If so, which fruits and other plants are you growing?

What is currently producing?

How do you manage the size of your trees?

Do you make compost, or do you only use mulch to build soil fertility?

Which climate are you in?

I’m interested to know how popular fruit forests are in this community and how others are doing it.

  • xylem@beehaw.orgEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    Thanks for the detailed response!

    Did your Honeycrisp survive?

    Neither of my apples have leafed out yet, which has me a little worried - though the Baldwin put out a sucker below the graft which I cut off.

    Do you have purslane (Portulaca oleracea) there?

    I actually do have a couple of (non-native) purslane species in the yard - I hadn’t thought about using them as a living mulch, but I like the idea. One of them has gorgeous flowers.

    Do you compost your poop?

    Not something I feel comfortable I could do safely, unfortunately. Especially since my house is in a saddle curve where a lot of storm water flows through into some wetlands conservation land. I’d be worried about runoff. Also not sure how my town would feel about it!

    So you cover the surface of your garden beds with compost?

    That’s the plan! I’d also like to do some cover crops and chop-and-drop this fall for mulch.