The Sustainable Living Podcast

Edible landscaping offers many benefits for those interested in sustainable living. Neighbors may envy the beauty, but rarely realize the immense bounty such a garden can produce.  Those who maintain them love the diverse community of plant life but also take comfort in achieving  a measure of self-sufficiency as a result. Permaculture designer Michael Judd has written a book on the topic called "Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist."  He recently joined me on the podcast to offer some tips on using permaculture principles to create edible landscapes. Michael shares a bit of his history growing up in Appalachia and then living with a Mayan tribe in Mexico. The Mayans showed him how a community can provide all of its own needs through regenerative practices that actually restore the soil.  When he stumbled onto permaculture, Michael naturally gravitated toward it. He subsequently started his edible and ecological landscape business, Ecologia.  According to his website,  the goal of Ecologia  "is to cre