The Forest Garden
By Ben Bishop & Mike Amato
The Forest Garden Podcast is a joint venture between Ben Bishop and Mike Amato, two plant nerds who in the summer of 2020 realized they shared the same alma mater and the same interests in alternative solutions to our rapidly evolving climate.
The Forest GardenSep 16, 2022
Regenerative Orcharding with Jonathan Carr of Carr's Ciderhouse
Join us for an engaging conversation with Jonathan Carr on the topic of regenerative orchard practices and a variety of other topics on the podcast today. To quote the writing on one of the hard cider bottles I've got on top of my fridge... "Preservation Orchard is the home of Carr's Ciderhouse, where we practice regenerative agriculture and evolutionary orcharding-- low input silvopasture for carbon sequestration, no spray for avian and pollinator habitat, and traditional and experimental cultivars for pest & disease resistance." If any of these topics interest you, tune in today to learn about how Jonathan, his family, friends, and cooperative farmers are putting regenerative principles into practice in Western Massachusetts.
Preservation Orchard Links:
https://www.carrsciderhouse.com/
https://www.instagram.com/carrsciderhouse/
https://www.meadowfedlamb.com/
https://www.instagram.com/meadowfedlamb/
https://pioneervalleyapiaries.com/
Lotta Crabtree Fund:
https://www.umass.edu/stockbridge/lotta-agricultural-fund
^And here's a UMass news article elaborating further.
Tree crop varieties Jonathan name drops in the episode:
Baldwin apple
Virginia crab, Hughes crabapple
Old Fashioned Limbertwig apple
Grimes Golden apple
Ralls Janet apple
English Apples:
Dabinette apple
Kingston Black apple
Yarlington Mill apple
White Jersey apple
Kokusu mulberry
Imshu heartnut from Grimo's Nut Nursery
P.S. this episode is a follow up of sorts to an interview we did with Matt Kaminsky a.k.a. Gnarly Pippins last year. Check out our "Feral Apples with Gnarly Pippins" episode if you haven't already.
Black Walnut with Ben Bishop
Black Walnut in alley cropping systems is the topic of today's podcast episode. With a very special guest who you may have heard of. Join us to learn all about Ben's thesis research in a fun co-host interview that we've been meaning to record for many months now. This species is so much more than the juglone, get over it non believers! Don't forget to follow us on instagram @forestgardenpodcast
First chapter of Ben's thesis (published):
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10457-023-00909-0
Ben's thesis via Mizzou online archive:
https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/handle/10355/91489
Ben's instagram and youtube:
https://www.instagram.com/the.forest.gardener
https://www.youtube.com/@theforestgardener4011
Other relevant links:
Medlars with Jane Steward
Medlar is the topic of today's podcast episode! We've talked about this unusual and delicious fruit on the podcast in snippets here and there, but today it gets the attention it deserves. Join us for an in-depth interview with Jane Steward, author of Medlars: Growing and Cooking, on the fascinating history of the medlar, cultivation and harvest tips, and best ways to process or cook this fantastic fruit.
Jane's business website: https://www.eastgatelarder.co.uk/
Jane recommends purchasing Medlars: Growing and Cooking from bookshop.org or from your local independent bookstore.
Jane can be found on instagram at @eastgatelarder
In this episode Jane name drops Scott Farm in Vermont and Hortus Gardens in NY.
If you're interested in watching the country life Medlar cheese ASMR video that Mike mentioned in the episode, it can be found here.
Hazelnuts with Tom Molnar
Join us for a deep dive into the Hazelnut, a tree crop that has not been discussed enough on this podcast! Today we primarily talk about European hazelnuts (Corylus avellana) and hybrids (Corylus avellana x americana), and learn from Dr. Tom Molnar about the decades of germplasm collection, evaluation, and breeding research his lab has conducted at Rutgers University. In 2020, Rutgers released a handful of EFB resistant cultivars of european hazelnuts and a hybrid hazelnut called 'The Beast'. Tune in to learn all about them. We also discuss other hazelnut breeding programs in the U.S. involving both European and American hazelnuts, and how climate change may impact tree crop agriculture in the coming decades.
Tom recommends contacting him via email if you are interested in growing hazelnuts released by Rutgers: Tom's Contact Page
Tom also recommends checking out, and considering membership with, the Northern Nut Growers.
