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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J.K. Cartwright
- Aug 25, 2021
- 1 min
Swathes of color - August 24, 2021
Subtle greys and browns of stone contrast wonderfully with color, texture and form of plants. This week I will let the gardens speak for...
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J.K. Cartwright
- Aug 24, 2021
- 1 min
Dreams of vistas - Aug. 18, 2021
In this article, historic photos Ian Curry and Niki Clark; current photos Kim Cartwright Above is an old composite winter picture of the...
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J.K. Cartwright
- Aug 11, 2021
- 1 min
'Tis the beginning of the harvest season.....
Crops are coming on thick and fast at Nikian Gardens. It is a 'bumper crop' year, as well as one which is a few weeks early. Pictured...
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J.K. Cartwright
- Aug 6, 2021
- 2 min
Who'd a 'thunk' - Aug. 4, 2021
High summer it is and here at the Gardens, besides a short grain paddy rice, we are growing a number of edibles which might surprise...
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J.K. Cartwright
- Aug 4, 2021
- 1 min
Rice growing with critters' help.....July 26, '21
Tassels of rice grains beginning Here we are in high-summer already, with burgeoning vegetable gardens; glorious flowers; lush shrubs and...
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J.K. Cartwright
- Jul 26, 2021
- 1 min
Humid, misty days - July 20, 2021
Cheyenne Spirit Echinacea Today, there is a cool, welcome breeze with misty air, so welcome from the heat and humidity of the last few...
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