Improvements to land Plants Currently Alive with Comments Name Location Cold Tolerance. pH Plant Date Notes Amaryllis, “Apple Blossom” Several ’15 From a student’s family, won at a dinner. Flowers in May. I guess my friend was right was right April Showers do bring May flowers. Apple, Dorsett […]
Food Forest
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You need to send your soil into a lab. At the time of writing this costs about $30 on amazon for this soil laboratory test kit. I was able to get a free laboratory test kit with a code from Gnome in exchange for them advertising their lawn care formulas […]
Running a site that focuses on growing a food forest, raising farm animals and DIY projects, I’ve made all the mistakes there are to be made when it comes to watering. I’m going to focus on the two models I have used and include links to those, but there are […]
The Natal Plum, or scientifically, the Carissa Macrocarpa, is a tree common to South Africa where it gets its common name, the Nom Nom (Num Num) Tree, because it is so good to eat. I have never seen a Natal Plum in a Nursery near me so in order to […]
Looking for the best DIY Garden Watering System that will be cheap, effective, and easy to maintain? You’ve come to the right place. My wife and I are on Garden 7.0 and we’ve learned a lot through all of those revisions. Past Garden Watering Systems Garden 1.0 – Use shovel […]
The Passiflora edulis, or passion fruit, is a tropical vine that is native to parts of South America. Some other names for it are passion flower and passion vine. Pros of Passion Fruit Vine Vigorous grower Very little fertilizer and water input (I water mine weekly but rarely ever give it […]
Cotton Candy Tree, Strawberry Tree, Panama Berry tree, Cake batter tree??? There is a lot of confusion about the name for this tree and admittedly I made up the last one, but my wife demands that they taste like cake batter. To avoid the confusion, the genus is Mutingia and […]
Tamarind is a traditional food in many countries, but I myself had never paid much attention to them. These trees are amazing trees in that they are both fast growing and highly wind resistant. Usually fast growing trees have weak wood which breaks easily. Pros of Tamarind Trees Fruit can be left […]
Mulberries are incredibly delicious, however, the fruit are easily damaged so you rarely see them available in stores. The trees are drought tolerant and require little fertilizer. They are prolific growers sprouting new trees from cuttings easily. There are many different varieties and colors that grow in most climates including varieties that […]
I’ll admit that I was at first very reluctant to order the Chaya Spinach Tree. In fact, I never ordered it — it came as a “bonus” plant. I’m glad I planted it and gave it a chance because this is probably one of the most amazing plants out of […]
The Pindo Jelly Palm is perhaps one of the easiest to manage fruit trees on our land. In fact, the one time I tried to give it water and fertilizer, it died. My policy now for my pindo palms is to stick them in the ground and ignore them. Pros of Pindo […]
The Barbados Cherry Tree is one of the best producers and a fast grower with or without fertilizer and water input. Barbados Cherry Vitamin C Content According to Vitamin C in Barbados cherry Malpighia glabra L. pulp submitted to processing and to different forms of storage, each 100 grams of cherry […]