May Guild: Goji Berry, Longevity Spinach, Bocking 14 Comfrey, Jerusalem Artichoke

This month, we're starting where every resilient garden starts: the foundation.

The May Guild is a pre-designed mini-ecosystem of four powerful, useful plants that feed the soil, feed the body, and feed each other.  Just dig four holes, plant, and let the system grow.

The Guild: $40 for all four plants ($51 value if bought individually)

Meet the Four Plants

Comfrey (Bocking 14) — The Soil Builder. The engine of every food forest. Comfrey's deep taproots mine minerals from deep in the subsoil and bring them to the surface. Chop the leaves and drop them around your other plants as a living fertilizer. Bocking 14 is sterile, so it won't spread by seed—only by root division, which means you control where it grows. Every garden needs a Comfrey patch.

Sunchoke (Jerusalem Artichoke) — The Energy Root. One of the most productive calorie crops you can grow. A single plant can yield 2–10 pounds of nutty, crisp tubers that are rich in inulin (a prebiotic starch that supports gut health). They grow tall, producing sunflower-like blooms and massive amounts of biomass for compost. Plant once, harvest for decades.

Goji Berry — The Superfood Vine Packed with antioxidants, vitamin A, and iron, Goji berries are one of the most nutrient-dense fruits you can grow. These hardy shrubs produce small, sweet-tart berries all summer long. 

Longevity Spinach — Medicinal Mulch. Spreads along the ground, suppressing weeds with its nutrient-dense leaves.  Rich in protein, iron, and antioxidants, Longevity Spinach has traditionally been used to support blood sugar regulation and kidney health.  A very attractive plant to see in the landscape.