Reading Time: 3 minutesFrom all the inputs you’ll need to establish your food forest, there is one that could break the bank more than any other. I’m talking about the sheer amount of plants you’ll need in order to grow your perennial permaculture paradise. The $$ numbers can be brutal when you do some math on the plants […]
The simplest way to grow thousands of plants
Reading Time: 5 minutesSuppose you want to plant a permaculture fruit orchard here: Let’s do the math and see how much this would cost… Area = 4 acres (1.5 hectares) Plant the trees an average of 6 meters (20 ft) apart and space the rows generously 10 m (30 ft) apart. When you run the numbers, it comes […]
Everything You Need to Know About Growing Trees From Seeds
Reading Time: 17 minutesGrowing trees from seeds is the key plant propagation method from a permaculture perspective. Here’s why… When I grow old, I want to spend my days walking through acre upon acre of a fully-established, mature food forest, picking fruit from trees I planted 40 years ago, watching branches slowly swaying in the gentle breeze, and […]
How to Start a Small Permaculture Nursery and Grow 1000s of Trees by Yourself
Reading Time: 10 minutesRecently I’ve been thinking of starting a small permaculture nursery. You see, to establish a farm forestry operation, food forest, or permaculture orchard, you’ll need to source a considerable number of trees from somewhere. I crunched a few numbers and browsed the relevant websites, and it seems that small bare-root trees will cost, on average, […]