Around the World in 80 Plants

The Permaculture Podcast

My guest for this episode is Stephen Barstow, author of Around the World in 80 Plants.
Together, we talk about his incredibly diverse garden in Norway where he grows over 2,000 edible plants in a rather small space. We begin with his background and how he came to have an interest in edibles, from his beginnings as a foraging vegetarian, to his beginning to eat and collect plants from wherever he traveled. He shares with us his love of edible ornamentals, or what Stephen calls edimentals, and he also recommends some to start with when first beginning to introduce more of these species into your garden.
Resources
Edimentals.com (Stephen’s Website)
Around the World in 80 Plants (Chelsea Green Publishers)
Around the World in 80 Plants (Permanent Publications)
Sturtevants Edible Plants of the World (PDF. Large File)