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Does anyone have photos or a video tutorial on how to properly prune Indian laurel ficus notida tree? Thanks in advance

I’ve inherited some raised beds at a place I recently moved to. The bed framing is in good shape, but there have not been any growing happening for about 5 years, and the bed is completely full with weeds that are 5 feet tall.

Could I cut the weeds at the ground, then put cardboard down and compost on top of that and plant right into it. Or will the weeds still come up?

Is there a better way to do start my garden?

Xposting across r/BackyardOrchard, r/gardening, r/Permaculture, and r/Berries. I have a currant bush, and I’m not 100% sure what type it is. A family member was very sure that it had yellow berries last year, but it is definitely not a Golden Currant, as the leaves look very different to what I see online. I know it’s not a gooseberry, as it doesn’t have thorns on the stems. I think it’s a Red Currant, but need some wiser opinions.

I’ve decided to try hopniss in my front garden and purchased a couple of tubers online. I received one medium tuber and a string of 3 small tubers. I’ve been looking for good information online about how to grow them and am not having much luck. The tubers were expensive and I want to give them the best chance to sprout. Can anyone point me to a good growing guide for hopniss? Google thinks I’m misspelling it half the time.

So I’m working with an arborist to get several loads of wood chips to cover approximately 5 acres, and once I spread it 6 inches thick and let it break down, what companion plants should I throw in the field along with my dryland pasture seed?

I have 6 blueberry plants that I put in the ground 3 years ago. Well I was a novice and the spot I picked wasn’t sunny enough. So these blueberry plants are anemic to say the least. I made a new bed in a sunny spot that I can move them to but is it worth it? Will they bounce back? Has anyone had luck with blueberries that were stunted their first years? Trying to figure out if I should just buy new blueberry bushes.

My property currently has a lot of downed trees, logs lying on the ground, piles of trash, you name it. It was a foreclosure and this is my first season here.

In preparation to brush hog down the tall grassy fields, I’ve been going around picking up sticks and logs from the fields. A few of the logs were heavily infested with termites. Now, there is no shortage of excellent termite habitat here, so I’m not concerned about my home per say.

However, I was planning on building some dead hedge fencing for native insect habitat. I wasn’t planning on using any termite wood for this, in fact I kept that in a separate pile farther from my home than the rest of the sticks and logs I’m saving for the dead hedges, and I’m going to burn it asap. But there is surely other patches of termites. Some of these piles of dead wood are as tall as me and 20 feet wide on an incline so they don’t get much sun. I was reading that termites are attracted to dark cool areas.

I was wondering if building the dead hedges would be a bad idea though, due to the termite activity in the area. Could it encourage a further infestation?

Does anyone have experience with this? I would appreciate any advisement!

I’m planting some fruit trees as well as oak, tulip poplar, hazelnut, coral berry, and one or two more. This is my first “improvement” on my father in laws property that I’m due to inherit at some point.

The 4 fruit trees are about 4ft tall, but all the others are 12-18” seedlings (even 12” may be a stretch for a few!” All bare root.

I put 4ft tall x 5+ft diameter circles around the fruit trees. Metal wire fence was on the property.

How big should I go with the other 20 trees? I need to buy new fence and posts and want to keep the costs in check.

Is 3ft fence tall enough? 3ft diameter circles?

The property has heavy deer traffic.

it was linked here, but i cant seem to find a copy anywhere https://www.reddit.com/r/Permaculture/comments/1cqzm5/geoff_lawtons_design_a_5_acre_property_video/