Fruit Tree Guilds, Permaculture, and Science-based Ag

In this episode, we discuss the concept of fruit tree guilds, orchard floor management, and the details that go into deciding which plants to use underneath your fruit trees. Further, we critique both permaculture methodologies for companion planting and guilds, as well as the science, or lackthereof behind them.   To support this podcast, join our patreon for early episode access at www.patreon.com/poorprolesalmanac  For more information and updates, visit www.poorproles.com and subscribe to our e-mail list. For the supplemental reader that goes along with the podcast (as well as a list of sources), visit https://poorprolesalmanac.substack.com    The link for this specific episode's reader are: https://poorprolesalmanac.substack.com/p/fruit-tree-guilds    Sources: "Lignin Controls on Soil Ecosystem Services: Implications for Biotechnological Advances in Biofuel Crops" Shamim Gul, Sandra F. Yanna, & Joann K. Whalen https://www.novapublishers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/978-1-63117-452-0_ch14.pdf "Companion planting with French marigolds protects tomato plants from glasshouse whiteflies through the emission of airborne limonene" Niall J. A. Conboy, Thomas McDaniel, Adam Ormerod, David George, Angharad M. R. Gatehouse, Ellie Wharton, Paul Donohoe, Rhiannon Curtis, Colin R. Tosh   https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0213071 "Plant-based insect repellents: a review of their efficacy, development and testing" Marta Ferreira Maia and Sarah J Moore https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3059459/       ReMastered 9/19/21