There are some techniques that are strongly associated with Permaculture. Swales, as the Swedish possibly called for severing ditches, is one of these. One of Europe's most renowned permakulturlärare and writers, Patrick Whitefield, recently published a post on his blog, in which he argued that swales are overestimated in a climate that Britain. His point was […]
In the last post of this series on forest garden design, I wrote about how to formulate a vision and goals, and why you do it. In addition, I described the criteria that one can use to find the right place for his forest garden. This second part of the series is about the continued mapping step and the analysis of both the survey […]
To a forest garden to work, we need to create a dynamic similar to the one we can find in natural ecosystems. It is primarily about creating healthy soil, a good pest balance, good conditions for pollination and especially self-generated fertility, ie. a system covering its own needs for nutrients so […]
There are many ways to go from the dream of a forest garden into reality. I use a fairly structured process in designing my forest garden. The process is inspired by the design process used in permaculture (se t.ex. [1] and [2]) and has been a great help to maintain focus and avoid unnecessary mistakes […]
Edible perennial group (http://åretsätligaperenn.se /), which is an interest group to spread knowledge of edible perennials, appointed last week ostrich fern (Mateuccia struthiopteris) to this year's edible perennial. I was very happy with the appointment as ostrich fern is one of my absolute favorites in the spring. The plant is the only edible fern in our climate that I know of. The harvests […]