To acquire hazelnut cultivars released by Rutgers, Tom recommends:
Foggy Bottom Tree Farm
Topics covered in our discussion on climate adaptation related to Hazelnuts was inspired by the climate change chapter of the book Growing Hybrid Hazelnuts by Phil Rutter
Listeners may be interested in learning more about the Oregon State University Hazelnut Research Program.
The Badgersett Research Farm is also mentioned in this episode.
Forage, Harvest, Feast with Marie Viljoen
It's 2024 and we're back! Marie Viljoen is our first guest on season four of the podcast. Join us as we discuss some of the underutilized edibles featured in Marie's book Forage, Harvest, Feast: A Wild-Inspired Cuisine.
Marie Recommends:
https://integrationacres.com/ to find spicebush listed as "Appalachian Allspice"
Sam Thayer's Field Guide to Wild Edible Plants as a fantastic resource for foraging information.
Marie's Links:
Forage, Harvest, Feast + 66 Square Feet (Books)
https://www.instagram.com/marie_viljoen/
Relevant literature regarding urban foraging and pollutants, particulates, etc:
Food safety considerations of urban agroforestry systems grown in contaminated environments
Particulate Matter Accumulation on Apples and Plums: Roads Do Not Represent the Greatest Threat
Pawpaws with Neal Peterson
It's pawpaw season! So today we have a very timely episode for you all, an interview with Neal Peterson of Peterson Pawpaws. Neal has spent decades working with Asimina triloba, collecting fruits from orchards across the Eastern United States and improving the largest tree ripened fruit of North America into the seven named cultivars that we know so well today. Allegheny, Potomac, Rappahannock, Susquehanna, Shenandoah, Tallahatchie, Wabash...you may have heard of these cultivars, but do you know how they came to be? In this episode we take a deep dive into Neal's breeding work and learn about the selection process that lead to these improved fruits release into the nursery industry. We also discuss the growing requirements for pawpaw, the culture that has evolved around this species over the past half century, food allergy/annonacin content concerns, and much more. This is an episode not to be miss missed, stick with us.
Peterson Pawpaws:
https://www.petersonpawpaws.com/
Places to buy pawpaws in the northeast:
Cricket Hill Garden - https://www.treepeony.com/
Broken Arrow - https://www.brokenarrownursery.com/
Logees - https://www.logees.com/
Perfect Circle - https://www.perfectcircle.farm/
Upcoming festivals (shoutout to Encygropedia for this epic list!):
Ohio Pawpaw Festival: https://ohiopawpawfest.com/
Frederick Maryland Festival: https://ecologiadesign.com/paw-paw-festival-longcreek-homestead/
Powhattan, Virginia Festival: https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/event?id=2023-05-24-17-33-29-969019-x6b
Pawpaws at West Farm Nursery, Branchburg, NJ: https://nofanj.org/event/farm-tour-pawpaws-at-west-farm-nursery/
1st Annual Pawpaw Festival, Louisville, KY: https://www.louisvillenaturecenter.org/upcoming-events/2023/7/27/first-annual-pawpaw-festival
York County Pawpaw Festival, York, PA:
https://hornfarmcenter.org/pawpawfest/
West Virginia Pawpaw Festival, Morgantown, WV:
https://arboretum.wvu.edu/wv-pawpaw-festival
Annonacin Content Research:
Progressive supranuclear palsy and pawpaw - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7156197/
Annonacin and Squamocin Contents of Pawpaw - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32761515/
Annonacin in Asimina triloba fruit: implication for neurotoxicity - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22130466/
Hybrid Chestnuts with Dick Jaynes
Feral Apples with Gnarly Pippins
Today's episode is all about the pomes! Tune in for our discussion with Matt Kaminsky, aka Gnarly Pippins, on the topic of wild/feral/seedling apples. Matt is a fruit explorer and orchardist who specializes in feral trees that kick it on the sides of highways, edges, and other forgotten places without any management from humans. Why are these trees important? Seedling apples and other pome fruits (like pears) that grow in these edge ecosystems are frequently much more resistant to the many pests and diseases that affect their cultivated cousins in commercial and organic orchards. The genetic diversity of these feral fruits is astounding. There is a movement of like minded fruit hunters who have started to champion these trees in recent years, and Matt is one of these folks. This episode cannot be missed! Check out the links below to learn more about the topics discussed in the episode.
