HeyJaredRecombination Nation
Post-industrial farming, cultural experimentation, shuffling the genes and memes of the next civilisation.
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The Popcorn Polycrop Trial (opens the original)
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There is something so exciting about freshly germinated seedlings, but even more so when they are new varieties directly sown in the dirt. I snapped a few close-ups of my latest staple crop row and felt like sharing as a complement to the long forum link dump of the week. The egusi melons and rice trial are yet to show their heads in this space but should join the party soon.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rzYu!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_pro
The Long Forum: September 2026 (opens the original)
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I woke up to a second night of light rain, which means my recently planted bank of six new popcorn varieties, 22 types of upland rice, four frumenty, plus a whole lot of egusi melon, chia and huauzontle should get off to a strong start for spring.The seven goat kids born recently are growing well, though getting the four mothers in and out of the separate pen is a whole bunch of chaos. The first goose is sitting on a merged nest of too many eggs, so I am not expecting a great hatch out, but a di
Two Podcast Appearances (opens the original)
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I had the good fortune to appear on a couple of podcasts in the last week.First up I had a chat with Catie from Reskillience, my favourite pick-me-up podcast to keep a hopeful and helpful handle on the hurdles ahead.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="83
The Lifecycle of the Pumpkin (opens the original)
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I’ve been so busy clearing and preparing my next big maize patch that I almost entirely forgot what day of the week it was, but luckily I have a nice little story to summarise my improving relationship with pumpkins (courtesy of the magic of landrace crop breeding methods).The first big patch of fertile mounds is already sprouting, one row of popcorn varieties to trial and mix, the other with an early planting of the lovely butternut pumpkin grex that I was lucky enough to get from my friend Gre
Comments on the Comments (opens the original)
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Celebrities are advised to never read the comment section, so it is a good thing I will never be all that famous for scratching in the dirt.I couldn’t resist keeping track of how people responded to the recent short film about my farm. That wonderful creation had to distill down many hours of conversations with the director Jordan, which itself was a snapshot of everything I have done here over the last decade or so (and my entire life leading up to that point).So, if you will indulge me, I will
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