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Honeyberry - The Essential Guide to probably everything you need to know about growing Honeyberry - Lonicera caerulea (opens the original)
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Honeyberry, also known as Blue Honeysuckle, or Haskap is a small perennial shrub with delicious edible berries. The great news for people that live in the colder parts of our planet is, unlike most delicious fruits, Honeyberry grows best in cold climes. More good news, if you love blueberries but don't have acid soils, Honeyberries make a great substitute, if not better, and can be grown on acidic, neutral, or alkaline soils. The plants are easy to grow and largely untroubled by pests and diseas
How to Design Polycultures - Scaling up Polycultures - Component Based Design - Chapter Seven, Part One (opens the original)
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Welcome to Week 7 of our Regenerative Landscape Design course!So far in this course, we’ve explored the principles of regenerative design, learned to read landscapes, and started thinking about how plants can work together in polycultures. This lesson, we’re tackling one of the most exciting – and challenging – questions in regenerative design: How do you scale up polycultures from a small garden plot to a farm, a forest garden, or an entire landscape?New to the course? Don’t worry—you can catch
The Essential Guide to Probably Everything you Need to Know about Growing Cornelian Cherry (opens the original)
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Cornelian Cherry is undoubtedly one of the easiest fruit you can grow in a temperate climate. The plants produce a reliable crop of delicious fruits year in - year out, have close to zero pests and disease pressure and appear to get on very well with a vast range of other plants making it an excellent option for growing in polycultures. Include the splendid display of the bright yellow flowers, often laden by bees, that cheer up late winter with the promise of imminent spring, and it's a wonder
How to Design Polycultures - Techniques and Practices - Biomass Production and Pruning - Over-planting - Access - Chapter Six, Part Three (opens the original)
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Welcome to Chapter Six, Part Three!In part two, we explored the practical design strategies for arranging polycultures—from Islands and Blocks to Strips, Rows, Belts, and Borders—and learned how multi-layered planting maximizes space and resources. We also covered the importance of establishing a clear primary purpose for each polyculture to guide plant selection and ensure the design delivers on its intended function.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/ima
Persimmon — The Essential Guide to Probably Everything you Need to Know about Growing Diospyros kaki (opens the original)
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Highly regarded in Eastern culture for thousands of years, the Persimmon has rightly so started to gain more appreciation in the West. Whether on the tree, or suddenly appearing in the fruit isles of your stores and markets, the bright and cheerful fruits of Persimmon provide a welcome dazzle to the winter. Being easy to grow, producing a reliable crop of delicious fruits, and generally untroubled by pests and diseases, this is a perfect tree for permaculture and forest gardens. During this post
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