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“It is not a metaphor that we are related to our seeds.”

Combine permaculture gardening techniques and edible landscaping ingenuity in your garden by growing perennial vegetables. Plus, our list of best perennials and resources guide will get you started with this sustainable, practical gardening technique.

Looking for edible landscaping ideas and inspiration? Designing your landscape with edible ornamental plants can create a diverse, sustainable and delicious source of local food for you and your community that looks gorgeous too!

There are all types of gardens. I think Silver does a better job of teaching this important lesson even as he restricts his list of plant allies to a few that work for him. That is the point.

Trees are good for many things, and their widespread planting is promoted as a solution to challenges ranging from climate change to biodiversity loss, desertification of cropland and rangeland, and declining freshwater resources. One lesser appreciated benefit of growing trees is for their leaves for human nutrition, but a new book, Trees with Edible Leaves: […]

Author Dani Baker examines how vertical space in forest gardens can organically overlap to keep multiple layers of plants growing beautifully.

Most of the vegetables we eat are annuals. Examples include carrots, lettuce and broccoli, which are planted year after year from seed or as seedlings....

by Gabriel Popkin (Washington Post)  President Biden says farmers can adopt agricultural methods that help fight climate change. Maryland farmer Trey Hill has been trying. … As the winter cover crops grow, they will feed microbes and improve the soil’s health, which Hill believes will eventually translate into higher yields of the crops that provide his income: corn, soybean and wheat. But just as importantly, they will pull down carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in the grou...