tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416923201642990454.post3904281222818143291..comments2024-03-27T20:32:42.461-05:00Comments on Lillie House Permaculture: Establishing a Food Forest Garden: Planting DensityMichael Hoaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15728642724953659658noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416923201642990454.post-57858720038297773532023-09-20T04:35:41.609-05:002023-09-20T04:35:41.609-05:00I appreciate the insight into your front yard and ...I appreciate the insight into your front yard and back yard projects, highlighting the importance of balancing productivity and maintenance. Ivan Georgievhttps://eden-gardens.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416923201642990454.post-40986015631007152622022-04-13T02:43:08.336-05:002022-04-13T02:43:08.336-05:00Thanks for sharing this informative post. It's...Thanks for sharing this informative post. It's very helpful. Keep it up!<br /><a href="https://happyufa88casinoonline.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">wordpress</a><br /><a href="https://ufa88kh.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">blogspot</a><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvflNChuDEwDbYJEoKB0Upg" rel="nofollow">youtube</a><br /><a href="https://www.ufa88cambodia.com/" rel="nofollow">កីឡាបាល់ទាត់ អនឡាញ</a>Ufa88khhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12259594029966556639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416923201642990454.post-395607285576068832021-04-18T20:29:56.071-05:002021-04-18T20:29:56.071-05:00I am also in SW Michigan, so I appreciate your ins...I am also in SW Michigan, so I appreciate your insight even more! I am currently setting up guilds under a pear, 2 apple and a peach tree. There's so much information out there and I'm trying to balance it all. Lucindanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416923201642990454.post-74343442465918620142020-12-15T02:39:47.214-05:002020-12-15T02:39:47.214-05:00Want a luscious garden without a trip to the nurse...Want a luscious garden without a trip to the nursery? Enter Raintree Nursery, a locally-owned website that ships beautiful plants and trees to your doorstep. <a href="https://raintreenursery.com/collections/olive-trees" rel="nofollow">Buy olive trees online</a> and more.John Mooreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16159424133590275269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416923201642990454.post-14254459529928657232020-06-15T14:29:25.438-05:002020-06-15T14:29:25.438-05:00I am not sure why my name has come up as this - wh...I am not sure why my name has come up as this - which is my private google sign in. If anyone is interested my blog is https://greenhillsparadise.blogspot.com/CoroJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17195466115270859711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416923201642990454.post-33031777526881454762020-06-15T14:27:29.805-05:002020-06-15T14:27:29.805-05:00I am just beginning my Food Forest journey here in...I am just beginning my Food Forest journey here in New Zealand. Exciting times, and a great read here! Bet yours is looking way different now - 5 years on. CoroJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17195466115270859711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416923201642990454.post-73725803148382713642019-07-14T09:31:29.622-05:002019-07-14T09:31:29.622-05:00There is also Rick Austin's Secret Garden of S...There is also Rick Austin's Secret Garden of Survival Method which involves guild rotundas centered on productive fruit trees. This is a high density system.<br /><br />Another one is Paul Gautschi's Back to Eden method and applies heavy woodchip mulching. This is a low density system.<br /><br />Both systems are high yield and low maintenance/inputs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416923201642990454.post-13690904481921336612018-09-10T01:16:59.744-05:002018-09-10T01:16:59.744-05:00I’ve been searching for some decent stuff on the s...I’ve been searching for some decent stuff on the subject and haven't had any luck up until this point, You just got a new biggest fan!.. <a href="http://www.salandworks.com/" rel="nofollow">Land Management</a><br />Luck Cityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11407845258757115722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416923201642990454.post-10578168104966633392017-05-08T18:11:31.085-05:002017-05-08T18:11:31.085-05:00Thanks, PJ. The bird roosting phenomenon has long ...Thanks, PJ. The bird roosting phenomenon has long been observed, and reminds me of the old idea of "dead hedging" where farmers would essentially build a hedgerow by providing a place to roost. I know you're familiar with it, but for others who might happen by this comment, I've written more about that in this article on hedgerows: http://lilliehouse.blogspot.com/2015/03/designing-permaculture-hedgerow.htmlhttp://lilliehouse.blogspot.com/2015/03/designing-permaculture-hedgerow.html It's especially interesting to me to hear you're finding serviceberries establishing on your site in this way! It shows that once you start developing biodiversity and a good plant collection, a forest garden will continue to build itself. Michael Hoaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15728642724953659658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416923201642990454.post-66191319168565504432017-05-08T15:46:08.655-05:002017-05-08T15:46:08.655-05:00Update: Trees (or bird perches, such as power line...Update: Trees (or bird perches, such as power lines) beget forests pretty quickly. In an area under a few large existing trees at my place, I stopped mowing for a couple of years—the results have surprised me. Very high density of tree seedlings growing up in the lawn, esp. wild black cherry, apple, serviceberry, autumn olive, eastern red cedar, and various maples. I'm leaving most of these to grow for the time being, transplanting a few out into pots or better locations, and will keep thinning out the least-desirable species or specimens over time, to give myself a woodland of serviceberry and graft-able apple saplings in a few years. Wild strawberries have also showed up. In areas without bird perches, succession is still happening at (seemingly) a snail's pace. Thanks again for this great article.PJ Chmielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13172487759311264254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416923201642990454.post-84883759086855444872016-07-07T01:26:39.244-05:002016-07-07T01:26:39.244-05:00looks really good , thank you so much, we grat...<br />looks really good , thank you so much, we gratefully appreciate you , sending blessings from the team at Food forests for ultimate healing & health https://www.facebook.com/Food-forests-for-ultimate-healing-health-347638495382415/<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416923201642990454.post-15004780089377678002015-05-08T09:52:59.527-05:002015-05-08T09:52:59.527-05:00Yeah, the struggle for most of us seems to be the ...Yeah, the struggle for most of us seems to be the divide between what's idea and what's possible in reality. With enough money, I could hire a landscaping team to install a bunch of "instant orchard" size trees with drip irrigation and rampant ground covers and have a stable low maintenance system almost over-night. I'm sure on a long enough time frame that would even eventually pay for itself. But most of us have to do a balancing act, trying to minimize maintenance on whatever budget we have. One thing that's interesting is that plants are picky about the soils they will germinate in. So until the soil community becomes complex enough and rich enough in lignin to host fungi, you can't necessarily count on a lot of trees to germinate. The trick might be to choose pioneers adapted to the soil conditions we're working with and that have a decent chance of growing well from seed. Michael Hoaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15728642724953659658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416923201642990454.post-53949017785094083922015-05-06T21:39:32.033-05:002015-05-06T21:39:32.033-05:00Another thoughtful, interesting, detailed post in ...Another thoughtful, interesting, detailed post in a long line of thoughtful, interesting, detailed posts. I appreciate your insights here as this is something I've struggled with on my large, mostly-barren site. At first I was planting at pretty light "final canopy spacing" density as recommended in EFG, Martin Crawford, etc., but now I realize that I should be putting way more "sacrificial" trees in the ground to jumpstart the shift toward a forest ecology (as you'd recommended a couple of years ago). I'd mistakenly thought that this would kind of happen automatically given that it's a mostly-unmowed oldfield, but the birds haven't been planting as fast as I'd like, and I much prefer the feeling of a young woodland to that of a wide-open field of weeds with a handful of tree tubes.PJ Chmielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13172487759311264254noreply@blogger.com