Food Plants – Perennial
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Wonder Weeds
PIJ #63, June-Aug 1997 by Linda Woodrow How to harvest weeds for their best nutrients Sometimes gardening seems to me…
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Maldivian Homegardens – A stable farming system in a fragile environment
PIJ #58, Mar – May 1996 By Dr Danny Hunter Editor’s Note: This decade-old article spotlights local indigenous knowledge found…
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Drumstick Tree
by Isabell Shipard. For more plant info, check out Isabell’s excellent books in our book section. Photo credit: Melanie Brown…
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The Carob
PIJ #58, March-May 1996 by Frances Lang Carob, or St John’s Bread, is known in the botanical world as Ceratonia…
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Making the Most of the ‘Ultimate Health Food Shop’ – Your Garden
Isabell Shipard – herbalist/educator One of the best aspects of Permaculture is being able to begin to take control back…
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Tamarind Tree
PIJ #48, Sep – Nov 1993 The graceful tamarind tree (Tamarindus indica) is believed to have originated in Africa and…
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Food Forest DVD Gets Rave Review
If you’ve been procrastinating over buying our latest DVD – Establishing a Food Forest – this review from TransitionCulture.org may…
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Phases of Abundance
PIJ #40, June – Aug 1991 Year One: Abundance of Species When we set out to make a garden on…
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Bamboo in Permaculture Design
PIJ # 55, 1995 page 24 – 26 Author’s Note: I am a firmly rooted (if transplanted) north-westerner (USA) and…
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Food Forests Across America
For Erik Ohlsen, a Californian based Permaculture teacher and designer, 2009 is shaping up to become a year like no…
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Street Orchards for Community Security
© Brad Lancaster, www.HarvestingRainwater.com Fig. 24.The heat island effect. An excessively wide, exposed, solar-oven-like residential street in Tucson, Arizona absorbs…
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Vetiver Grass – A Hedge Against Erosion
PIJ #54, March – May 1995 Soil erosion is perhaps the world’s most chronic environmental problem that is literally costing…
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