Permaculture is the up-and-coming type of gardening where you try to mimic a forest in your garden. Forests thrive even though no one is watering, fertilizing, and using pesticides on them. Plants, animals and insects all work together within the ecosystem of a forest to fulfill all the niches allowing the forest to flourish. By applying these concepts to a house garden you can increase the yield and health of your horticulture.
The modern study of Permaculture began in the New Zealand/Australian area and not much information is available for more colder zones. We are trying to raise our forest garden in southeastern Manitoba where we are in zone 3b. The challenge lies in finding edible perennial plants that are hardy to our zone, in the right combination, to support the co-habitation that will make our forest garden a success. We think we can do it!
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