Planning a forest garden, part 2
The next step is to create a base map showing the current conditions at
the site. The area I'll be working with is bounded by the
driveway on the south, the barn on the north, and a major thoroughfare
on the west. Young fruit trees and grapevines are surrounded by
clay soil which ponds during rains. A three year old brush pile
is slowly rotting down, but is still a major feature of the
landscape. The site is mostly sunny, though the hill on the south
side shades it on winter mornings. We don't get any wind to speak
of back here in our holler. Read more....
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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