Bryant DeHusson

PS we are USDA 3a and Hardiness 8a

Paulo Bessa wrote:Hi, I live in Iceland, it is zone 6 winter here, but the real problem is the cold summer, with temperatures just around 50º F during the day.

Annual vegetables do not grow well, unless you have a good and warm soil, like potatoes, carrots, swedes, jerusalem artichokes, different berries, celery and lovage, peas, and brassicas. But except for the potatoes and peas I want food that feeds me not just greens. Furthermore, some vegetables like brassicas tend to bolt because of the 24 hour daylight and frost comes in August and stays as late as June. It needs to be something else.

With such a small (and cold) growing season, I think the key here is to grow well adapted perennial species that can give you plenty of food.
Not just rhubarb or nettles, but something that could be a staple (roots, fruits, protein).

Maybe someone from north Canada or Alaska, could give me some advices

Hey Paulo, I live in Alaska and have been working the past three seasons on an organic vegetables farm on the tundra in Bethel. It is very hard to grow trees and perennials out here. But I'm very interested in what you are doing and since Iceland air is now flying non-stop from Anchorage to Reykjavik I was wondering what the chances are you would be accepting volunteer help one of these summers (maybe this August?) so that I can see what you're doing and we can exchange ideas. I am very interested in getting ideas for food forest species and guilds. Please keep this thread updated, this information is very hard to come by.