The Journey Begins...
Well, it's time to start documenting my journey towards building a food forest!
We bought a house in spring of 2019 on 10 acres in the Rosewood area just east of Winnipeg, Manitoba. We had always wanted to move out to the country and this was the perfect opportunity. The property itself has four distinct areas: the main yard, an area of red pines, a small meadow area and a poplar forest (majority of the area).
The main yard is way too big for us so we marked out a large portion to let the poplar forest spread into, but I also started reading about forest gardens. I had originally been reading about permaculture orchards when we bought the property. We planted a bunch of fruit trees in the spring based on the permaculture ideas. I also hit some sales late spring and early fall and added a few shrubs around the fruit trees.
Then mid fall I went down the rabbit hole of forest gardens after seeing some compelling Youtube videos. So I ordered 10 yards of mulch and the journey has officially begun.
I hope to use this blog to document my journey to creating a food forest in a Hardiness Zone of 3B. There isn't a lot of information or examples that I've found from this zone, as most are in warmer Zones like 6-9. It will be a lot of trial and error but I am hopeful!
Enjoy
-M
We bought a house in spring of 2019 on 10 acres in the Rosewood area just east of Winnipeg, Manitoba. We had always wanted to move out to the country and this was the perfect opportunity. The property itself has four distinct areas: the main yard, an area of red pines, a small meadow area and a poplar forest (majority of the area).
The main yard is way too big for us so we marked out a large portion to let the poplar forest spread into, but I also started reading about forest gardens. I had originally been reading about permaculture orchards when we bought the property. We planted a bunch of fruit trees in the spring based on the permaculture ideas. I also hit some sales late spring and early fall and added a few shrubs around the fruit trees.
Then mid fall I went down the rabbit hole of forest gardens after seeing some compelling Youtube videos. So I ordered 10 yards of mulch and the journey has officially begun.
I hope to use this blog to document my journey to creating a food forest in a Hardiness Zone of 3B. There isn't a lot of information or examples that I've found from this zone, as most are in warmer Zones like 6-9. It will be a lot of trial and error but I am hopeful!
Enjoy
-M
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