Planning a forest garden, part 4
Based on the wetland and eventual canopy locations, I filled in plant
groupings on the map above. This was a pretty complicated step,
which I'll go into in far more detail than you'll care for.
First, I listed all of the plants I was interested in growing,
focussing mainly on plants which will increase fertility of the soil
but throwing in some nectary and edible plants as well. Then I
narrowed the plant list down to those which I can get my hands on for
free (primarily on my own property), or which I'm willing to spend
money on.
Next, I grouped the plants of interest into categories based on
disturbance intensity, sun/shade, and moisture level. The categories
are as follows...
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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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