Acquire scion and grafted trees from: gnarlypippins.com
Follow Matt on instagram: instagram.com/gnarlypippins
Keep up with silvopasture work at: meadowfedlamb.com
Preservation Orchard + Carr’s Cider House: https://www.carrsciderhouse.com/
https://www.instagram.com/carrsciderhouse/
Pomological Exhibition: stay updated on gnarlypippins.com
Pomological Series: https://gnarlypippins.com/product/pre-order-pomological-series-wild-apple-exhibition-vol-2/
William Mullin: https://www.instagram.com/Pomme_William/
Franklin County Cider Days: https://ciderdays.org/
Cummins Nursery: https://www.cumminsnursery.com/
Fedco Trees: https://www.fedcoseeds.com/trees/
Feral Seedling Apples Discussed Today:
I-95, discovered by Jack Kertesz: https://www.fedcoseeds.com/trees/i-95-apple-147
Old Fertile, discovered by Gnarly Pippins: https://fedcoseeds.com/trees/old-fertile-cider-apple-219
Gnar Gnar of New Philadelphia, submitted to Pomological Exhibition by Teddy Weber of Tin Hat Cider: https://www.tinhatcider.com/
Darth Maul, submitted to Pomological Series by Sam Exhibition of Quivering Twig Horticulture: https://www.quiveringtwig.com/
Oikos Tree Crops with Ken Asmus
In today's episode we consider ourselves very lucky to be interviewing Ken Asmus of Oikos Tree Crops. A mail order plant nursery specializing in seedling populations of a wide range of edible plants including trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and tuber crops. Join us as we learn about the many selections that Ken has made over the past forty years. If you are interested in rare or unusual fruit and nut bearing trees, the idea of maintaining biological diversity through seedling populations, or beneficial interactions between intentional and volunteer plantings in a food forest context- don't miss this episode.
Ken's links:
https://www.instagram.com/oikostreecrops/
Boston Food Forest Coalition with Nellie Ward & Alex Alvanos
Welcome back podcast listeners, today we have Nellie Ward & Alex Alvanos of the Boston Food Forest Coalition on the podcast. Boston Food Forest Coalition is a non profit organization that works to transform vacant lots across Boston into community orchards and edible parks. Nellie is a steward at the Eggleston Community Orchard in Jamaica Plain, and Alex is both a steward of the same orchard and the associate director of the organization. BFFC has a community land trust that they use to preserve their food forests to ensure they remain public in perpetuity. The organization works in partnership with community residents to create equitable green space for all, while taking into consideration regenerative practices. Tune in to learn all about it.
Links from today's discussion:
- https://www.bostonfoodforest.org/
- https://csld.edu/ (Conway School)
- https://www.offshootsinc.com/
- http://landofplentyboston.com/
- https://communityfoodforests.com/handbook/
- https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/49351 (Joan Nassauer)
- https://blackskyblacksky.bandcamp.com/album/demo (Nellie's band)
- https://www.alexandthepeople.com/ (Alex's band)
Groundcovers in Edible Forest Gardens with Dave Jacke
You spoke up and we listened! Responding to a survey we put out earlier this year on our instagram page, which is @forestgardenpodcast, we decided to do an episode on ground covers in the forest garden. And who better to talk about this topic than the man who wrote the book on forest gardens in North America, Dave Jacke (with co-author Eric Toensmeier, who we have previously interviewed... and you should check out that episode too). Today's episode discusses ground covers, but also dips into a range of topics related to forest gardens and Dave's experience writing the book Edible Forest Gardens Volumes 1 & 2. Stick with us for an episode jam packed with useful info.
