A year after moving from NYC, I decided that I would attempt to grow as much of our own food right in our backyard. One raised bed turned into several and soon enough I had raised beds and grow pots outlining the entire perimeter of the backyard. During this time I was only focusing on growing annual foods organically. It wasn’t until I discovered permaculture that I then started designing the layout of our perennial food base systems, like the implementation of all of our fruit trees, nut trees, nitrogen fixing trees, berry bushes, grape vines, pollinator plants, etc. This would take a few years of observation and careful study of our urban lot, making sure we put everything in the correct spot.

7 years later and our backyard has transformed and evolved into a mini food forest with its own micro climates. It’s an abundant, sustainable, and self replicating eco-system. We now get to enjoy the fruits of our labor in our own backyard oasis. Aside from all the wonderful food we get to harvest for ourselves, friends and neighbors, It is also a well balanced wildlife habitat that acts like a natural forest. It is a system that improves year after year, and will remain for years to come with minimum input and maximum output.

“Nature Grows Best”