Create a Backyard Forest

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Gravelled & boarded small forest garden

A small forest garden in full flow

Course slideshows

There is a slideshow for each lecture, the latest version is always here. Press p to bring up notes.

  1. Introducing Why growing edible crops with nature is so important
  2. Plan Observations to make, wishes to list & mapping your patch
  3. Design How to put things in the right place
  4. Protect Windbreaks & other tricks to protect your precious plants
  5. Perennial Veg Resilient & low maintenance veg are on the menu
  6. Canopy Plant the big trees, the canopy layer
  7. Ground Prep Ways to clear the ground, so as to plant your plants
  8. Shrubs & Ground Cover Establish shrubs & cover the ground

Free preview videos are available on my YouTube channel youtube.com/c/ForestGardenWales playlist Create a Backyard Forest.