Exploring the many gifts offered by Tulip Trees the in the context of Food Forest Design. This is Installment #7 of the Stacking Functions in the Garden, Food Forest and Medicine Cabinet series.
Sorry, forgot to ask. I was curious about the Herbalists you referenced. What is your recommendation for a book or guide that covers trees and their medicinal and health uses? You had one cited but the other Herbalists you cited had additional information. Thanks
Well there are great books for each region and this one may only cover some of the species that are prevalent in your area, but I really like one called "The Healing Trees - The Edible and Herbal Qualities of Northeastern Woodland Trees" and if you check out the author's website he has a list of great additional resources as well ( here is the link: https://healingtreesbook.com/tree-links/ )
PS - I think you will like the focus of the next book club ;)
Great Tree. Very common in my area. Generally a good tree to climb but I find the branches more brittle than most trees. Causes me To evaluate what my rope is anchored to more carefully. Doesn’t recover well from lightning strikes. The last set of Bald Eagle chicks I banded were in a majestic Poplar along the Potomac River in MD. Great article. Wish I could attach pictures. We have the former national champion on a piece of property I have access too.
They grow well in Devon - south west of England. Thanks for all the research and even more importantly for your regenerative work recreating beautiful and useful ecosystems 🙏🏼😊👌
All this time I've been saying I have a tulip tree and I've been wrong! Is there a tulip magnolia? At least once a year the whole thing is covered in magnificent pink blossoms, then they all fall and become slippery underfoot. The leaves all burst out, a phase I might like even better than the showy flower phase. And they all fall, creating about six extra bags of greenwaste I slip in over the course of weeks.
I know I'm giving the maintenance view of it but it is magnificent--some say the most beautiful in town. People stop and take photos when it's showing off in its glory. Thanks for the education!
And I'm just citing Gavin in something I'm working on now, on Elizabeth Nickson. I had remembered that he did a critique of her 'ethics' on clearcutting ancient growth forest and found it. I'm going to critique her 'ethics' in saying that pro-Palestinian protesters are 'straight-up Nazis.'
Elizabeth is a mid-level elitist. She actually believes her ancestors did the indigenous peoples a "favor" by stealing their land and destroying their lives and culture.
Now that the descendants of the people her ancestors destroyed have many social problems, like poverty, she blames them and even says they are ingrates.
I am a citizen of a Native Nation and I know what I'm talking about.
The woman has some problems. I hope what you write helps to shine some light.
Oh interesting. May I quote you? I'm thinking that you mean 'descendants of the people her ancestors destroyed' yes?
I was just thinking this morning that Elizabeth flip-flopped. One of the blurbs on her bio page describes her as "A Westmount exile, who rebels against power and privilege, becomes a globe-trotting leftist journalist chronicling the great revolutionary narratives of her time. Then she sets out to discover the awful truth about her patriarchal 400-year-old colonist clan and everything changes."
As you say, she's now embraced that great white savior identity. And blames everything on those on the left, as if those are the only options.
Yes, I meant descendants. Thanks for pointing this out and now corrected.
Feel free to quote me if you'd like. There is no love lost between myself and Elizabeth. When I challenged her narrative in polite terms, she said I was viciously attacking her and she had to protect herself. She seemed unstable.
Leaves have a tulip shaped as well. My father cut me a bouquet of these flowers from the backyard of my childhood house. I just thought it was the neatest thing. Used to rake these bright yellow leaves into the shape of a happy face and then take a picture from my upstairs bedroom. Very special tree indeed.
I have a huge one next to my house as well as many younger ones in the forest. It’s the local lightning rod. Gets struck several times a year and none the worse for it. Which is more than I can say for household electronics which get randomly fried.
That is where my mother grew up and she loved them and planted two in Michigan. I am with her now and there are baby Tulip trees in several places now. The overhead trees are tall and shady so the sprouts don't grow much, so far. I don't mow them.
It is nice to know the astounding health benefits and food/beverage value. Thanks Gavin!
