Food Plants – Perennial
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Okinawa Spinach
Okinawa spinach is not a spinach at all, but a perennial leafy green. The tops of the leaves are dark…
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Growing Ginger And Making Sauerkraut
This article is about how the ginger growing in our garden has inspired successful homemade sauerkraut in our kitchen, and…
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Sunchokes, Jerusalem Artichokes, Suntubers
Sunchokes, also commonly called Jerusalem artichokes, are native to the Eastern United States, where my wife Emma and I have…
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Herbs of Zaytuna Farm – Parsley
So far on our herbal tour of Zaytuna Farm we’ve met Rosemary, Yarrow, Aloe, Mint, Sage and Comfrey. Now…
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How to Grow a Blueberry Guild in a Temperate Climate Successfully
Blueberries can be one of the most low-maintenance and pleasurable berries to grow in the temperate permaculture homestead. They are…
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Tropical Permaculture Perspectives
Visiting Por Phat Aphaimool’s forest farm in Mae Tha, Chiang Mai, again after a long time was a chance to…
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Making My First Mushroom Logs
As forest-lovers who spent a considerable amount of time looking for a property with significant forest on it, an effort…
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Ramps: Saving Our Wild Edibles
Since moving to North Carolina a couple of years ago—my, how time flies—Emma and I have developed a minor obsession…
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Vanilla Cultivation: A Practical Guide for the Tropical Homestead
The vanilla orchid (Vanilla planifolia) is one of the world’s most interesting plants. Of the nearly 35,000 species of orchid,…
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The Herbs of Zaytuna Farm – Rosemary
Welcome to Zaytuna Farm. To get here you turned off the highway and drove through rolling hills, covered with macadamia…
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