Leave a comment! Could the future of food be rooted in trees, not annual grains? In this episode of White Strawberries, I’m joined by journalist and NPR reporter Elspeth Hay, author of the hopeful manifesto Feed Us with Trees: Nuts and Future of Food. Her work uncovers a surprising truth: for thousands of years, humans relied on perennial nut trees—oaks, chestnuts, hazelnuts—as our main sources of flour, oils, and everyday staple foods. At a time when the majority of the wo...
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Leave a comment! Could the future of food be rooted in trees, not annual grains? In this episode of White Strawberries, I’m joined by journalist and NPR reporter Elspeth Hay, author of the hopeful manifesto Feed Us with Trees: Nuts and Future of Food. Her work uncovers a surprising truth: for thousands of years, humans relied on perennial nut trees—oaks, chestnuts, hazelnuts—as our main sources of flour, oils, and everyday staple foods. At a time when the majority of the wo...
Pruning, Cuttings & a Lemon Tree Rescue | Conversation with a Newbie
White Strawberries: Gardening for Wellness & Joy
25 minutes
5 months ago
Pruning, Cuttings & a Lemon Tree Rescue | Conversation with a Newbie
In today’s Q&A-style episode, I chat with Becks, who’s growing food on a small urban section packed with subtropical and Mediterranean microclimates. We talk through her real-life garden dilemmas—from a wayward apple tree branch and overachieving feijoas, to pruning grapevines and getting citrus trees back on track. We cover: 🍏 How to prune an espaliered apple tree 🍇 When and how to cut back grapevines 🌱 How to take a cutting and get it growing 🍋 What to do when yo...
White Strawberries: Gardening for Wellness & Joy
Leave a comment! Could the future of food be rooted in trees, not annual grains? In this episode of White Strawberries, I’m joined by journalist and NPR reporter Elspeth Hay, author of the hopeful manifesto Feed Us with Trees: Nuts and Future of Food. Her work uncovers a surprising truth: for thousands of years, humans relied on perennial nut trees—oaks, chestnuts, hazelnuts—as our main sources of flour, oils, and everyday staple foods. At a time when the majority of the wo...
