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FOOD FORESTS FOR ALL!!

Chuck, I completely agree!  My primary residence is 2 stories of 2200 sq ft on 0.34 acres; zoned R-1.  We’ve had a common garden consisting of raised beds and a tilled plot since our second year here.

I’ve learned much since, and this year we are no-till planting and we’re using the “dead space” of our yard to begin a mini food forest.  It will lack the true canopy trees, and realistically it will be 5 years before it will be producing significantly with a lot of work on the front end.  The goal is high production with minimal effort once established. This should be accomplished by a balanced compliment of plants throughout the tiers, which should then only require a few weeks of maintenance with most time spent enjoying the harvest.

I spent the last several months working on soil conditioning and my plans were derailed slightly when I adopted some orphaned blueberry bushes. Despite the derailment the objective remains.

If anyone has experience or insights on developing a food forest on ~1/10th of an acre please contact me!

I love food forest.   Welcome to Zach Loeks.   I'd like to see a taxation system that taxes lawns as recreational and taxes food forests as agricultural.   In the near future...I hear 80 years we won't have enough food unless we change our agricultural system.   I vote for the food forest.   It also captures carbon maybe at a higher level than all crops grown close to the grown.     greetings to all.    Meriwether