| | Design & Plant. | January is a good time to plant bare root trees & hedging, as they’re cheaper, dormant and will need less watering later on. As well as Agroforestry Research Trust, I can recommend Future Forests for hedging, though do try to buy local.It’s also a good time to strategise, and luckily I have a free mini-course on how to setup your own forest garden plan. Do let me know how you get on.I’ve starting planting our very own nuttery (photo below) and I’ve also been designing for a couple of clients: a large greenfield site in Poland, and a smaller village garden in Northants UK. If you need a forest garden designed, drop me an email hello@forestgarden.wales | View this email in your browser | | | | Share | | | Forward | Forest garden articles | I want everyone to enjoy a wildlife forest garden, whether it’s their own, on an allotment or in a community garden. To achieve this, I want to make forest gardening as accessible as possible. | Part of the plan is creating my | online forest garden course | (due end of January). Another part is to build up a library of forest garden articles as a permanent reference. Below I’ve listed the ones I’ve made so far. | | | | Handy reference, rootstocks determine the height & vigour of a grafted fruit tree. Essential information for planning your forest garden. Also, orangepippin.com is a fantastic database of fruit varieties. | | | | Plant 'Bocking 14' comfrey by every demanding fruit tree, then chop ‘n’ drop the leaves couple of times a year to fertilise trees. No composting required. | Keep reading | | | | Recommended books, suppliers, websites and podcasts. Big shout out to Sarah Wilson, for the award winning Roots and All podcast, I always learn something new.Keep reading | Finally, thank you to Fi for reminding me to send out this newsletter! |
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