Forest Gardening: Creating an Edible Landscape
Although
Edible Forest Gardens is truly the
book to read for North American forest gardening information, I'm
always intrigued to go back to the primary sources. So I checked
out Forest
Gardening: Creating an Edible Landscape by Robert Hart, the father
of temperate forest gardening.
I have to admit that I
was sorely disappointed by about two thirds of the book. Robert
Hart was clearly a dreamer, a poet, and a philosopher, not a
scientist. His book jumps around through a discussion of how
important it is to eat your vegetables, how ley lines can impact your
garden, and through several similar topics. But in the midst of
all that,
he also documents his journey toward creating the first temperate
forest garden. As I suspected, there were some fascinating ideas
waiting for me in the book --- we all have something to learn from this
forest gardening pioneer.
Stay tuned for more
information in this week's lunchtime series. Meanwhile, if you
haven't already, check out our series about the
roots of permaculture
and our how to series about planning a forest garden.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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