Starting a small forest from lawn this summer - Similar Threads

Register / Login

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
John F Dean
Timothy Norton
Nancy Reading
r ranson
Jay Angler
Pearl Sutton

stewards:

paul wheaton
Tereza Okava
Andrés Bernal

master gardeners:

Christopher Weeks

gardeners:

Jeremy VanGelder
M Ljin
Matt McSpadden

Other threads similar to Starting a small forest from lawn this summer

permaculture

Small, easy projects that make a big difference

120 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 41 128

hunting and fishing

Mississippi Food Plot

2 replies

gardening for beginners

"No Dig" not raised beds techniques

7 replies

soil

Wood chips/food forest fallacy?

31 replies 13

soil

Help - can my soil be improved enough to plant a tree ASAP, using what's in my yard?

17 replies 3

earthworks

Hugeltrench, gray water, soil improvers

3 replies 4 1

forest garden

New Food Forest plant list for USDA Hardiness Zones 8-10

76 replies [ 1, 2 ] 7 1

biochar

DIY Trough Style Biochar Retort

25 replies 10 5

greening the desert

How to Get Water to Plants and Trees in Drought Conditions

25 replies 2 17 25

gardening for beginners

Garden / soil help please

24 replies 1 2 8

gardening for beginners

Hi im new and my garden sucks :(. Questions about sheet mulch etc

15 replies 1

gardening for beginners

Bit Gardening

18 replies 2

greening the desert

Need help with possible food forest in the chaparral desert with minimal resources

13 replies 1 2 4

forest garden

prescribed burning

9 replies

gardening for beginners

some specific questions (sandy, acidic soil; drought; shade; diseased fruit trees; de-toxification)

5 replies

edible forest gardens

Volume Two Chapter Six - Garden Establishment

1 reply 1 1

forest garden

Seasonal stacking of plants through the year.

9 replies 7

lawn

Edible (Front) Lawn in City Limits - Help Please!

10 replies 1 1

forest garden

Forest Garden Layering

14 replies 1 4

plants

Vaccinium And Elaeagnus

23 replies 1

soil

Why no worms in leafmould?

9 replies 1

trees

Tsuga heterophylla (Western Hemlock)

2 replies

forest garden

My Grove project

17 replies 14 4

plants

Seven pretty detailed questions about comfrey

7 replies 1 3

soil

Improving clay soil on the cheap

160 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] 4 40

woodland

Suggestions for shade loving plants.

1 reply

permaculture

Projects for permaculture newbie with limited space/time/money?

11 replies

soil

Till, cover crop and till again?

22 replies 1 9

rainwater catchment

First attempt to harvest water. Simple, but maybe a bad idea?

28 replies 11 1 1

goats and sheep

Clearing Brushy Land with Icelandic Sheep

4 replies

gardening for beginners

First (EVER!) Veggie Garden, Already Got Pests!

4 replies 4

soil

oak forest to garden plan

15 replies 2

soil

Question about putting compost on top of soil

34 replies 2 2

fruit trees

Using cardboard as mulch in orchard?

7 replies 4

permaculture

Favorite plant and the one you wish you could grow

28 replies 3 7

mulch

Cheap/free mulches in the high desert?

33 replies 3 6

trees

Sugar bush in The Peace (eastern slopes of the Rockies: foehn winds/chinooks)

7 replies

forest garden

Is it Possible to Have a Forest Garden in the Desert?

25 replies 10 17

plants

Powerful Penetrating Roots

15 replies 6

composting

Do I have enough time?

9 replies 2

forest garden

Food Forest from Woodlands

24 replies 1 1

mulch

Horrors of sheet mulching

236 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ] 3 4 9

hugelkultur

Hugelkultur using Palm trees?

5 replies 3

urban gardening

New homeowner - permaculture interested

44 replies [ 1, 2 ] 3 1

chickens

My creekside forested chicken setup (electric fence /mobile coop) - Feedback welcome!!!

2 replies

plants

Has anyone propagated lamb's quarter in any way-seed, etc.?

18 replies 13 3

composting

Compost, here I go again

18 replies 9 12

fruit trees

food forest in a temperate climate - permaculture myth?

14 replies 1 2

forest garden

Turning your food forest into a U-pick

5 replies

grains and pseudograins

Small Barley Batch, Barely enough to talk about

11 replies 3