permaculture

[Larry London <london@sunsite.unc.edu>]

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From: san@nalusda.gov (Andy Clark, SAN    Coordinator)
Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture
Subject: World Wide Web resource (fwd)
Date: 21 Sep 1995 22:01:54 -0000

Here's an interesting Web site.

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To: Sustainable Agriculture Network <san@nalusda.gov>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 16:38:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ray Dobert <rdobert@nalusda.gov>

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Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 18:26:29 GMT
From: Mr R.J. Morris <rmorris@liverpool.ac.uk>
To: plant-biology@net.bio.net
Subject: Plants For a Future online

I've just added a set of leaflets about permaculture, perennials plants
and plants useful for lighting, fiber, soaps and oils.

They can be found at
http://www.liv.ac.uk/~rmorris/pfaf/index.html

The leaflets include:

Allium species - the perennial onions. Some of the many tasty unusual
 onions you can grow. 

Alternative food crops. Some of the more exciting food plants being
 grown by us. 

Alternative lighting: plant oils and waxes. Plant based ideas for
 alternatives to electricity for domestic lighting. 

Alternative root crops. A selection of unusual edible roots and bulbs.
 Conservation gardening. How to make a garden etc nicer for other
 creatures to live in. 

Crataegus species - the hawthorns. An exciting new fruit crop. 

The Edible lawn. Encourage a wider range of plants to grow in the lawn,
 and then eat them! 

Edible ornamental plants. Some common garden plants that can be eaten. 

The Edible pond and bog garden. Some pond and bog garden plants that
 are edible. 

Edible shrubs. Common ornamental shrubs that can be eaten. 

Elaeagnus x ebbingei - a plant for all reasons. A plant that every
 self-respecting permaculturalist should grow. 

Fibre plants. How to grow your own fibres for making cloth and rope. 

Ground cover plants. Reduce weeding and grow useful plants at the same time. 

Hedges and their uses. Grow a hedge that can provide delicious edible
 fruits or leaves. 

Hemerocallis species - the day lilies. The edible uses of these
 ornamental garden plants. 

The Milkweeds. Details about some amazingly useful plants from N. America. 

Soap plants. Why buy soap or even make it yourself when these plants
 can do it for you. 

Staple seed crops from perennials. Trees and shrubs to provide our
 protein, fat and carbohydrate needs. 

The Urban garden. Permaculture methods for the garden or allotment. 

Vegetable oils. Details of perennial oil bearing plants. 

Why perennials. The arguments for growing perennial plants instead of 
annuals. 

Winter salads. Perennial species to provide fresh salads all winter. 

Woodland garden plants. Species to grow in a woodland garden. 

These have all been produce by Plants for a Future a charity based in
Cornwall.

Apologies if this has gone to inappropriate groups. Note I've
set the followup to uk.environment only.

-- 
Dr Richard J Morris:                    email rmorris@liverpool.ac.uk
Department of Pure Mathematics,
University of Liverpool,                "The Tao that can be told
P.O.Box 147 Liverpool L69 7BR             is not the eternal tao."

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