Reading Time: 6 minutesLet’s say you’ve designed your fruit tree guilds, and now it’s time to plant them on the site. The question is: how should you go about it? In the ideal world, you’d plant your entire food forest in one go – trees, shrubs, ground covers, the whole things. But let’s be real. Between the cost […]
An easy trick to design your permaculture orchard layout
Reading Time: 3 minutesStory time… When I worked as a geologist in Australia in the 2010s, I frequently traveled across the country. On one occasion, while driving through the mountainous agricultural area of New South Wales, we unexpectedly encountered a person wearing a hazmat suit on the side of the road. At first, I thought that the whole […]
Tools to assess your land like a pro
Reading Time: 3 minutesA few years ago, while I was doing some maintenance in my food forest, I saw an old, sick-looking tree. Excitedly, I thought, “It’s time to get some firewood.” I took my chainsaw, and since the tree wasn’t that big, I started cutting it without considering how things might play out. As I was making […]
John Kempf’s 6 Principles: The Garden Soil Protocol That Changed Everything
Reading Time: 6 minutesYou’ll probably hate me for saying this, but I think it’s true… “Stuff you do in the garden” is only 20% of a rich harvest. The other 80% is fixing your soil.. Because even the most inexperienced gardens can grow an abundance of healthy veggies with almost no effort – when they have super-quality soil. […]
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