I'm in Zone 5 on silty clay loam, on anything from a flat to 7 deg south facing slope. Around here we have a problem with Peach trees wanting to start growing again in the winter when it warms up again then freezing when it cools off and breaking the limbs.
I also got a wild hair to try some Almond trees. For this I was going to try making one of Paul's 6 foot high Hugelkulturs. Half buried in the ground shaped in a semi-circle around the Almond's.
My idea is to try and shade out the Peach during the winter so it doesn't want to grow but to let sun in during the summer months. On the Almonds, well I really don't know just wanting to try something.
Anybody know if this sounds feasible? Any suggestions? I'm mainly concentrating on edibles, but am trying to keep open to everything (other attractant plants, nitrogen fixers and whatnot).
This is what I've kind of envisioned so far.
I also just realized I labeled the sunrise line wrong it should say South of East not West.
