We live in the rural back hollers of the N. Georgia mountains. The elders here, those in their late 60′s and above, all remember how to be poor and successful. Their success wasn’t about accumulating stuff or status or money, it was about surviving on the land.. Those of us who are learning to be poor are gonna be well placed to survive the coming turmoils…

Ever thought of starting a tree and berry bush nursery? With more and more people getting excited about food forest gardens, there will be more demand for ready grown fruit and nut tree and berry bush seedlings and cuttings. As communities become more locally based this will increase the demand for LOCAL suppliers. We hope this article will inspire some to explore this as an eco-commerce that would offer great barter opportunities when the current money-based economy falters.

Frank Herbert, author of Dune, used his writings to spread a spiritual vision in his stories of the desert planet Arrakis.

Part of this was foundated on the concept of permaculture.

‘The thing the ecologically illterate don’t realize about an eco-system’ Kynes said, “is that it’s a system. A system! A system maintains a certain fluid stability that can be destroyed by a mis-step in just one niche. A system has order, flowing from point to point. If something dams that flow, order collapses. The untrained might miss that collapse until it was too late …click the title to read more..

Earth builders and forest food gardeners who follow the permaculture principle of learning from the natural environment, observing patterns and using that to create a design for the optimal needs for that environment, have got it right… Bottom Line – We cannot fight with nature..we tried that and failed. Success comes from mimicing and working with natural patterns and order

Picture yourself in a forest where almost everything around you is food….Mature and maturing fruit and nut trees form an open canopy. If you look carefully, you can see fruits swelling on many branches—pears, apples, persimmons, pecans, and chestnuts. Shrubs fill the gaps in the canopy. They bear raspberries, blueberries, currants, hazelnuts, and other lesser-known fruits, flowers, and nuts at different times of the year… this is your Garden of Eden…the Food Forest Garden