• Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums
this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...
master stewards:
  • Carla Burke
  • Nancy Reading
  • John F Dean
  • r ranson
  • Jay Angler
  • paul wheaton
stewards:
  • Pearl Sutton
  • Leigh Tate
  • Devaka Cooray
master gardeners:
  • Christopher Weeks
  • Timothy Norton
gardeners:
  • thomas rubino
  • Matt McSpadden
  • Jeremy VanGelder

Potential area for food forest

 
Posts: 39
2
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
I've been cleaning up an area on our property, thinning out Eastern Redbud trees, still more to do. The soil in this area  is hummus rich (most of the lot is sandy clay), but super-high in potassium.  Wondering if this would be a suitable area to start a food forest?  

Video of some of this area is here (ignore the commentary which was for my kids) https://www.facebook.com/cori.warner/videos/10215854686423799/  

Should also mention I found three large black walnut trees on the Northeast corner of this stand of Redbuds.

Any comments, suggestions appreciated.
 
Posts: 14
Location: Castelo Branco
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Hi Cori. The area looks very nice. Regarding you question, I think any area with trees is good for other trees (eg. Fungi rich soil vs bacterial), it's probably just a matter of choosing the right trees. What trees do people in the area traditionally plant? You can ask around and chances are those varieties are traditionally planted in the area because the suit the conditions.
 
It will give me the powers of the gods. Not bad for a tiny ad:
GAMCOD 2025: 200 square feet; Zero degrees F or colder; calories cheap and easy
https://permies.com/wiki/270034/GAMCOD-square-feet-degrees-colder
reply
    Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic