What's growing in your food forest in the mountains?

Hello,

I am in the Himalayas in a village in India and trying to setup a food forest on 0.25 acre.

Am curious what others are growing in their respective food forests in mountain terrain and if anyone would like to share their experience.

Regards,
Ashish

What is your winter low?
How much rain do you get?
How much rainfall do you normally get per year, is it seasonal
Are you interested in fruit trees or nut trees or just vegetables.

Mushroom: Oyster Mushroom
Herbs: mint/thyme family, carrot family, garlic family, turmeric/ginger family
Leafy vegetables: cabbage/kale family, spinach/amaranth family, lettuce/dandelion family
Root vegetables: potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams, taro, etc
Fruit Vegetables: squash/cucumber family, tomatoes/eggplant/pepper family
Grain Family: corn, rice, wheat,
Legume/Bean Family: kidney beans, etc
Fruits: grape, jujube, fig, blackberry, etc
Nuts: ???

Ashish,
Good luck with your project!
You may find that many plants that we grow here in the UK will be suitable for you.  Many garden plants here have been found in the Himalayas (I'm thinking Meconpsis poppy, candelabra primula, Rhodadendrons, Leycesteria formosa....himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera) likes it in the UK so much it is a pest.  Obviously the himalayas is a big region (!) So I don't know what your part is like, but you may find techniques that work in European temperate areas will work for you, and vice versa.  There are probably common useful plants there that I've never heard of that would (perhaps!) grow for me.  That's a great thing about Permies, although USA has the most posters, there are people from all over the world, so you're bound to find a neighbour: Rebecca Norman is based in Ladakh and often posts here, she maybe able to give some good pointers for you.

Thank you both for your suggestions. I am growing many of these and few more like chives, Basil.

Oyster mushroom is a great idea I will try.
Checking out European plants  sounds good too!

Temp. falls to -1 for few days in winter at night. We have frost too. Heavy monsoon rains.

My thoughts are:

What trees and shrubs do you already have to work with?

Kilmora, Hisalu are the native shrubs
Oaks and Pines are the native trees

Other than that, we have fruit guilds of apple, peach, apricot

Ashish, That sounds like a good start towards a food forest.

Here are some threads that might be of interest:

https://permies.com/t/14934/Science-companion-planting

https://permies.com/t/55790/Apples-onions#465885

https://permies.com/t/7943/Fruit-Tree-Guild-Design-Plant

Thank you

Chives and onions are in the garlic family.
Basil and oregano and thyme and beebalm are in the mint family.
Swiss chard and beets are in the spinach family.

When it comes to fruits, seeing as how you are a zone 9 (-1C) or maybe a zone 6 (-1F). You can grow most of the fruit trees that you see listed on this website such as, jujube, kiwi, grapes, akebia, pawpaw, persimmon, mulberry, figs, gooseberry, seaberry, goumi, Strawberry, berry, raspberry. Now the apple/pear subfamily may or may not do too good for you, even more so for the prunus subfamily (plum, cherry, peach, apricot, almond, etc)