A forest garden is a culture that tries to mimic natural ecosystems, such as a timber, a grove or a forest edge. Forest garden dominated by perennial (perenna) plants and is characterized by a structure in different layers, both above and below ground…continue reading.
After last winter's huge losses, it was extra plantings this year. Too many plants came down to earth in May when we still believed that the drought could turn at any time. The result was of course a constant watering to keep alive in the 50s seedlings we had sat down. Now we have […]
After the post about our irrigation systems, many wondered how it's been for us the extreme hurricane and the unusual warmth. Thanks to winter's abundant snowfall, which in itself posed with some problems, were all dams filled to the brim at the beginning of the growing season and also the ground water supply was well-stocked. In May, however, we […]
This article was published in the newspaper Again 3/18. Would you rather read the article in PDF format in their original form with many pictures, you can find it here. What exactly is the secret behind the forest's ability to produce an abundance of greenery from early spring to late autumn, completely on their own? Should we humans be […]
A smooth and efficient breeding technique I started to experiment with as late as last year's inoculation. The technique is particularly useful if you plan to breed stone fruits like cherries or plums (Prunus spp.) which is difficult to achieve with the usual ympningsteknikerna. When inoculation is transferred from the variety rootstock one so […]
Spring 2014 we traveled a 130 sqm greenhouse in Putt Forest Garden Ant. With so much space at our disposal, I could not help to build a small woodland garden of just under 40 square meters of greenhouse southern part. The greenhouse is a so-called polytunnel, with a single layer of greenhouse plastic, something that I think has been quite […]
This is in extreme drought times, I thought it might be good to finally tell us a bit more about how our irrigation systems in forest garden, the associated nursery and cultivation conditions works. Briefly summarized, the system is based on: Seasonal storage of rainfall Simple solar technology to lift water by gravity to distribute water. We started installing the system early summer 2015 […]
For a little while ago skewed a post about grafting indoor, also called bänkympning, the glorious task which for me marks the breaking point between winter and spring. At least as much fun is it to graft in the open on the existing trees. This form of grafting is sometimes called försommarympning or koympning, because one can attach ympriset […]
It still feels very unreal, but yesterday we held for the first time our new book in hand. The first 400 books are now on the way to all who attended our Crowdfunding Campaign, but now the book is also available from Adlibris and Bokus for those who missed the campaign. Now we of course have a party! With […]
The latest 12 months have been really disaster from forest gardening point of view. After a mild winter 2016/2017 began rearing year 2017 with prolonged drought and icy conditions until late May, with the result that the fruit set on most things, more or less failed to materialize. A cool and dry summer was followed by a much too wet autumn, which is really bad for invintringen […]
One of the activities I look forward to most on spring seeding. Nine years ago I attended a ympningskurs and since then there will be more new trees every year. So far this year I have grafted almost 200 trees and is still not finished. Good thing there was so much room for new plants […]