Dave's links:
- https://www.edibleforestgardens.com/
- contact: davekjacke@gmail.com
Chelsea Green link to purchase the books:
- https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/edible-forest-gardens-2-volume-set/
Food Access & Community Fridges with Reggy of Fridgeport
Today's episode dives into the community fridge model, a concept that became common in the U.S. during the Covid-19 pandemic as more and more people in urban areas across america became food insecure. Join us today, as we learn about the origins of Fridgeport, the community fridge project based in Bridgeport, CT. Be sure to check out the links below, and consider making a peapod delivery donation to the fridge itself at the location listed here:
- Fridgeport address for donations: 219 James St, Bridgeport, CT 06604
- https://bridgeportmutualaid.org/what-do-you-need-what-can-you-offer/
- https://www.facebook.com/Fridgeport/
- https://www.instagram.com/fridgeport/
- https://www.instagram.com/fridgehaven/
- https://www.instagram.com/fridgeford/
Four Season Farming with Dakota of River Ridge Farm
Today's episode is all about the winter harvest, and the reality of starting a farm in New England where land is not affordable. Tune in for our interview with Dakota Rudloff-Eastman of River Ridge Farm to learn about what the land acquisition process looks like for a new farmer trying to set their roots, leasing vs. owning, how four season farming with the double cover method works, which vegetables produced through this method do best at the market, advice for young farmers trying to get started, and much more. Find us on instagram @forestgardenpodcast and Dakota & Matt at the links below:
- https://www.riverridgefarmandmarket.com/
- https://www.instagram.com/riverridgefarmct/
- https://www.facebook.com/Riverridgefarmandmarket
Starting a farm resources mentioned by Dakota:
- https://www.ctfarmlink.org/find-a-farm
- https://newenglandfarmlandfinder.org/new-england-farm-link-collaborative
- https://www.fsa.usda.gov/
- https://www.farmcrediteast.com/
- https://www.dirtpartners.com/
- https://landforgood.org/
- https://www.thecarrotproject.org/
Kernza & Perennial Agriculture with Tessa Peters of The Land Institute
How many of y'all have heard of the long root ale? Climate smart honey oats cereal? How about Kernza? The main ingredient in these products, and the perennial grain that has the potential to revolutionize our modern agricultural system. Tune in today for a deep dive into Kernza and the other perennialization projects taking place at the land institute. Tessa Peters fills us in on the history of perennial grain research in the U.S., what Kernza is, where it grows, what conditions it prefers, what hurdles perennial grains have to overcome in our current agricultural model, and much more. Don't touch that dial! Find our guest at @thelandinstutue and us on instagram at @forestgardenpodcast.
Links:
- https://kernza.org/
- https://landinstitute.org/
Forest Farming with Linh Aven of Dandelion Forest Farm
Linh's links:
www.dandelionforestfarm.com/
Links to topics discussed in the episode:
route9cooperative.com/
www.regenerativedesigngroup.com/
www.twisted-tree.net/ (Akiva Silver)
www.perfectcircle.farm/ (Buzz Ferver)
www.eco59.com/ (CT local ecotype project)
edgewood-nursery.com/ (Aaron Parker, local ecotype seed)
www.riverhillsharvest.com/ (American Elderberry)
www.facebook.com/BigRiverFriend/ (Big River Chestnuts, Jono Neiger)
www.foragersharvest.com/store/p240/HickoryNutOil.html (Sam Thayer, hickory nut oil)
www.yellowbud.farm/ (Jesse Marksohn + co., hickory nut oil)
northeastpermaculture.org/ (PAN)
Tree Crops with Buzz Ferver of Perfect Circle Farm
Welcome back podcast listeners! This episode is jam packed with information about fruit and nut trees. We consider ourselves very lucky to have Buzz Ferver of Perfect Circle Farm on the podcast today, sharing his wealth of knowledge with us. Tune in to learn about Buzz's backstory, his introduction to tree crops and regenerative systems, the history of tree crop selection in the early 20th century in North America, and much more. If you stick around until the end of the episode, we dive into specifics on several nut and fruit trees. It's really worth the listen! We hope you enjoy the episode, and remember you can always get in touch with us via a direct message on our instagram page @forestgardenpodcast.
