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Orchard on the coast is tricky. I don't know specifically where you're located, but on the Oregon coast the only fruit trees OSU says will grow are apple and ch
by claudiulodro 5y ago
Orchard on the coast is tricky. I don't know specifically where you're located, but on the Oregon coast the only fruit trees OSU says will grow are apple and cherry (and sometimes pear). I've had better luck going with native bushes where you don't need to worry as much about supplemental water: huckleberry, salal berry, salmonberry, blackberry if you can maintain them, etc. Work with the environment rather than try to force the environment to do what you want. :)
- cwkoss 5y agoYep! Those are all on my list. I'm hoping heavy woodchip mulching can get me enough water retention to keep trees happy (we certainly get plenty of water the other ~9 months of the year!), but some supplemental water during the hot dry summer would probably significantly expand species and variety options. Have a small well that should be able to help some... but looking at permaculture techniques (hugelkulture, swales etc) and possibly moisture farming as a potential way to improve moisture conditions in a 'greener' way then energy intensive pumping. Might try to build a pond high up on the hill to filter down over the dry season. Kind of a paradoxical region, because plants want lots of water when there's lots of sun, and here we generally get one or the other :-/
- seabrookmx 5y ago> try to build a pond high up on the hill This, or tanks (to cut down on evaporation). Pretty common here on the BC coast for people to plumb the gutters of their house and outbuildings to tanks and then use that stored water in the summer for the garden or topping off wells. If you have 9 months of rain/live in a temperate rainforest it's not likely conjuring water out of the air is worth the effort :)