Hello there!
I got permission to take some of our field for my "scientific" purposes...meaning that I can plant whatever and however I want! The red line is the line, though I bet could easily use entire field, since my father doesn't sow it anymore, and it's being rented to a neighbour. But since I don't live here (yet), I've got to do my plantings and works now and then from spring to fall. Technically I guess I can work as long as the ground is not frozen. So any ideas for a future food forest? It gets plenty enough sun all right, and there is slight slope downwards (from the front of the picture to the back, I hope I explained it right). Few things I have wondered: there is a ditch in the perimeter (blue line), propably good for normal agriculture, but does it ruin permaculture methods? And of course the fact that is has been used as a monoculture field for as long as I remember. So I guess some deep rooted plants and nitrogen fixers should be used. The sea is just to the south, right behind the trees, maybe 100 meters or so, do you think it will matter?
I was thinking about planting some hazelrows to block the cold winds, but then I thought about sea buckthorn, they grow on the beach, so I bet I could use some cultivated variety also, do you think they might be suited for blocking cold winds as a hedge(ish) ?
Second picture is closer to our old "traditional" garden (it would be just left from the picture, even though it doesn't look like ite

), If I turned right I could see the first picture scene, the field. There is this old stone row that used to block cows, but now it just remains there. I was thinking that maybe there could be planted a row of....something, right next to the stones, since most likely they collect the heat of the day. Then again, it blows coldly from the field, so that might be a problem. It is on the downside of a slope, so most likely it's more wet than dry. No standing water though, I haven't seen that ever.
South-western Finland, so summers really bright and lots of light, but not so hot compared to midwest US (to my knowledge), even though the winters might be as cold. And of course winters are dark. And long. Or so it feels. Zone 5-ish.
I just want to bounce ideas right now, so gimme all your wildest thoughts