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Advice on creating a new woodland food forest

 
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Good morning,
  I just found this site today.  I admit that it is a bit overwhelming trying to figure out how to navigate it but I’ll cut to the chase.  I’d like to integrate as many native species food sources as possible on my 1 acre wooded lot.  I’m struggling with figuring out what to grow as I am completely surrounded by woods and there are no locations that get full sun for more than a couple of hours.  I am in West TN and have ordered a PawPaw tree and a couple of Persimmon trees.  Will fruit trees produce in a woodland environment? I remember harvesting blackberries as a child in blackberry thickets but those were near to open fields.  Is it possible to create a food forest in a true forest?  I did have a small area of trees cleared for a spot to put my tiny house cabin but sunlight is in short supply.  I welcome advice on resources, planning, conferences, groups, ect that might be able to assist me.
 
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All my blackberries, raspberries (gold, red and black varieties), low bush blueberries, strawberries, gooseberries, apple trees and cherry tree grow in a forest on my land. In fact, everything in the list came from other parts of the land and I replanted in close proximity to my cabin. However, all of the flora is growing in a forest and thrives quite well.
 
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Rachel, welcome to the forum!

Planting along the edges of the forest where plants can get some sun would be my suggestion.

Also, there are edible shade-loving plants:

https://permies.com/t/40338/Shade-edibles

https://permies.com/t/67828/Shade-food-forest

https://permies.com/t/110822/favorite-shade-loving-edible

https://permies.com/t/84295/Permaculture-Shade-Grown-Forest-Garden
 
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