Lessons from 12 weeks of drought
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 […]
Putt Myra forest garden irrigation systems
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. Map […]
Dynamic accumulators - are they even?
Last post on source criticism made some pretty big ripples and aroused a lot of debate, especially in social media. whether Caragana arborescens (Caragana arborescens) is edible or not we know […]
Dammgrävartips
At the beginning of this long series of water in the forest garden I promised that there would be a post about the construction of dams forward end. Much of it like me […]
Roots drowning
At least as common as it is a bit too dry forest garden (see previous post) it is that the water table is too high for trees and shrubs will thrive properly. […]
Help, I have laid out my woodland garden in a dry slope, what am I doing now?
In a previous post in this series on the water in the forest garden, I described a typical case, I called typical 1, where the water is distributed in the slope and the concentration of the water […]
magic inflection points
In the previous post we looked at the movement of water from a bird's perspective, Now is the time to check out what is happening in cross. The two perspectives you can in yours […]
Lush valleys and arid southwest slopes
In the last post, I mentioned that the topography, Thus the terrain physical form, has a decisive impact on whether your forest garden will suffer from a lack of water or if it will […]
Thirsty forest gardens
In the last post, I noted that most of Sweden's water limited in terms of plant growth. Thus, it is generally neither nutrient levels or lack of heat, but in the first place […]
Dry Sweden
Many people find it exciting that we have built five ponds in Puttmyra forest garden and I often receive inquiries via email about how we did to keep […]