Here is a quote from the text of an article in the Mother Earth News about forest gardening. This is a mainstay of the Permaculture system. The use of perennials in the landscape is essential: “I’m convinced that imitating natural systems is fundamental to any successful effort to raise food. The idea behind forest gardening is that natural forests produce an abundance of food. People the world over have harvested food from the forest, reaping where they did not sow. Forest gardeners imitate the forest’s natural structure to take advantage of this abundance, but they increase yields even further through careful planning and management. The result is a productive fusion of garden, orchard and woodland.”
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