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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <london@sunsite.unc.edu>
  • To: permaculture@listserv.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: (permaculture) Hello
  • Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 22:36:04 -0400 (EDT)

On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Linda Felch wrote:

> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 16:22:49 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Linda Felch <lfelch@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu>
> To: permaculture@listserv.oit.unc.edu
> Subject: Re: (permaculture) Hello
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> site. There is a pond on property that we are about to purchase, so we
> look forward to incorporating that into our design. We recently expanded
> out forest garden area with the addition of elderberries, gooseberries,
> high-bush blue berries. We're also looking to do more with this area --
> we're expecting a shipment from Edible Landscaping in another week
> that'll have some bush cherries and a cold hardy plant that's supposed to
> be similar to a date (don't remember the name). We've also done some work

You might want to plant several varieties of eleagnus. Many of these bear
profuse quantities of edible fruit. See the Plants For A Future plant
database for background on eleagnus and its relatives.

http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/index.html
or
http://www.axis-net.com/pfaf/

Or specifically:

To quote R.J. Morris:

"http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/elaeagns.html
Plants For A Future
R.J. Morris

Elaeagnus x ebbingei - A Plant for all Reasons.

Some plants are so exciting and have so much potential for the
permaculture grower, that I really cannot understand why they are
not better known. Just one such plant is Elaeagnus x ebbingei. This
hybrid species of garden origin, the result of a cross between E.
macrophylla and E. pungens (or perhaps E. x reflexa), is commonly grown
as a garden ornamental - in the future I hope it will be
extensively grown as a multi-purpose plant in many permaculture systems."
-

In North Carolina landscape nurseries offer several varieties of
eleagnus: pungens, fruitlandi, angustifolia and possibly others.
The wild variety is called Russian Olive. All are very hardy and some
offer wonderfully fragrant blooms in Autumn, others sweet/sour
small fruit in Summer. They are exceptional for wildlife habitat and food
and as windbreaks, shelter for shade-loving plants and for incorporating
into edge zones in permaculture systems.

Other wild plants worth considering are:

lowbush blueberry
wild black raspberry
wild black cherry
white mulberry
fig
wild strawberries
wild plums

ground nuts (nutsedge?)
daylillies
cattails
lotus
burdock
Jerusalem artichoke
wild spearmint
violets
plantain (greater & lesser)
comfrey

walnut
pecan
hickory
butternut


LL




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