We have a lot of grass in the Forest Garden during this early phase and have taken on some little helpers to help to keep this in check. They are loving their new home – especially the bathing facilities! Watch this video of our new additions (The large Muscovy is named Mr Incredible due to his …
With most of our forest garden planted last winter we are at the settling in phase, there is much work with no anticipated outputs for this year. Except we had a welcome surprise last week! An Elder (Sambucus nigra) had self seeded itself on the edge of our forest garden and was smothered in flat heads of …
Our Forest Garden is, on the whole, well protected from the ferocity of the winds we can get on our farm. We have a tall hedge to the north that cuts out all the cold northerly winds in winter, and the SW prevailing wind has to get through hedges, trees and a bank before it …
Last week was damp and warm which brought about in an explosion of growth in our Forest Garden – including our trees. Our mulching is starting to pay dividends holding back the grass around each tree as grass would reduce tree root development. This week I’m writing about some of the trees and shrubs in …
This winter has been a busy time in our forest garden. Many new trees have been planted and now all that hard work is starting to show some rewards. This is a short post showing just a few images of what is happening to some of the plants in our forest garden this May 2014. …
I know a number of people who’ve created a Forest Garden say the first tree on their list was the Mulberry. Well, there must be something in the type of people who grow Forest Gardens and Mulberry trees; because it has been a tree I’ve wished to grow for years. Mulberry is a tree with …
You may already be growing this shrub in your garden. It is useful as a hedging shrub particularly in coastal areas where it can cope with salt-laden air. Though wind is an issue in our location this is not the key reason for selecting it. The whole Elaeagnus family are nitrogen fixers. This means they have …
