Skirret: The Best Perennial Root Crop for a Forest Garden | How to Grow, Harvest & Replant

Skirret (Sium sisarum) is one of the most underrated perennial vegetables — sweet, crunchy, reliable, and perfect for forest gardens. In this video from the Far North Food Forest, I harvest a mature skirret plant from one of our seven raised beds, show the full root system, and demonstrate how to split, replant and propagate it for long‑term abundance. We look at: how skirret behaves in cold, windy northern conditions why raised beds help protect root crops in a forest garden how to separate the crown into multiple new plants how to plant skirret slips for maximum success how often to lift skirret to prevent woody roots companion plants in the raised bed (lemon balm, comfrey, blackcurrant, Siberian pea, chives, rhubarb and more) Skirret is a brilliant perennial alternative to carrots and parsnips — easier to grow, sweeter in flavour, and perfectly suited to long‑term forest garden systems. More from the Far North Food Forest:    / @grahamwinkle5809   #forestgarden #foodforest #skirret #perennialvegetables #permaculture #gardening #scotland #rootcrops The Far North food forest trying to care about the Ecosystem better than we were before. Graham is based on a Food Forest in Caithness Scotland https://youtube.com/@grahamwinkle5809... Copyright.