Agroforestry News
Agroforestry News was our quarterly newsletter for 31 years up to early 2023, focusing on temperate tree and shrubs crops. Issues include:
- Reports on agroforestry research projects
- Regular articles on fruit and nut growing
- In-depth profiles of unusual tree and shrub crops
- Native tree profiles
- Propagation techniques
- Forest gardening
- Useful ground covers
- Book reviews
Essential reading or all who are interested in temperate tree crops and agroforestry.
- All back issues are available in digital form.
- Sets of back issues: Vols 1-5, Vols 6-10, Vols 11-15, Vols 16-20, Vols 21-25: special price of £60.00 per 5 volume set (digital editions).
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List of issues and contents
Title | Description |
Agroforestry News Vol 1 No 1 | Apple rootstocks, the Medlar, Seed: collection, Persian walnut (1), Zanthoxylum spp, The alder. |
Agroforestry News Vol 1 No 2 | Seed: extraction & storage, Mulberries, Oregon grape, Forest gardening: design, Apples: disease resistance, Wild service tree, Persian walnut (2). |
Agroforestry News Vol 1 No 3 | Persian walnut (3), Hedges, Apples in agroforestry, Juniper, Durable timbers, Juneberries, Seed pre-treatments. |
Agroforestry News Vol 1 No 4 | Actinidia arguta, Small leaved lime, Persian walnut (4), Forest gardening: tree crops, Bamboos, Seed: sowing. |
Agroforestry News Vol 2 No 1 | Monkey puzzle, Blackcurrants, Sea buckthorn, Forest gardening: Clearings, Grafténg overview, Silver Birch. |
Agroforestry News Vol 2 No 2 | Gaultherias, Hazel (1), Pawpaw, Beech, Ground covers (1), Grafting – rootstocks. |
Agroforestry News Vol 2 No 3 | Hazel (2), Ground covers (2), Grafting – common methods, Edible tree saps, Plums – outline, The black locust. |
Agroforestry News Vol 2 No 4 | Wych elm, Lemon substitutes, Cherry plum, Hazel cultivars, Plum yews, Forest gardening: mulches. |
Agroforestry News Vol 3 No 1 | Sycamore, Plum rootstocks, Forest gardening: shrub crops, Index to Vols. 1 & 2, Nut pines, Grafting: hot grafting pipe/low-tech grafting. |
Agroforestry News Vol 3 No 2 | The barberries (Berberis spp), New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax), Forest gardening: edges, Ginkgo biloba: the maidenhair tree, Grafting established trees, Plum cultivation, Rowan. |
Agroforestry News Vol 3 No 3 | Plum cultivars, Poncirus trifoliata; Fertility in agroforestry and forest gardens special: Overview of soil fertility, Nitrogen, Nitrogen-fixing plants, Potassium, Phosphorus, Soil pH and Calcium. |
Agroforestry News Vol 3 No 4 | Greenwood tip grafting, Forest gardening: succession, Chestnuts (1), Bamboos: cultivation and management, Arbutus unedo: the strawberry tree, The honey locust: Gleditsia triacanthos, Bullaces Damsons and Mirabelles, Growing apples from pips. |
Agroforestry News Vol 4 No 1 | Chestnuts special: cultivation for nuts. Covers all aspects of chestnut cultivation, including extensive cultivar list. |
Agroforestry News Vol 4 No 2 | Redcurrants, Veneer grafting, Plums – minor species, The yew, chestnut hybrids. |
Agroforestry News Vol 4 No 3 | Soap plants, Elaeagnus, Pear rootstocks, Diospyros virginiana – the American persimmon. |
Agroforestry News Vol 4 No 4 | Diospyros lotus – the date plum, Pears: cultivation & varieties, Mycorrhizas, Black walnut – silviculture. |
Agroforestry News Vol 5 No 1 | Black walnut – uses, Plants and climate change in Britain, Forest gardening: climbers, hardy Citrus, Perry pears, Asian pears. |
Agroforestry News Vol 5 No 2 | Ash, Black walnut – nut cultivation, Forest gardening: root & bulb crops, kaki persimmon, cherries – species descriptions. |
Agroforestry News Vol 5 No 3 | Cherry silviculture, forest farming ginseng, cherry rootstocks, gooseberries. |
Agroforestry News Vol 5 No 4 | Edible acorns from oaks, Sour cherries, Sweet & Duke cherries, Forest gardening: Fungi. |
