Mike Dalby

Just curious for any advice or thoughts etc. Were on our new property and there is an old site that sheep were grazed on near the house. It has a gentle slope from east to west and on the eaat end of the garden on the north side, there is a steeper slope facing the south that gets full sun. towards the bottom of the slop it levels out to an area that has about 40 feet of shrubs along the fence line and is part sun part shade. moving west its gentle east to west slope continues and the shrubs stop and thres a flat area thats full sun and open and at the west end of the site is apple and pear trees spread out fairly well. We are thinking we will plant some more fruit trees in this area. Im just curious as to what others think. Ive beeb thinking of using what nature has done with the site and the way its been going instead of changing things to much. using the flatter shaded area for veggies that like those conditions. Using the full sun sloped area for fruit and veggies that like full sun and better drainage. and the ooen full sun area for veggies and fruit as well. Ive been thinking of following a bit of a foos forest layout. from the east starting with lower ground plants etc and tapering up as it moves towards the fruit trees. Im pretty new to this world of permaculture so any advuce or ideas are greatly appreciated! Thankyou!!

I seem to have tapped into a few people fairly close to me now. Where abouts are you located and what have ya got going on? Any gardening tips? We were involved with some in bc but night and day coming here in the gardening world. This will be our first season with our garden in. Althpugh i did plant some garlic in the fall so well see how that turns out

Do you have email? Maybe easier to chat back n forth if youd like?

Hey. Yah i actually started that post haha. Would be great to start forming some kind of group. Montly meets etc. Interested?

Yes. Very haha. What ya workin on in kemnay? This site has given us so many great ideas to working towards a more relaxed cheaper life and ultimately having more time at home eventually. Cant wait for spring to be here as we have nothing to help with gardening etc in the winter yet.

This threads a couple years old now but hopefully someone sees it! We moved from BC a year or so ago and rented in brandon for a short time. Weve recently bought an acreage just north of souris a few miles. I came across this website and its awesome! Didnt kmow there was any kind of name for how we are working towards living but good to know theres others around here. Were working towards being able to raise and grow 80 pwrcent of our food off our land and have our garden going in this year and theres an old orchard area that will be part of it as well. Veggies. Herbs. Flowers. Berries. Apples pears and plums. And will hopefully add layers and meat birds this year and eventually a couple steers and berkshire hogs. A earth greenhouse with tires for the walls, and getting lots of other inspiration off here! Would love to connect with some like minded people around us! Hope to hear from someone.