Orchards on the ground: Fall and winter crops that come in perennial form.

The article focuses on several perennial crops and fruiting shrubs. It emphasizes the importance of perennial food sources to a farmstead as such provide food, medicinal items, windbreaks and soil improvement. Perennial root crops include the Jerusalem artichoke or sunchoke which is rich in minerals and beneficial bacteria. Bearberries ripen in late fall and need to submerged in water as a way of cellar storage.