Agroforestry News Vol 6 No 1 | Forest gardening: Ground cover polycultures, the bayberries, Basketry willows, The hickories, Fireblight. |
Agroforestry News Vol 6 No 2 | The elder, Quince, Cornelian cherry, Large-leaved lime, Canker of apple & pear, Sorbus domestica. |
Agroforestry News Vol 6 No 3 | Agroforestry overview: silvopasture, silvoarable, forest farming, forest gardening; Softwood cuttings, Figs, Codling moth. |
Agroforestry News Vol 6 No 4 | Forest gardening: Perennial leaf crops, Almonds, Scab of apple & pear, Greenwood cuttings. |
Agroforestry News Vol 7 No 1 | The butternut, Blackberries, Hardwood cuttings, Apple powdery mildew. |
Agroforestry News Vol 7 No 2 | Bacterial canker, Layering (1), Bamboo agroforestry, the Heartnut, Medicinal plants overview, Forest gardening: polycultures and matrix planting. |
Agroforestry News Vol 7 No 3 | Edible hawthorns, Medicinal plant cultivation, Layering (2), Brown rot, Raspberries. |
Agroforestry News Vol 7 No 4 | Cornus species, Root cuttings, Forest Gardening: annuals, Honey fungus, Medicinal plant processing, Beneficial insects in orchards, The yellowhorn. |
Agroforestry News Vol 8 No 1 | Hovenia dulcis, Division, Pollinating insects in orchards, Blueberries, Red alder, Vine weevil. |
Agroforestry News Vol 8 No 2 | Poultry in tree pasture, Rhus species, Silverleaf, Winter maintenance, Torreya species, Medicinal tree crops. |
Agroforestry News Vol 8 No 3 | Medicinal shrub crops, Spring maintenance, Grey mold, Grapes. |
Agroforestry News Vol 8 No 4 | Medicinal perennial crops (1), Cudrania tricuspidata – Chinese mulberry, Caragana arborescens – Siberian pea tree, Forest gardening: summer maintenance, Poplars. |
Agroforestry News Vol 9 No 1 | Plum fruit moth, Apricots, Pollard meadows, Chicken forage plants, The jujube – Ziziphus jujube, Medicinal perennial crops (2). |
Agroforestry News Vol 9 No 2 | Cranberries, Medicinal perennial crops (3), Crown gall, Forest gardening: Plants for difficult sites (1) – trees, Chaste tree – Vitex agnus-castus, Crab apples. |
Agroforestry News Vol 9 No 3 | Acca sellowiana – Pineapple guava, Forest gardening: Plants for difficult sites (2) – large & medium shrubs, Bitter pit, Medicinal plants: resources, Peaches (1). |
Agroforestry News Vol 9 No 4 | Forest gardening: Plants for difficult sites (3) – small shrubs, Hicans, Ink disease, Peaches (2), Plants for façade insulation, The soil foodweb, Asimina triloba – pawpaw. |
Agroforestry News Vol 10 No 1 | Plants for difficult sites – perennials (1), Akebia, Peaches (3), Northern pecans, Basketry plants, Water core. |
Agroforestry News Vol 10 No 2 | Plants for difficult sites – perennials (2), Squirrels, Blue bean: Decaisnea fargesii, Staphylea, The strawberries. The Alliums, Siberian ginseng: Eleutherococcus senticosus. |
Agroforestry News Vol 10 No 3 | Plants for difficult sites – perennials (3), Strawberries, Pseudocydonia sinensis, Castanea pumila, Juniperus species, Peach leaf curl. |
Agroforestry News Vol 10 No 4 | The Viburnums, Windbreaks, Japanese wineberry, Plants for difficult sites – annuals (1), Some perennial tuber plants, Replant diseases |
Agroforestry News Vol 11 No 1 | Arctostaphylos – the Manzanitas, Small fruits & woody florals, Ribes, World hazelnut production, Asclepias – the milkweeds, Shothole of stone fruit. |
Agroforestry News Vol 11 No 2 | Cork and cork oaks, Redwoods, Aronia – chokeberries, Apple cultivar disease-resistance trial, Polyculture yields, Wasps, Climate change impacts. |
Agroforestry News Vol 11 No 3 | Kudzu – Pueraria lobata, Edible water plants, Chestnut nutritional benefits, Coppicing fruit and nut trees, Chilean hazel – Gevuina vellana, Hazelnuts in NW Europe, Apples for juice. |
