Food forest design

“I started out wanting to grow food for my husband and I, and then I figured out I enjoy growing the food for the insects and the bees and the butterflies the most,” Lockhart gardener Donna Daniels told us last November. Gardening was new to her, though, when she and husband Len Gabbay scooted ou

Growing food doesn’t need to be hard or expensive. You don’t need a bunch of raised beds or expensive planter boxes. If you have an area in your yard about 30 feet long and 10 feet wide give or take, you can grow a pretty good amount of food for very little money and take care of it in an hour or two a week.

Diagram I originally made for the Oikos print catalog, but which Ken wasn't interested in including, showing the main layers of a multidimensional forest garden ecosystem.

This backyard food forest hosts a diverse planting of fruit trees and berries, with a mixed-species meadow understory to support pollinators and repair soil. Here's what we did.

Understanding the Edible Forest Garden Concept In a world where food security is increasingly volatile, creating an edible forest garden stands out not only as a sustainable choice but a necessary step towards self-reliance. The fundamental idea is to mimic natural ecosystems focusing predominantly on trees, shrubs, perennials, and annuals that can feed you and

Less work & more harvests! Follow these permaculture garden principles to help you reduce the time & energy you put into growing your garden.

Permaculture, regenerative agriculture, forest gardening, sustainable home restoration, community organizing, edible landscaping: Pathways to plenty.

Reading Time: 9 minutesTall order? Read on and watch me *demo* it. Earlier this week, I showed you what designing the whole farm layout looks like, and now I’ll zoom in on one aspect: designing a food forest with swales. 5 minutes for Part I, 15 minutes for Part II, and DONE! Food forests, in the context of […]

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How to Start a Food Forest For centuries, people have used food forests to grow an abundance of food in small spaces. More and more people are rediscovering the benefits of having a food forest around their homes. Inside, you can find out all about food forests and learn the basics of setting up a f