Food Forest Ecology
Understanding and applying forest ecology to edible landscaping. Efficient food production that is ecologically responsible and aesthetically pleasing. Designing, planting, and maintaining novel food forest ecosystems that create their own fertility, and perform much of their own maintenance.
Food forests capture the most carbon
Species Spotlight: Mysore Raspberry
Rewilding: Forest vs. Savanna
North-central Florida food forest design class - #5 management
Save $ on plants.
North-central Florida food forest design class - #4 herbs, groundcover, and vines
North-central Florida food forest design class - #3 shrubs
North-central Florida food forest design class - #2 plant your trees
Peaches in December - Will they make it?
North-central Florida food forest design class - #1 site assessment
Cold-tolerant tropical fruit trees
Highly drought-tolerant food plants
December Reflections
Species Spotlight: Mulberries
Species Spotlight: Live Oak
Species Spotlight: Persimmons
Species Spotlight: Tithonia diversifolia!
Species Spotlight: Loquat!
How to partner with the wood-wide-web
Use tropical plants to build fertility in zones 8-10
The 7 Layers. Part 7, the Subterranean layer
The 7 Layers. Part 5, the Groundcover and Part 6, the Vines.
The 7 Layers. Part 4, the Herbs
Compost the easy way
Xeriscape Update
The 7 Layers. Part 3c, even more Shrubs
The 7 Layers. Part 3b, more Shrubs
The 7 Layers. Part 3a, the Shrubs
The 7 Layers. Part 2, the Understory
The 7 layers. Part 1, the Canopy