Lesson 2.13 DESIGN - Step 3. – PLANTING
FOOD FOREST COURSE
Lesson 2.13 DESIGN - Step 3. – PLANTING
Step 3: PLANT
The next step is to arrange your plants in the landscape. Position the
tallest species (i.e. the ‘canopy’ plants) at the northern end of the planting
area, with progressively smaller plants toward the southern end. This way the
taller plants will cast less shade on the smaller ones, especially at the
beginning and end of the growing season when the days are shorter, and the sun
hangs lower in the sky.
Of course, truly shade tolerant plants may be interspersed throughout the understory of the forest garden. You might even consider cultivating mushrooms in the shadiest zones once the large trees have matured. Edible vines may be planted on any accessible fences, arbours, or walls, and you can also train vines up trees, just like Mother Nature does—just be sure the tree is significantly larger than the vine to avoid the tree getting smothered.
The edges of the food forest are suitable for sun-loving annual vegetables
if you wish to include them. Also, keep in mind that it takes decades for large
tree to reach their mature size, so in the early years of a food forest there
is ample sunlight. Plant sun-loving species in the open spaces between trees
and then replace them with more shade-tolerant plants as the forest matures. Text
Elisabeth Ferkonia
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