While many fast-growing and wind-resistant trees tolerate forceful gusts, the question is, will they be good windbreakers for the season you need them to be? Evergreen trees and shrubs generally make...
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The wind is often the cause of a garden's biggest threats. If you want a productive garden or food forest; a thoughtfully diverse shelterbelt can be more useful than a bland windbreak. There is a...
Plant options for zone 2 Canada feel highly limited which is far from the truth; they are simply different! You can grow a whole 7-layer edible and medicinal food forest, and during those cold...
Starting a community food forest entails a lot of research, consideration, and coordination from planning to the day of planting. Beyond the day of planting, someone or a group will have to maintain...
Urban settings offer many conveniences; a little land access can be one! If you're looking for more ways to live sustainably where you reside; then put community gardening at the top of your...
We began wondering if the benefits of homesteading were in alignment with the way we felt. As soon as the opportunity to homestead came along, we said yes, and gave it a go. Now? We no longer have...