New:
Living sculpture garden
at Dilmun Hill
2004 Annual Report
Hickory slingshot fun
Photos from Sept. tour
Interactive map
Hickory top-grafting
Mushroom Production
Good ink:
Forest Farming at the MacDaniels Nut Grove
in Cornell Plantations Magazine.
Video welcome and overview from Ken Mudge (RealPlayer)
View MacDaniels' Extension classic,
'Nut Growing
in the Northeast.'
(5.5 MB .pdf file).
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The MacDaniels Nut Grove is a forest farming and agroforestry research and education center located in the Cornell Plantations Upper Cascadilla Natural Area. The 5-acre site, just east of Cornell Orchards, was originally planted in the 1930s by pioneering horticulturist Dr. L.H. MacDaniels (1888-1986). Neglected for decades, researchers and students began renovating the site and establishing new research projects in 2002. (See Recent activities.)
Goals for the new efforts at the grove include:
- Promote forest farming teaching, research and extension through the combined efforts of Cornell academic departments, Cornell Plantations and Cornell Cooperative Extension.
- Provide Cornell students with learning opportunities in forest farming and in community education and extension program development.
- Functionally integrate the MacDaniels Nut Grove and the Dilmun Hill Organic Farm.
For more information, contact Ken Mudge at kwm2@cornell.edu.
The MacDaniels Nut Grove in early spring. Click for panorama.
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Project coordinator: Ken Mudge, kwm2@cornell.edu
Website design: Craig Cramer cdc25@cornell.edu
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