Archive for the 'Forest Garden' Category

Greening the Sahara

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

I get Google Alerts for terms such as “forest garden,” “permaculture,” and “seedball.” Whenever one of those is in the news or on the blogs, I get email. It’s useful to keep track of events and avoid missing things.
After reading the mail, I found a cool thing from March, 2007. This Flash presentation, converted to […]

Global Ideas Bank

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

A few years ago I stumbled upon The Global Ideas Bank and found an entry for “Forest Garden,” a project suggestion for growing food year round with “minimal labor” (it really said “labour,” actually — danged Commonwealthers). Seems plants grown together in different layers (roots, herbs, bushes, trees, vines, etc.), as in a wild forest, […]