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kerryg's Future Edible Forest/Bird garden

Garden Type: Shade | Sun: Full Shade | Soil: Clay I'm Organic!

We have a wooden fence and a large mature apple tree on the northern side of our backyard that were both here when we bought the house. The area is dark and cool and tends to be a bit of a mosquito haven. The grass doesn’t really do that well under there anyway, so I want to eventually turn it into an edible forest garden/bird garden to provide fruit, flowers, and seeds for both us and the birds.

Soil is complete shite. Horrible heavy clay (dark) for the first 2-4 inches, then horrible subsoil below. Hoping that mulching and adding more deep rooted plants will break up and enrich the soil a bit.

Plantings

Day 57

Wentworth Viburnum

Viburnum opulus var. americanum

Transplanted on 26 Sep 09 Picked this up half price at a local nursery la...
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Day 112

Blueberry

Vaccinium corymbosum

Transplanted on 02 Aug 09 Got these two very cheaply at a nearby Pamida. ...
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Day 133

Apple Serviceberry "Autumn Brilliance"

Amelanchier x grandiflora

Transplanted on 12 Jul 09 I am fond of serviceberries, especially since t...
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Day 133

Black Chokeberry

Aronia melanocarpa

Transplanted on 12 Jul 09 I wanted a Wild Chokecherry, but the nursery di...
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Day 133

Korean Spice Viburnum

Viburnum carlesi

Transplanted on 12 Jul 09 One year when I was away at college, my parents...
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Apple Tree

Malus domestica

This is a rather nice mature tree, but have no ...
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