Agroforestry News Vol 11 No 4 | Rhubarb, Irrigation of fruit and nut trees, Own rooted fruit trees, Fuelwood, Rooks and Crows, Drying fruits and nuts, Hottentot fig. |
Agroforestry News Vol 12 No 1 | Complete salad list, Sustainable orchard floor management, Walnut varieties on trial in Devon, Forest gardening: clearings revisited. |
Agroforestry News Vol 12 No 2 | Taxus – the yews, Dye Plants (1), Plants for difficult sites: annuals (2) & biennials, Golden chinkapins – Castanpsis & Chrysolepis, Temperate taungya. |
Agroforestry News Vol 12 No 3 | Chestnut variety trial results, Dye Plants (2), Fresh woods and pastures new, Loquats, Nut processing, Tree defences. |
Agroforestry News Vol 12 No 4 | Dawn redwood, Pollination of nut trees, Blue honeysuckle – Lonicera caerulea, Dye Plants (3) – mordant and tannin plants, Voles, Chaenomeles. |
Agroforestry News Vol 13 No 1 | Vaccinium – the blueberry family, Apple cultivars disease-resistance trial, Nitrogen-fixing shrubs in nut orchards, Compendium of edible fruits (1) – trees. |
Agroforestry News Vol 13 No 2 | Pistacios in Italy, Carobs in China, Tree engineering, Chestnuts in Andalusia, Compendium of edible fruits (2) – shrubs, Fodder trees and shrubs. |
Agroforestry News Vol 13 No 3 | Lime bast cordage, Fibre sources from bark, Pine nuts, Bamboos in China, Processing plant materials into fibres, Mulberries in China & Japan, Power driven nut cracker, Bamboo as a building material, Bamboo fibre, Compendium of edible fruits (3) – climber shrubs, The nettle – Urtica dioica. |
Agroforestry News Vol 13 No 4 | Food value of annual & perennial vegetables, Horse chestnut, Dehesa agroforestry systems, Physalis, Lithocarpus, Compendium of edible fruits (4) – perennials & annuals, Woolly aphid of apple, Pine resin. |
Agroforestry News Vol 14 No 1 | Chestnut variety trial results, Insect control by bats, Passiflora, Bacterial diseases control by plants, the Myrtles, swamp cypress, storage of organic apples and pears. |
Agroforestry News Vol 14 No 2 | Soil influences of tree roots, Hops. |
Agroforestry News Vol 14 No 3 | Mixed species cropping, Sap from black walnut, Rose hips, apples in agroforestry systems, chestnuts – post harvest quality, world hazelnut culture, plants for windy sites (1) – trees, Oriental persimmon in Europe. |
Agroforestry News Vol 14 No 4 | Deep pipe irrigation, Cloudberries, Malva – the mallows, Trees and aquaculture, Zanthoxylum, New Zealand flax, Lindera benzoin, Tree pruning in agroforestry |
Agroforestry News Vol 15 No 1 | Chestnut products, Shrubs for windy sites, Walnut agroforestry, forest garden invertebrate diversity, Walnut wood and its utilisation |
Agroforestry News Vol 15 No 2 | 2006 Trial ground report, Using wood for fuel (woods for burning, log and woodchip heating systems), Shrubs for windy sites (2), Hemerocallis – the daylilies |
Agroforestry News Vol 15 No 3 | Silvoarable systems in Europe, Rumex – the docks and sorrels, Edible mushrooms from wood, the lupins, Plants for windy sites – perennials, Sedum – the stonecrops. |
Agroforestry News Vol 15 No 4 | Forest gardens – how they develop, persist and decline, Mentha – the mints, Red bayberry, Apples which hang well on the tree. |
Agroforestry News Vol 16 No 1 | Paper mulberry, Nitrogen fixation in plants, Hardy nitrogen-fixer list, birch uses |
Agroforestry News Vol 16 No 2 | Wooden shingles and shakes, Sea buckthorn, Attracting beneficial insects |
Agroforestry News Vol 16 No 3 | Nut tree breeding – stone pine, walnut, almond, hazelnut; Pests – deer and rabbits; Ostrich fern – Matteuccia struthiopteris; A low cost nut sorting machine; Roots of fruit & nut trees. |
Agroforestry News Vol 16 No 4 | Climate change and agroecosystems – agricultural dimensions of climate change, plants and soil responses, pests, diseases, farming methods, suggested responses. |
Agroforestry News Vol 17 No 1 | RISC rooftop forest garden, Crops for a warming climate, Paulownia, Inks and paints, Hemp. |
