How can I turn areas with established canopies into productive food forests? Do I sacrifice some of the trees to hugel beds for more sunlight?.

Are you growing a food forest? Here are the 7 layers of a food forest explained so that you can grow a permaculture styled, sustainable garden. #foodforest #piwakawakavalley

Our homestead is in Zone 7 (to 8), in the Pacific Northwest. Many of our readers are as well, so we have complied a collection of planning for when to get seeds & plants in the ground. Your dat…

Garden Layout Contest When I first started writing this post, I intended for the post to be my entry for the garden… by thelaundrylady

How we started building our cold climate food forest

So you want to design and plant a food forest. But which type of food forest is right for you? Click and find out which type is right for you.

It’s an exciting time for Emma and me: Spring is approaching in North Carolina, and this year will mark the beginning of the food forest at our homestead. Despite being incredibly busy building our ca

This post introduces edible native plants in North America, their uses, and cautionary notes and emphasizes native people's historical use.

Food Forests, or Edible Forest Gardens, are collections of food plants arranged in mutually supportive patterns similar to those found in natural forests. A team of Permaculture Designers in 2013...