food forest in California...

Hello Permies.
I've been slowly transforming my small town urban house plot into a permaculture paradise. I've transformed my back yard into hugelkultur pallet garden and working on a small(tiny) pond to feed my garden.
In the front a have "lots of space" i have two 1 year old hugelkultur planted with cardoon, peas, comfrey, sun chokes and local flowers. I've slowly been growing a walking stick kale fence around this area. Ive recently planted a couple fruit trees an apple and frost peach which are putting on vigorous growth (which delights me to no end)
other than that I am very much a novice when it comes to trees and developing a food forests, any help would be greatly appreciated. I have plenty of experience with growing vegatables and have a very green thumb.


live in zone 9b on the coast of Humboldt county. lots of foggy moist morning in spring and fall.

I'm hoping to fit as much as i can into an area 25 x 80 ft. and keep the trees far enough from my house foundation which is 50 ft of the 80ft span on the west side of the area. with the two 12 x 4 ft hugelkulturs in an L patern at the north of the of the area. the east and north are both surrounded by a concrete road.

I know I should get these in the ground asap but need a good layout first.
I might have over purchased for the area i have. I plan on keeping it well pruned and a manageable size.

From jiovi.com

thornless honey locust

Blueberries

Manchurian apricot. x2

saskatoon service berry x3

paw paw plants x2

siberian pea bush

seabuckthorn x2

i also have
Meyers lemon trees. x2

elderberries blue x2 varieties

Oregon grape.

ling cherry.


Do you have a suggested layout I could use?

Thank you so much for your time

Doug

Very nice! And thank you for letting me know about jiovi.com. You like what you got from there?

Are you looking for capturing light? Then make a u-to the south, big ones in back and smaller ones up front, just like a photograph. Looking to shade the plants, do the opposite. To get the most plants per area with the most sun, stagger while imagining where the sun hits most of the time. I can't see you're place from here, so no drawings from me! . For the best production, fruit trees tend to need sun. Vines can climb up trees, choose the bigger trees for this. N-fixers should be in the middle of the others. The one you want the most production, find the best space. Most fruit trees only need to be dealt with once a week (except in season) so they don't need to be in zone 1. 25 x 80 is a lot of area: do you plan on pruning?

Also, I think traditional orchard spacing is more related to equipment and production than a tree's needs for survival.

But, this is just all my opinion.

Good luck!