Category: permaculture
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Create an Environment for Exotic Tropical Plants with a Food Forest
The dense canopy of trees and shrubs provides shade and shelter for the plants, protecting them from the worst of the elements. Create an edible oasis for your tropical plants with a food forest!
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Comfrey is your (plant’s) best friend
Comfrey is perhaps the most useful companion plant in permaculture for good reasons. Comfrey has deep tap roots that don’t compete with tree roots, and can mine nutrients from deep within the soil and bring them up to the surface where your exotics can access them. This makes comfrey a great nutrient accumulator, which is…