Natural living, food forest gardening in New Zealand

Another batch of trees in the ground

Winter is a time to purchase and plant trees. This year we have put in 110 new trees which has basically filled up the remaining available space.
Going forward it will mostly be shrubs or replanting specimens that don't survive.

July 30, 2011

olmec

Babaco

Common name Babaco, Mountain Papaya, Champagne Fruit

Botanical name Carica x heilbornii

Details Produces large, yellow fruit pentagonal in cross-section - Self fertile.
Easily propagated from stem cuttings.

Variety Pentagona

Diameter 1.00

Height (m) 2

Flowers Small white

Edible

Evergreen

Frost sensitive

Fruit / berries

Perennial

Shade / Sun Full sun - part shade

Soil type Rich, free draining

Wind tolerance Low (large leaves)

Tags exotic sub-tropical fruit

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Chinese licorice

Common name Gan Cao, Chinese licorice

Botanical name Glycyrrhiza uralensis

Family Fabaceae or Leguminosae

Height (m) 0.4

Diameter 0.60

Seeds / nuts / tubers

Edible

Perennial

Nitrogen fixer

Shade / Sun Full sun - part shade

Constructing and working with a chookhouse gardening system

Combining chookhouse and glasshouse is one of the classic permaculture examples of stacking functions, closing loops and all that but not something I had ever come across. It makes sense on a lot of levels:

Why have 2 buildings when you can have one
Waste products from chickens are great inputs for plants (manure, heat, CO2...)
Chickens eat insects and plant material and are great for preparing soil for planting
Plants grow well in sheltered, warm environment

May 05, 2016

Olmec Sinclair

Could fertilising trees save the climate?

Nitrogen could be a switch for determining how much of the Sun's energy is bounced back into space by forests

November 17, 2008

Demand white clover

Details Dense stoloniferous and persistence clover type with good winter hardiness and improved winter, spring production. Small- Medium Leafed

Common name White Clover

Botanical name Trifolium repens

Variety Demand

Family Fabaceae

Nitrogen fixer

Date August 08, 2013

Colour White

Earthnut Pea

Botanical name Lathyrus tuberosus

Family Leguminosae

Seeds / nuts / tubers

Edible

Perennial

Nitrogen fixer

Shade / Sun Full sun

Colour Pink

Elaeagnus multiflora

Common name Goumi, Cherry silverberry

Botanical name Elaeagnus multiflora

Family Elaeagnaceae

Details All round great plant for most locations and food forest installations

Diameter 2.00

Height (m) 3

Drought tolerance

Edible

Fruit / berries

Jugulone tolerance

Nitrogen fixer

Perennial

Shade / Sun Full to part sun

Soil type Most

Elderberry

Details Fast growing multi stemmed small tree with flat clusters of small white flowers in late spring.

Common name Elderberry - European Elder

Botanical name Sambucus nigra

Family Caprifoliaceae

Height (m) 6

Diameter 6.00

Edible

Fruit / berries

Wind tolerance Low

Shade / Sun Full sun - Shade

Soil type Most

Flowers White

False Indigo

Common name desert false indigo, false indigo-bush, and bastard indigobush

Botanical name Amorpha fruticosa

Family Fabaceae or Leguminosae

Details Found wild in most of the contiguous United States, southeastern Canada, and northern Mexico and introduced to Europe. Asia and other continents. It is often cultivated as an ornamental plant. It has minor edible use and some additional uses including: Bedding; Dye; Insecticide; Oil; Repellent; Shelterbelt; and Soil stabilization.

Diameter 1.00

Height (m) 5-6

Flowers Purple

Drought tolerance

Nitrogen fixer

Perennial

Shade / Sun Part sun - full shade

Soil type Light, well drained

Wind tolerance Tolerates strong winds but not maritime exposure

False Indigo Seeds

Botanical name Amorpha fruticosa

Details Purple flowering large shrub to small tree growing to 4 meters. Amorphous fruticosa is a deciduous nitrogen fixing shrub in the legume family. Found wild in most of the contiguous United States, southeastern Canada, and northern Mexico and introduced to Europe. Asia and other continents. It is often cultivated as an ornamental plant. It has minor edible use and some additional uses including: Bedding; Dye; Insecticide; Oil; Repellent; Shelterbelt; and Soil stabilization. Common names, including desert false indigo, false indigo-bush, and bastard indigobush.

Nitrogen fixer

Perennial

Tags flowers N fixer purple

Price $3.90 20 seeds

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Judas Tree

Details Hardy to -15C

Common name Judas Tree, Redbud

Botanical name Cercis siliquastrum

Family Leguminosae

Height (m) 12

Diameter 10.00

Seeds / nuts / tubers

Perennial

Nitrogen fixer

Drought tolerance

Shade / Sun Full sun

Soil type Most

Flowers Pink

Kakabeak seeds

Common name Clianthus

Botanical name Clianthus

Details Seeds collected from assorted red and pink flowering shrubs in the blockhill gardens. Seed can contain some white fluff, the dried pulp from the seed casing, this is NOT mould or fungus.

Drought tolerance

Frost sensitive

Nitrogen fixer

Perennial

Propagate November January December October

Tags evergreen flowers N fixer native red tender

Price $4.40 20 seeds

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Kowhai

Botanical name Sophora tetraptera

Details Small leguminous tree with attractive fern-like foliage. Tangled juvenile stage leads to a stately adult tree.
Flowers profusely from September - November. Nectar is very attractive to birds, but can be toxic to honey bees.
Semi-deciduous. Hardy to cold and wind.
New Zealand native

Flowers Yellow

Diameter 3.00

Height (m) 8

Drought tolerance

Evergreen

Nitrogen fixer

Shade / Sun Full sun - part shade

Wind tolerance High

Kowhai seeds

Botanical name Sophora tetraptera

Details Large yellow flowers from September to November loved by bellbird and tui. Seed requires scarification before sowing. Mechanical scarification works best for this species. Reasonable results can also be achieved with hot water treatment.

Drought tolerance

Evergreen

Nitrogen fixer

Perennial

Tags evergreen flowers N fixer native yellow

Price $3.90 20 seeds

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Blockhill

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Another batch of trees in the ground

Babaco

Chinese licorice

Constructing and working with a chookhouse gardening system

Could fertilising trees save the climate?

Demand white clover

Earthnut Pea

Elaeagnus multiflora

Elderberry

False Indigo

False Indigo Seeds

Judas Tree

Kakabeak seeds

Kowhai

Kowhai seeds

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