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Food Forest (3)

Articles tagged with "food-forest"

Permaculture food forest with mature black locust in white bloom, alder, Siberian pea shrub, and fruit trees behind in pencil-crayon illustration
13 May

Nitrogen-Fixing Trees for Food Forests

Peter Vogel
A lush tropical food forest with coconut palm canopy, mango and banana sub-canopy, papaya and pineapple, taro and sweet potato vines at ground level
11 May

Tropical Food Forest: Design for Warm Climates

Peter Vogel
Lush food forest floor with dense ground cover of white clover, alpine strawberries, creeping thyme, comfrey, and yarrow under dappled sunlight
11 May

Ground Cover Plants for Food Forests: The Living Mulch Layer

Peter Vogel
Pencil-crayon illustration of a mature blossoming apple tree at the centre of a permaculture food forest guild with comfrey, yarrow, chives, white clover, daffodils, and a flowering goumi shrub at the drip line
6 May

Apple Tree Guild: The Classic Food Forest Pattern

Peter Vogel
Pencil-crayon illustration of a temperate food forest shrub layer in late summer with blueberry, raspberry, blackberry, currant and elderberry bushes under a canopy of apple and chestnut trees
5 May

Best Berry Bushes for Food Forests: The Shrub Layer

Peter Vogel
A young diverse temperate food forest in late summer with mature apple and mulberry canopy, pawpaw understorey, currant and elderberry shrub layer, and strawberries spreading at ground level — a young gardener walking the edge with a basket of mixed fruit
1 May

Best Food Forest Trees for Temperate Climates

Peter Vogel
Pencil-illustrated abundant late-summer backyard food forest packed with edible perennials in distinct layers: a dwarf apple tree, elderberry, asparagus ferns, rhubarb, sunchoke flowers, blueberry and currant bushes, strawberries, chives and oregano in flower, and a tall Jerusalem artichoke at the back.
29 Apr

Edible Perennials for Food Forests: Plants That Return Every Year

Peter Vogel
Pencil-crayon aerial view of a small suburban backyard food forest in late summer with a dwarf apple tree at center, pawpaw saplings, blueberry and currant shrubs, perennial herbs and strawberry ground cover, mulched paths, and a wooden fence at golden hour
27 Apr

Small Food Forest: Design an Edible Ecosystem in 500 Square Feet

Peter Vogel
Pencil-crayon cross-section of a multi-layered food forest in late summer with all 7 layers stacked vertically — fruit trees, dwarf trees, berry shrubs, herbs, ground cover, root crops, and climbing vines, in golden hour light
26 Apr

Food Forest Plants List: 100+ Species by Layer and Climate

Peter Vogel