Category Archives: Forest Gardening

Growing Perennial Vegetables

Posted on 21 April 2012 by Graham

Book Review How to Grow Perennial Vegetables Low-maintenance, low-impact vegetable gardening by Martin Crawford Forward by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Green Books 2012 ppbck 224pp Martin Crawford is the director of the invaluable Agroforestry Research Trust in Dartington, Devon, and this is … Continue reading →

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Apios Americana

Posted on 23 October 2011 by Graham

Just harvested the first apios americana tubers. Also known as the groundnut or potato bean this curious vegetable is a legume and shade- tolerant climber that produces strings of edible tubers up to about 2″ long: I bought my original … Continue reading →

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American Odyssey Part 2: Permaculture in the Pacific North West

Posted on 26 August 2011 by Graham

Living mushrooms for sale in the Ferry Terminal Building, San Francisco: After two weeks of driving it was a relief to bring the car back and get onto the train to Seattle. Amtrak’s Coastal Starlight is considered one of the … Continue reading →

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A Taste of the Unexpected

Posted on 18 June 2011 by Graham

Book Review A Taste of the Unexpected How to grow your own remarkable fruit, vegetables, nuts, herbs, spices and flowers by Marc Diacono Hdbck 192pp Quadrille publishing 2011 Marc Diacono runs Otter Farm in Devon, “the UK’s only climate change … Continue reading →

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Perennial Vegetables

Posted on 17 June 2011 by Graham

Here are a few perennial vegetables that I have been growing the past couple of years. We have some of these, and more plants, for sale at the Derryduff nursery. I will be away from next week until the end … Continue reading →

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Mushroom Logs

Posted on 30 October 2010 by Graham

Yeah! We have fruiting Shiitake mushrooms on birch logs. Actually they are not mine, but the logs were inoculated about 2 years (!) ago by permaculture students during a field trip to John Dolan’s site near Ballingeary, West Cork. Dowels … Continue reading →

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Practical Permaculture in Wicklow July 31st- Aug 1st

Posted on 6 July 2010 by Graham

I will be teaching on a 2-day course in practical permaculture at Carraig Dulra, Co. Wicklow, July 31st and August 1st, with Suzie Cahn. The first day will include charcoal making (a potential business opportunity), biochar (which improves soil while … Continue reading →

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Creating a Forest Garden

Posted on 16 May 2010 by Graham

Book Review: Creating a Forest Garden Working with nature to grow edible Crops by Martin Crawford Green Books Hardback 384 pp Forward by Rob Hopkins Martin Crawford, Director of the Agroforestry Research Trust in Devon, UK, has produced a beautiful … Continue reading →

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Permaculture at Kerry Earth Education

Posted on 11 August 2009 by Graham

Kerry Earth Education Project (KEEP) hosted a 2-day Introduction to Permaculture and Forest gardening course which I led for 18 participants last weekend. The course was wonderfully hosted by Niamh and Ian and Cathy of KEEP at their centre at … Continue reading →

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Forest Gardening in the Irish Times

Posted on 22 June 2009 by Graham

We were fortunate enough to have Irish Times columnist John Gibbons attend our last permaculture course in Cloughjordan, and he had a great write up in his column last week: Permaculture offers one vision of a future where human ingenuity … Continue reading →

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