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Infinite food. The Rubicon Nursery site is flowering big time. Established perennial veggies like Korean celery, rhubarb...
04/30/2026

Infinite food. The Rubicon Nursery site is flowering big time. Established perennial veggies like Korean celery, rhubarb, asparagus, and Egyptian walking onion are going hyperbolic.

So this brings me to my next point: there isn’t a single asset class that performs as well as perennial food systems. At the very least, perennial systems are probably one of the most undervalued asset classes and arguably the best long-term, life-supporting investment.

When you buy one currant, for instance, you’re actually buying infinite food. You can take cuttings, root them, and plant them back out.

So please—instead of buying a hanging basket, another hydrangea, or really anything ornamental—just buy an organically grown, fruit-bearing plant that will give you food till death.

Six enclosed cedar raised beds, each with four access doors for easy harvesting from both sides. Excited to get them pla...
04/08/2026

Six enclosed cedar raised beds, each with four access doors for easy harvesting from both sides. Excited to get them planted out with veggies. The surrounding mulched zones will be filled with currants, jostaberries, honeyberries, culinary herbs and asparagus and rhubarb to create a productive, layered system.

Catio
03/26/2026

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Better to be a gardener during a war than a soldier fighting someone else’s war.Everyone needs to grow the bulk of their...
02/05/2026

Better to be a gardener during a war than a soldier fighting someone else’s war.

Everyone needs to grow the bulk of their own supplements/medicine/food. The fraud runs super deep in the supplement industry. Medicine can and should be grown on your property, no supplement slinging food guru is going to tell you that. I honestly just want everyone free from the current mainstream food system. I think we can do it.

This perennial landscape is designed to produce thousands of pounds of food annually. At peak maturity, a compact, regen...
01/19/2026

This perennial landscape is designed to produce thousands of pounds of food annually. At peak maturity, a compact, regenerative landscapes (like this) quietly generate tens of thousands of dollars in annual value, through stacked layers, resilient yields, and beauty that feeds both people and land.

Decentralization starts at the household. Food and medicine are grown on your land.

Are you planning to farm grass this year?

If you’re not into the idea of fencing in your entire garden, you can design your raised beds like this. These individua...
01/06/2026

If you’re not into the idea of fencing in your entire garden, you can design your raised beds like this. These individually fenced raised beds did a very good job of keeping out deer and rabbits, the main culprits in garden destruction. Perfect if you’re just getting into growing your own food.

We are really happy with the way this front yard turned out. It now has Aronia berries, Josta berries, currants, goosebe...
12/28/2025

We are really happy with the way this front yard turned out. It now has Aronia berries, Josta berries, currants, gooseberries, honey berries, asparagus, chives, multiple varieties of thyme, Pawpaw, Lotus persimmon, native perennials like skullcap, obedient plant and Illinois bundle flower and there’s no grass which is really the way to go when lots are this small. We also built a costume bench using cedar and gabion basket that we filled with local field stone, we are excited to document the growth of this space in the coming growing seasons.

CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY🎁🍑🌲One winner, 5 peaches.We are going to be giving away 5 true to seed peach trees: Siberian C and/or ...
12/19/2025

CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY🎁🍑🌲
One winner, 5 peaches.

We are going to be giving away 5 true to seed peach trees: Siberian C and/or Iowa whites.

How to enter: follow us and share this on your story! you’ll be automatically entered to win the start of your endless orchard (or a nice addition to your existing collection).

We will dm the winner on Christmas morning! Thank you and Merry Christmas!

One hundred years ago, White Elm Nursery was the nursery of Lake Country.I wanted to share their historic price list and...
12/19/2025

One hundred years ago, White Elm Nursery was the nursery of Lake Country.

I wanted to share their historic price list and plant offerings because while a lot has changed over the past century, a surprising amount has stayed the same. White Elm operated nurseries in Hartland and Okauchee, with their main office in Oconomowoc.

At Earthside, we are ultimately striving to rebuild what once was.

That said, this old price list also tells a cautionary tale. You’ll see invasive species like Japanese barberry, and most notably buckthorn. It’s unreal that much of the buckthorn overrunning southeastern Wisconsin today exists because of nurseries like White Elm.

Still, I won’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.

They were also distributing American chestnut genetics, Swiss stone pine, aronia berry, seaberry, butternuts, Japanese walnuts, and hazelnuts. They even sold an apple variety called ‘Pewaukee.’ Truly legendary.

Their operation statement was so legit, which is why I’ve now adopted as our own:

“We specialize in landscape work alone and are prepared to furnish plans and specifications alone, or will prepare plans, furnish material, and carry out the work in full as desired.

“We furnish the maximum in service, as our prices include packaging, delivery, and guarantee, and we strive to give the maximum in quality. Discounts will be made where these added services are not desired.”

Two 4x8 cedar raised beds, 12 inches deep, fenced in, and finished with Outdoor Defense Oil. I want 20 of my own. It’s ...
05/31/2025

Two 4x8 cedar raised beds, 12 inches deep, fenced in, and finished with Outdoor Defense Oil. I want 20 of my own. It’s an honor to build these for folks!

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