Sandrine Ferwerda-Coosemans
www.sunnysimpleliving.com
Seeking a long-term partner to establish forest garden. Keen to find that person and happy to just make some friends. http://www.permies.com/t/50938/singles/Male-Edinburgh-Scotland-seeks-soulmate
Sandrine Ferwerda-Coosemans
www.sunnysimpleliving.com
Seeking a long-term partner to establish forest garden. Keen to find that person and happy to just make some friends. http://www.permies.com/t/50938/singles/Male-Edinburgh-Scotland-seeks-soulmate
Neil Layton wrote:First, you need to work out what horizon habitat you want to be aiming for. To do that, you need to understand the ecological processes involved. The only resource I've found for that is Jacke and Toensmeier. If you read anything else you'll just need to go back to them for the details anyway.
Neil Layton wrote:I think you need to address the weed problem properly. This means mulching, probably quite heavily. You can plant and then mulch, and then plant other things through the mulch, but you need to get rid of those competitor plants or they will compete with your crops. Grasses require a different soil biology (predominantly bacterial) to trees (predominantly fungal). You can certainly plant your mid canopy through that mulch, but you do need to mulch.
Neil Layton wrote:I think the pigs are a really bad idea. I've given this a lot of thought, and I don't think there is a place in a proper forest garden for herbivores.
Sandrine Ferwerda-Coosemans
www.sunnysimpleliving.com
Sandrine Coosemans wrote:
Neil Layton wrote:First, you need to work out what horizon habitat you want to be aiming for. To do that, you need to understand the ecological processes involved. The only resource I've found for that is Jacke and Toensmeier. If you read anything else you'll just need to go back to them for the details anyway.
Are you saying it's not possible to start a forest garden without reading that book? And it's worth waiting another year to plant trees, just so I could read this book first? Really, it is just too much for me to read in just a few weeks (and even then, I'd be stretching the timeline).
Sandrine Coosemans wrote:I have no idea what a horizon habitat is, and googling it hasn't helped me either (looks like it's a project developer in the States...). I see you have used the term a few times on this forum (I used the search mode) but it's not clear to me exactly what it entails, could you maybe help me with that? I would really appreciate it!
I do know what a habitat is - I am assuming the animals living in the nearby woods and the neighbouring terraces would just come down and start living in our little piece of forest garden as well, especially since we mainly have the same base trees as the neighbour. Or does the choice of shrubs / lower canopy trees really mess that all up?
Seeking a long-term partner to establish forest garden. Keen to find that person and happy to just make some friends. http://www.permies.com/t/50938/singles/Male-Edinburgh-Scotland-seeks-soulmate
Sandrine Ferwerda-Coosemans
www.sunnysimpleliving.com
Sandrine Coosemans wrote:
Still not sure what to plant as shrubs though. I'll probably take a day off next week to drive to the nursery and see if they have anything nice and berry-like and suitable for our climate...
Seeking a long-term partner to establish forest garden. Keen to find that person and happy to just make some friends. http://www.permies.com/t/50938/singles/Male-Edinburgh-Scotland-seeks-soulmate
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