Zone 7b Food Forest After One Year - April Tour

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This video is a tour of my one year old food forest. I am located in central North Carolina. I have experimented with a few plants that have failed and some that have done really well. I will try to keep updating as the food forest changes. The list of the plants that I could think of is below. If you have any suggestions, please add it to the comments.

PERRENIAL AND ANNUAL EDIBLE/MEDICINAL IN MY FOOD FOREST THAT I MENTION (Kind of in the order that I mention them)
These do not include vegetables growing in my “raised bed kitchen garden”.

Golden Oregano
Nasturtium- Dwarf Jewel Mix, Orchid, Tall Trailing, Tip Top Alaska Salmon, Bloody Mary
Strawberry Spinach
Borage
Marigold – Happy Days mix, Orange Hawaii
Strawberries – Can’t recall the varieties
Lovage
Common Sage (salvia officinalis)
White Sage (salvia apiana)
Red veined sorrel
Rhubarb (Glaskin’s Perpetual, Victoria)
Camellia –unknown variety and Camelia Sinensis (not mentioned)
Yarrow –Polish mix, Colorado Mix
Corn – Peaches and Cream, Glass Gem
Asparagus –Mary Washington Improved
Tricolor Sage
Eccinacea –Purple and White Coneflower
Onion (Variety, changes seasonally) Allium millennium is the ornamental variety
Peaches – Reliance, Contender, Red Haven
Marhsmallow plant (Althea)
Arnica – Unsure of variety
Zinnia- Cut and Come Again Mixed, Gold Medal Mix
Walking stick kale
Cold hardy Kiwi– Anna, Issai, Male pollinator(unkown)
Seaberry – Tatiana, Garden’s Gift, Hergo, Male
Anise Hyssop
Dill
Almond Tree – All-in-one
Tomatoes – Variety…Cherokee purple, Black Beauty, Abe Lincoln, Mexico Midget, my own hybrid experiments and many more
Lupine- Tall Russell
Lavender- Goodwin, Can’t recall the others
Apple Trees – Anna, Red Fuji, Pink Lady, Granny Smith
Thyme – Lemon Creeping, Garden thyme
Peppers- A variety – Paprika, orange bell, jalapeno, nadapeno, greek peppercini, beaver dam, ancho gigante…many more
Pineapple Guava Tree
Poppys – Flemish antique
Artichoke – Green globe, Purple of Romagna
Toothache plant
Blueberries – Can’t recall varieties
Hanson Bush Cherry
Carmine jewel Dwarf Cherry
Blackcap Raspberry
Blackberry –not mentioned Various types including snowbank white)
Flying Dragon Citrus
Feverfew…not Tansy
Figs – White Marseilles, (not mentioned- celeste, Olympic, brown turkey
Grapes – Himrod, Canadice, (muscadine-not mentioned)
Pears – Bartlett, Chojuro, Hosui asian
Apricot - Harglow
Elderberry – Johns, Nova
Montmorency Cherry
Persimmon – Fuyu, Ichi Ki Kei Jiro
and a massive native persimmon (not mentioned)
Honeyberry – Blue Forest, Blue Velvet, Blue Pacific, Blue Pagoda, Blue Hokkaido
Dwarf Morniga
Plum – Santa Rosa, Bubblegum
German Chamomile
Watermelon –Moon and Stars(re-seeded itself)
Santolina Grey
Nanking Cherry
Bronze Fennel
Pluot- Flavor Supreme
Pluerry – Flavor Punch
Cold hardy Pomegranate – not sure of the variety


I have had a few tress die on me- various raspberry varieties, Arbequina Olive, Honeycrisp apple, Maxie Pear Tree and a scuppernong grape and a few other I can’t recall.


OTHER PLANTS I FORGOT TO MENTION

Paw Paw about 8 trees (4 cultivated, 4 from seeds of cultivated varieties)
Mulberry – Gelato Red and another 2 dwarf everbearing variety
Winter Savory
Basil- Purple Opal
French tarragon
Huckleberry – Scarlet Ovation
Lingonberry
Rosemary - Arp
Lemon Balm
Goji Berry
Goumi
Sweetbay bush
Clary Sage
Aronia - Unsure of variety
Avocado from seed – Stays in the greenhouse


OTHER PLANTS ON THE PROPERTY THAT SNEAK INTO THE FOOD FOREST
Chinese Wisteria, Tree of heaven, Mugwort, and Autumn Olive – and lots of them

Thank you for watching this video.

Thank you for tolerating the production quality. I am learning, but am also excited to share everything that I have learned in the outdoors.

I save most of my own seeds from year to year, but when I decide to buy new stuff, I get it from:
Here: https://www.rareseeds.com/
Or Here: https://www.seedsavers.org/

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