Planning a forest garden, part 1
For this week's lunchtime series, I thought
you all might enjoy seeing the initial planning stages for our new forest
garden. This photo shows the area we'll be working with ---
the worst part of our garden, full of weeds and waterlogged clay
soil. The book recommends first articulating our broad goals and
the specific factors we hope to use to achieve those goals, speaking in
the present tense from five or ten years in the future when our goals
have been met:
My barnside permaculture is primarily an
orchard of fruit trees with a shrub and herb layer which rounds out the
ecosystem and promotes the growth of the trees. It is also a
tranquil nook which tempts me to relax and enjoy the outdoors in summer
and winter. As the herbs and shrubs expand, I use their
propagules to spread permaculture ideas into other garden areas,
experimenting as I go.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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