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Anyone here growing a fruit forest? (slrpnk.net)

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If so, which fruits and other plants are you growing?

What is currently producing?

How do you manage the size of your trees?

Do you make compost, or do you only use mulch to build soil fertility?

Which climate are you in?

I'm interested to know how popular fruit forests are in this community and how others are doing it.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I've heard good things about the Amelanchier × lamarckii too in context of food forests! Space is rare though so I'm not sure yet what else to get. I'm not actively converting the lawn other than not mowing it except for 1-3 times a year, it's more that I started with the trees and am continuously expanding from there, plus some shrubs here and there and the hedge. There's some clover already but actively converting feels like a lot of work which I'm trying to avoid.