Horticulture

And, look, VFF were engaged – The history of this is this is actually a second iteration of a project that was knocked back in the AES process about five years ago.

And, you know, essentially it was deemed that the environmental risks and the risks to the Horticulture in the Lindenoe flats were too great.

And we're super concerned now that we've got the companies shifted a few chairs on the Titanic and they're wanting to run the process again.

So it's essentially a double jeopardy situation for the farmers around there.

I'm, I'm gonna be honest with you.

There are some wonderfully illustrated, uh, things online at Texas A&M Horticulture.

They will show you exactly how to do it.

Uh, the, uh, the real secret, it's done during the winter and early spring.

I saw a man once who had a photograph of crape myrtles where he had budded, uh, five different colors onto one crape myrtle plant, and they bloomed about the same time.

It was really something to see.

But if you go to Texas A&M Horticulture online, um, and then look for, uh, budding, uh, uh, peach trees or any fruit trees, uh, you'll, you'll find the instructions of how to do it.

You will need to buy the, the correct knives to do it, or knife, and the, um, the tape that you put around the bud.

Anyway, I'm gonna be talking about these from here on to keep my y- my arms from looking all boogered up.

Horticulture's Phil Rushing and horticulturist Misty Schaefer.

By the way, it is horticulture...

I say horticulturist, but some people say horticulturalist.

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All righty, folks, welcome back.

[clears throat] Horticulture's filled with rushing.

We had a wild first hour there.

Um, she's the agroforestry and natural resources program manager at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia and Greene Counties Agroforestry Resource Center and Sicella, I don't know if I'm saying that right, Model Forest.

She graduated from SUNY Cobleskill's Plant Science and Horticulture bachelor program, worked on the world's largest wild simulated ginseng farm, and manages her own forest farm.

She's the co-chair of New York State Agroforestry Program work team and educator of general forestry and agroforestry topics such as deer browse, mushroom cultivation, ginseng production, plant and mushroom identification, as well as foraging classes.

And let me see if I can get her on.

He, she's from the Hort Innovation, talking about a new dashboard.

If you are a grower and you potentially would like to see how your crops are doing at the supermarket, your fruit and veg, that can be found on horticulture.com.au. You are listening to The Country Hour.

It is 16 minutes past 12:00.

I'll take you to Central Queensland next to take a look at how fuel has been traveling across the state.

And now in that reduction, we have started the pendulum swinging.

Horticulturally restart the pendulum.

Culturally, it's swinging with a lot more momentum and now we have to calm it down again.

And that is how I understand the process of bonsai to exist.

horticultural.

Horticulturally.

Thank you, Dave.

We should have rehearsed in

Gardening.

Tuinbouw.

This is the word for knitting, making textiles with yarn and needles.

Knitting.

I think in 24 hours we've pulled this interview together, but it feels...

I can't believe, I'm pinching myself, that I get to come to the Desert Botanical Garden and not only be here, but talk to the Director of Horticulture.

You are here.

Let's do it.

[laughs]

Let's do it.

So, um, can you give us an introduction to your story on how you became the Director of Horticulture at the DBG?

Sure.