Hi!
My husband and I have 5 acres in France, mostly grassland, on which we will not live permanently for another 2-3 years. In the meantime we plan on visiting it only 1-2 times a year.
My husband will be visiting this fall, which could be a good time to plants some bare
root trees (
fruit and nut) and shrubs(hedgerow and berries) since they will be well watered by winter and spring rains. We thought he might plant up the "super guild" with the walnut and
apple trees described in
Gaia's garden book since we already a mature walnut tree. If we
mulch the baby trees well, could this be okay, or are we wasting out time and money? ...they will be ignored until at least late spring.
How about now in summer: could I plant potted trees if I cannot
water them after mid-August but mulch them really well?? The next time they would be checked would be October/November.
Other suggestions of we might plant that will survive our neglect?? We are anxious to get things started but it is really hard if we do not live there!
Thanks for any advice.
Rebecca