What to Plant In a Plum Tree Guild [Examples, Flowers, and Herbs!]
To make the most of a plum tree guild, it is always important to place it in the right spot and select the best companion plants to help your plum …
To make the most of a plum tree guild, it is always important to place it in the right spot and select the best companion plants to help your plum …
The perfect permaculture garden is a garden that cares for people and our planet. It is a resilient space that helps you live sustainably and take only your fair share …
Fruit tree guilds are a fabulous feature of many permaculture gardens. These guilds are essentially collections of plants that work together to improve the health and productivity of the tree …
You can grow a lot of basic food crops like wheat and sugar yourself, even though not many people grow them in their own gardens. You might be used to …
In the Oxford dictionary, the definition of the word “self sufficient” is simple. If you are self-sufficient, then you need no outside help in satisfying your own needs, especially when …
In this series of articles, I will walk you through the seven layers of the forest garden or backyard food forest, explaining the purpose and function of each one and some of the …
There’s a bit of an odd-one-out among the seven layers of the permaculture food forest garden – a group that doesn’t fit into any one particular compartment of the garden …
In our exploration of temperate food forest layers, we’ve been taking a closer look at each of the 7 layers; what we can plant there and how to design each …
So far, in our exploration of the different layers of the permaculture food forest garden, we have covered the underground and herbaceous layers that comprise the smaller plants of the …
What makes a food forest garden different from an orchard? One of the distinctions lies in what’s growing on the ground… In conventional orchards, the ground is either mown, grazed, …
One of the defining features of forest gardens and food forests is how they utilize space to maximum efficiency by growing crops in several “layers” – just as you’d see …
We all know the delight of stepping out into the wild when we feel stuck inside. A breath of fresh air, a breeze of sanity, a beam of light, the …
Most people are familiar with permaculture as a style of gardening, but permaculture can extend far beyond the garden and grow into a lifestyle focused on sustainable solutions. So, how …
By applying the 12 principles of permaculture to our lives, we can increase productivity, cut down on waste, and boost the health of our own, personal ecosystem. Permaculture is just …
When we take a wander through the wild world, few of us seem to realize the treasure trove we are stumbling through. Almost as if in a sleepwalk, our conditioning …