Year 4 of Dr. Rudy's Food Forest

Planted more fruit trees and created more beds. I also discovered that I make frames for raised beds very easily by using pallet collars. Overall production increased. By the end of the growing season, I filled two chest freezers, each one 7 cubic feet. Frozen food consisted mostly of green beans, okra, and watermelon juice. Also had some frozen tomatoes, tomato sauce, and about 5 pounds of frozen figs. Fig production okay, but not as high as I would like, because all the trees died down to ground during the winter, and therefore diverted a lot of enenrgy and resource to just regrowing. At the end of growing season, I revitalized and winterized several of the vegetable beds. As usual, I ended the year by getting a live Christmas tree, which I later planted in the ground.

Fig pudding from last year's harvest

Compost quarry. New soil from decomposing woodchips.

New bed made with pallet collars.

Ready for planting

Fava beans

Wild lettuce.

Pea plants

Pea harvest

Kale

Fennel

Watermelon patch

Beds on west side of garden.

South wesy side, showing young fig tree.n

Sweet potatoes

Late July harvest

Greenbeans

Broccoli microgreens

Zucchini pasta

Salad from freshly picked veggies.

New freezer

Deer Mushrooms

Figs, late September

Potatoes & tomatoes

Volunteer potatoes

Revitalizaing beds with logs, etc.

Veggy scaps in beds

Revitalized bed

Several beds revitalized and winter

Live Chirstmas tree