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Ancient Forest Old-growth Trees of Canada

Ancient Forest Old-growth Trees of Canada

 The hunt for massive old growth tree stands takes you into deep forests of the western Canadian backcountry. Searching for groves of excellence in which the giant specimens grow is both thrilling and memorable.  One such example (among many) is located on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia. There grows a tall, very large Douglas-Fir that stands alone towering over the clear-cut forest surrounding it. His name is, appropriately, Big Lonely Doug nicknamed by the local people. Impressive it would be standing above the trees on the hills surrounding it, but this tree emanates from the valley floor!    The tree...

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Customer Spotlight - in Errington, British Columbia

Customer Spotlight - in Errington, British Columbia

Today we're featuring a passionate grower of trees Bunny G. from Errington, British Columbia, Canada. She has been growing Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) from seed and her saga is chronicled here. Bunny noticed her first Giant Sequoia coming up around the 20th of April 2023 Following on from the first success five or six more came up in a few days: The methods of germination that seemed to work best included use of a paper towel which the seeds were sprinkled on. Using wiggly tall transferrable forestry sleeves was another approach reported as worthwhile.  There were however obstacles that had...

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Giant Sequoia

Giant Sequoia
Growing the world's biggest tree from a tiny seed is quite an experience. You'd be surprised how great things come in small packages!

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Customer Spotlight - in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia

Customer Spotlight - in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia

Welcome to another customer spotlight, this time Paul B. from Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia. He's growing Korean pines (Pinus Koraensis), Hybrid pinion pines (Pinus monophylla x edulis) and White oak (Quercus alba): Thanks for sending in your photos Paul! Paul's a permacultureist growing many different species of food bearing plants and trees for his family and wildlife. As a reminder, we welcome any customer to send in a few photos of their seedlings growing! We'll feature you on the blog.  

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Pine seeds now restocked!

Pine seeds now restocked!

Thank you to our customers for a great year 2022 which has allowed us to expand our seed inventory in 2023 to new varieties and greater quantity of seeds. This coming year we plan to increase our selection to offer even more species of trees and in larger quantity. Chinese white pine (Pinus armandii) and Korean pine (Pinus koraensis) are now available in packs of 100.

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