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The Monkey Puzzler

Martin Crawford

Research, tips and info on perennial cropping systems

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Adapting tree crops in the climate crisis

A new scientific paper [1] shows that the rise in global temperatures has speeded up since around 2014, and is currently around 0.35°C per decade. Assuming this continues (or speeds up more), this means that we’ll pass the 1.5°C mark within...

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It's an insane world ...

I suspect that readers of this blog don’t need reminding about the climate crisis, but I was shocked that the UK Government tried to hide a damning report about the implications of climate change made by the security services. These are no...

3 months ago
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New Year - Old Year

Happy New Year to all my substack subscribers!

Well, 2025 has been an interesting year, to say the least.

I started the year with a substack blog emphasising the importance of adaption to climate change, and I’ve noticed through the year...

5 months ago
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Welcome to the subtropics

The last month has been warmer than any similar period that I can remember, surpassing even last year. Here’s a few of the things I spotted today walking around one of our forest gardens:

Medlars ripening on the tree. We haven’t had any fr...

6 months ago
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Tree and shrub vegetables - the top 5 (or 6)

Did you know that some of the most nutritious vegetables that you can eat come from trees?

Tree vegetables is a term you don’t often hear in our culture - indeed eating leaves or shoots off trees is still regarded as a bit odd, or the real...

8 months ago
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    Education and research in forest gardens / food forests and perennial systems. Interested in growing, eating, propagating all edibles especially perennials.

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