Food Forest course sections:
You can either work your way step by step through part of the course, as they are in order. Or you could skip to a section that interests you:
In each section I have provided lots of information to read, or you can skip and read the summaries which direct you to take action.
- Benefits of a food forest
- Site (sun, soil, climate, buildings, water, slope, wind, what’s currently growing)
- Draw out what you have in terms of site.
- What do you want? realistic, finances, time
- Wind breaks
- What to plant where along with list of plants to go in at each layers
- Nitrogen fixing plants/trees, how many are required and names of plants.
- Edible plants for shady places.
- Why you should choose plants that have multi uses.
- liquid fertilisers
- When to start planting citrus.
- What flowers.
- Insects/butterflies.
- Walkways/paths where to place them and what you can use.
- Building soil.
- Managing weeds.
- Propagation.
- Pruning in Summer and Winter
- Growing from seeds
- planting guides..
- Grafting of fruit trees.
- Financial cost and benefits of building a food forest.
- Wider benefits of a food forest.
- Future of the Environment Growing your own food
- Perennials versus Annuals.
- Dealing with leaf curl and other tree/plant issues.
- Food Forests versus Community Gardens.
- Food security and food quality.
- Biochar
- Using public land, tips on how to approach local councils.
- Spray or not to spray – Beneficial insects
- Water conservation.