Grit, Prudence and Persistence

Preliminary edibility experiments with palm grass

Recently I wrote about my thoughts on redesigning my Inga alley system and one of the big ideas was the development of shade tolerant perennial grains as an understory staple crop, rather than maize which is hinting it might be happier elsewhere. One of the stand out candidates was palm grass (Setaria palmifolia) a much beloved feral species that has lo…