Buzz's links:
- https://www.perfectcircle.farm/
- https://nutgrowing.org/
The Cohousing Model with Henry Lappen of Cherry Hill Cohousing
Hey there podcast listeners. Today we have a very interesting interview for you with Henry Lappen, a member of the Cherry Hill Cohousing community based in Amherst, Massachusetts. Henry has been a part of this unique community in western Massachusetts for the past thirty years - ever since its establishment in the early 1990's. For those who aren't familiar, the cohousing model is a Danish concept that originated in the 1960's. If you're trying to imagine what cohousing looks like, think of an intentional community of private or semi-private homes laid out in a clustered design around shared communal spaces. Shared meals and shared work are an integral part of the model, and often these communities have many gardens or agricultural spaces integrated in the landscape. In this episode, we’ll learn all about the cohousing model, how the vast food forest at Cherry Hill came to be, and what day to day life is like at Cherry Hill. We'll also get some insight into how folks interested in establishing their own ecovillage or cohousing community can get started. Stick with us, and remember that if you have a question about the episode you can always reach us via a direct message on our instagram page @forestgardenpodcast.
Relevant Links:
https://web.cohousing.com/
http://cohousing.org/
Winter Gloom Survival pt. 2: Our Favorite YouTube Channels
Channels covered today:
Weird Explorer, Jared Rydelek
Business Insider: So Expensive - Food
Growing Your Greens, John Kohler
Those Plant People, Pippa Chapman + Andrew Chapman
Kirsten Dirksen
Green Dreams, Pete Kanaris
Edible Acres, Sean Dembrosky
The Forest Gardener, (our very own) Ben Bishop
Andrew Millison
Happen Films
Exploring Alternatives
Regenerative Films
Documentaries to get you through Winter Gloom
Docs Featured in the Episode:
Soil/Regenerative Ag:
Kiss the Ground, 2020 (Netflix)
Regreening the Desert John D Liu, 2012 (Youtube/Vimeo)
Symphony of the Soil, 2012 (Youtube)
Living Soil, 2018 (Youtube)
Farming:
The Biggest Little Farm, 2018 (Rotational Streaming)
Fruit/Food
The Fruit Hunters, 2012 (Youtube/Rotational Streaming)
The Botany of Desire, 2009 (Prime/Rotational Streaming)
Bees:
The Pollinators, 2019 (Prime)
More than Honey, 2012 (Plex/Rotational Streaming)
Vanishing of the Bees, 2009 (Plex/Rotational Streaming)
Climate/Water:
Tomorrow, 2015 (Rotational Streaming/Direct Purchase)
Last Call at the Oasis, 2011 (Rotational Streaming)
Tapped, 2009 (Youtube/Rotational Streaming)
Chasing Ice, 2012 (Rotational Streaming)
Permaculture:
Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective, 2015 (Direct Purchase Vimeo)
Woodlanders Series, 2017 (Vimeo)
Permaculture The Documentary: How it Started, 2020 (Youtube)
Regenerative Films (Youtube)
Mushrooms:
Fantastic Fungi, 2019 (Netflix/Rotational Streaming)
The Last Season, 2014 (iTunes)
How To Change Your Mind, 2022 (Netflix)
Specialty Plant Nurseries for Next Year's Food Forest
Links of nurseries covered in today's episode:
Humble Abode Nursery, Ashfield, MA USDA Zone 5a: www.humbleabodenursery.com/
Hidden Springs Nursery, Cookeville, TN USDA Zone 6: www.hiddenspringsnursery.com/
England’s Nut Orchard, McKee, KY USDA Zone 6a: www.nuttrees.net/
Ozark Mountain Jewel, Gainesville, MO USDA Zone 6b: www.ozarkmountainjewel.com/
Norton Naturals, Tamworth, ON USDA Zone 5b: www.nortonnaturals.com/
Perfect Circle Farm, Barre, VT USDA Zone 4b: www.perfectcircle.farm
Fruitwood Nursery, Humboldt County, CA USDA Zone 8: www.fruitwoodnursery.com/
From Food Forest to Table: Holiday Recipes
Relevant links from today's episode:
www.chelseagreen.com/product/forage-harvest-feast/
Recipe links (maybe not precisely the recipe we used for the dishes we talk about in the episode, but perhaps a jumping off point for anyone interested in making them at home!):
www.marthastewart.com/1140980/dates-and-blue-cheese
www.simplyscratch.com/prosciutto-wrapped-gorgonzola-stuffed-dates-in-a-honey-balsamic-drizzle/
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1022853-hoshigaki-dried-persimmons
cookieandkate.com/pecan-butter-recipe/
www.thehungrybites.com/mushroom-chestnut-creamy-risotto/
food52.com/recipes/1862-mushroom-chestnut-risotto
Kernza: Perennial Grain of the Future (Guest Episode)
A Lifetime of Chestnut Research with Dr. Sandra Anagnostakis
Dr Sandy's Links:
portal.ct.gov/CAES/ABOUT-CAES/Staff-Biographies/Sandra-L-Anagnostakis
nutgrowing.org/
Yardwork: Gardening is Heavy Metal (Guest Episode)
Episode Description from Outside/In:
Every so often, when she’s digging in her backyard garden, amateur gardener Maureen McMurray encounters something she didn’t expect: a lump of coal. She’s planted vegetables in the same soil for a few years now. But as she prepared for an upcoming growing season, she wondered: is her homegrown produce poisoning her family?
