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The central elements in our garden are three low trees: | The central elements in our garden are three low trees: | ||
an Apple tree, a Mulberry and an Elderberry. Those three trees do tolerate each other very well. The idea is to make a guild or community around each tree and over time these guilds can slowly blend into each other. Other possible trees are for a central elemaent can be for instance: pear, cherry, plum... | an Apple tree, a Mulberry and an Elderberry. Those three trees do tolerate each other very well. The idea is to make a guild or community around each tree and over time these guilds can slowly blend into each other. Other possible trees are for a central elemaent can be for instance: pear, cherry, plum... | ||
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+ | About 1/3 of out garden was filled with white sand, we took it out and but black earth instead (from neightbours a bit further on, who wanted to get rid of it). To make the soil alive we'll put in this ground many seeds of nutrient accumulators such as: **Yarrow** - Duizendblad - Achillea (L.), **Chamomile** - Kamille echte - Matricaria recutita, **Fennel** | ||
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+ | Most of these plants are considered as **weeds**; and they make their living ass pioneer species: tough sundependent, | ||
+ | succession is the progression from bare earth to short annual weeds to perennials. | ||
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+ | One can intercrop nutrient accumulaors in between one's crops or cover bare aerth for two years with nutrient acuumulotots before planting fruittrees etc. | ||
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**Beans, Peas, or Purple Clovers** fix soil nitrogen, improving the quality of the soil in which the tree is growing. | **Beans, Peas, or Purple Clovers** fix soil nitrogen, improving the quality of the soil in which the tree is growing. | ||
**Comfrey** and **Borage** are herbs with many human uses. In addition, they grow quickly and can be cut back and used as mulch around the tree. | **Comfrey** and **Borage** are herbs with many human uses. In addition, they grow quickly and can be cut back and used as mulch around the tree. | ||
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+ | === Vines === | ||
+ | ***Passionflower** - Passiebloem – Passiflora caerulea | ||
+ | ***Bramble** - Braam - Rubus fruticosus (L.) | ||
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==== Guild 2 ==== | ==== Guild 2 ==== | ||
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10% **Beemixture** - Bijenmengsel | 10% **Beemixture** - Bijenmengsel | ||
7,5% **Herbmixture** - Kruidenmengsel – | 7,5% **Herbmixture** - Kruidenmengsel – | ||
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- | ==== Guild 3 ==== | + | === Scrubs |
+ | ***Brambles** - bramen - Rubus fruticosus (L.) | ||
+ | ***Raspberry** - Framboos- | ||
+ | ***Rasberry** - name is unknown... | ||
+ | ***Gooseberry** – Kruisbes - Ribes -(Hinnonmaki Rod) | ||
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- | ***Yarrow** | + | |
- | ***Chamomile** | + | |
- | ***Fennel** | + | |
- | ***Chirory** -(Wilde Chirochei) - Chicorium intimus | + | |
- | ***Dandelions** Paardenbloem – Taraxacum officinale (perennial) | + | |
- | *and many more... | + | === Groundcover |
+ | ***wild strawberry** | ||
- | Most of these plants are considered as **weeds**; and they make their living ass pioneer species: tough sundependent, | + | ---- |
- | succession is the progression from bare earth to short annual weeds to perennials. | + | |
+ | === Vegetable === | ||
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+ | === Miscalanious === | ||
+ | ***Fern** - Varen- | ||
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+ | === Edible Flowers === | ||
+ | ***Yellow Iris** -Gele Iris - Iris pseudacorus | ||
+ | ***Wild Angelica** - Engelwortel - Angelica sylvestris | ||
+ | *** Rosemallow** - Stokroos - Althaea Rosea | ||
+ | ***Feverfew** - Moederkruid - Chrysanthemum parthenium L. | ||
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+ | ==== Guild 3 ==== | ||
- | One can intercrop nutrient accumulaors in between one's crops or cover bare aerth for two years with nutrient acuumulotots before planting fruittrees etc. | ||