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Learn how to create diverse and sustainable food forests using natural principles. Incorporate cover crops, build soil, and choose the right plant species for long-lasting gardens. Presented by Jack Spirko.
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Creating Cover Crop and Soil Building Seed MixesProducing Food Sustainably and Naturally Presented by Jack Spirko
The Forest as Our Teacher Lesson One – The Forest Floor is a Lake
The Forrest as Our Teacher Lesson Two – Nature NEVER Monocrops
The Forest as Our Teacher Lesson Three – Slower Water Creates More Life
The Forrest as Our Teacher Lesson Four – Fungus are the Teeth of the Forest
The Forest as Our Teacher Lesson Five – A Forest Grows on a Fallen Forest
The Forest as Our Teacher Lesson Six – There are Seven Primary Layers in a Forest
Forests Gardens Can be Small • One or Two Semi Dwarf Apple (Canopy) • Two or Three Dwarf Peaches (Sub Canopy) • Several Black Berry and Blueberry Plants (Shrub) • 2 Goumi Bushes (Shrub and fixes nitrogen) • Mix of herbs, flowers, vegetables can be annual/perennial (Herbaceous) • Beans and Cucumbers (Vining layer + Ground Cover + Rhizosphere) • Strawberries and sweet potatoes (Ground Cover) • Horseradish and comfrey (Herbaceous and Rhizosphere) • This System (Guild) • Can be installed even is a small yard • Could even use a small swale and garden pond • Has all seven layers • I would establish it along with a mix of buckwheat and cowpea • Could be easily established with a chicken tractor, over and over
Forests Gardens Can be Small This one is going to be about 12 feet by 40 feet
Forests Gardens Can be Small This one is going to be about 8 feet by 24 feet
Forests Gardens Can be Small This one is going to be tiny a triangle of only about 9’ x9’ x9’