Food Forest Flashcards
Food forest second from top layer
Understory
Understory later made up of (3)
Small trees
Immature trees
Large shrubs
Understory layer plants take advantage of
Gaps in canopy layer
Understory layer provides shelter for
Animals that live in forest
1st layer food forest
Root
2nd layer food forest
Vine
3rd layer food forest
Ground cover layer
4th layer food forest
Herbs
5th layer food forest
Shrubs
6th-7th layer food forest
Understory
Canopy
Our plant hardiness zone Lakefield
5
Prepare soil for food forest by
Lasagna bed
Lasagna In other words
Sheet mulching
If planting fruit trees in early spring
Wait until following spring to plant berries so fruit tree roots can get established
Why wait for fruit trees roots to establish before planting berries
So roots go deep enough not to compete for water and nutrients