The answer is nicer than you might think.
Featuring Maureen McMurray, Nate Bernitz, and Ganga Hettiarachchi. Reported by Justine Paradis. Full episode details, credits, and transcript available here.
Links:
outsideinradio.org/
www.instagram.com/outsideinradio/
Forage & Feast! Mushroom Hunting & Notes from the Russian Diaspora with Dan Bensonoff
Outdoor Mushroom Cultivation with Field and Forest Products
It's September! This sweltering summer is coming to a close, and thank the heavens it's been raining a bit more in the past few weeks. (At least in our neck of the woods). With the coming drops in temperature and increased precipitation, we over here at The Forest Garden have our foraging baskets all set and ready for the weeks to come. But did you know you could experience a mushroom harvest in your own backyard? Join us for an in-depth episode delving into the world of outdoor mushroom cultivation with our lovely guests Phoebe & Joe Krawczyk of Field and Forest Products! Listen in to learn about Winecap cultivation in woodchip beds, shiitake cultivation on logs, and much much more! And if you don't follow them already on social media, check out Phoebe's incredible mushroom minute posts on the Field and Forest instagram page @fieldandforestproducts. You can also find us on instagram @forestgardenpodcast, which is the best place to reach out if you have any questions or comments about a topic we cover in a given episode.
Field and Forest Products links:
https://www.instagram.com/fieldandforestproducts/
https://www.fieldforest.net/
Other projects we discuss in the episode:
http://www.woodlanders.com/
Carbon Farming Solutions & The Nutritional Value of Perennial Vegetables with Eric Toensmeier
Eric’s links:
www.patreon.com/erictoensmeier
www.perennialsolutions.org/
drawdown.org/
Eric’s Books:
www.perennialsolutions.org/shop
Establishing a Regenerative Community Network: The Resilience Hub with Lisa Fernandes
Organizations Lisa wants you to know about:
resiliencehub.org/
artofhosting.org/
www.bollier.org/category/tags/commoning
www.mainewabanakireach.org/
nibezun.org/
www.facebook.com/EWRematriation/
snefcc.carrd.co/
nefoclandtrust.org/
Food Forests in Public Spaces: Mount Joy Community Orchard with Aaron Parker
Today we have an extra special episode! We're lucky to be hosting Aaron Parker of Edgewood Nursery, Propaganda by the Seed, and most importantly - the Mount Joy Community Orchard Project. Mt. Joy is a food forest/community orchard located on Munjoy Hill in Portland, Maine. I first discovered it completely by accident. I stumbled into this magical landscape covered in herbaceous pollinator plants mixed in with fruit trees, and asked an elderly gentleman who was there picking raspberries "for his sweetie" - what's the deal with this place? He told me that is was a free to pick public orchard where anyone could come by and harvest whatever they wanted, so long as they were respectful of the landscape. From that moment I was hooked. If you've ever wanted your local park to look more like a forest garden, and less like a mowed lawn, today's episode is one you can't miss. Listen in as we learn about how Mt. Joy got started, what its evolution has looked like over time, and the steps that you can take to start a similar project in your community. Don't touch that dial! And remember that you can always find us at @forestgardenpodcast on instagram.
Aaron's Links:
https://www.instagram.com/mount.joy.orchard/
https://mountjoyorchard.wixsite.com/mtjoy
https://edgewood-nursery.com/
https://propagandabytheseed.libsyn.com/
Other Links for organizations or events mentioned in the episode:
https://resiliencehub.org/
https://www.mofga.org/the-fair/
Ten Lesser Known East Asian Edibles with Kyle Dougherty
Permaculture isn’t Perfect: Ethics, Problems, & Solutions
Passiflora: Liliko'i, Maypops, and More!
