Transforming a Large Grass Lawn with Sheet Mulching Why Mulching? Mulching is a fundamental practice in gardening, especially within permaculture, as it enhances soil health, conserves moisture, suppresses weeds, and supports the overall ecosystem of your garden. Using materials like cardboard, leaves, grass clippings, and compost aligns with permaculture principles, which emphasises working with natureContinueContinue reading “Transforming a Large Grass Lawn with Sheet Mulching”
Category Archives: Building Our Food Forest
Understanding Plant Guilds in Permaculture Food Forest Gardening
Understanding Plant Guilds in Permaculture Food Forest Gardening Building A Guild We spent a lot of time designing this area based on Permaculture Design, making sure they were in the best position of the sun, wind and rain. We built most of the plants into a guild. In permaculture design this involves creating a communityContinueContinue reading “Understanding Plant Guilds in Permaculture Food Forest Gardening”
Food Forest Gardening: How to Grow and Harvest Raspberries, Strawberries, Blueberries & More
Food Forest Gardening: How to Grow and Harvest Raspberries, Strawberries, Blueberries & More Designing Our Berry Garden with Permaculture Principles We spent a lot of time designing this area, not just planting randomly, but really thinking about how the space would function as a whole. Our goal was to create a garden that wasn’t justContinueContinue reading “Food Forest Gardening: How to Grow and Harvest Raspberries, Strawberries, Blueberries & More”
Food Forest Update: New Fruit Trees Planted for 2023
Food Forest Update: New Fruit Trees Planted for 2023 Why Planting Fruit Trees First is Essential in Building a Food Forest When establishing a food forest, planting fruit trees first is a crucial step because they form the foundation of the ecosystem. A food forest is a layered, self sustaining system designed to mimic natural forests whileContinueContinue reading “Food Forest Update: New Fruit Trees Planted for 2023”
A Little About Us and Where The Food Forest Has Started From – 2022 Update
Katrina & Peter and their children are a Vegan living family of 5 in East Ayrshire, Scotland. 3 children aged 12-15. Their eldest Clayton who is Autistic and Non verbal is Home Educated by Katrina and has developed a keen interest and eye for the garden and is most happiest when planting seeds, potting upContinueContinue reading “A Little About Us and Where The Food Forest Has Started From – 2022 Update”
Building a Mini Food Forest in a Raised Bed
You don’t need a huge space to start growing food and you don’t need a large space to start a food forest. Just start where you are & with what you have to move forward. Using the Permaculture Design Principles you can maximise your space to get the most from it. Source: familyfoodgarden.com The differentContinueContinue reading “Building a Mini Food Forest in a Raised Bed”
Sheet Mulching a Large Grass Lawn Area To Build A Food Forest
See Previous Posts Starting to Build a Food Forest, Where Did We Start? And Building a Food Forest in Scotland. Starting with the Tree Layer (Year 1) Where Did We Start From? This area had the 8 Fruit Trees & Cages planted across the back. The idea was to sheet mulch the whole area aroundContinueContinue reading “Sheet Mulching a Large Grass Lawn Area To Build A Food Forest”
Building a Food Forest in Scotland. Starting with the Tree Layer (Year 1)
See Previous Post Starting to Build a Food Forest, Where Did We Start? When and Where Did We Plant? After building and planting in the fruit cage in July 2019 the design plan was to carry the fruit trees across the back. Not being able to cage the whole 30m area across we used theseContinueContinue reading “Building a Food Forest in Scotland. Starting with the Tree Layer (Year 1)”
Starting to Build a Food Forest, Where Did We Start? (Year 1 & 2)
There are 7 Layers of a Food Forest Tall Tree or Canopy Layer Sub-Canopy or Large Shrub Layer Shrub Layer Herbaceous Layer Ground Cover Layer Underground Layer Climber, Vine or Vertical Layer Bonus Layers 8. Aqua/Wetland Layer (Bonus) 9. Mycelial or Fungal Layer (Bonus) 7 Layers of a Food Forest image: chelseagreen .com What isContinueContinue reading “Starting to Build a Food Forest, Where Did We Start? (Year 1 & 2)”
