Earlier this week I start plant a Modern food forest in Alabama . Though my demesne is rented , we really have no idea how long we ’ll be here , so why not institute ?
Heck , I planted a intellectual nourishment forest on the nation I own in the Caribbean , not live I would be allow it the next yr . This is equation for the grade .
But wandering aside , the new Alabama Food Forest Project will be an interesting one for multiple reason .
First , it ’s colder than my previous task by a half - zone . We ’re not snuff it to be capable to do much with tropicals and will have to pore on temperate species .
Second , we ’re starting this projection in an already wooded area instead of on a lawn . There is already a fortune of fungus kingdom and organic matter in the soil , which should be well for vernal Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree .
you could see the beginning of the labor in this TV , which is too long and rambly , but citizenry still seem to care it :
Yesterday my blood brother Brian the Firefighter and I pass a much bountiful chunk of the area . The stain look good than the soil in the garden , so hopefully the tree diagram and plant life we supply will boom .
The canopy tree I ’m planning include pecan , chestnut , mulberry and pear . Understory should be orchard apple tree , peaches , goji berry , blueberries , blackberry , small mulberry , cassava and chaya . Nitrogen influence peddler include mimosa , inglorious locust , LeucaenaandEnterolobiumand coral bean ( if I can get some of the latter two ) . As I propagateT. diversifolia , I ’ll plant them all around as well . The primer covering fire should be mostly pumpkin vine and sweet Irish potato for starters .
I may get a weed torch to control the return of the many Smilax plant life from below – this surface area was dilute with vines and I have the mark on my weapons system to prove it . Torching them seems easier than test to dig them all up . Digging is a nightmare with how many tree roots are in the land . It ’s like stress to hollow through woven baskets .
Unlike the grocery row garden I ’m building , this food wood will have more of a flowing , natural feel . I ’m make it with what I call the “ island method acting , ” imbed scattered Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree guilds with paths in between . It should really take human body over the next few months . We have a lot of tree hold off to be planted – and plenty of seeds , too !
Stay tune .
