Plant Systems
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Food Forests
What is a Food Forest
Forests are ecosystems with a diversity of plants, animals, and fungi. They were designed by nature to have perfect balance.…
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Demonstration Sites
Herbs of Zaytuna – Mint
On our last stops of the herbal tour of Zaytuna Farm we met Rosemary, Yarrowand Aloe. This stop is with the iconic, delicious, aromatic…
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Videos
A Forest Garden With 500 Edible Plants Could Lead to a Sustainable Future
National Geographic in this short film shows us an example of forest gardening of food forests from the UK. Martin…
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Design
A unique learning opportunity focused on how we can provide nutritious affordable food while enhancing biodiversity.
We are on a mission to discover methods of landscape management that can provide nutritious affordable food while enhancing biodiversity.…
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Videos
An Urban Food Forest and Therapy Garden: Angelo and Lana’s Journeys
Once a novice gardener, Lana’s garden now contains 50 beds and produces enough for her to sell $500/week at the…
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Soil
Where is the World?
Professor Claude Bourguinon, co-founder of the Laboratoire Analyses Microbiologiques Sols (LAMS), an independent soil testing laboratory helping farmers understand their soil…
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General
A Homemade Vegan Version of Natural & Organic Fertilizer
Featured Photo : Photo: Corn, Beans, Squash, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Amaranth and Gardener Last year I worked a couple of gardens…
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General
Soil Testing, Discovering Local Plants and Woodland Coppice
Robinia Coppice We have a small woodland plot where we have been experimenting with coppicing. The dominant tree species in…
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General
Growing Grains at the Home-Scale Farm
I dream of growing grains, of being so far down the line in establishing a kitchen garden, a vegetable garden,…
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Livestock
7 Ways to Use the Humble Choko Vine
Its spring time in Australia, and our area in Far North Queensland has gratefully received a decent fall of rain.…
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General
Fixes for Nutrient Deficient Soil
Basic understanding of plant health comes from the soil they grow in. Their nutrition is vital to their health and…
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Livestock
8 Abundant “Fodder Forest” plants, and how to use them
This morning when I went to feed the animals I thought I’d start with collecting some pigeon pea for our…
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