Just listening to the podcast and you mention Rugosa Rose. I live about 30 minutes from the plant propagation unit of our regional university, so I am wondering how their prices stack up to what you have seen as it being “expensive.” My wife likes roses in general, and we need some wildlife forage/barrier that functions as a decent windbreak. Any thoughts from knowledgeable folks would be great. Thanks!

University of Idaho Seedling

Hey Jack, great show!

Just a quick question, I searched Sheffields.com and could not find the apple seeds you mentioned at around the 20:00+ minute mark in the show. Nakatoba(Sp?), I googled and can’t even find a mention of them, am I just misunderstanding the type Malus Species or common name you were pronouncing?

Thanks!

I found this guy at the TNLA show a couple years ago. I getting ready to order from him assuming he has anything left. Last year he ran out before I got around to ordering. For seedlings, he seems to have some of the best pricing I’ve been able to find and he has a bunch of named varieties, not just native trees.

http://www.rustymangrumnursery.com/

here are a few examples.

Apricot, Domestic Apple, Crabapple, Kousa Dogwood, Myro Plum, Mahaleb Cherry, Pear, Persimmon, Redbud, Red Maple, Riverbirch, Sweetgum,
Sycamore, Tulip Poplar, White Dogwood

6”-12”…………….$ .25
12”-18”…………..$ .50
18”-24”…………..$ .75
2’-3’………………..$1.00

Apple (Malus)

Anna, Arkansas Black , Fuji, Gala, Golden Delicious, Red Delicious,
Winesap

2’-3’ Whip …………………………. $2.00
3’-4’ Whip …………………………. $2.50
4’-5’ Whip …………………………. $3.50
7/16” Branched ……………………… $4.00
9/16” Branched……………………… $5.00
11/16” to 3/4” Branched………………… $6.00

Can anyone recommend a publication describing in detail the implementation of “Productive Living Fence Systems” in the U.S. (specifically zone 6)?

I’ve been interested in the subject of hedgerow fences since seeing them used in Haiti to pen in/out goats. Thank you Jack for bringing the idea back to mind last fall by answering a question and now this full blown episode.

Time for action, last fall I collected a bucket full of Osage Orange seed balls and have had them sitting in a cold, dry(ish) shed. Yesterday I ordered 225 saplings of 9 different species from Black Locust to Mulberry, Willow, and suitable beneficial shrubs from Missouri’s Dept. of Conservation.

My goal is to perimeter fence 3 1/2 sides of my flat, rectangular shaped property, about 1500′ with a seven to eight foot high “HedgeRowFence” (HRF). Then cross fence my existing raised bed garden bed/fruit tree orchard/berry and bramble patch with about 500′ of four to five foot HRF. The perimeter HRF would be planted in a line four to five feet in width, the cross fence about two to three.

This year’s purchase and collection is to establish a test run of two to three hundred feet, learning in the process and building a base from which to harvest cuttings in implementing the full project in 2016.

I intend to pollard the black locust and utilize them as “fence posts” in the structure of the HRF. Osage Orange, apple, willow and mulberry laid over “English Hedgerow” style forming the bulk with the shrubs adding diversity and low to the ground fill.
My primary goal is to break up the openness of my property both internally and to the adjoining properties which allows deer to run unimpeded, provide beneficial gain for my home’s use and wildlife as well as privacy to the slow encroachment of my neighborhood from old rural to fringe suburb.

I’d love to see and read about fellow TSPers and others successful results in utilizing this age old proven but largely forgotten in the modern world technique to manage properties.