ORGANIC GARDEN & FRUIT TREES

• Organic edible garden planted using Biointensive techniques which:
  • Requires 67% to 88% less water than conventional agriculture.
  • Properly used, is capable of building up soil while growing food.
  • Grows a wide variety of crops, using only open-pollinated seeds.
  • Requires no petroleum or natural gas products; it is based on human energy and will still be productive when oil runs out.
  • Can produce high yields on small pieces of land with limited resource use, making it accessible to almost everyone who would like to grow food.
• Biointensive techniques used:
  • Double-dug, raised beds
  • Composting food waste, chicken manure and crop residues
  • Intensive planting using triangular spacing to create living mulch
  • Companion planting in both time (crop rotation) and space (corn, beans and squash)
  • The use of open-pollinated seeds
  • A whole-system farming method

The garden is irrigated with high efficiency in-line emitter drip tubing using rainwater with city water backup. There will be some supplemental hand watering, especially of young crops.

Fruit trees and berries with specific varieties and three/four-in-one multi-grafted trees to create an extended harvest from June through October. Using semi-dwarf and dwarf rootstocks for easy harvest for children without the use of ladders or poles. All fruit trees are mulched for water conservation and weed management.