Coming to you live from the back of Palolo valley on the Island of O'ahu - we have quite and exciting episode for you today. Passiflora is a genus that Ben and I are obsessed with. Back home, the Maypop (Passiflora incarnata) vines I have spread throughout my forest garden are likely just starting to pop up in the landscape. Until I get back to them, I'm spending my time taste testing all of the tropical species of passionfruit I can get my hands on. Tune in to learn all about them! Be sure to check out our Instagram @forestgardenpodcast for photos of some of the species we cover in today's episode. Enjoy!
Spring Foraging: Ramps, Morels, & Exciting Alternatives
Propaganda By The Seed: Breeding Perennial Kale with Chris Homanics (Guest Episode)
store.experimentalfarmnetwork.org/products/kaleidescope-perennial-kale-grex
edgewood-nursery.com/podcast
propagandabytheseed.libsyn.com/
www.soleone.org/
Yellowbud Hickory Nut Oil with Jesse Marksohn of Yellowbud Farm
www.yellowbud.farm/
www.instagram.com/fungalforestfarm/
Perennial Tree Collards & Kales with Sequoiah of Project Tree Collard
Whether you're a forest gardener in chilly Zone 6 or enjoy the year-round warmth of Zones 9+, Perennial Tree Collards are a highly adaptable family of plants that can provide you with a bounty of highly nutritious food. Listen in to today's episode to learn all about them. Follow Sequoiah via her links below:
www.projecttreecollard.org/
www.instagram.com/projecttreecollard/
www.facebook.com/ProjectTreeCollard/
www.youtube.com/channel/UCSti61Hw1btrsuB_10Z71hQ
Silvopasture & Community Food Security with Lisa Depiano of the UMASS Carbon Farming Initiative
Lisa's Links:
lisamariedepiano.com/
commonsharefood.coop/
stockbridge.cns.umass.edu/lisa-depiano
Beyond Paradise Lot with Jonathan Bates of Food Forest Farm
Jonathan's links:
www.foodforestfarm.com/
www.youtube.com/c/FoodForestFarm
Rare Fruit Tree Crops for Northern Homesteads with Dan Furman of Cricket Hill Garden
Hardy Perennial Vegetables with Dave Scandurra of Food Forest Initiative of Cape Cod & Edible Landscapes of Cape Cod
Urban Forest Gardens with Matt Lebon of Custom Foodscaping & The Foodscaper
Remember that we here at The Forest Garden want to hear from you! To be featured in an upcoming episode, send us prerecorded comment or question as an audio file to our email theforestgardenpodcast@gmail.com. If you want to connect with us on social, our handle on instagram is @forestgardenpodcast. Matt's social: @customfoodscaping and @thefoodscaperhq
Links:
www.thefoodscaper.com/summit
www.customfoodscaping.com/
www.thefoodscaper.com/
Ethical & Sustainable Seed Sources
Some of the organizations mentioned in the episode!
sacredsucculents.com/
www.fedcoseeds.com/
www.treeshrubseeds.com/
strictlymedicinalseeds.com/
harc.missouri.edu/about/
www.rareseeds.com/
www.experimentalfarmnetwork.org/
oikostreecrops.com/
www.kitazawaseed.com/
www.adaptiveseeds.com/
territorialseed.com/
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The New Normal: Our Everchanging Climate
Tropical Permaculture with Adam Crowe of ʻĀina Exotics
Propagation Methods for the Backyard Food Forest
Invasives: this is not my beautiful plant!
The Four Season Harvest: Fall & Winter in the Forest Garden
Fall Sowing: Broadcasting, Innoculating, and Preparing for a Four Season Harvest!
Who says you can't have a Four-Season Garden? It might be October, but there are still lots of things to do in the backyard Food Forest. Join us as we contemplate different strategies for best practice in stewardship of your landscape during the Fall. And don't forget to follow our Instagram page @forestgardenpodcast! If you have any questions or concerns, shoot us an email at theforestgardenpodcast@gmail.com, and, if you would like to appear on the show - pose your question or comment to us as a pre-recorded audio file! We would love to feature you on an upcoming episode.
Fall Abundance: Composting in The Four Season Garden