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Posts from Forest Garden Wales Blog for 10/22/2019
By [email protected] (Jake Rayson) on Oct 21, 2019 01:27 pm
Bruce Slark has been growing a forest garden for nigh on 20 years and his talk at Moylgrove Hall was full of tasty nuggets
Bruce’s talk on his well-established forest garden at Moylgrove Hall was very interesting, particularly because it is well-established. Here at Forest Garden Wales, the fruit trees on a windy hillside are only just starting to bear fruit, so it was great to see a full complement of produce on display.
The other point that hit home is the health aspect. Robert Hart, a pionner of temprate forest gardens and author of Forest Gardening, apparently had an 80% raw food vegan diet.
Here are my random notes from the evening, really for my benefit but you’re welcome to peruse if you want:
Netting, essential for fruit trees and fruit bushes. Apples too?!
Camassia, starchy potato alternative, staple food of Native Americans.
Put large stone by raised beds for Song Thrush to use as “stone anvil” for snails.
Scarlet Hawthorn, fruit on display. Crataegus ellwangeriana or Crataegus pedicellata?
Mark bamboo with pen for each year, when 3 years old (3 dots), cane is lignified & can be used outside.
Sweet Chestnuts 14 years old, 30kg nuts from each tree
Cornelian Cherry, naturalised in Britain
Judas Tree, edible flowers, nitrogen fixer
Trazel, cross between Turkish Hazel and native Hazel
Nanking Cherry, first flowering bush in spring, beautiful
Gaultheria shallon, grows well in shade, make tea from leaves like green tea, evergreen
Aside: is there any such thing as a 90% vegan diet?
