Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Harvey Ussery <boxwood@nelsoncable.com>]

> On that subject of "non-traditional" foods we've barely skimmed the surface
> on this list and we should probably go into a lot more detail, hmm?
>
> paul 

I recommend getting to know the permaculture concept of the "edible 
forest garden," which features use of many, many unconventional crops 
for food (most of them perennials--most of us gardeners are more used to 
thinking first of annuals when we think of food production).

My article at
   http://themodernhomestead.us/article/Natural+Forest.html
sketches the basic concepts and describes the small beginnings we have 
made here at Boxwood. To really dig into the subject, though, see Jacke 
and Toensmeier's EDIBLE FOREST GARDENS, a huge (and hugely important) 
work in 2 volumes. The appendices alone are worth the (considerable) 
price of the books.

~Harvey

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Harvey in northern Va
www.themodernhomestead.us