guildfordcycads

Hi everybody. Im from Portugal, and on case you haven’t heard about the wildfires here, just know we have One of the smallest countries In Europe, yet the biggest percentage of land burned in the continent.

I have been growing saplins from seeds Im my balcony and I have about 12 trees in my first year doing it (not great but I was a beginner), oaks, pines, chestnut. I want to ask you some tips for planting them, how I can protect them from the sun if everything else is burned ( animals are not a problem because they all probably died ), I fear i might plant them on the wrong spot or smth.

I would also like to get some tips on how to create a nursery for Young trees, because this year im planing on having 50+ new saplings. Thanks

I got an opportunity to live on some land with family out in the prairie, zone 6b. The elevation is a little under 6000 ft above sea level. The area with the house and garden is about 120 feet by 300 feet and the house is 40 by 80. Each graph square is spaced to represent 11ft. It gets very hot summers and is very windy twice a year: the beginning of spring and the end of fall. We are hopefully going to be able to go live out there in 2 to 5 (to 10, maybe) years. I would appreciate any feedback on this first complete draft of my forest garden plan. It’s in two pieces: Trees and everything else. Sorry my handwriting is so light, please ask if you don’t know what something says.

A few things I want to cover:

The herbs and down are in three sections, which are described on the right on page 2 and indicated on the map with circled numbers. I’m really excited about this, it’s giving me the strength to continue going to work because I feel like there’s finally a light at the end of the tunnel, so don’t be too harsh, please. At the same time, this is very important to me, so please be honest.

Yes, I am aware that plans don’t go perfectly, and I’d counter with yeah, that’s why it’s good to have a plan in the first place and be well studied so you can pivot how you need to.

That empty half of the land is for a business and I cannot grow in big sections there, just little business landscaping sections, so I’m planning it once those business plans are more dialed in.

I’ve done research and found a lot of information, but I’m limited to the internet and a few books I have on permaculture, like Edible Forest Gardens Vol 1 and 2 (from back when I had expendable income). On that note, I’d love to be able to pay a professional to look over my plan, but I’m broke as a joke, so here I am hoping to get community sourced information for free.

I’m not AI, I just have exceptional vocabulary because I am smart. Rare on this site, I know, but just believe me that I’m human, thanks in advance.

We’re doing drip irrigation, I’m looking at the system here, feel welcome to give feedback: https://www.greenhousemegastore.com/products/automated-garden-drip-irrigation-system

I know Paw paws, osha root, and ramps are not likely, they’re stretch goals and I’ve done research and found it’s possible, especially the paw paw (if you know someone in the Midwest around zone 6b doing paw paws, I would love to know about them and what worked!)

Here is a breakdown of all the plants and varieties I currently have under consideration:

Trees 1. Oak (Burr-Gambel) 2. Maple (Rocky Mountain), 3. Peach (Reliance) 4. Plum (American Wild Plum and Chickasaw Plum) 5. Paw paw (Sunflower, Shenandoah, Allegheny) 6. Pear (Moonglow, Honeysweet) 7. Dwarf Apple (Honeycrisp, Pixie Crunch, Sansa) 8. Dwarf Cherry (Stella) 9. Pinyon Pine (Pinus Edilus x Monophylla hybrid) Shrubs 1.American Hazelnut (Jefferson, Yamhill, Dorris), 2.Elderberry (York, Bob Gordon), 3.Silver Buffaloberry (Silver Totem Female, Wild-type Male), 4. Dwarf Mulberry (Dwarf everbearing, Issai dwarf), 5.Nanking Cherry (Maxim, Gansu), 6. Gooseberry (Pixwell, Welcome), 7. Red Currant (Red Lake, Wilder), 8. Golden Currant (Crandall Clove, Wild-type (villosum), Golden Grape), 9. Blueberry (Legacy, Blue crop), 10. Serviceberry (Saskatoon, Regent Saskatoon) Herbs Fennel, comfrey, mugwort, lamb’s quarters, echinacea, borage, oregano, sage, soapwort, feverfew, Nettle, lavender, lemon balm, thyme, chives, calendula, garlic, mint, chamomile, yarrow, James’s Chickweed, Sweet Woodruff, Walking Onion, Bee Balm, Cilantro, Dandelion, lupine, marigold Ground cover Strawberry (Sweet Kiss, Jewel, Ft Laramie), Creeping thyme (elfin, pink chintz, Doone Valley), Purslane (Golden, Red, Moss Rose), Kinnickinick (Massachusetts Bearberry/ wild type), White clover (Dutch white, pipolina), Self-heal (wild type, Bella Rose), Raspberry (Anne, Heritage, Fall Gold), Buffalo gourd (Wild Type), Purple poppy mallow (wild type, Cynthia), Mat Penstemon (wild type, Tushar Bluemat) Vines Grape (Concord, St Theresa, Somerset), Pole Bean (Fortex, Scarlet Runner, Kentucky Wonder), peas (sugar snap, Oregon sugar pod, Early Alaska), Pumpkin (sugar pie, baby boo, Howden), cucumber (diva, marketmore 76, lemon, straight eight), zucchini (Black Beauty, cocozelle, costata romanesco), Squash (acorn, butternut) Roots Potato (Yukon Gold, Kennebec, Red Pontiac), ramps (wild type), Jerusalem Artichokes (Stampede, Fuseau, Red Gem), Carrots (Napoli, Danvers 126, Little Finger), Beets (Detroit Dark Red, Chioggia, Golden), Turnips (prairie Turnip, hakurei, purple top, Tokyo Cross), Osha root (wild type), onion (wild native nodding onion, walking onion), Mule’s Ear (wild type)