A Productive Food Forest Can Feed Your Family

With the inevitable need for change, we all want a producing forest garden yesterday. It's true, a forest garden will take longer than a vegetable garden to produce rewarding harvests. All we can do...

Forest gardens are permanent edible plantings with layers of trees, shrubs, herbs, and vines that mimic the functionality of a forest. Since forests can harness the energy from the sun, they are able...

Looking for the best plants for a strong forest garden in your growing zone? I am going to walk you through the process and thoughts we used to select our forest garden plants. By the end, you'll...

This list is focused on edible perennials (perennial vegetables) for zone 3 forest gardens. If you live in zone 3, everything from zone 2 will thrive for you too! So you'll also need to reference the...

A generally breezy area is beneficial to trees in several ways. Without any wind, there could be too much humidity, a lack of air exchange, and a static brew for disease. What would be worse is not...

You might think that your options are very limited when it comes to wind-resistant fruit trees, but it doesn't have to be the case! Growing productive fruit trees is all about observing the...