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hello, i am looking for types and varieties of multiple functions tree/ shrub plants that i can mix in my food forest yard 1/3 acre. i am looking for trees that mature height is 25ft and lower because i only have so much canopy/ sun and dont want 50-100ft monster trees taking all my sun/room.

my goals are soil building/fixing nitrogen/ mining minerals out of ground & pollinators for my other food crops in food forest. also any smaller trees that do well in boggy wet g hard clay soil would ve good too because my backyard is a boggy wayerlogged hard clay.

forgot to add zone 6b, currently growing 7 different pawpaw varieties & 2 pear varieties & 2 blueberries varieties with ones in my backyard which is waterlogged boggy hard clay soil as my front yard soil isnt boggy waterlogged nearly as bad. but what i did was build little raised beds around each tree / bush and have cubic yards of organic matter in each plant/tree to get them to survive

thanks, Lebowski

We clear-cut a 1/2 acre forrest last winter and ran pigs through it all summer. In November I planted a cover crop which will be used as early summer sheep feed. It consists of peas, white and red clovers, alfalfa, daikon radish, turnip, , rye, oats, wheat, buckwheat sunflower, millet, chicory, and dandilion. I just spread the seeds by hand on the ground before the leaves fell. The cold weather seeds are already growing a bit. I expected the warm weather seeds to sprout around May. This area is being turned into a silvopasture for sheep. I’m pretty exited!

I’ve noticed that people downvote questions a lot. If someone is asking a question, especially in this niche community, it means they are trying to learn.

Even if they ask a question that is ‘dumb’ or ‘obvious’ to some, it is information that is important to get out there.

The post that triggered this response was about planting invasive grasses. The poster was kind and understanding of the consensus and yet had been downvoted to hell.

Think of how important it is to share with people that they can’t plant invasive grasses. Upvoting those posts would allow more to see it.

Hello everyone, I’m exploring areas in Colorado where you are allowed to live in a yurt / adobe and or prefab home and id love to have tiny permaculture set up & garden, preferably open building codes, and/or areas that commonly except eco-friendly building and homes . I have already looked in the Crestone / Moffat area, but looking for back up areas in Colorado that would equally work as well. Any suggestions on areas would be wonderful. Leave a comment with those and thank you so much.🫶

I’ve gone to a lot of effort to try to improve the quality of the soils, from fungal spores to adding compost and worms, even home brewing some lactobacteria to aid legumes in nitrogen fixation.

I’d hate to undo all that effort by killing all the microbial life with chlorine. For the larger spaces in my yard I have no choice but to use the sprinkler or a sprayer and hope the misting effect will let chlorine evaporate, but what about using the hose directly on large grow bags? I’ve been using a buckets that I’ve let sit out for the chlorine to evaporate, but I have so many grow bags now that I don’t have enough buckets to get to everything in the same watering session. I’m in California so counting on the rain is not an option.