Agroforestry News Vol 17 No 2 | Landscape planning for agroforestry, The ART forest garden, Woad as an indigo crop, Traditional Andean cultivation systems, Viola – the violets. |
Agroforestry News Vol 17 No 3 | Soil organisms; The Campanulas, Coast redwood for timber, American gooseberry mildew, biochar. |
Agroforestry News Vol 17 No 4 | Forest gardens and carbon sequestration, Greek agroforestry systems, Black truffles, Autumn olive in forestry, Agroforestry in Portugal, Agroforestry in the Netherlands. |
Agroforestry News Vol 18 No 1 | Plumcots, Mulberries, the future for chestnut, Juneberries – Amelanchier species, Blue honeysuckle – Lonicera caerulea. |
Agroforestry News Vol 18 No 2 | Plant resins, Chestnut peeling, Future impacts of climate change on UK forests, Alternative rubber plants, American gooseberry mildew. |
Agroforestry News Vol 18 No 3 | Toona sinensis – Chinese toon, Land use options for sustainable farming, Autumn olive – Elaeagnus umbellata, Mycorrhizae, Sea buckthorns, Myoga – a hardy ginger, Nut Wizard harvesters. |
Agroforestry News Vol 18 No 4 | Ginkgo biloba – maidenhair tree, Sea buckthorn, Beers and ales from trees and shrubs, Cornus mas – Cornelian cherry, history of sweet chestnut. |
Agroforestry News Vol 19 No 1 | Biomass – a burning issue, Abies and Picea – the firs and the spruces. |
Agroforestry News Vol 19 No 2 | Bamboo uses – overview, a few perennial vegetables, the importance of bees in nature. |
Agroforestry News Vol 19 No 3 | Some more perennial vegetables, forest products from insects, Trees and shrubs yielding edible oils. |
Agroforestry News Vol 19 No 4 | Silvopastoralism, Historical polycultures in Italy, Windbreak design, Integrated agroforestry. |
Agroforestry News Vol 20 No 1 | Special issue: The oaks (with special reference to acorns as a food crop) |
Agroforestry News Vol 20 No 2 | Lime and soil acidity, Voles, Schidandra, Trees and shrubs for acid soils, Thuja, Damping off, Direct seeding of woody plants, Trees and shrubs tolerant of salt spray. |
Agroforestry News Vol 20 No 3 | Bamboo leaf uses, French apple varieties, Seaweeds, The comfreys, Bracken as a peat substitute, Vole control with kestrels. |
Agroforestry News Vol 20 No 4 | Glycyrrhiza – the liquorices, Nitrogen fixers, Oxalis, Damping off, Goji berries. |
Agroforestry News Vol 21 No 1 | Medlars, Myrica – the wax myrtles & bayberries, Pawpaw. |
Agroforestry News Vol 21 No 2 | Beech nuts, Japanese plums, Cedrus, Plum pox, Japanese parsley, Kumquats. |
Agroforestry News Vol 21 No 3 | Sustainable cider apple production, Timber species for the future in the UK. |
Agroforestry News Vol 21 No 4 | European agroforestry systems, Timber species for the future (2), Perennial seeding. |
Agroforestry News Vol 22 No 1 | Organic blueberries, Juneberries, perennial grains, rowan. |
Agroforestry News Vol 22 No 2 | Saskatoon, sea buckthorn, algae, Persimmons. |
Agroforestry News Vol 22 No 3 | Berberis vulgaris, trees and soil pH, pollarding in W Norway, plants for alkaline soils. |
Agroforestry News Vol 22 No 4 | Shepherdia argentea, natural succession in agroforestry, hardy Eucalyptus, damping off, natural insecticides. |
Agroforestry News Vol 23 No 1 | Pine nuts, agroforestry in Europe, Urban trees and Ozone |
Agroforestry News Vol 23 No 2 | Agroforestry farm in Portugal, new ART projects, useful chemicals from trees. |
Agroforestry News Vol 23 No 3 | Shrub alders, forest garden in Sweden, Rosacaea intergeneric hybids, Atriplex, new tree and forest gardening books. |
Agroforestry News Vol 23 No 4 | The Mahonias, Fuchsias for edible flowers and fruits, some shrub nitrogen fixers. |
Agroforestry News Vol 24 No 1 | Walnut and hazel agroforestry, wood pastures of Europe, fire resistant trees, soil in agroforestry systems, wolfberries and gojiberries, a pioneering solar house. |
