I planted three sisters, leafy greens, radishes, onions, garlic, potatoes, various berries, figs, apples, kiwis, grapes, and herbs. The trees I grew from seed 5 years ago are now large enough to shade my garden. I planted this year knowing that the cost of food in fall will be high enough to justify the extra work I have done this year. Diesel is now at record highs globally.
just planted two beds of sweet corn. I'm experimenting with a three sisters planting this year but I hear mixed things on how well it actually does. Have experience/advice with it? Waiting to plant the beans and squash until the corn gets a little taller.
>>2868331>chad food forest>nothing tasty or useful can be grown because it's adapted to a different ecosystem and climate>even on the occasion there is something decent the seeds you can get are too nutrient-hungry, cannot coexist with the rest of the plants and aren't resistant to insects and diseases>miniscule yields, barely enough for a salad for one person>still has to dig, weed and prune it all by hand>chad
>>2868331more pineapplesmore bananasyucasnakefruitbiribajackfruitcacaowill get 5 new durian varieties/species soon got a lot more trees in the nursery that'll go in the ground the next few months. hope to get about ~50 trees planted this year. >>2868346you're living in the arctic circle something? a mature walnut tree yields about the same calories as the same area of wheat, but without yearly plowing, fertilizing, seeding and threshing. just collect, dry, store and crack when needed. theres tons of good fruit trees for temperate climates and you can make some hügelbeds once and have them produce good veggies without further fertilizing for years. for protein, keep your choice of chickens, ducks, fish, quail, turkey, geese, rabbits, guinea pigs, goats, sheep, pigs or cows. can all be integrated it a silviopasture system.
>>2868331Had to use AI? Would it really have been that hard to just make the pic in paint?
>>2868366>a mature walnut tree yields about the same calories as the same area of wheatcan it? a pound of wheat contains about the same calories as a pound of unshelled walnuts and wheat doesn't require you to wait for an entire decade before you start getting even limited yields.
>>2868384yesa mature walnut tree can yield something between 50-200kg of unshelled nutslets say a crown diameter of 7m, so an area of 154m2.thats between .3-1.3 kg/m2depending on conditions, wheat yields somewhere between 3-7tons per hectare, maybe 10 in the best growing regions in central europe or US midwest. so that is 0.3-0.7 kg/m2, with up the 1 in best coditions. so very comparable and the best trees will outperform the best wheat. and for the wheat you need the machinery, fertilizers, pesticides and labour input every year. With he tree you need to wait and you can pass it on to your kids who will get a yearly crop without inputs besides harvest and one or two generations down can harvest a very valuable walnut log.now compare the price of wheat and walnuts. and while you are waiting, you can still grow wheat in alley between trees when they are still small and not casting shade. or graze animals. or grow veggies. or berries.
>>2868388*7 radius, so 14m diameter
>>2868366>dude just plant a walnut tree and wait 20 years for it to mature
>>2868403>I need instant gratification and ant think further ahead than the next election cycleyou could be living on a family farm, selling nuts from a thousand trees that your granddad planted for you. you could do the next best thing and set this up for your own grandkids. how much do you pay for rent instead?
>>2868331i held off planting this year, which is an okay idea because otherwise i'd be dealing with bare root trees in literally the worst blizzard in 50 years. most of the shit i planted last year is waking up quite well, and my "meadow" style backyard is thriving. there's one area in the back i'm just gonna nuke with glyphosate cuz it's all english ivy and ground ivy, and i can sacrifice a couple wild pokeweed and woodsorrel plants, but that is not the standard practice. i spent approximately 9001 hours last summer applying glyphosate foam to individual ground ivy leaves, and the wild violet exploded. the first harvests i'll be able to take are unripe walnuts for the french wine liqueur, garlic scapes, strawberries, and some rhubarb. in the fall i'm also gonna covertly enter my neighbor's yard / white trash pile, and covertly assassinate all their jap knotweed via stem injection. i think killing plants is a more important skill than taking care of plants>>2868405i'm on 1/3 of an acre and one of my gardens has i wanna say 12-15 adolescent black walnut trees. there's a huge one in back that rains walnuts
>>2868336Hand pollinate the corn or you will be disappointed in your ears. You could just shake the stalks but there are better methods you can google. Otherwise I like to do it with pumpkins for jack o lanterns on Halloween.
>>2868411I read conflicting things on whether winter or summer squash is better suited. I'm guessing you're an advocate of winter squash?
>>2868485I have no opinion. Stop worrying about maximum yield and do what you want. The three sisters is for space saving not yield anyway.
>black walnuts>what is juglone>inb4 juggalo>short list of companion plantsYou're probably better off just diversifying
>>2868485do whatever you'll actually eat or a mix of both in different places, especially since they keep for different periods of time. Winter squash generally likes more space for good yield than summer squash, and imo seems like it sucks if it's crowded with other shit. I plant high density in a small community garden plot, but still get enough for a person though. hand-pollinating the squash too might also help guarantee yields, if you're so inclined. if you're really concerned about yield, smaller winter squash varieties might do better, like sugar pumpkins, mini butternuts, or kabocha.I've never done that method of planting cause it frankly sounds a bit retarded compared to having a good trellis for winter squash, tepee/separate trellis for the beans, then a patch of corn. gives me a couple good trellises to rotate around the garden if I get tired of them or if they die, and eliminates having to do too much backwards planting for something that might be shitty. Also, something to think about is the growth habit of whatever summer squash you pick if you go that route, since a lot are more upright/bushy. Not sure whether that's beneficial or worse, but might risk shading a young squash out a bit depending on your layout.
>>2868331im planting zucchini right now
