{"id":606,"date":"2015-06-22T20:52:04","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T20:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sacredearthdesign.com\/?p=606"},"modified":"2015-10-17T19:49:30","modified_gmt":"2015-10-17T19:49:30","slug":"backyard-organics-food-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sacredearthdesign.com\/?p=606","title":{"rendered":"Backyard Organics Food Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"

We recently installed a food forest in the entry to Backyard Organics\/Occupy Organics parking area.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

This will be a demonstration site to show what is possible in a small space.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Some updated images:<\/p>\n

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Birds of Paradise – N fixer<\/p><\/div>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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Fruit tree guilds<\/p><\/div>\n

Looking forward to next spring and harvesting the bounty!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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