West Coast Food Forestry: a Permaculture Guide is a tremendous resource for US West Coast permies…it’s a 143-page book by Rain Tenaqiya that’s available on a CD or as a PDF directly from the author, and it’s a critical reference for permies west of the Cascades and Sierra Nevada mountains.
The book starts with [...]

TheOrganicSister has a really interesting post about Backyard Orchard Culture and how to maximize the number of fruit trees you can put on a small lot:
Also known as Backyard Orchard Culture, this is a method of planting that uses the least amount of space and creates a succession of yield times. It’s not for commercial [...]

Tomorrow (Saturday) is the annual scion exchange held by the California Rare Fruit Growers, Redwood Empire Chapter. It’s at the Vet’s Memorial Hall in Sebastopol (next to Ives Park), and sounds like a fantastic resource for getting to work on your own home food forest.
Here’s the info; you can also download a PDF flyer:

SCION [...]