Tag Archives: drylands food forest

Microplot garden design – 1

Posted on February 27, 2015 by tikiwanderer

One of the things I’m experimenting with is dense microplots for urban gardens. Take three, maybe four species of food or useful plant, and grow them together in a complementary fashion so that they each help each other thrive and … Continue reading →

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The pistachio bed

Posted on June 7, 2014 by tikiwanderer

The female pistachio bed has been developing slowly over a couple of years. The pistachio itself is in a depression. I dug the soil/sand out to about eight inches, then mixed a bag of cow manure into the sand that … Continue reading →

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Notes on brome grass (greater brome, ripgut brome, Bromus diandrus)

Posted on December 26, 2013 by tikiwanderer

This is a post to record some notes from my current reading, on the assumption that I’ll forget what I’ve read if I don’t write it down. Ripgut brome – common name for two species, diandrus and rigidus. Better common … Continue reading →

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Plant profile – Eschscholzia californica, the California Poppy

Posted on November 14, 2013 by tikiwanderer

This is the state flower of California. It grows in gorgeous meadows there, lighting up hills golden-orange when in season. It’s native to an area around California, Arizona, Mexico, the Sonoran Desert – that sort of thing. It’s one of … Continue reading →

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Choosing our primary tree

Posted on November 13, 2013 by tikiwanderer

My drylands food forest – and all four zones out behind the house – are planned around a primary tree. In the very centre or near enough to, tall, shady, able to protect the space from the ravages of daily … Continue reading →

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The dead tree bed – guest post over at Science365

Posted on November 4, 2013 by tikiwanderer

Today’s Science365 guest post is my story about the dead tree bed, one of the many parts of my zone 4 drylands food forest. Pop over, have a look, check out some of the other interesting science in daily life … Continue reading →

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The olive tree bed

Posted on November 3, 2013 by tikiwanderer

The olive tree is one of my secondary canopy trees in zone 4, the drylands food forest. Technically it’s a woodland rather than a forest but the aim is much the same. Because the canopies won’t interlock, each of the … Continue reading →

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