We recently installed a food forest in the entry to Backyard Organics/Occupy Organics parking area.
This included plums, apples, cherries, mulberry, figs, olives, almonds, chestnuts, currants, gooseberries and many perennials and flowers to attract beneficial insects and butterflies. Its grown so much already in a month. I’ll post updated photos to show the progress.
This will be a demonstration site to show what is possible in a small space.
Update as of October 10th: The food forest has been a huge success on so many levels. We have been seeing many migratory birds stopping by to eat the seeds. The plants have doubled and tripled in size and its been a great example of permaculture design for the customers. We’ve had some small fruits to harvest like goumis, strawberries and service berries.
Some updated images:
Birds of Paradise – N fixer
One of the American chestnut trees is 6′ tall now the other is still small. The multi-functional hedgerow along the road is getting large as well.
Fruit tree guilds
Looking forward to next spring and harvesting the bounty!