The before and after photographs in this article were taken at the very beginning when I first finished planting up my urban backyard food forest, and then approximately three to four years later. Each pair of photographs was taken from roughly the same view point, so the same garden beds are visible, to shown theContinue reading “The Birth of a Permaculture Food Forest – Before & After Photos”
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Urban Food Forest Garden Yields, Four Years In
Here are the annual figures for the garden yields for the period of Oct 2011 – Oct 2012, the garden’s fourth year. The annual production for this garden was: first year: 133 kg second year: 204 kg third year: 196 kg (as a consequence of a minor disaster!) fourth year: 234 kg The total gardenContinue reading “Urban Food Forest Garden Yields, Four Years In”
Urban Food Forest Garden Yields, Three Years In
Here are the annual figures for the garden yields for the period of Oct 2010 – Oct 2011, the garden’s third year. The annual production for this garden was 131kg in the first year, 202kg in the second year and 194kg in the third year (as a consequence of a minor disaster!). The total gardenContinue reading “Urban Food Forest Garden Yields, Three Years In”
Urban Food Forest Garden Yields, Two Years In
Here are the final figures for the garden yields for the period of Oct 2009 – Oct 2010, the garden’s second year. The annual production for this first year was 202kg, up 71kg from last years 131kg. The total garden bed area is 686 sq. feet (64 sq. metres). The average monthly amount of produceContinue reading “Urban Food Forest Garden Yields, Two Years In”
Urban Food Forest Garden Yields, One Year In
Here are the annual figures for the garden yields for the period of Oct 2008 – Oct 2009, the garden’s first year. The annual production for this garden was: first year: 133 kg The total garden bed area is 686 sq. feet (64 sq. metres). The average monthly amount of produce was just over 10Continue reading “Urban Food Forest Garden Yields, One Year In”