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Best Plants to Grow In Your Survival Garden, Part 1: The Basics

With feelings of food insecurity on the rise, starting a survival garden may have crossed your mind more than once. Even though we usually have enough food being produced and sold every day, the current crisis has reminded most of us of the possibility that shelves at the local grocery store may one day be …

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Layers of a Permaculture Food Forest Part 5: Climbing Plants

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 quite so neatly… Like all plants, climbing plants start their growth in the root layer but can then ramble around anywhere from the forest garden …

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Layers of a Food Forest: Permaculture Shrubs [Part 3]

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 ecosystem. Today, we’ll look at permaculture shrubs we can grow in a food forest, and how best to manage them. Shrubs In a Food Forest Shrubs …

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Salad Grows on Trees! Five Trees With Edible Leaves You Can Easily Grow Yourself

Trees with edible leaves? Yes! We can show you that salad grows on trees! We all know that homegrown leaves can be delightful. And delicious! The only problem with annual salad crops is that they require ongoing work. And all without any promise of success in return! That’s why we love growing salad on trees. Planting …

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Haskap – Growing Honeyberries for Profit or Garden

If you’re looking for a plant that is easy to grow, low maintenance, high production, and just about impossible to kill, then look no further than the Haskap! Native to Russia and Japan, the “Haskap” berry, also known as Fly Honeysuckle, Blue Honeysuckle, Honeyberry, or Lonicera caerulea, is a delicious addition to any garden, field, …

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Best Plants to Grow in Your Survival Garden Part 2 – 16 Must-Grow Perennial Edibles

Grow these usual perennials in your survival garden: they’re the plants that keep on giving! When building a survival garden, trying to organize planting schedules every year for your annual plants can get difficult. On top of that, if you don’t grow enough of something, or if you aren’t able to preserve the extra amount …

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