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Jerome's Organics
edible landscaping nursery & consulting
Edible Plant Nursery
The edible plant nursery has a full stock of plant material
appropriate to high elevation forest gardening. The nursery is intended to
provide for complete multi-story gardening: over-story and under-story
trees, shrubs, perennials, groundcovers, and vines. The nursery currently
includes a selection of cold-hardy fruits: Apples, Pears, Apricots,
Cherries, Currants, Gooseberries, Raspberries, Strawberries, and Grapes.
Several varieties of nitrogen-fixing shrubs are available, including
Siberian Peashrub, Buffaloberry, and Leadplant; nitrogen-fixing plants are
an essential aspect of forest gardening in that they reduce dependence
upon additional fertilizers. The nursery also sells a number of medicinal,
insectiary and mulch-producing perennials: Chives, Hops, Sage, Comfrey,
Fennel, etc.
In
addition to the cold-hardy forest-garden stock, Jeromešs Organics is
quickly developing its greenhouse stock. The indoor nursery is
intended to provide solar-heated greenhouses with plant material for
perennial, Mediterranean polycultures. CRMPIšs greenhouses have recently
been converted from annual production and now include perennials such as
figs, bamboo, persimmons, pomegranates, passionfruit, and jujubes.
CRMPI
and Jeromešs Organics are constantly expanding the selection of edible
plants available for this region and its growing conditions. Different
fruit cultivars are being grown and grafted to see which perform and
produce best. More exotic fruit and nut types, imported from other
nurseries, are currently being tested and will soon be available.
Additionally, material from older, productive fruit trees around the
Roaring Fork Valley are being collected and grafted on to appropriate root
stocks for further evaluation.
Forest Garden Consultation and Installation
Jerome and his staff are also available for forest garden consultation and
the installation of edible nursery stock. The CRMPI site is surrounded by
a productive, 15-year old forest garden and Jerome has contributed to a
number of other successful gardens around the Roaring Fork Valley.
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