E142: Fruiting Trees You Can Plant This Fall To Create Your Own "Food Forest" with Foodscaper, Jess Robison
Episode 142: Listen here!
It’s the first Fall episode of October and Maggie & Dave are feeling the spooky vibes. They catch up on how this month is turning out so far in the Prairies with the foggy mornings and warm days.
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This week’s guest:
Jess Robison from Acton Food Forest & Garden Design
About Jess Robison:
Acton Food Forest started as an educational small-scale residential food forest in Acton Massachusetts and now offers edible landscape consulting as well as food and kitchen garden design serving Boston Metro West.
This episode covers:
A walkthrough of Jess’s suburban property and the practices she’s implemented to create a “food forest”
Planting & ordering bare root dwarf trees
Plants that go a long way to effectively feed your household
The layers of a food forest
Where to start when designing your own food forest
How to plant fruit trees and Fall care tips
Other foods Jess suggests planting in the Fall
Laying out a food forest with user experience in mind
Selecting the correct site for your fruit trees
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