Mulberry Apiary

This weeks featured plant is the Red Mulberry tree (Morus rubra) zone 3-8. There are several kinds of mulberry trees. The Red Mulberry...

This weeks featured Plant is the Purple Gooseberry (Riber oxyacanthoides L.) zone 3-7. This gooseberry is the shape and size of grape...

This weeks featured plant is the Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) Zone 2-8. This is a native plant with high yield. There are 5 types...

This weeks featured plant is the Roman Chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile) Zone 4-9. This is a perennial plant that is low growing (6 inches)...

This weeks featured plant is the Butternut tree (Juglans cinerea) Zone 3-7. This is a native tree that can grow up to 60 feet tall. It...

This weeks feature plant is the perennial herb called the Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis) Zone 4-9. It can be grown in full sun or...

This weeks featured plant is the Serviceberry ( Amelanchier canadensis) Zone 2-8. This is a large bush that can grow anywhere from 4...

Today I decided to harvest a few Siberian peas and see how they are coming along. I think they still have another week to go. To pop...

This weeks featured plant is the Lemon Thyme (Thymus x citriodus) zone 5-9. This plant is as it's very edge of being a perennial in my...

This weeks featured Plant is the Nannyberry (Viburnum lentago) zone 3-7. The Nanny berry is a native bush that makes a dark purple...

Today's featured plant is the common comfrey (Symphytum officinale) zone 3-9. This is a plant that has been used for 1000s of years for...

This week's featured Plant is the Groundnut (Apios americana) zone 3-10. The groundnut (sometimes called the native potato) is a...

Jerusalem Artichokes(Helianthus tuberosus) Zone 3-8. This plant is considered by some to be the perineal potato. You can prepare it...

The Lemon 'Champion' Quince (Chaenomeles lagenaria) zone 3-9 is the only plant that you can make lemon juice in the bold cold north. It...

The Haskap berry bush (Lonicera caerulea). Zone 2-9. This is a perennial bush developed by Fruit Program at the University of...

Strawberry Spinach (Chenopodium capitatum syn. Blitum capitatum). Zone 2-9. This is a self sowing annual that comes back every year if...

The Skirret plants (Sium sisarum). This is a perennial carrot (zone 3-9 but some places claim they only go to zone 5, my skirrets have...

Lovage (Levisticum officinale). The perennial celery. Zone 3-8. This plant is a great replacement for celery. It is a little stronger...

The Siberian Pea Bush (Caragana arborescen) Zone 2-8. This bush is a perennial bush that produces edible peas. These peas are high in...

The Amaranth 'Elephant Head' (- Amaranthus gangeticus.): Zone 2-10 This plant has many varieties of Amaranth. I happen to like the...