Agroforestry News Vol 24 No 2 | Aspen agroforestry, Marsh woundwort, Himalayan sea buckthorn, Manuka / tea tree, small forest gardens, book reviews. |
Agroforestry News Vol 24 No 3 | Review of hardy Acacias, Book review: How to grow your own nuts. |
Agroforestry News Vol 24 No 4 | Cercis – the redbuds, Araucaria wanderings, Agroecological priciples for conversion and redesign of farming systems, witch hazel. |
Agroforestry News Vol 25 No 1 | Successional agroforestry, tree hay, ash trees for fodder, forest garden greenhouse in Devon, bladdernuts, the PA forest garden trial, Book reviews. |
Agroforestry News Vol 25 No 2 | N and C at forest edges, Allium antioxidants, Pawpaws, silvopasture in NE USA, forest garden greenhouse construction, Honeyberries / haskaps. |
Agroforestry News Vol 25 No 3 | Himalayan wild fruits and berries, Native Chilean fruits as functional foods, Forest garden greenhouse update, Gardening in a changing climate. |
Agroforestry News Vol 25 No 4 | Narrow leaved lupin as a an edible seed crop, Wasabi, Sycamore maple syrup, Creating fire-resistant landscapes. |
Agroforestry News Vol 26 No 1 | Hornshurst forest garden, Juglone, Revisiting Robert Hart’s forest garden, Forest garden archetypes. |
Agroforestry News Vol 26 No 2 | Climate change & Nitrogen-fixers, Origanum, the ART forest garden greenhouse – first year, Plantains (Plantago spp.) |
Agroforestry News Vol 26 No 3 | Food forests for schools in Miami, Climate change and tree distributions , Soil Fungi and forest resilience, The Picasso Food Forest, Botany and horticulture of Pinus pinea. |
Agroforestry News Vol 26 No 4 | Pollution and fungi, Exploring the potential of edible forest gardens:, Food Forests in the American Southwest, How Forest Garden Systems Combined with People-Based ethics Can Transform Culture. |
Agroforestry News Vol 27 No 1 | Polyculture agroforestry in the Amazon, Chaenomeles japonica, Nut production in the Pacific Northwest, Homemade Nut dryer. |
Agroforestry News Vol 27 No 2 | Cork by-products, Agroforestry in Morocco, A scientific approach to researching and promoting sustainable agro-ecosystems, Agroforestry in the Caucasus. |
Agroforestry News Vol 27 No 3 | Chickens in a chestnut forest, Lespedeza, Cytisus, Natural colourants, Wild vegetables in the Caucasus, 100 years of walnut breeding, Capparis spinosa. |
Agroforestry News Vol 27 No 4 | Biodiversity in forest gardens / Health benefits of forest gardens, Acorn production in Korea, Alley cropping system yields. |
Agroforestry News Vol 28 No 1 | Fungi and sequestration, Soil moisture sensor experiment, Sustainable fruit growing?, urban hedges. |
Agroforestry News Vol 28 No 2 | Diversity and carbon storage, Agroforestry systems in a changing climate, Acorns for food and tanning in Kea, Bioactive compounds and biological functions of Asparagus, Perennial agroecosystems in Palestine, Adaption to climate change. |
Agroforestry News Vol 28 No 3 | Sedums of roofs, Pine resin tapping, forest garden greenhouse update, Korean celery – Dystaenia takesimana. |
Agroforestry News Vol 28 No 4 | Climate matching tool, Pine maatens, Korean papermaking, wild fruits and nuts of Kazakhstan, Composition and properties of Sichuan pepper. |
Agroforestry News Vol 29 No 1 | Over-yielding in temperate silvopastures, Perennial vegetables – biodiversity, carbon sequestration, nutrition. |
Agroforestry News Vol 29 No 2 | Wooden hay meadows, virginia mallow and cup plant, Pinus gerardiana, Pinyon pine, Pine resin in Spain, Stone pine – harvesting, climate change impacts, clones. |
Agroforestry News Vol 29 No 3 | Tree crops on Shetland, Indigenous forest gardens of the Pacific Northwest America, Toona sinensis, forest garden / food forest symposium. |
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