Keira Oakley wrote:
And... PUMPKINS are also nice, even though they don't grow on trees, but they can be very satisfying as well.
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Definitely, this is the case. I think that primarily people should be focusing on getting the trees in the ground as soon as possible (as they are going to take a while to produce), and planning around the trees, though because they are often defining features in the micro-climates. It's strange that people focus so much on fruit, but this might be primarily due to the fact that the fruit stock is much more readily available at nurseries compared to nuts. For me, there are just not as many nuts available when I am looking at nurseries nearby. I would love to have more nut trees that would thrive in my climate. There is a local hazel that is a shrub, but I hope to get some hazel trees, and perhaps hardy walnuts and chestnuts.I think this thread does bring up a very important issue. That yes indeed many who construct food forests tend to go a bit too fruit heavy when deciding what to plant.
I think this is also very true. I'm going to start a thread, to discuss this.food forests concentrates a lot on the trees, but tends to forget the importance of the other layers of this design. There are the shrubs, the herbs, the roots, the vines, the ground cover. The trees them selves are only 2 of the layers.
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Roberto pokachinni wrote:
I'm going to start a thread, to discuss this.
Awesome, I look forward to reading and participating in that thread.
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Roberto pokachinni wrote:It's strange that people focus so much on fruit, but this might be primarily due to the fact that the fruit stock is much more readily available at nurseries compared to nuts. For me, there are just not as many nuts available when I am looking at nurseries nearby.
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Xisca Nicolas wrote:Unfortunately, about focussing more on nuts, I would turn the title into
"Is a food forest giving us too much PUFAs?"
They really have a disbalance toward omega6...
Saturated fats are the most difficult to produce, except if you have room for a lot of animals, ruminants...
We turn sugar from fruits into protective saturated fat!
Feeding livestock is a very good option IMO...
And balance through variety!
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Xisca Nicolas wrote:
And my question is more important when people are vegetarians...
My project thread
Agriculture collects solar energy two-dimensionally; but silviculture collects it three dimensionally.
Xisca Nicolas wrote:Unfortunately, about focussing more on nuts, I would turn the title into
"Is a food forest giving us too much PUFAs?"
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