{"id":61141,"date":"2021-12-28T07:47:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T12:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=61141"},"modified":"2021-12-28T07:47:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T12:47:47","slug":"heres-how-to-make-a-food-forest-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=61141","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s How to Make a Food Forest This Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Here\u2019s How to Make a Food Forest This Winter<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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Believe it or not, the best time to start a food forest is in the winter. You may be wondering how that could be. Aren\u2019t you going to double your work? Actually, it\u2019s the complete opposite.<\/p>\n

Food forests are becoming more common as edible landscaping and neighbourhood community gardens have gained popularity. While standard gardens require continuous labour and care \u2014 turning over the soil every spring, weeding, and fertilising \u2014 food forests that are layered correctly can cut back on much of that hard work.<\/p>\n

What Is a Food Forest?<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you can imagine walking in a forest of edible canopies and bushes that you could pull fruit or vegetables off, that\u2019s precisely what food forests set out to do.<\/p>\n

Food forests are a sustainable method of producing plant-based food while mimicking natural forests with a wide variety of trees, herbs, shrubs, and other types of plants.<\/p>\n

Also known as \u201cforest gardens,\u201d food forests don\u2019t require tilling, fertilisation, or pest control. It\u2019s essentially a manufactured ecosystem designed to care for itself \u2014 or, at least, requires very little human care.<\/p>\n

As part of the permaculture movement, food forestry can yield edible plants without\u00a0depleting vital soil nutrients<\/u><\/a>, allowing natural resources like rainfall and sunlight to promote year-round plant growth.<\/p>\n

How to Build a Food Forest in the Winter<\/strong><\/p>\n

But why build a food forest in the winter?<\/p>\n

Many edible plants, trees, and herbs can be bought in their \u201cbare root\u201d form and planted while dormant. In this form, plants can more\u00a0easily adapt to colder temperatures<\/u><\/a>\u00a0and withstand winter weather. When temperatures rise to the mid-40s again in the springtime, plants can begin growing.<\/p>\n

1. Choose Your Plants<\/strong><\/p>\n

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