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Welcome to the Food Forest Farm plant shop! Here you’ll find many of the plants we’ve been growing in the nursery since 2010. These plants will come to you healthy and ready for their new home.
All of our plants are multi-functional, that is, some perennial vegetables can be eaten by a human, or livestock (leaf hay), or be grown as mulch for biomass, and more! You can look at “All” of the plants, or filter with the navigation bar.
Perennial Vegetables: edible roots, leaves, shoots, buds, seeds that come from perennial herbs, shrubs, and trees
Fruit: edible sweet goodness
Leaf Hay: plants to grow and feed to livestock like cattle, sheep, goats and rabbits
Biomass: herbs, grasses, shrubs and trees that grow fast and can be cut and used as mulch, grow soil, fuel stoves and compost piles
Skirret
Skirret
Carrot relative. Clumping perennial, also self-sows. Forms clusters of edible roots that taste like parsnips. Once tops die to ground, dig to harvest roots to eat, then replant crown to grow again. Flowers attract beneficial insects. Likes moist soil. Can take some shade but won’t produce as well.
Skirret, Crummock
Scientific Name: Sium sisarum
Plant Hardiness Zone: 5
Uses: edible small root, leaves as pot herb
Harvest: Spring or fall roots, spring leaves
Light: Full sun to partial shade
Soil Composition: Sandy or loamy, not compacted, treat like carrot
Soil Moisture: Prefers moist, can be seasonally wet, or pond edge
Taste: Parsnip-like