Tree identification leads to more self-tutoring. The tutor mentions a find of an amur corktree in Victoria. Nowhere seems better than Victoria to find particular trees. Down there last weekend, I had very little opportunity to tree-hunt. Yet, a few …
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Tree identification leads to self-tutoring. The tutor shares a find from Victoria. Down in Victoria the weekend, I noticed a tree with fan-shaped leaves. I believe I saw one or more right downtown, around the Government/Yates area. I suppose the …
Tutoring science, you accompany people along investigations. The tutor shares one of his own. I’ve always suspected that, when an apple is touching the ground, it’s likely been attacked by pests, so best left alone. This growing season our apple …
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Yard work is constant self-tutoring. The tutor shares some statistics about this year’s apple yield. I finally finished picking apples from the backyard tree today. I estimate that we kept 688; another 160 are left on the tree or the …
Horticulture can lead the amateur to self-tutoring. The tutor discusses the idea of a cultivar. Cultivar literally means “cultivated variety.”1 In my mind it refers to a plant commonly grown, that you, also, can buy and grow, either as seed …
Tutoring any subject, definitions are important. The tutor shares a meaning of sport he recently discovered. The term sport, referring to a physical game, is well understood. However, I encountered sport used in a horticultural context, so looked it up: …
Local plant identification leads to constant self-tutoring. The tutor reveals a great find from Nanaimo. I was down in Nanaimo for a few weeks this summer. (BTW, I’ve loved Nanaimo since ’08, when we started traveling there.) Notable in Nanaimo …
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Plant identification means constant self-tutoring. The tutor shares a recent lesson. I’ve noticed this perennial in the yard since I can remember: Apparently, it’s a knapweed. Source: wikipedia Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, Campbell River, BC.
The tutor identifies a London planetree. A London planetree is a hybrid between American sycamore and Oriental planetree. (The Oriental planetree is a sycamore as well.) London planetree’s leaves are similar to American sycamore, but its fruits come in strings …
The tutor shares his discovery of English oak in Campbell River. English oak is easy to zero in on around here. First of all, it’s a white oak: the leaf lobes are round, rather than pointed. (Pointed means red oak.) …
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