As you know, I have a fondness for the many interesting hybrids as rowan and its relatives can form with other genera within the family Rosaceae. A favorite among these is the plant called Shipova and that is a hybrid between whitebeam (Sorbus aria) and pears (Pyrus communis) or snöpäron (Pyrus nivalis) with the botanical name x […]
Now that the memory of the miserable cold and dry spring begins to fade and the plants have finally taken off, it is a good time to take the first summer cuttings. I wrote about this topic already for a couple of years ago (where you can also find a list of plants that are suitable to take summer cuttings […]
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 spread on the slope and the concentration of water in the ground is relatively low. Typically correctly pronounced, but there are many milder variants of this with similar problems, which also includes light slopes. […]
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 primarily the lack of water that makes our woodland gardens do not look as lush as in the example of England. In order to answer the question of how we […]
April and May are the most labor intensive months for us here in Putt Myra woodland garden and associated nursery. Therefore, we are seeking two volunteers for the period 24 April 5 May 2017. The main tasks during that period needs to be implemented is: Retraining of nursery, both trees, shrubs and herbs Förkultivering Mulching of new cultivation beds […]
The previous posts have focused on the need to cater for a continuous supply of nitrogen from the atmosphere by nitrogen-fixing plants and how much nitrogen these plants can contribute under idealized conditions. In this post we'll get a little closer to reality and look at the factors that influence nitrogen fixation scope. The most important […]
In the previous post, I wrote to the need for continuous supply of nitrogen from the air - through the nitrogen-fixing organisms - to ensure forest garden's fertility. The question is how kvävefixerana share the nitrogen they catch up to other plants? The answer is that it takes place in two different ways. The majority are made available […]
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.
I have long been fascinated by the variety of rowan hybrids that sometimes you can encounter in both literature and reality. Sorbus (Sorbus) comprises many very resistant members that are easily hybridize with other species in the family Amygdaloideae which is part of the family Rosaceae (Rosaceae). Especially in the former Soviet Union, it has […]
Havtorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) is one of my absolute favorite crops in forest garden. It fits perfectly in the still relatively young forest garden, because the love lots of sun, fix nitrogen from the air and thus improves soil productivity. In addition, it produces the fantastic fruit, which is the exception rather than the rule for kvävefixerare in our climate. In the Swedish countryside […]
