Peach trees

Peach trees

Peach trees

Details   After contourscaping to retain rainwater run off from the nearby garage roof I removed a lot of the grass and mulched with the branches pruned from the trees. This was not as successful as intended as there wasn't sufficient material to create a good thick later.
This is in the process of being planted up. Recently added green tea plants to complement the existing strawberries and saffron bulbs.

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Converting an existing orchard to food forest

Converting an existing orchard to food forest

When we took over the property it came with an orchard consisting of plums, almonds, cherry, apricot, apples, peaches, nashi and pears. The trees are of varying ages and were planted more or less randomly across what was once an open paddock. Slowly I have been contouring, inter-planting, removing grass, mulching and generally intensifying the productivity of the area.
September 01, 2013