I am interested in perennial plants, that live for years, have deep roots and require no maintenance, while producing food.
Naturally, I am atracted to permaculture.
Sepp Holzer and Fukuoka and
http://www.richsoil.com/sepp-holzer/sepp-holzer-permaculture.jsp
We have very little soil on our mountain, but we do have 7000 square meters of it.
One slope has accumulated quite a lot of oak leaves over the years, that have turned into mulched/ composted leaves.
I have made two raised beds, one out of wood and one by laying earth over a long dead and rotten birch.
Potatoes and
jerusalem artichokes / Helianthus tuberosus
and some beets, pumpkins and wildflowers to fix nitrogen.
are the start of our garden, planted in July so not hoping for any crop this year.
Need to find more local swedish tubers, but also thinking about the North American Ground Nut /
Apios Americana dutch seller
One can only learn anything by doing it, so this is simply starting now as opposed to waiting for the perfect conditions in the future that does not exist.
Anna got the potatoes for free, and the Jerusalem artichokes cost 12 crowns.
I bought a mix of heritage seeds on ebay for 17 dollars, and will try to get as many local permaculture compatible plants as possible.
Dont know if I should bring earth to the mountain for raised platform beds, as there is literally no earth, just rock covered with a thin layer of grass and roots.
Now I will go harvest some willow and plant it around our outhouse, if it takes, next year maybe I will convert it into a treebog.
http://www.ee7drs.org.uk/bog/treebog.html
http://permaculture.wikia.com/wiki/Tree_bog
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