by John Johnson | Jun 19, 2022 | Compost, Mulch, organic gardening, Soil Amendments
The chop and drop technique in a food forest is a proven permaculture strategy for building a rich soil microbiome. Chop and drop is simply the concept of trimming plants and placing the cuttings on the ground to rot and compost in place. The most important element...
by John Johnson | Jun 4, 2022 | Building Garden Beds, conventional gardening, Gardening, organic gardening
Garden Designs for Backyard Gardening A few garden design basics to think about for the urban homesteader to think about it is what type of garden you want. Do you want a food forest with plants intermingled and guilds of dozens of plants together? Or do you want to...
by John Johnson | Oct 8, 2021 | Building Garden Beds, fruit trees, Mulch
How to get a delivery of wood chips? Learning how to get a delivery of wood chips is a good skill for urban homesteaders building a food forest. There are many ways to get a load of chips delivered to your house. The easiest method if available in your area is...
by John Johnson | Aug 2, 2021 | Food Forest, Growing Vegetables, Videos
It’s early May and everything is leafing out and full of blooms. The garden and food forest are in full spring mode. Can’t wait to get to enjoy all the marionberries and peaches that are to come. We wrap up with a little tomato planting. We put in...
by John Johnson | Aug 2, 2021 | Food Forest, Videos
We grow a bunch of comfrey in our urban homestead food forest. They grow very well in our climate with no watering necessary and with the variety they do not spread by seed or run super far, it stays clumped up where we plant it. It is an excellent source of flowers...
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