Rice Growing 101: Harvest Field Day Scheduled
OK. We're coming down the home stretch and drying down the rice paddies (draining out the water that has kept the paddies flooded). ...
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nikianearthscapes
- Sep 19
- 3 min
Rice Growing 101: Preparing for Harvest
Watching the rice varieties develop, the colour changes are always amazing as the plant stems "head up" with grainy bloom and then hang...
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nikianearthscapes
- Jul 19
- 3 min
Rice Growing 101: Feeding and trouble-shooting
As soon as the new rice transplants settle into the mud, they begin "tillering" - that is growing new stems just like the clump grass it...
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nikianearthscapes
- Jul 3
- 1 min
Rice Growing 101: The Zen Part
Two weeks after planting and with nearly continuous rain, while our gardens are dripping and pouting, the rice loves it! Echoes of the...
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nikianearthscapes
- Jun 19
- 2 min
Rice Growing 101: Planting the paddies
Transplanting the rice seedlings becomes an exercise in teamwork and balance, awareness of the environment (gridlines and a giant...
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nikianearthscapes
- Jun 11
- 3 min
Rice Growing 101: Ready to transplant
The recent rain has helped to hydrate the paddy... but we have added a little water from the pond. Because we don't have water buffalo...
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nikianearthscapes
- May 25
- 2 min
Rice Growing 101: Almost ready to transplant into paddies
The rice seedlings have been growing steadily in their confined tanks. They are getting more hungry for real soil nutrients and...
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nikianearthscapes
- May 21
- 1 min
Time Out for the Rare & Unusual Plant Sale!
Off to the sale on a windy, rainy day - plants don't mind the weather! Every corner full of plants. And lined up to transport. For your...
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nikianearthscapes
- Apr 21
- 2 min
Rice Growing 101: Green is Good!
The germinated seeds are sown and sitting in warm water, in tanks covered with insullation board at night. Every morning, we uncover the...
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nikianearthscapes
- Apr 10
- 1 min
RICE GROWING 101: Sowing Germinated Seed
Seven to ten days after beginning to soak and drain, soak and drain the rice seed, the radical (main root) can be seen emerging like a...
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nikianearthscapes
- Apr 1
- 3 min
RICE GROWING 101: Starting Rice Seed
The rice paddies don't look very promising this time of year, but spring happens fast here. Stubble remains from our harvest in October...
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nikianearthscapes
- Apr 27, 2022
- 3 min
The Thrill & Optimism of Spring!
Hellebores ho! And they will bloom for months. Lots of surprises await a wanderer through the forests and gardens in spring... Despite...
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nikianearthscapes
- Mar 22, 2022
- 2 min
From Hibernation to Propagation
What a winter!!! Trees laced with winter's freezing rain were brilliant in the sun of the next day, but the silence was punctuated by...
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nikianearthscapes
- Oct 21, 2021
- 1 min
Pause to Enjoy Autumn Beauty
While strolling through the gardens and orchards, checking on the harvest readiness of seeds, fruits and nuts, I began to appreciate the...
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nikianearthscapes
- Oct 12, 2021
- 1 min
A Harvest of Diversity
Autumn means many different things, but to us it's NUTS! Specifically, hazel nuts from our orchards, and peanuts from our fields. But...
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nikianearthscapes
- Oct 7, 2021
- 1 min
Our Rice Crop is In!
Rice is a beautiful plant and wonderful to work with at all stages. From tiny seedlings in the greenhouse... ...to transplants in the...
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nikianearthscapes
- Sep 30, 2021
- 2 min
Seed Saving at NIKIAN Gardens
Sorghum bicolor 'Ba-Ye-Qi' At NIKIAN Gardens, seed collecting signals the end of one plant cycle and the beginning of another. We think...
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J.K. Cartwright
- Sep 13, 2021
- 1 min
Pattern in Garden Visuals
Perhaps because of a long interest in textiles, pattern has always fascinated me. The natural world is where we draw much (all?)...
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J.K. Cartwright
- Sep 7, 2021
- 2 min
A Bit of the Bounty this Week - Sept. 7,2021
Freshly harvested artichokes This week, I will attempt to describe the unbelievable bounty at NikianGardens. Aside from...
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J.K. Cartwright
- Sep 4, 2021
- 1 min
Wonderful Textures- Sept.4th, 2021
Magnolia sieboldii seed pods ripening Each pointy segment will eventually split and a shiny seed will emerge, descend on a thread,...
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