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  1. Hype for the Future 193N: City of Red Oak, Iowa

    Overview The City of Red Oak is a community located within Montgomery County, Iowa, along the East Nishnabotna River in southwest Iowa, with the community home to the Murphy Calendar Museum and the Restored Burlington Northern Depot and World War II Memorial Museum as well as the Riverbend Heritage Lodge and the Montgomery County History Center.

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  2. #Minnesota farmer grows #ClimateAdaptive seedlings as co-op member

    Brian Ingmireโ€™s mission to help #reforest northern Minnesota became a lot more important after the June 21 storm that leveled millions of trees in the #Bemidji area.

    By Dennis Doeden
    September 07, 2025 at 9:00 AM

    Excerpt: "Brian is a member of the Farm & Forest Growers Cooperative, a network of small farms and nurseries that grow climate-adaptive tree seeds into seedlings, and then sell the seedlings to reforestation agencies and individuals.

    " 'Minnesota has a massive need for tree seedlings,' Ingmire said. 'Something like 10 million trees are needed every year at a minimum. And we have a lot of forest disturbance, whether itโ€™s fires or wind events.'

    "Ingmire figures he has about 30,000 tree seedlings on his farm, and about two-thirds of them will be available for purchase this fall. Online orders can be placed at climatesmarttrees.com. He's also been selling seedlings at his Bemidji Natural Choice Farmers Market booth, and says having them there gives him an opportunity to talk about the project.

    "New North Farm is one of 24 members of the cooperative. Ingmire is growing several varieties, including #RedOak, #BurrOak, #YellowBirch and #SilverMaple. All are collected from about 200 miles south and then started up north.

    " 'I can tell you where their parent tree came from,' Ingmire said. โ€œThey should be able to handle the changes in temperature extremes. Weโ€™ve got different insect pests and #fungal pests that are putting stressors on trees just because of the temperature extremes. These trees should have the genetic ability to deal with that kind of extreme.'

    "The need for #reforestation was certainly exacerbated in the Bemidji area after the June storm. It is estimated that Beltrami County lost nine million trees, and many were also downed in parts of Hubbard and Cass counties.

    " 'That number exceeds a lot of the nursery capacity that we have,' Ingmire said."

    Read more:
    inforum.com/sports/northland-o

    #SolarPunkSunday #ClimateChangeAgriculture
    #ClimateChange #ClimateChangeAdaptation #MoreTrees

  3. I thought that whenever I donโ€™t have specific art to share, itโ€™s time to post art about Canada. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ FOR REASONS.

    I thought I would start, like Confederation, in PEI. The symbols of Prince Edward Island, its provincial bird, the blue jay and its tree, the red oak cover the hand-carved map of PEI in this linocut. ๐Ÿงต1/n

    #linocut #printmaking #PEI #PrinceEdwardIsland #Canada #wildlife #blueJay #RedOak #Canada #MastoArt

  4. Acorns of northern red oak (๐˜˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข), from August 2019:

    #acorns #oaks #RedOak #trees #nature

  5. They are not very mighty but they are the first acorns on the red oak. I guess it takes two years so maybe what I saw last year was the start and these will grow out to maturity this year?

    It was a grown from an acorn tree, probably 15+ years ago.

    #OakTree #RedOak #NorthernRedOak #QuercusRubra #gardening

  6. Movie Theaters Have Weird Real Estate. Itโ€™s Saving Them. ๐Ÿฟ ๐ŸŽฅ ๐ŸŽž๏ธ

    Landlords cut rents to keep the spaces occupied, rather than repurpose windowless rooms and sloped floors

    "B&B Theatres built the theater to withstand โ€œslow movie monthsโ€ with 16 bowling lanes, arcade, a rock-climbing wall, pickleball & bocce courts, 3 full bars & an outdoor balcony that can be rented for private parties."

    โ€œItโ€™s something you canโ€™t get at home.โ€

    ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ”—
    wsj.com/real-estate/commercial

    #Movies #Cinema #MovieTheaters #RedOak

  7. #December 11, 1843
    #OTD Jacob #Schneck, Indiana #Physician, #Naturalist, & #Botanist, is born.

    Jacob's passion was #Plants & he spent his #SpareTime #Botanizing. He labeled all his #Specimens with his #Impeccable #Handwriting.

    He #Spied a unique #Species of #RedOak & told the Botanist Nathaniel Lord #Britton. Britton named the oak in Jacob's honor - Quercus Schneckii, also known as the Schneck #Oak.

    Jacob died at 63, tending his patients to the end - despite his own #Pneumonia.

    #Botany

  8. Pro-Tip: when working with oil based wood stains, most of the solids and pigment settle at the bottom; to achieve true color potential, slowly stir the contents taking care to scrape the solids on the bottom.
    Careful to not stir to vigorously or you will stain more than you sample piece.
    #carpentry #woodworking #redoak

  9. #pollinators๐Ÿ love #NativePlants.

    I actually had no clue the white aster was thriving in our yard. I'm so pleased now.

    #RedOak #easterndaisyfleabane #whiteaster #goldenrod #redmaple

    Music: light
    Musician: Jeff Kaale