618976919417073750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964420214422931785.post-55468914442929909732018-11-21T12:26:19.219-08:002018-11-21T12:26:19.219-08:00Thanks, Kevin. I enjoyed the article.Thanks, Kevin. I enjoyed the article.Brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11450393891493020636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964420214422931785.post-46013703356483942592018-09-06T06:47:09.048-07:002018-09-06T06:47:09.048-07:00Thanks, I'll look at that link and challenge. ...Thanks, I'll look at that link and challenge. For now, I've noticed so many positions in non-profits and government are about getting money but not about competent leadership who's actually done something they direct others to do!David C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16897398037657414471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964420214422931785.post-14142685845243578532018-09-05T09:40:03.574-07:002018-09-05T09:40:03.574-07:00Funny, I was in San Diego again for a three week v...Funny, I was in San Diego again for a three week visit in April 2018 when you wrote a comment. Sorry for no reply until now. I'm looking back at the moment at past postings and looking for pics of these vernal pools that no longer exist. I'm writing a post on how quickly things change through human activity. Thanks for your reply.Chaparral Earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618976919417073750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964420214422931785.post-79303733292071500522018-08-23T06:02:27.678-07:002018-08-23T06:02:27.678-07:00Personally I've pulled away frrom almost every...Personally I've pulled away frrom almost every single non-profit environmental organization, conservation group, etc. They speak more about taking back power and engage in topics which have zero to do with love of ecology, nature or the earth. Most of the leaders of these groups are posting negative hate articles and photos, as opposed to educating the public on how nature works and how people can individually do their part to fix it. The herd mentality among the environmental leadersship is to keep their followers stirred up and angry, all the while shoving that donation button in front of their follower's collective faces. Almost none of these leaders have ever physically gotten off their backsides and actually done good physical work in restoring something which has been ruined and destroyed by irresponsible human activity. There is so much to fix and yet they ignore things that are close to home right in their own backyard. Instead, filing lawsuit after lawsuit to save some place or thing they have very little personal knowledge about for no other reason than other activists are climbing on board Cat Steven's Peace Train is all they know. This is why I wrote the example below to expose how easily restoring something could be.<br /><br /><a href="http://creating-a-new-earth.blogspot.com/2013/04/note-to-all-eco-activists-why-not.html" rel="nofollow">Attention Eco-Activists: Why not challenge yourself to restore the Land that was Lost ?</a>Chaparral Earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618976919417073750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964420214422931785.post-51040675720913400812018-08-22T18:02:18.997-07:002018-08-22T18:02:18.997-07:00As always, you make many good points. I always won...As always, you make many good points. I always wonder about if any countries are as sickeninly polarized as the US, including those in Scandanavia. It is beyond heavy, which is one thing I like about living in apathetic Las Cruces!<br /><br />I try not to think of the religious fervor the left hates Trump while claiming inclusion, or their opposite on the right. But everything is politicized, even innocent photo sharing on Instagram. Twitter is long gone (so am I from there), and Facebook is even worse. (6 years away, I can only imagine now)<br /><br />The camps who fervantly push to make all of us vegans really do twist observable science or just lie. Why can't there be balance and constant learning about how to steward the land, so its natural balance can be restored?<br /><br />Same goes for climate change, certain ethnic groups, and so on. Maybe the UK and Germany are more similar in all that to the US? It seems holistic management of the wild and mitigation of our development, tied to the real ecology of each place, would be so simple.<br /><br />This is a great, thoughtful post, so thanks again.David C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16897398037657414471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964420214422931785.post-14045721669854583532018-04-16T13:55:42.756-07:002018-04-16T13:55:42.756-07:00Great blog, with tons of interesting observations!...Great blog, with tons of interesting observations! I recently moved to the area and am in the process of exploring and learning about its history. Thank you for the time and energy you put into enlightening the public and, above all, thank you for caring!ASTAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04498781449238084321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964420214422931785.post-31132473858467668242018-03-06T05:43:14.751-08:002018-03-06T05:43:14.751-08:00What kind of orchard, apple trees ? What kind of orchard, apple trees ? Chaparral Earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618976919417073750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964420214422931785.post-28555463922578384812018-03-04T14:55:53.471-08:002018-03-04T14:55:53.471-08:00Thank you, very interesting. Starting a orchard in...Thank you, very interesting. Starting a orchard in Ranchita, hoping to incorporate the chaparral plants. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17142278849543306094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964420214422931785.post-66296704841319902882018-02-20T03:56:58.618-08:002018-02-20T03:56:58.618-08:00Well whether pretty or ugly, they are the fruiting...Well whether pretty or ugly, they are the fruiting bodies of the organisms, but only for Ecto-mycorrhizae. Endo-mycorrhizae great tiny underground propagules which contain the spores or seeds for regeneration. Ecto-mycorrhizae can only produce mushrooms or truffles if they are connected to a host plant and feeding of the carbon from that host. Otherwise the main body of the organism (mycorrhizae) is the fungal grid or network. And I have no idea what it is that triggers epigenetic responses to producing a mushroom or anything else the organism does, it doesn't exactly have a main brain center, but never the less is information driven like everyhing else.Chaparral Earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618976919417073750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964420214422931785.post-58326298484048401112018-02-20T01:32:21.222-08:002018-02-20T01:32:21.222-08:00Are mushrooms part of the mycrorizil structure? Are mushrooms part of the mycrorizil structure? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02397313868664761776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964420214422931785.post-15096103055391574452018-02-17T09:58:46.924-08:002018-02-17T09:58:46.924-08:00Thanks Addison
Thanks Addison<br />Chaparral Earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618976919417073750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964420214422931785.post-17227561945453821862018-01-06T12:15:03.814-08:002018-01-06T12:15:03.814-08:00I'm not really sure whose farm this was. I was...I'm not really sure whose farm this was. I was doing some research out there because I've always been sold on native chaparral for commercial landscaping and farming as wildlife habitats and native windscreens. I hate the fact that natives were rejected in favour of some non-natve invasives like various forms of Tamarisk for desert agriculture. The early science of the times made some incredibly stupid ignorant decision making that we are all still paying for.Chaparral Earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618976919417073750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964420214422931785.post-53500250795723606832018-01-05T20:43:16.315-08:002018-01-05T20:43:16.315-08:00it looks like Hedgerow Farms John Anderson's w...it looks like Hedgerow Farms John Anderson's work. He did some really nice work too. Did he work on this project? I love the Napa False Indigo!ebw-petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14886258925813814526noreply@blogger.com