Food Forrest

 

Why a Food Forrest?

Inspired by farming games such as Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley, I decided to spend my spare time building up a food forrest.

I began with vegetables but found lots burnt due to the strong sun in Summer, so went back to basics and built up a layer of trees. Now I’m working on adding vines, berries and herbs before planting vegetables again.

Trees

I’ve planted trees in the garden to provide shade for any berries and vegetables that we will be planting in future.

Trees included:

  • Apple (Granny Smith and Pink Lady)

  • Apricot

  • Almond

  • Avocado

  • Bay Leaf

  • Cumquat

  • Grapefruit

  • Lemon

  • Mandarin

  • Nectarine

  • Orange

  • Pear

  • Pear (Nashi)

  • Persimmon

  • Plum

Vines/BERRIES

I’m currently building up the Vines/Berries layer of the garden.

Vines/berries included:

  • Blackberries

  • Blueberries

  • Feijoa (Pineapple Guava)

  • Guava (Chilean)

  • Guava (Strawberry/cherry)

  • Grapes

  • Kiwi (Male/Female)

  • Loganberry

  • Passionfruit (Panama Gold and Black)

  • Raspberries

HERBS/Flowers

Herbs are tricky to grow in this backyard. The frost of winter and summer sun tend to dry out the herbs; keen for anyone’s advice on how to make them thrive!

  • Basil (Sweet)

  • Chives

  • Chamomile

  • Lavender

  • Mint

  • Oregano