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Who is growing a food forest?

 
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Can you post some pics. Love to see how it comes together
 
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Sure, but I have no idea how to post pictures.
 
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I just figured it out. You click on reply, then on the left bottom of the test window is a tab; Attachments. Click on it and you can upload up to 3 photos. Now, you get to see some of my Hugels - had to put something up to see if it works
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 hugel in front yard build spring 2012
hugel in front yard build spring 2012
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hugel build in back yard may 2012
hugel build in back yard may 2012
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back hugel bed with some plants
back hugel with some plants
 
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Now, I am on a roll Went out an took 3 pics of the first - front hugel. I guess it might grow into a food forest some day. it is close and partly shaded by a jacaranda tree (nitrogen fixer and upper story). A lemon tree seems to love it toward the street side, a grape looks pretty good. I am hoping it will eventually arch over to the jacaranda, creating a entrance of sorts. One out of 3 blueberries is still alive (I buried a bunch of pine trees on the side I planted the blueberries, hoping this will make it acidic enough for them). Potatoes did initially good, but all died. I first tried not to water at all, but that didn't seem to work.....Squash, sweet potatoes, Horse radish, chard and mint have been the best survivors. also new zealand spinach is starting to do good, lettuces and wildflowers have come and gone. Beets and turnips and a bunch of herbs like it. I did kill at least 3 suramata cherry plants. probably should have waited for the 2nd year. Going to try it again......the first picture above was in the middle of May, the ones I am posting now are from today.
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street facing side of hugel bed growing plants
hugel facing front, like the pic in my last post
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street facing side of hugel bed growing plants
street facing side of hugel, planted a month before back
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meadow with goats Los Angeles river
east facing side. gourd is loving it......
 
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Here are some pictures at our suburban ranch along the Los Angeles River. Lots of plantain, spurge, purslane, mustard, wild radish, dandelion, clover and willow in that meadow!
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Urban goatherding along the LA River
Urban goatherding on pasture along LA River.
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avocados kale tomatoes brocolli peppers herbs in raised beds
Urban goatherding along the LA River
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And here are some pics from 'The Orchard'. . .
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Bananas in hugelkultur raised bed
Our raised beds in the back yard. 24 hugelkultur boxes with avocados, kale, tomatoes, brocolli, peppers, herbs, etc in raised beds. Persimmon and lime on right.
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Bananas in hugelkultur raised bed
Bananas basking in sun in hugelkultur raised bed along south wall.
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edible Container garden with peppers, herbs and brocolli
Container garden with peppers, herbs and brocolli.
 
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another. . .
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Citrus, Pomegranate, berries in 1/2 barrels and tumeric in pots
Fully cooked compost bin. We have one more fully cooked and we just filled one.
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Citrus, Pomegranate, berries in 1/2 barrels and tumeric in pots
Citrus, Pomegranate, berries in 1/2 barrels and tumeric in pots. Under trees is 6 of sticks covered with goat pen muckings, covered with bark, then covered with weed cloth, then four more inches of bark.
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Backyard jungle apples almond fig avocados lime peach persimmon willow aloe
Backyard jungle. In this picture are two apples, almond, fig, five avocados, lime, two peaches, persimmon, willow and aloe.
 
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And finally . . .
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backyard jungle raised bed asian pear plum peach apple
Another view of the backyard jungle showing more of the raised bed containing asian pear, two plums, three peaches and two apples..
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70' Sycamore towering over our home.
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 taro ponds for our frogs
One of four taro ponds for our frogs
 
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