Month: March 2019

10 Perennial Vegetables We Love

native perennial wood nettles

  Some vegetable plants come back year after year, without needing to be replanted. No beds to dig, no soil to prepare, just a little weeding and mulching from time to time. Sound too good to be true? Perennial vegetables are pretty amazing. They can be a wonderful addition to any food system, be it […]

Perennial Primer

perennial crops in a diverse permaculture garden

  Perennial crops are some of our favorites. They’re the starlets of the permaculture world for many reasons.  Not the least of which is that once they’re established, they keep giving and giving with (usually) less maintenance than annuals. There are tons of different perennial crops, from giant trees to tiny ground covers. Indeed, each […]