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My family is looking at 10 acres in Michigan. The soil is beautiful and a family in the past had a garden plot.

Half the acreage is “freshwater forested shrub wetland.” There’s also a pond. We’re moving from an area that is forest and ravines, so we’re not as familiar with wetland habitats. We’re a bit intimidated by it and worried about flooding.

We plan to plant nothing the first year and go slow to our permaculture planning. What should we consider in this type of ecosystem? What are risks to lookout for before buying this property?

My wife and I just bought 3 apple trees. 2 Honey crisp and 1 Red Delicious. Looking for recommendations on planting and spacing of the trees themselves and any other suggestions. These are the first fruit trees we have ever planted and don’t want to mess anything up. We are in upstate NY zone 6b and the trees are about 6 ft tall. Thanks!

Found this newly peeled piece of bark on my one year old American persimmon tree. Is the tree a goner? If it helps I live in the eastern US mid Atlantic region zone 7a so I’m not sure if the excess amount of rain has caused this bark splitting. The tree is also wrapped around a galvanized wire fence so no deer could’ve gotten to it

I’ve been thinking about a lot of things recently and have been reading about Permaculture and I’m trying to answer some questions.

It seems to me that Permaculture is about creating, fostering and protecting beneficial cycles (aka growth) while disrupting or damaging detrimental cycles (flora and fauna with undesirable effects, invasive species etc).

How do you identify which cycle is which?

How do you reinforce the cycles that you want while stopping or slowing the detrimental ones?

How do you protect the cycles you want from negative outside influences while making the ones you don’t want more vulnerable to those influences.