What Planting Fruit Trees Brings To Our Lives - Besides Fruit

[Andrew Michaels]

I love trees. I'm a damn treehugger, frankly.

Besides the fact that planting a fruit tree will bring us healthy food, and besides the direct benefits they bring to the earth and agriculture like top soil production, in our cities and towns trees make a huge difference.

They're so embedded in our minds that to be without them makes us a bit unhinged.

I talk about this here.

[RRR]

"The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit" - Nelson Henderson

The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation

My purpose involves permaculture and planting a lot of fruit trees. I have a current business idea of doing a landscaping business focused on agriculture instead of ornamental design. Basically creating harmony between nature and humanity. I want to go through and take every 1/4 acre lawn in suburbia and turn it into a selfsustaining human supporting ecosystem

I love your website Andrew...The persimmon pie looks incredible. Instead of blueberries or blackberries I'd try adding fresh figs. Have you had fresh figs? Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

What I think is very important for raw-food is to provide recipes that are all fruit. Creative ideas like persimmon pie make 80-10-10 look much more appealing. Everything I look for with some variety, some extra texture, is nuts/flax etc. Combining fruit in a creative way is a great idea. Also.. I really like your post about properly ripening plantains. I had eaten mine when they were at the normal Banana ripe level (yellow with some brown) and it was solid starch :/

Have you actually tried the miracle fruit? I was considering using it as a brilliant maneuver for converting people to the raw-food diet more easily. You could use it prior to eating a salad or greens to make them more palatable.

I'm on day 31 of being mostly raw. I've been fluctuating a lot between high fruit and high fat, I'm fairly certain high fruit is the better option but with apples and oranges I have a lot of trouble getting enough calories and a sense of a lack of variety. I'm going to try bananas as a base and then adding sweet fruits and making a delicious pie

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This is so crazy! I just went to Home Depot (for work stuff) and they had a bunch of fruit trees for sale outside. Syncro? The thought of fresh picked peaches makes life bearable.

[Ebinesos]

For the first two hundred years after Buddha's death, he was not depicted as human, but instead as a tree. There are various reasons attributed to why, but personally I believe his message was to have a tree planted over your grave. When I die I want a pear tree planted over where I am buried.

[Andrew Michaels]

I'm extremely fascinated by permaculture, and I'd eventually like to take a course to become proficient in its application.

I love your business idea, so please keep me posted if you ever implement it.

I am familiar with the FTPF, and love their work.

I have had fresh figs and love them.

Thanks for the compliment. I haven't tried miracle fruit.

Bananas will make getting enough calories much easier at 100 calories for a medium sized one. You also have to work on getting your stomach used to the needed volume.


The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation

My purpose involves permaculture and planting a lot of fruit trees. I have a current business idea of doing a landscaping business focused on agriculture instead of ornamental design. Basically creating harmony between nature and humanity. I want to go through and take every 1/4 acre lawn in suburbia and turn it into a selfsustaining human supporting ecosystem

I love your website Andrew...The persimmon pie looks incredible. Instead of blueberries or blackberries I'd try adding fresh figs. Have you had fresh figs? Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

What I think is very important for raw-food is to provide recipes that are all fruit. Creative ideas like persimmon pie make 80-10-10 look much more appealing. Everything I look for with some variety, some extra texture, is nuts/flax etc. Combining fruit in a creative way is a great idea. Also.. I really like your post about properly ripening plantains. I had eaten mine when they were at the normal Banana ripe level (yellow with some brown) and it was solid starch :/

Have you actually tried the miracle fruit? I was considering using it as a brilliant maneuver for converting people to the raw-food diet more easily. You could use it prior to eating a salad or greens to make them more palatable.

I'm on day 31 of being mostly raw. I've been fluctuating a lot between high fruit and high fat, I'm fairly certain high fruit is the better option but with apples and oranges I have a lot of trouble getting enough calories and a sense of a lack of variety. I'm going to try bananas as a base and then adding sweet fruits and making a delicious pie [/QUOTE]