Future Permaculture and food production in Britain

[T-oddity]

(2 November 2012, 22:58)Prepper1 Wrote: This is sort of where I eventually want to go with my allotments...
But saying that anybody with a forest near them could plant food crops and nobody would be any the wiser and it's there when you need it I suppose.

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I know its not my own land but I cant afford that so you have to work with what you have. No point worrying about what you havent got!!

I've been using a no dig method on my allotment for about three years now and it is just about coming right, I do far less work on the allotment now than I used to and get far better crops, I also do a bit of gorilla gardening round my local area and bol's planting up food plants such as burdock, raspberries, apple and cherry trees etc.
I don't introduce non native species, I collect seed to either grow on or just broad cast in my chosen location, I also use forest gardening methods to encourage beneficial plants that are already found locally. I expect only a small proportion of the plants to survive, but I see it as slowly developing an area over a long period of time that could provide me with food and resources if I ever needed it.
For those who are interested in no dig:

http://www.charlesdowding.co.uk/

If you can stand listening to this guy's bible bashing bull shit, there is some interesting information and ideas here:
http://vimeo.com/28055108

Something on forest gardening:
http://www.agroforestry.co.uk/forgndg.html

I could talk about this stuff till the cows come home so if anyone has any questions please ask.