Food Forests
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7 Ways to Use the Humble Choko Vine
Its spring time in Australia, and our area in Far North Queensland has gratefully received a decent fall of rain.…
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Invasive Thoughts: A Battle with Conscientious Consciousness
I did a lot of research. I hummed and hawed, danced around the issue, came up with a veritable pros…
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How to Green the Desert: Europe’s Heatwave and some Holistic Suggestions
In the Northern Hemisphere, the balance of light is turning ever more towards darkness as we approach the Autumn Equinox.…
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8 Abundant “Fodder Forest” plants, and how to use them
This morning when I went to feed the animals I thought I’d start with collecting some pigeon pea for our…
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Texas Food Forest and the Results of Good Design.
Five years ago we moved to our current property in North Texas. While the general area is not particularly challenging,…
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From Big City Kuala Lumpur to Rural Kampung, Chalin Food Forest
Malaysia might not be a country that is known for permaculture, but many of the tropical ancestral practices of our…
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Tropical Food Forests
One of the biggest myths of the industrialized food system is related to the issue of productivity. The massive monocultures…
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Broccoli Rabe
There’s little dispute that including vegetables in our diets does indeed improve our overall health and supplies our bodies with…
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A Dozen or More Plants That Provide Quickly and Abundantly
I am for a new system of food production in which we utilize perennial plants more, slowly replacing our tendency…
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A Global Wiki – A Call to Join
Designing perennial polycultures (guilds) can be a big challenge. It can be hard to find information on perennial crops and…
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Guidelines for Perennial Polyculture Design
Polyculture design can be bewildering and even intimidating. I’ve been planting and thinking about polycultures for over two decades. During…
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Planting in Pots and Other Ways of Playing with Permaculture in the Big City
Growing your own food doesn’t require expanses of acreage. It doesn’t require a tractor. It doesn’t require complete self-sufficiency. As…
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