I'm into sustainable gardening. I'm challenged to plant a garden for now (a movable garden) and plan a garden for the new house. And as great as the new house is, I'm moving for the garden. We will move from 300 square meters to 1300 square meters. I'm so excited! But even with the extra space, I can not plant everything! I want fruit trees, vegetables, flowers and chickens. I need space for a greenhouse and space for compost. I already have a good idea of where we will put stuff. The owner put in a large well. I have free water! Any ideas on the very best fruit trees? If you could plant a tree, what kind would you plant? What's your favorite apple, pear, plumb and peach? I have space for one nut tree, what kind should I plant?
My niece had a beautiful baby girl named Olivia Rose (Beautiful name). Everyone is very excited and thank God healthy! Congratulations to the whole family! Hugs to my sister Shelley who is now a proud grandma for the 2nd time. My sister Dianna has 6 grand kids (I think). My brother and I are too young for such an blessing. At least our kids are too young. I'm going to have to wait to be called grandma. Here is a cool picture I took off Shelley's blog. It shows Eric (the tired but proud grandpa) Lissa with her first daughter Charlotte, and then a sleeping Olivia Rose. 3 generations in one shot. How fast life goes by! How beautiful life can be!
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There is also a method of growing trees by trellising them along a wall. It's actually really cool and take less space.
If you have a favorite pear, apple you like to eat see if you can grow it in your area. I like bosc pears, and braburn apples.
Vermiculture is easy and takes less space than composting. Compost tumblers and containers are a waist of money. I saw a talk from an OSU professor on composting. You need to stack a pile higher than you with so much green and brown matter and some moisture. Most folks don't have enough area to do this.
My worm composing in the kitchen doesn't smell and the worms are very active.
Chickens are a great source of compost.
They also eat a lot of kitchen scraps.
I buy chicken compost and dilute it in water to fertilize my plants.
Italian plums are the best for fresh eating and drying. I don't know about peaches. They are a fussy tree, they are prone to all sorts of problems in Oregon because of our wet weather.
I'm excited for you.