As the old saying pass , the first year they sleep ; the second , they crawl ; and the third year , they leap !
That ’s talking about tree diagram , of course . Not some sort of amphibian , or your ex-wife .
Our Lower Alabama food timber is come into its third twelvemonth , and I am very excited to see how the trees do this time of year .
This workweek we planted a few more trees and shrubs in the system , including :
3 Japanese persimmons2 Toon Tree ( Chinese mahogany)2 Autumn Olives3 Soap orchis trees ( Sapindus saponaria)1 Chaste tree1 Rosa rugosa1 Kiowa blackberry
It looks like the freeze are done for this yr , so we should be in good configuration . The mulberries are waking up right now , and our two seedling plum tree tree diagram are in bloom . Next we hope to implant a lot more chop - and - drop and nitrogen - fixing plants and Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree in the system . I ’ve start a lot of love locust tree and someEnterolobiumtrees , plus we have more fall olives in the nursery we can plant . The cold has done a identification number on ourTithonia diversifoliaplants , which were our main chop shot - and - drop in this organisation . They all died the first year , but some of them grew well in year two and carried through winter this fourth dimension .
I liked the thought of let mimosa Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree ( a atomic number 7 - fixer ) grow around the food woodland until I discovered that the leaves seem to be allopathic in the garden . Perhaps they ’re allelopathic to other Tree as well ? I wo n’t plant more of them .
I would wish more black locust tree , as they are a right , cold - hardy nitrogen - methadon . We may be too far N forEnterolobiumtrees to live through winter , but if you could acquire them , they are a truly awing nitrogen - fixer . Mine have nodulation on the roots in their small crapper right now , and I start them from seed in the greenhouse . Heavens knows how they already managed to meet up with the ripe rhizobial bacterium , but they ’re really something else .
To give the food forest a good start this spring , we hoed away the pot from our trees and gave each of them a good dose of Steve ’s Mix , then mulched them well with shredded pine chips to help keep down the dope competitor .
Meanwhile , over at Skool , we have some great challengers taking part in our GROW500 Challenge . The nutrient forest challenge last fall was a great winner . We ’re working on another television to summate to the food forest training course we create last year . This one will be on “ How to bug out a Food Forest for Free , ” and I intend you ’ll enjoy it .
The day is getting off from me … meter to get outside and plant some salad greens !
Happy Thursday , everyone .
