I'm reading a fantastic book, "Restoration Agriculture" by Mark Shepard. He talks about moving our planting consciousness from "annuals" to "perennials"! I've always had a perennial flower garden but Shepard has helped (and horrified) me into realizing that the greatest civilizations have been brought low by monocrops (annuals like corn,soy,wheat) which also are VERY low in nutritional value compared to perennials (walnut/chestnut/hazelnut, peach/pear/plum, apple, berry, fungi/mushroom). I planted a peach tree 2 years ago and had a bumper crop last summer. It's healthy and ready to blossom now~so excited! * p.s. to Marybeth K. living with only a woodburning stove: have you heard about "Air Plants"? Supposedly, you don't need a green thumb.
I'm reading a fantastic book, "Restoration Agriculture" by Mark Shepard. He talks about moving our planting consciousness from "annuals" to "perennials"! I've always had a perennial flower garden but Shepard has helped (and horrified) me into realizing that the greatest civilizations have been brought low by monocrops (annuals like corn,soy,wheat) which also are VERY low in nutritional value compared to perennials (walnut/chestnut/hazelnut, peach/pear/plum, apple, berry, fungi/mushroom). I planted a peach tree 2 years ago and had a bumper crop last summer. It's healthy and ready to blossom now~so excited! * p.s. to Marybeth K. living with only a woodburning stove: have you heard about "Air Plants"? Supposedly, you don't need a green thumb.