🌱Doc's Pantry Garden Almanac

The Garden Almanac

Shelterbelt, orchard and foraging trees for the northern yard.

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🌳 Trees & Shrubs

Caragana (Siberian Peashrub) (Caragana arborescens)

The prairie shelterbelt workhorse that feeds the soil

Full sun Zone 2-7 (bulletproof)

Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)

Native hedgerow fruit — cook it, never eat the pits

Full sun to part shade Zone 2-7 (tough native)

Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides)

Nitrogen-fixing, thorny, and dripping with orange vitamin-C berries

Full sun Zone 2-7

Plant identification here is educational — never eat, forage, or medicate with a wild plant on the basis of a website alone. Many edible plants have toxic look-alikes. When in doubt, grow from known seed, or confirm with an expert before you harvest.