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Lori Ziemba wrote:Hi all,
Can someone explain to me the whole concept of a food forest and how it works? I just don't get it. I understand about fruit and nuts and berries. But aside from those, you really can't find a lot of food for humans in a temperate forest. The things we eat need sun. Even most animals need "edge" to survive.
How in the world can you grow most of your food in a forest? I watch videos, and I see people planting vegetable between tiny little fruit trees, and calling it a food forest. But when those trees grow, they'll be too much shade to grow most vegetables.
Is this whole thing an overrated idea that just doesn't work in the real world, or am I missing something? Anyone out there actually have a food forest that produces most of their food?
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So the seven layers of a food forest are (as I'm sure y'all know):
Overstory
Understory
Shrub layer
Herbaceous layer
Root layer
Ground cover layer
Vine layer
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Lori Ziemba wrote:Can someone explain to me the whole concept of a food forest and how it works?
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