Come grow sugar maple seeds with us. Maples are an easy tree to plant from seed; they are commonly grown and nurtured with a growing family or even in honour of a loved one to make memories with. They live up to 400 years for future generations to have beauty and abundance of nourishing, healing sap.

A shift towards more biodiverse and resilient food systems begins right here with awareness, sharing and community. Seed and food biodiversity is imperative for our soil and human health. The more biodiverse plants we grow, eat and live with, the better for all life. So where do we begin?

It all starts with good design with land & vegetation.

“Plant The Rain” is a phrase and teaching passed down from a wise farmer in Africa to permaculture teacher Brad Landcaster, a potent reminder to focus our land-based designs on securing water for our systems first and foremost. Water capture in any area, small or large, for home growers, family farmers, communities or eco-villages must be the primary focus of any supportive growing system.

Plants grown for their edible leaves or roots are some of our best options for food grown in partial shaded or filtered light areas.

Here are some of the best foods to grow in partial shaded areas: any area under 6 hours of sun a day would be considered partial or shaded area.

HOME GROWERS Can Make a Difference!

Water infiltration is the process by which water on the ground surface reenters the Earth soil layer. For all of us home growers, regenerative agriculture farmers, and permaculturists we can make a difference to further support water infiltration & storage within our lands where we need it most— with living soil. Here are some methods to integrate in your local lands.

Know before you grow. When we are planning what to grow/raise, we defiantly want to consider our end harvest and how we will use, process and store our foods.

Here are some of the best fruits & vegetables to grow for preserving and storage for (drying, canning, freezing, freeze drying, fermenting etc.)