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Feb 5th, 2017 at 7:32pm
 

I will grow a forest in our backyard this year.
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Reply #1 - Feb 5th, 2017 at 7:37pm
 

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.......It takes six steps.
First, you start with soil. We identify what nutrition the soil lacks.
Then we identify what species we should be growing in this soil, depending on climate.
We then identify locally abundant biomass available in that region to give the soil whatever nourishment it needs.
This is typically an agricultural or industrial byproduct — like chicken manure or press mud, a byproduct of sugar production — but it can be almost anything.
We’ve made a rule that it must come from within 50 kilometers of the site, which means we have to be flexible.
Once we’ve amended the soil to a depth of one meter, we plant saplings that are up to 80 cm high, packing them in very densely — three to five saplings per square meter.
The forest itself must cover a 100-square-meter minimum area.
This grows into a forest so dense that after eight months, sunlight can’t reach the ground. At this point, every drop of rain that falls is conserved, and every leaf that falls is converted into humus.
The more the forest grows, the more it generates nutrients for itself, accelerating growth.
This density also means that individual trees begin competing for sunlight — another reason these forests grow so fast.

The forest needs to be watered and weeded for the first two or three years, at which point it becomes self-sustaining.
But after that, it’s best to disturb the forest as little as possible to allow its ecosystem — including animals — to become established................


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Reply #2 - Feb 5th, 2017 at 8:08pm
 
Sprintcyclist wrote on Feb 5th, 2017 at 7:32pm:
I will grow a forest in our backyard this year.


Total bull!
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Reply #3 - Feb 5th, 2017 at 8:12pm
 
I hooked up with a Greek bird who had a forest.
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Reply #4 - Feb 5th, 2017 at 8:14pm
 

Get a professional designer in is a obvious 1st step.

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Someone who gives me this sort of thing.

http://delhansen.com/urban-permaculture-design-case-study-brisbane-australia/
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Reply #5 - Feb 5th, 2017 at 8:20pm
 


Permaculture is such a scam,,, in most places
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Reply #6 - Feb 5th, 2017 at 8:21pm
 
Gordon wrote on Feb 5th, 2017 at 8:12pm:
I hooked up with a Greek bird who had a forest.


Lisa Jones?

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Reply #7 - Feb 5th, 2017 at 8:37pm
 



yes, this is about what I want.
I've planted a few forest/gardens before.
They are a lot of work and preparation is the key.
particularily soil preparation
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Reply #8 - Feb 6th, 2017 at 7:48pm
 
Just plant some good fruit trees.
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Reply #9 - Feb 6th, 2017 at 11:19pm
 
freediver wrote on Feb 6th, 2017 at 7:48pm:
Just plant some good fruit trees.



exactly ... I've never understood why anyone would plant a tree in their backyard that was useless when the option was there to plant a fruit tree that they could harvest.
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Reply #10 - Feb 7th, 2017 at 5:45am
 
I deliberately have my backyard with no trees.

Trees wreck houses & sewer pipes & all other infrastructure.
They block light making the area too dark & cold  - especially in winter.
( One of my friends has had to pay out $42K to repair the damage done by trees in his front yard.)

Also - they block your neighbors view.
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Reply #11 - Feb 9th, 2017 at 11:07pm
 
Bobby. wrote on Feb 7th, 2017 at 5:45am:
I deliberately have my backyard with no trees.

Trees wreck houses & sewer pipes & all other infrastructure.
They block light making the area too dark & cold  - especially in winter.
( One of my friends has had to pay out $42K to repair the damage done by trees in his front yard.)

Also - they block your neighbors view.


yes , got to be VERY careful about planting trees.

Not having any is quite a good idea.
Many shrubs grow quite high enough.
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Reply #12 - Feb 11th, 2017 at 7:34am
 
Any tips on where to plant trees? Are they generally safer the further they are from the house?
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Reply #13 - Feb 11th, 2017 at 7:36am
 
I doubt any house has been damaged by a fruit tree!

Plant well away from the house so the roots don’t get into sewerage lines, back yard not front yard.
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Reply #14 - Feb 11th, 2017 at 7:38am
 
freediver wrote on Feb 11th, 2017 at 7:34am:
Any tips on where to plant trees? Are they generally safer the further they are from the house?



The roots grow very long so they will go under the house
& crack the brickwork.
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