Subject: Re: [permaculture] root based agriculture
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:38:06 -0700 (PDT)
The many varieties of true yams (dioscorea), sweet potato and boniato
(ipomoea) grow great in Florida and both leaves and root are edible. They
have many uses and produce prolific food in small spaces (a friend plants
sweet pototoes and moves to Maine for the summer, and comes back to harvest
600 pounds from his front yard, in October)
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From: Jason Gerhardt <jasongerhardt@gmail.com>
To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] root based agriculture
Here is a quick list of sources for the following Andean root crops: Yacon,
Oca, Mashua. Google the company names.
-Horizon Herbs
-Nichol's Garden Nursery
-One Green World
-Seeds of Change (at least they used to before they went totally corporate)
There are probably others. In Colorado I grow Yacon and Oca in a greenhouse
with excellent success. I think Yacon is the best personally. Mushroom
(Kapuler) is growing yacon and making syrup out of it as a low glycemic
sugar substitute.
Also there are many perennial root crops that aren't from the Andes. Eric
Toensmeier has documented them well in Perennial Vegetables. Things like
groundnut, mint root, skirret, and even the root of winged bean. You can
now get plants directly from Eric's garden via Food Forest Farm. I
recommend ordering early.
Also Mushroom is listed in the Seed Saver's exchange and you may be able to
get some of these rare Andean root crops directly from him via that
channel.
Before I watched this film I had no idea GMOs were so pervasive or linked to
so many illnesses. Well worth watching. This film needs to go viral in
California! - CS
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