Is it potential to produce food for thought forest in pocket-size spaces ?
I replied to this comment yesterday on the YouTube channel : Will a 50′ x 50′ space really be a “ forest ? ”
Perhaps not , but it would sure enough be close .
Growing a Small Food Forest
You could meet about 8 - 16 little tree in that space , then put shrubs around them , then put herbs and ground covers in , and then – hey – that looks like a little forest !
The welfare of working over a diminished space is that it is much well-to-do to pore on the ground . When you ’re attempt to improve a half - acre , your cause is spread over too much distance . A smaller space is much easier to sheet - mulch , industrial plant with cover harvest , provide lots of mulch and amendments for , etc . It ’s also light to incline and water .
It would be deserving drag out a square of that sizing and occupy it up with possible plant life . I ’m see multiple apple , hazelnut , a Formosan chestnut tree , plum tree and peach and cherry red , Nanking cherry red bushes , blueberries , blackberries , currants , boo , Jerusalem artichokes , goumi berry , autumn olive , pawpaw … just amalgamate in as many metal money as you could get by !
The South Florida Food Forest in its building stages
TheGreat South Florida Food Forest Projectisn’t much bigger than that . ( I should probably pace it off at some point . )
The South Florida Food Forest in its building stages
At this peak , that space was planted with two citrus tree trees , a mango tree , two mulberry tree tree , grumichama , Surinam cherry , manioc , chaya , Amerind curry tree , papaya and more . And it was just getting started .
The South Florida Food Forest in its building stages
Here is the same view in a more recent photo :
Now there is also a Jamaican cherry tree diagram , sweet-scented potatoes , star fruit , more banana and plantain tree , and spate of tropical ground spread over that sort of helped themselves to the gap .
What possible action there are in a low space !
Just be sure not to found everything too snug or else the quad will become less productive . We once rented a house in the tropics where the front yard had been plant with yield tree diagram in a very tight spatial arrangement . Later , they grew tall and fought with each other , and many of the Tree were barely productive – or did n’t produce at all – and the there was n’t much spark beneath them for even grass to expand , countenance alone fruiting shrub and perennial vegetables .
If you receive yourself facing that sort of a situation , it make sense to bust out the chain saw and let the lightness back in !
A small space nutrient forest wo n’t allow you to raise gigantic nut trees or full - size specimen of many coinage , but it will give you many of the benefits of a heavy system , including wanton concern , nutrient cycling , subtlety on the ground in the heat energy of summertime , some temperature temperance during the cold days of winter , a no - till soil biome , long - terminus yield , much fewer pest issues due to the mixture of species , etc .
A low food forest does n’t have to be just a “ well , we ’re doing our best … ” food woods . It could be a beautiful showpiece echo the design inherent in nature and provide diverse yields for decades .
