Thursday, April 16, 2009

Food Forests Across America Radio Show!



Listen to this incredible radio show featuring Ethan Roland of the Forest Garden Immersion Course! Six forest gardeners from across the US discuss the new Campaign and the abundant possibilities of perennial agriculture across the continent. Listen here:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rawinspirations/2009/04/07/Visionary-Culture-Radio-with-host-Laura-Fox


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Thursday, April 9, 2009

Plantlist for Plant Trade!

From the Course Handbook:

Plant Trade
This is the second year we are offering this innovative program. To reduce your course fees and support the genetic diversity of forest gardens at Camp Epworth, simply bring along divisions of multifunctional perennials to plant in the herbaceous understory! Each plant you bring reduces your course fee by $1, to a maximum of $50 off. A list of desired & accepted plant species can be found on the blog and social network.

Here's the list!

• COMFREY (Symphytum spp.)

• SORREL (Rumex acetosa or other spp.)

• YARROW (Achillea millefolium)

• CLOVER (Trifolium spp.)

• ANISSE HYSSOP (Agastache foeniculum)

<<>>

- ▼ Fruit
- ‧ Ground Cherry
- ‧ Garden Strawberry
- ‧ Woodland Strawberry
- ▼ Dynamic Accumulators
- ‧ Comfrey
- ‧ Nettle
- ‧ Yarrow
- ‧ Sorrel
- ‧ Chicory
- ‧ Chives
- ‧ Garlic Chives
- ▼ Nitrogen Fixers
- ‧ Lupin
- ‧ Clover - Red, White, Crimson
- ‧ Vetch
- ‧ Birdsfoot Trefoil
- ‧ Baptisia
- ▼ Perennial Vegetables
- ‧ Good King Henry
- ‧ Sea Kale
- ‧ Welsh Onion, Chivs, Garlic Chives, Egyptian onion
- ‧ Walking Onions
- ‧ Asparagus
- ‧ Rhubarb
- ‧ Lovage
- ‧ Daylilly
- ‧ Sunchokes
- ‧ Groundnut (Apios americana)
- ‧ Mintroot (Stachys officinalis)
- ‧ Hops
- ‧ Horseradish
- ‧ Fuki (Petasites)
- ‧ Water celery (Oenanthe javanica)
- ‧ Mache
- ‧ Shiso (Perilla frutescens)
- ‧ Miner's lettuce
- ‧ Milkweed (Asclepias)
- ▼ Insectaries
- ‧ Hyssops - Yellow, Giant, Anisse
- ‧ Sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata)
- ‧ Echinacea
- ‧ Poppies
- ‧ Bee Balm (Monarda spp.)
- ‧ Calendula
- ‧ Wild Bergamot
- ‧ Roman Chamomile
- ‧ Chamomile
- ‧ Mint (any spp.)
- ‧ Green & Gold (Chrysogonum virginianum)

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Course Handbook Now Available

The Forest Garden Immersion Course Handbook is now available:
http://www.appleseedpermaculture.com/docs/FGIC_09_Handbook_v2.pdf

This handbook provides lots of updates about the course and all the information you will need to complete your payments, make your travel arrangements, connect with other forest gardeners, and arrive at Camp Epworth to get your hands in the soil!