The difference between the first year and a few years on can be a true transformation. But be patient. Remember that life makes the conditions for more life possible.

More people have been writing to me to ask, So what’s in your food forest? In response, I’ve put together this list of many of the trees, vines, shrubs, and roots we have planted since arriving on our land six years ago.

As the so-called "staple" crops of the world (wheat, rice, potatoes, corn and soy) become more precarious, more damaging to soils and less sustainable, what foods can we explore as viable alternatives to feeding growing populations?

Whenever I have a moment of doubt, I put down my tools and walk into the forest. By engaging my senses, I observe and intuit the ways soil icrobes and fungi and plants and animals all interact, relationships inside relationships inside relationships.

When regenerating a degraded land where soil has been compacted and biomass is lacking, it is CRUCIAL to respect and follow the model nature sets for us.