Food forests act like a forest of trees with layers of crops from a canopy of fruit trees down to root crops like sweet potatoes. Question: I am very interested in growing a food forest; however ...

In a food forest, dwarf fruit trees such as pomegranate or mulberry and nitrogen-fixing trees that enrich the soil like a Kentucky coffee tree create this layer.

My advice on establishing the ground layer is not to be too ambitious. Make life easier for yourself by mulching out a small areas and planting them up densely. Do not bite off more than you can chew!

Food forests, or edible forest gardens, are a type of agroforestry system that “mimic the structure and function of a natural forest ecosystem, but are designed to produce food, medicine, fiber ...