GARDENING SUPPORTING OUR EARTH Top 3 things you could do this year in your outdoor space No 1. The Soil Enrich your soil by adding nutrients back in. Lay some cardboard on your borders, mulch with leaves and grass cuttings. Work with nature at replenishing not removing. Give Back To The Soil. No 2. TheContinue reading “Top 3 Things You Could Do To Support Earth Day & National Garden Week This Year?”
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Food Forest Area- New Fruit Trees Planted For 2023
LAST OF THE FRUIT TREES GOING INTO THE FOOD FOREST AREA Getting Started We were gratefully gifted our last set of fruit trees for this area from Direct Plants They sent Clayton out 1 Pear – Pyrus Beth Pear 2 Apple -Malus Cox’s Orange Apple 1 Plum – Prunus Victoria Plum We also just plantedContinue reading “Food Forest Area- New Fruit Trees Planted For 2023”
The Beechgrove Garden 2022 Episode 23 – Katrina & Peter Gelderbloem
The Beechgrove Garden 2022 Episode 23 – Katrina & Peter Gelderbloem Katrina from Cambridgeshire, England & Peter from Cape Town, South Africa and their children are a Vegan living family of 5 living in East Ayrshire, Scotland. 3 children aged 12-15. Their eldest Clayton who is Autistic and Non verbal is Home Educated by KatrinaContinue reading “The Beechgrove Garden 2022 Episode 23 – Katrina & Peter Gelderbloem”
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. The different layers ofContinue 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 aroundContinue 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 theseContinue 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 Bonus Layers 8. Aqua/Wetland Layer (Bonus) 9. Mycelial or Fungal Layer (Bonus) What is a Food Forest? Food Forest sometimes called Forest gardening is a low-maintenance, sustainable, plant-based food production and agroforestry system based on woodland ecosystems, incorporating fruit and nut trees, shrubs, herbs, vines and perennialContinue reading “Starting to Build a Food Forest, Where Did We Start? (Year 1 & 2)”
Building a Food Forest -Scotland 