This Orchard Doesn't Look Like an Orchard (and it's full of Trios!)

Food Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible Landscaping · Apr 20, 2023 · 35m

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Permaculture Orchard

We chat with orchardist Stefan Sobkowiak who replaced an organic apple orchard with a permaculture orchard at Miracle Farms.

We talk about:

Why he prefers a permculture planting to a monoculture organic apple orchard

How can an orchard be a permaculture?

The system of “trios” he uses as a basic design unit

Minimizing external inputs

Using sheep in an orchard

Timelines for establishing a permaculture orchard

Using fruiting…