Nicholas Moore

Hello! I'm Nicholas (Salochin, tehe). I've always been greatly interested in permaculture and gardening since youth. I'm now currently working on my food forest and involving myself more and more into what I've always loved doing. This was year two of my new project and right on track for my 5 year setup goal. I have a small yard and a lot of woods connected to a creek connecting to more wildlife. Gardening is difficult but, not impossible. I'm fallowing the permaculuture ethics 100% so always trying to look for the niche in everything!

Really excited to be a member and hopefully get advice and gain knowledge in this subject and hopefully more!

I just found this forum through Google looking up companion guilds.
I really like the idea of keeping the Black Locus till something better comes along. This is what I'm doing actually!.. Well, with the Redbuds and Bayberry shrubs anyways.
I'm in zone 5 and Black Locus are extremely hardy, just an amazing tree all-round! Just an FYI you can graft or propagate the upper (past 5 scaffolding) branches and to produce thornless hybrids. I tried it last year with great outcome! I'm attempting to be as natural and native as I can for Central Indiana so I keep the natural thorns tho. They are great fuel wood aswell (since you have woods and maybe a wood-stove or fireplace).