Fig, Apple, Peach, Plum, Cherry, Pear, Nectarine. Grape, Jostaberry, Redcurrant, Rhubarb, Blackcurrant, Blueberry, Raspberry, Rubus, Blackberry…all growing together in the west of Ireland!
Landscaping
Commercial Dryland Food Forest
Geoff Lawton tours a large 30-year old forest garden in south Australia that looks like one of the best in the world.
DIY Homestead Garden Towers
I’ve seen garden towers gaining in popularity over the last two years or so but didn’t pay a whole lot of attention to them because of concern about chemicals leaching from the plastic. Richard, a long time reader, explained how a whole garden of closely spaced towers would produce a huge quantity of food in a small area such as a backyard garden where space is often limited. Instead of using plastic, the planters could be made out of safer materials such as terracotta, ferrocement or metal at far lower cost.
Dust Bowl Era Conservationist Aldo Leopold’s Beloved House
“In 1935, the famous conservationist Aldo Leopold bought a worn out farm along the Wisconsin River to live close to the land. The homestead was his grand experiment in attempting to bring life back to Dust Bowl era terrain. Over the course of more than a decade the family of seven planted nearly 50,000 trees … Read more
Forest Garden Update Fall 2017: Explosive Growth, Living Mulch, New Beds
It’s time for another tropical forest garden update after a little over four years since the garden was started. A year ago it looked great as you can see in this video: Our Forest Garden is Finished! Things have changed dramatically this last year for the better.
The 5 Acre Permaculture Homestead – Unbelievable Abundance
“Jonathan Dodd of Nebraska is jammin out his 5 acre homestead with permaculture abundance: Market gardens, fruit and nut trees, chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, sheep and ALL kinds of goodness. It’s hard to believe just how much one can do on only five acres of land.”