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Plants that can help balance and heal your body and mind
Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) is a perennial flowering plant with many beneficial uses on the homestead…
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) is a perennial flowering plant of the pea family that has been cultivated as fodder since Roman times, and has a ton of benefits for farmers, homesteaders and permaculture designers…
The Saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia) is a shrub native to North America that contains edible fruits resembling blueberries…
The Persian walnut (Juglans regia) is a deciduous tree widely cultivated across Europe, but originally found in the mountain region of Central Asia…
The hardy yam (Dioscorea batatas / Dioscorea polystachya), also called Chinese yam or cinnamon vine, is a perennial root crop that can weight several kilograms and is superior to potatoes in many ways…
Buckwheat, belonging to the Fagopyrum species, is a truly versatile plant that excels as a green manure crop, produces edible seeds which can be turned into a gluten-free and tasty flour, attracts bees, and more…
The eastern Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) is a large, fast growing tree to 30m (100 ft) that produces sweet, oily and rich nuts as well as high-value, hardwood timber…
“A pasture tree for the beasts and a kingly fruit for man” is how the persimmon is described…
Autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata), also known as Japanese silverberry, is a nitrogen fixing shrub or small tree that carries a great abundance of juicy small fruits…
Perennial kale (Brassica oleracea ramosa) is a low-maintenance perennial vegetable that is tough, productive and good to eat…
Good King Henry (Chenopodium bonus-henricus), also called Poor-man’s Asparagus, is most easily described as a perennial spinach. It has been grown as a vegetable in cottage gardens for hundreds of years, although today it’s…
The Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) is a patch-forming understory tree that has the largest edible fruit indigenous to the United States. The Cherokee and many other tribes used the pawpaw fruit for food…
