Medicine As dreams are the healing songs from the wilderness of our unconscious-- So wild animals, wild plants, wild landscapes are the healing dreams from the deep singing mind of the earth. --Dale Pendell, Living with Barbarians
Design Your Own Forest Garden
Keys to Forest Garden Design • All 7 layers present • 60% maximum canopy of heavy producing heavy feeders • Must include enough legumes and mineral accumulators • Maximum diversity, maximum integration • Know your land, soil, climate, trees, rootstocks
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Discuss ways to establish forest garden • Mulch: cardboard, carpet, straw, other • Animals : geese, ducks • Protection for trees with animals in system • Mechanical: digger, rotary hoe • : issues with minerals nutrients
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Recommended Reading • Forest Gardening Martin Crawford • Edible Forest Gardens Dave Jacke and Eric Toensmeier • Design your own orchard Kay Baxter • Design Your Own Forest Garden Kay Baxter • Perennial vegetables Martin Crawford • Perennial vegetables Eric Toensmeier
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