Why I started my own food forest garden. (NW Europe - Zone 8) More pics in comment.

Cherries

Mulberry

Citrus Pursha (Lime x Manadrin Hybrid)

Citrus Limequat (Lime x Kumquat Hybrid)

Citrus Lime

Fig Panache

Saskatoon Berries

Blueberries:

Strawberries:

Diospyrus Lotus:

Fig Brown Turkey:

Guave:

Fig Longue de Aout:

Some plants such as the citrus' get winter protection in a greenhouse, I have a lot more which is not pictures such as 3 apple species, 6 pears, dozens of smaller fig varieties, walnuts, hazelnuts etc. But yeah, its great <3

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emuspawn@fernchat.esotericmonkey.com · 3 pts · 3y (5 replies)

That's fantastic! How long have you been planting your forest?

Tankton@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y

Thanks! Some trees were planted 5 years ago such as the cherry trees as a useful shade for the chickens. Most of the plants are only 2 years old now since that's when I decided to make it into a food forest.

Tankton@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y (3 replies)

btw, I saw in your profile you do some veg gardening as well. Got any trees?

emuspawn@fernchat.esotericmonkey.com · 3 pts · 3y (2 replies)

No fruit trees, although I might try planting some next year. There will be a number of food, uh, shrubs, I guess, going into my native plant garden that I'm excited about, like serviceberry and salal!

Tankton@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Serviceberry is nice! Do you got any cultivars or the botanic species?

emuspawn@fernchat.esotericmonkey.com · 3 pts · 3y

I was considering a dwarf cultivar to keep it small-garden sized, but I haven't put too much though into it yet.

yeetsinfection@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

Amazing