Welcome Alan Carter, author of A Food Forest in Your Garden!

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Kate Downham wrote:

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Hi Alan,

Welcome to Permies and thanks for sharing your knowledge. I have so much more to learn in this space and I’m excited for all the new threads to learn from.

Welcome!  Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge.  Your book is now on top of my "to buy" list .

Welcome, welcome! I am new to the world of permaculture and food forests. I am excited to nurture the 3 acres I am lucky enough to live on though I admit I am overwhelmed when I try to start helping this beautiful piece of land be a haven for whoever/whatever already resides here.  

Welcome!  Out of curiosity, does the book address what to do with smaller spaces?  We're on a lot that's about 1/6 acre (so not a lot of room).  Many thanks!

Carla Burke wrote:Welcome, Alan!! This is a topic I've a lot of interest in. There is so much I need to learn!

Ditto!

I plopped in a comfrey plant earlier today! I need to dig a few more holes under the apple trees for some others though. I'm trying! :D

Wow! Great timing! I look forward to all the new info!

Brian Guetzlaff wrote:Welcome!  Out of curiosity, does the book address what to do with smaller spaces?  We're on a lot that's about 1/6 acre (so not a lot of room).  Many thanks!

Hi Brian.Thanks :) The book is specifically aimed at small spaces, which is what the In Your Garden part of the title is getting at. My garden is only twenty metres by ten. I actually think that forest gardening is better suited to small to mid sized spaces than large ones since the gardener is so integral to them. I like the Indonesian term for them, which means home garden rather than forest garden

Hi Alan, welcome! I am excited to check out your book! Living in the Pacific NW, sometimes it feels like my neighborhood is a food forest, especially this time of year,  as apples, pears, quince, and plums line the streets and their fruit falls like manna! It is magical. My morning walks become a smorgasbord with ‘free’ boxes abound. In my very small yard, I’m making the shift from annual vegetable garden to edible perennials, mostly in the form of dwarf fruit trees, berries, herbs, etc. It’s such a small space though, I don’t think it could ever be considered a forest, unless perhaps if one was a gnome

Anne Halpin wrote:Hi Alan, welcome! I am excited to check out your book! Living in the Pacific NW, sometimes it feels like my neighborhood is a food forest, especially this time of year,  as apples, pears, quince, and plums line the streets and their fruit falls like manna! It is magical. My morning walks become a smorgasbord with ‘free’ boxes abound. In my very small yard, I’m making the shift from annual vegetable garden to edible perennials, mostly in the form of dwarf fruit trees, berries, herbs, etc. It’s such a small space though, I don’t think it could ever be considered a forest, unless perhaps if one was a gnome

Hi Anne. Thanks Your neighbourhood sounds wonderful. And your garden might not be considered a forest, but it definitely sounds like a forest garden. A forest garden is about mimicking a natural forest in the diversity and relationships of its plants, not its height!

Welcome , Alan .. I intend to check your book A Food Forest in Your Garden . Again, welcome and thank you

Welcome Alan, I got a copy of your book from the Permaculture Magazine website after seeing your article a few months back :) Looking forward to trying leaf sauce this week with the last of the nasturtium leaves before our first frost!

We have winners!

Huge congratulations to:

Nancy Reading
Lorinne Anderson
L. Johnson
Valmour Sellers

We'll be passing your email addresses along to the publishers so they can arrange shipment of the book--please keep an eye out on your email inbox for an email from them!

HUGE thanks to Alan for joining in so many discussions and answering so many questions. We really appreciate it!!!

Fellow permies, if you're bummed that you didn't win his book, here's a Handy Dandy Link to purchase his book!

Thankyou so much! This is the first time I've won something anywhere in a long time! Although I've already got a copy of the book (I ordered it almost as soon as I knew it was out!) I know at least one person that will be very happy to have one as a gift so am very grateful. Actually I can think of quite a few people this would make an excellent xmas gift for.....I may have to buy a few more copies!

Thank you so much. This is another great book to add to my growing library. I can't wait to dive right in.

Just ordered a copy. :)

WhooHoo! I LOVE books and am so excited! Can't wait to get the email requesting my address; will be waiting for my copy with "bated breath".

THANK YOU!

Congratulations to the winners! If you weren't lucky enough, you can also get a lot of information on perennial vegetables and forest gardening in cool climates on my website at www.foodforest.garden.

I just got my copy! This is way more than I was expecting. It's almost 300 pages of detailed practical information regarding a huge variety of plants from the perspective of developing and designing your own forest garden. I'm especially appreciating the many photo illustrations.

I intend to read it cover to cover. Though with all the information that might take a while to process.

Hi everyone.  I received A Food Forest in your Garden a couple of days ago. I've just skimmed through it so far but it looks very promising. Once again very happy to have won this book. Hope y'all have a good weekend

I got my new copy too (along with a couple more) all intended as gifts since I bought my own copy when it came out!
:)