Vigourous paper shell almond

Vigourous paper shell almond

Vigourous paper shell almond

Details   After pruning this tree back quite drastically I mulched and planted bulbs and herbs. I also got a small crop of potatoes from under the mulch in the first season. Now, the tree seems to have regrown in 2 seasons. On a number of occasions I have found seedling almonds coning up in the garden beneath and have carefully potted them up for later transplant. The oldest of these is now 2 meters tall and covered in flowers. Exciting stuff.

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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