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I want to create a miniature forest on my property one day. Does anyone here have experience doing anything like that?

foxhop 5y ago
I have a small food forest on my 1/3 plot in US CT Zone 6b. I've a YouTube channel here: https://youtube.com/c/RussellBallestrini https://youtube.com/c/RussellBallestrini still trying to get to 1k subs since that unlocks a whole slew of features to grow a channel. I'm at a disadvantage until then. My future goal is to buy a much bigger parcel of land and help nature establish a regenerative food forest and figure out enough about trust law to keep it that way in perpetuity after my death.
- newaccount2021 5y ago
  Deed restrictions are broken all the time. If a future owner really wants to mow down your forest, it's really just a matter of persistence
- acidbaseextract 5y ago
  You've got my sub. Permaculture is good stuff.
mitchbob 5y ago
Not quite what you're asking for, but the renowned Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado and his wife turned his family's worn-out cattle farm in Brazil into a thriving forest, which is now a nature preserve. [1] [2] There's a segment about it in the documentary about Salgado, The Salt of the Earth. [3] Quite an inspiring story. [1] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/sebastiao-salgado-forest-trees-180956620/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/sebastiao-salgad... [2] https://institutoterra.org/ https://institutoterra.org/ [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Salt_of_the_Earth_(2014_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Salt_of_the_Earth_(2014_fi...
oh_sigh 5y ago
I do. My advice is: Start now and figure the rest out later. Building something like this you need a multi-decade timespan to see your vision come even close to fruition.
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mrfusion 5y ago
Just stop mowing?
- jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 5y ago
  People often don't want to wait 200 years to see the results.
Nydhal 5y ago
Look up "Miyawaki Method"
hosh 5y ago
Lots of resources from permaculture and regenerative agriculture. Look up “perennial food forest” sometime. Permaculture draws a lot from indigenous practices, and those are other entry points for research. There is probably a permaculture guild in your local area. Show up and tell them what you want to try in your backyard. They’ll probably know a lot about the local, native species and plant conditions.
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I have a small food forest on my 1/3 plot in US CT Zone 6b. I've a YouTube channel here: https://youtube.com/c/RussellBallestrini https://youtube.com/c/RussellBallestrini still trying to get to 1k subs since that unlocks a whole slew of features to grow a channel. I'm at a disadvantage until then. My future goal is to buy a much bigger parcel of land and help nature establish a regenerative food forest and figure out enough about trust law to keep it that way in perpetuity after my death.

newaccount2021 5y ago
Deed restrictions are broken all the time. If a future owner really wants to mow down your forest, it's really just a matter of persistence
acidbaseextract 5y ago
You've got my sub. Permaculture is good stuff.

mitchbob 5y ago

Not quite what you're asking for, but the renowned Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado and his wife turned his family's worn-out cattle farm in Brazil into a thriving forest, which is now a nature preserve. [1] [2] There's a segment about it in the documentary about Salgado, The Salt of the Earth. [3] Quite an inspiring story. [1] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/sebastiao-salgado-forest-trees-180956620/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/sebastiao-salgad... [2] https://institutoterra.org/ https://institutoterra.org/ [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Salt_of_the_Earth_(2014_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Salt_of_the_Earth_(2014_fi...

oh_sigh 5y ago

I do. My advice is: Start now and figure the rest out later. Building something like this you need a multi-decade timespan to see your vision come even close to fruition.

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mrfusion 5y ago

Just stop mowing?

jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 5y ago
People often don't want to wait 200 years to see the results.

Nydhal 5y ago

Look up "Miyawaki Method"

hosh 5y ago

Lots of resources from permaculture and regenerative agriculture. Look up “perennial food forest” sometime. Permaculture draws a lot from indigenous practices, and those are other entry points for research. There is probably a permaculture guild in your local area. Show up and tell them what you want to try in your backyard. They’ll probably know a lot about the local, native species and plant conditions.

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