Food forests have become increasingly popular in permaculture circles as a way of planting a low maintenance, diverse, abundant garden. While “forest” conjures up pictures of a large, wooded landscape, you can design the smallest of gardens following food forest principles. The idea is to have plants growing in different layers. By doing this, you […]
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Self seeding annuals What is a self seeding annual? Annuals are plants which do all their growing, flowering, setting seed in one year and then die. Think of the usual garden favourites such as petunias, cornflowers, begonias. Some of them grow like this whatever the climate, while others might live longer in countries with warmer
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Roast yacon and sausage with chilli and lime This yacon recipe can be adapted to use whatever winter salad greens you have growing in your garden. Some with a bit of a bite are good to balance the sweetness of the yacon. Then add some protein and top with a zingy salad dressing for a
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