The Art of the Espalier: A Tree and Plant Training Technique
There are obviously many great ways of growing a variety of edible and ornamental trees and plants on your permaculture homestead. One method that offers a few benefits is growing using an Espalier...
Pollarding and Coppicing techniques are very similar but achieve slightly different goals. Each involves a method of pruning which ultimately results in more growth over time and shapes the tree in...
Have you ever heard the term chill hours but weren't quite sure what it meant and if it was important for you to understand? Well if you are growing fruit trees or certain vegetables it's probably...
When a plant produces one or more biochemicals that influence the germination, growth, survival, and reproduction of other plants. A common Allelopathic plant in North America is Black Walnut....
When I was a kid I would spend many weekends at my grandparent's house, out behind their barn along the fence was a whole row (probably about 20) mulberry trees. Grandma would send me back there to...
One of the greatest assets to any homestead are the productive trees growing on your property. In this article, I will cover some tips for planting them on your homestead which should give you the...
