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Episode-2587- Food and Farm Forestry for Global Security

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Today’s show was actually requested by none other than Geoff Lawton.  I made only one modification changing it from Food Forestry to Food and Farm Forestry, simply to be more clear.  When we think of food forests we think 90% about fruits and nuts, then about 10% about under story including the shrub and herbaceous layers.  The reality though is forests can provide among many other things, food, fiber, fodder, construction materials, medicine and more. Additionally we need to reconsider what we consider a “forest”.  Most would figure a forest must be in some way a square, rectangle, trapezoid, triangle, … Continue reading →

Episode-1764- Small Scale Food Forestry

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Today is the first ever show chosen by official poll of the audience.  The choices were and the order they came in were… One – Small Scale Food Forestry (26%) Two – Making and Using Herbal Medicines (20%) Three – Outdoor Cooking – Grilling, Smoking and More (16%) Four – Setting Up a Remote Property (BOL) (14%) Five – How to Talk to Friends and Family about Prepping (12%) Six – Investing in Gold and Silver (9%) You can see that poll and the final results here. Also the poll to select shows for May has been posted and you … Continue reading →

Episode-1270- Food Forest Questions and Answers – Part Four

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Four weeks ago I did a show called Food Forestry and How it Actually Works. In that show I asked for specific food forest questions. The response was so heavy that a three weeks ago I did Episode-1251- Food Forest Questions and Answers – Part One and wasn’t able to cover all the questions by a long shot. So two weeks ago we did Episode-1258- Food Forest Questions and Answers – Part Two and we were still far from done, so I did, Episode-1263- Food Forest Questions and Answers – Part Three.  Even with that we still have more questions, … Continue reading →

Episode-1263- Food Forest Questions and Answers – Part Three

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Three weeks ago I did a show called Food Forestry and How it Actually Works. In that show I asked for specific food forest questions. The response was so heavy that a two weeks ago I did Episode-1251- Food Forest Questions and Answers – Part One and wasn’t able to cover all the questions by a long shot. So then last week we did Episode-1258- Food Forest Questions and Answers – Part Two and we are still now far from done. Given the huge volume of questions it is clear there is a tremendous amount of interest in this topic and … Continue reading →

My Food Forest Presentation from the Recent Earthworks Workshop

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The Power Point Deck for this workshop is available here. This Presentation on Establishing a Food Forest was given by Jack Spirko at the Spirko Homestead on Nov. 23rd, 2013. You can track a write up of the entire project at Permaculture Global here. The Nursery Mentioned in East Texas is Bob Wells Nursery. The Tree Source mentioned for the Stuff I can’t get from Bob Wells is Raintree Nursery To see the swales installed during this workshop, see this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM0p1kbu1fU Here is our tentative design for the property as a whole showing an inlay of the forest we … Continue reading →

Episode-1258- Food Forest Questions and Answers – Part Two

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Two weeks ago I did a show called Food Forestry and How it Actually Works.  In that show I asked for specific food forest questions.  The response was so heavy that a week ago I did Episode-1251- Food Forest Questions and Answers – Part One and wasn’t able to cover all the questions by a long shot.  So today we have part two. If you didn’t listen to the first two shows, you might want to do so before listening to this show. The reason being is that this show is a direct result of questions that I asked the … Continue reading →

Episode-1251- Food Forest Questions and Answers – Part One

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Last week I did a show called Food Forestry and How it Actually Works.  If you didn’t listen to it you, you might want to do so before listening to this show.   The reason being is that this show is a direct result of questions that I asked the audience to send me at the end of that show.  Hence much of what was covered there I will be assuming you have already heard today. The reality is a food forest is both simple and quite complex at the same time.  The complexity is based on the system that develops, … Continue reading →

Episode-1246- Food Forestry and How it Actually Works

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From Nov. 21st to Nov. 23rd this month we are running an earthworks workshop, I think we still have two spots by the way for anyone that wants to come.  You can find out about that here. During this workshop we are putting in the main frame earth works for about .75 acres of food forest.  That is just the beginning though.  Main planting will occur in the spring.  At that time about 40 long term productive trees, lots of bushes and shrubs, some climbers and about 280 support trees will be planted. I talk about food forests often and … Continue reading →

Episode-1120- Designing Small Scale Forest Gardens

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At the presentation I just did at the Self Reliance Expo there were two main things people had major questions about when it comes to food forestry.  The first was “what trees and plants work in Texas” and that really is what will work in most of the US.  The second is how does this all apply to a small back yard or smaller piece of land. Now the new video Geoff Lawton just released shows what can be done, including with trees in small backyards.  This videos leads off with a back yard that is only 640SF.  Of course … Continue reading →

Episode-1112- Dave Jacke Workshop and Left Over Questions from the Lawton Interview

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Jessica Peterson of Inside Edge Design joins us today to discuss the coming workshop in Helena Montana with Dave Jacke.  This workshop will be to design the second ever public food forest on a 1.1 acre site managed by the city of Helena, MT.  There are several options for attendees. I will personally be there for the entire workshop and hope to see many of you guys there with me.  Every person that participates in the entire workshop from beginning to end will be listed as a design team member on the project and receive an electronic copy of the … Continue reading →