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From Lawn to Foggy Food Forest

May 15, 2025
1 min read

"Picture yourself on a forest path: trees overhead, shrubs by your shoulders, and mushrooms, leafy plants and grass at your feet.


Then picture this: all the plants are edible, and they're all of your choosing.


This is the basic idea behind food forest gardening. And at their own Foggy Food Forest in St. Philip's, Jonas Roberts and his family have been busy cultivating their food forest "layers," including trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennials, roots, vines and ground covers."


Read more HERE.


Jonas Roberts in Foggy Food Forest
Photo by Andrea McGuire/CBC

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