The beautiful edible rose tree. Gorgeous, tasty, hardy, big… what more could you want?

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Rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus

The Box Elder tree is a sadly misunderstood and incredible tree. Useful on so many levels, this beautiful, fast-growing tree is well worth considering if you’re trying to grow a food forest.

Box Elder, Acer Negundo

Picture lime-tinted chard or lettuce. It’s Romain meets rhubarb. In other words, you’ve got to try French Sorrel…

French Sorrel, Rumex Scutatus

Probably the wild edible I eat most, Lambsquarters is a delicious green that makes a great spinach substitute. Close relatives include red goosefoot, orach, quinoa, and dozens of other similar-tasting, similarly edible plants.

Lambsquarters, Chenopodium Album

AKA Lycium chinense I love goji berries. They’re not the candy-sweet berries you get with raspberries or strawberries. Rather, they’re more like the flavor of a tomato or bell-pepper, but they are perennial and incredibly hardy. I would love to see these little red ‘maters showing up in the produce department, sold by the pound. […]

Goji Berry, Lycium barbarum

The Oregon grape (alongside the creeping Oregon grape) is a delightful addition to the garden, but it’s a must-have in the food forest. Edible berries grow in the shade of cover story trees.

Oregon Grape, Mahonia aquifolium

We’re going to start focusing more on plants—their uses as food, medicine, etc. This episode introduces that focus and helps give listeners an idea what to expect for awhile.

New Plant Focus

Rather than fighting nature, we ought to be working with nature, using the tools that nature uses, and assisting nature do what it does best—create natural ecosystems. If we learn to act out of thoughtful, conscious forethought, rather than manmade traditions of patterns which are designed only for aesthetics and rigid order, we’ll find that […]

Permaculture Design 01

On food stamps (EBT)? You may have more gardening opportunities than you think…

How to Garden at Virtually No Cost: part 4

We’ve discussed grocery store methods (recycled produce, etc), and now we’ll discuss some ideas that don’t involve the store at all…

How to Garden at Virtually No Cost: part 3

How to Garden at Virtually No Cost: part 2

How to Garden at Virtually No Cost: Part 1

You know what’s always bugged me about environmentalism? The negativity. Well, I think we can change that…

Positive Environmentalism

If you haven’t heard of no-till gardening yet, you will soon. The concept is raging its way through the world, and changing people’s approach to gardening. And for a good reason…

What’s The Deal With No Till?

If you want to design an effective ecosystem, it helps to understand some of the basics of genetics. Doing so will equip you to speed up the adaptation of the species in your system. A well adapted species will eventually provide for you for the rest of your life with little or no effort at […]

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