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    Kitchen table seed stratification setup with labelled bags of damp sand, tree and wildflower seed, and a refrigerator behind
    24 Aug
    Food Forest

    Seed Stratification: How to Cold-Treat Seeds That Refuse to Sprout

    Peter Vogel
    Mixed native hedgerow in late spring along a property boundary with flowering elderberry and serviceberry, bees and a songbird
    24 Aug
    Food Forest

    How to Plant a Hedgerow: A Living Boundary for Food and Wildlife

    Peter Vogel
    A living willow fence along a garden boundary, freshly planted rods woven into a diagonal lattice and tied at the crossings with new leaves breaking
    21 Aug
    Food Forest

    Living Fence: How to Grow a Boundary That Grows Back

    Peter Vogel
    A row of pollarded willow trees in late winter, each with a knobbly trunk topped by a knuckle sending up dozens of slender new shoots
    21 Aug
    Food Forest

    Pollarding: How to Cut a Tree and Keep It Coming Back

    Peter Vogel
    Pencil-crayon illustration of a coppiced hazel stool with young straight shoots, cut poles, and a billhook in a woodland clearing
    19 Aug
    Food Forest

    Coppicing: The Ancient Cut That Makes Trees Grow Back Stronger

    Peter Vogel
    Pencil-crayon illustration of an espaliered apple tree trained in horizontal tiers against a brick wall with red apples
    19 Aug
    Food Forest

    Espalier Fruit Trees: Small-Space Training for Real Harvests

    Peter Vogel
    Freshly pruned backyard berry patch in late winter with bare blueberry stems, cut raspberry canes and a pile of prunings on frosted soil
    18 Aug
    Food Forest

    When to Prune Berry Bushes: Timing by Type and Zone

    Peter Vogel
    Mature Chinese chestnut tree in early autumn with spiny burs splitting open and glossy brown nuts scattered on the grass below
    17 Aug
    Food Forest

    Chinese Chestnut Trees in Food Forests: Planting, Spacing and Yield

    Peter Vogel
    Layered subtropical Florida food forest with mango and avocado canopy, banana and papaya beneath, guava shrubs and sweet potato ground cover
    13 Aug
    Food Forest

    Subtropical Food Forest: Southeast US Design

    Peter Vogel
    Backyard food forest with a drip irrigation line circling a young apple tree at the dripline, wetting the wood chip mulch
    10 Aug
    Food Forest

    Food Forest Irrigation: Drip Systems That Waste Nothing

    Peter Vogel