Sorry, forgot to ask. I was curious about the Herbalists you referenced. What is your recommendation for a book or guide that covers trees and their medicinal and health uses? You had one cited but the other Herbalists you cited had additional information. Thanks
Well there are great books for each region and this one may only cover some of the species that are prevalent in your area, but I really like one called "The Healing Trees - The Edible and Herbal Qualities of Northeastern Woodland Trees" and if you check out the author's website he has a list of great additional resources as well ( here is the link: https://healingtreesbook.com/tree-links/ )
PS - I think you will like the focus of the next book club ;)
Thanks Gavin
Great Tree. Very common in my area. Generally a good tree to climb but I find the branches more brittle than most trees. Causes me To evaluate what my rope is anchored to more carefully. Doesn’t recover well from lightning strikes. The last set of Bald Eagle chicks I banded were in a majestic Poplar along the Potomac River in MD. Great article. Wish I could attach pictures. We have the former national champion on a piece of property I have access too.
Fabulous and fascinating piece! So marvelous to learn something new. Thank you 💗
I should replace my faux leather quiver.
They grow well in Devon - south west of England. Thanks for all the research and even more importantly for your regenerative work recreating beautiful and useful ecosystems 🙏🏼😊👌
All this time I've been saying I have a tulip tree and I've been wrong! Is there a tulip magnolia? At least once a year the whole thing is covered in magnificent pink blossoms, then they all fall and become slippery underfoot. The leaves all burst out, a phase I might like even better than the showy flower phase. And they all fall, creating about six extra bags of greenwaste I slip in over the course of weeks.
I know I'm giving the maintenance view of it but it is magnificent--some say the most beautiful in town. People stop and take photos when it's showing off in its glory. Thanks for the education!
What you have is called a Saucer Magnolia, but people sometimes call it a Tulip Magnolia. 😊
Thanks, Johrey!
And I'm just citing Gavin in something I'm working on now, on Elizabeth Nickson. I had remembered that he did a critique of her 'ethics' on clearcutting ancient growth forest and found it. I'm going to critique her 'ethics' in saying that pro-Palestinian protesters are 'straight-up Nazis.'
Elizabeth is a mid-level elitist. She actually believes her ancestors did the indigenous peoples a "favor" by stealing their land and destroying their lives and culture.
Now that the descendants of the people her ancestors destroyed have many social problems, like poverty, she blames them and even says they are ingrates.
I am a citizen of a Native Nation and I know what I'm talking about.
The woman has some problems. I hope what you write helps to shine some light.
Oh interesting. May I quote you? I'm thinking that you mean 'descendants of the people her ancestors destroyed' yes?
I was just thinking this morning that Elizabeth flip-flopped. One of the blurbs on her bio page describes her as "A Westmount exile, who rebels against power and privilege, becomes a globe-trotting leftist journalist chronicling the great revolutionary narratives of her time. Then she sets out to discover the awful truth about her patriarchal 400-year-old colonist clan and everything changes."
As you say, she's now embraced that great white savior identity. And blames everything on those on the left, as if those are the only options.
Yes, I meant descendants. Thanks for pointing this out and now corrected.
Feel free to quote me if you'd like. There is no love lost between myself and Elizabeth. When I challenged her narrative in polite terms, she said I was viciously attacking her and she had to protect herself. She seemed unstable.
Leaves have a tulip shaped as well. My father cut me a bouquet of these flowers from the backyard of my childhood house. I just thought it was the neatest thing. Used to rake these bright yellow leaves into the shape of a happy face and then take a picture from my upstairs bedroom. Very special tree indeed.
What a beautiful story. Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome. I really miss those simpler times.
I have a huge one next to my house as well as many younger ones in the forest. It’s the local lightning rod. Gets struck several times a year and none the worse for it. Which is more than I can say for household electronics which get randomly fried.
I grew up in rural southern Illinois, and these were my absolute favorite trees in my yard
That is where my mother grew up and she loved them and planted two in Michigan. I am with her now and there are baby Tulip trees in several places now. The overhead trees are tall and shady so the sprouts don't grow much, so far. I don't mow them.
It is nice to know the astounding health benefits and food/beverage value. Thanks Gavin!
The pleasures of being in charge of the mower💗
Exactly!