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Since arriving in the temperate climate, I\u2019ve been so excited about the idea of growing berries that I\u2019ve been compiling lists of what\u2014besides the common stuff\u2014I might want to grow. We all know strawberry, blueberry, blackberry, raspberry, and Chuck Berry (i.e., \u201cJohnny B. Goode\u201d), but these are other berries that we can and should consider including in the garden.<\/p>\n
Some of them are delightfully tasty, some of them mystically nutritious, and all of them are viable, perennial options for temperate permaculture food forests and polyculture gardens. In this collection, you\u2019ll find things that improve the pantry, improve your health, and improve your disposition (Berries make some great wine).<\/p>\n
In a word, there is a lot of fun to be had in the berry game<\/a>, and there are a lot of niches for berries to fill in a design. Even with strawberries, blueberries, and the rest of the headliners, there is great diversity to be enjoyed, but the other berries open up entire new worlds. Some are sprawling trees. Some are great thorny hedges, suitable for natural fencing. Some are voracious, productive groundcovers.<\/p>\n TREES<\/strong><\/p>\n Productive trees are the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me of permaculture design, and while this often comes in terms of nitrogen-fixing legumes, stone fruit, hard fruit, and nut trees, berry trees certainly have their own spot in the conglomeration.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/permaculturenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mulberry.jpg\")