I planted a big yard (6,000 sq. ft.) with over 400 plants 7 years ago. 70 native species. No soil prep. Med./large size bark covering the whole area 5" deep (lawn and bad garden). I planted 24 Alaska cedars, 8 Shore pines, 2 Douglas firs, 2 Red cedars, 8 Vine maples, 4 Douglas maples, 3 Cascaras, 1 Mt Hemlock, Red flowering currant, Serviceberry, Evergreen huckleberry, lots more shrubs and groundcover. Lots of food for birds. It is 12-15 degrees cooler in my forest than surrounds. Bird habitat and shade by summer. Use native plants only. Good luck.
I like the concept but I'm also concerned about the maintenance issues how many people does it take to maintain a project like this in the short term as well as the long-term before everything goes to weed and seed and you have a big jumbled mess
It is important that you manage the Succession of the crops over time so you don't have the whole system collapse. You should be able to harvest month on month if you get your crops right. When a crop is harvested it then is chopped and dropped before the next crop is ready and so on. It is labour intensive but you need no inputs, no fertiliser, no pesticides, no herbicides. there is no waste and nature will provide more output than input. Not even water when the system matures!
Great to see more Mediterreanan plantations! We're starting a project in the south of France! Lots to learn! What kind of soil preparations did you guys do?
@@bowelterNL yes, without a nursery is impossible accomplish this. One simple native tree is too much expensive for plant in large scale for make humus.
