Food Forests
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Green Winter at 63 Degrees North (Norway)
Stephen Barstow with Angelica atropurpurea, a North American species. In a garden which can freeze solid down to the bedrock…
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Minor and Uncultivated Fruits of Eastern India
Averrhoa bilimbi A new agricultural paper describes the wild, uncultivated fruit that have long been an excellent source of nutrition…
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Tips and Insights from Miracle Farms (Canada)
Recently Michelle, Rowan, Naomi and I embarked on a cross-country train trip to attend a family reunion in the eastern…
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Herb Spirals and Herb Circles
Fresh herbs right outside the kitchen door The herb spiral is more or less an ubiquitous installment at the permaculture…
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Fukuoka’s Food Forest
Mandarin orange, a main crop of Fukuoka’s food forest. At one time he was shipping an impressive 90 tons of…
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Useful Plants from Robert Nold’s “High and Dry”
One of the more challenging environments for food production is cold and arid. I’ve been investigating useful perennial plants for…
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The Victorian Stumpery Meets Hugelkultur: Timeless Matchmaking With Permaculture (Panama)
The Inspirational Stumpery by Jane-Ann Liddle I’m crazy about hugelkultur. I love the concept of burying old fallen and felled…
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Grow Food and Soil With A Food Forest
Soil before and after After ten years of learning from and collaborating with a mega-diverse, globally inspired, edible forest garden,…
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Saving Seed on the US/Canadian Border
For the last three years, the best-performing seeds in my garden have come from a little local outfit called Heart…
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Making Seedballs: An Ancient Method of No-till Agriculture
Dried and Finished “Clay Dumplings” What’s a Seed ball? Seeds balls are an ancient technique for propagating plants from seeds…
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Summer Berries in a Humid Cold Temperate Climate (USA)
Berries are quick to bear and just make life better As the perennial vegetable season dries up, berries are coming…
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Reverence for the Bunya Bunya: A Seasonal Retrospective From Melliodora (Australia)
Dedicated to the memory of Peter Brew 1954-2010 Classic bunya bunya canopy profile at the Bunya Mountains National Park Equinox…
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