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Urban backyard food forest with grape pergola, hardy kiwi fence, pole bean teepee, akebia arbor, and a small apple tree against a brick wall
27 May

Food Forest Vines: The Vertical Layer

Peter Vogel
Young US homestead food forest at year two with staked fruit trees, currant bushes, herb spiral, comfrey, and ground covers with a homeowner holding a small wooden seed-money box
26 May

Food Forest Cost: What to Budget for Year 1 Through Year 5

Peter Vogel
Thriving temperate food forest with apple and pear trees, elderberry and serviceberry, currant and gooseberry, comfrey and rhubarb in late summer
22 May

Temperate Food Forest: Cold-Climate Edible Ecosystems

Peter Vogel
Lush homestead food forest with young apple tree, elderberry, echinacea, calendula and comfrey in early summer
21 May

Medicinal Plants in Food Forests: Grow Your Own Pharmacy

Peter Vogel
Split-scene comparison of a traditional commercial apple orchard versus a multi-strata food forest
20 May

Food Forest vs Traditional Orchard: Why Diversity Wins

Peter Vogel
A mature homestead nut tree food forest in late summer with chestnut trees in the canopy laden with spiny burs, hazelnut shrubs at the edge, pecan at the back, and a basket of harvested chestnuts and hazelnuts in the foreground
15 May

Nut Trees for Food Forests: Long-Term Calorie Production

Peter Vogel
Thriving multi-layer permaculture food forest in early summer with fruit trees, shrubs, herbs and groundcover, gardener with pruning shears and mulch wheelbarrow
13 May

Food Forest Maintenance: What to Do Each Season

Peter Vogel
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