Plant This Surprise Edible Under Your Fruit Tree | How to Start a Food Forest

Planting and growing a fruit tree guild (or a food forest) is a great way to maximize your garden space and provide nutrients and health to your fruit trees at the same time. A fruit tree guild can help with disease resistance, attracting pollinators, keeping weeds and grass from encroaching on the tree (stealing precious nitrogen), and providing the right growing environments for multiple crops at once.

Not to mention, it's pretty awesome to walk out to your fruit trees and harvest some lettuce for dinner at the same time!

Watch my latest project where I'm planting my very first fruit tree guild under my cherry tree and check out the blog post here: https://melissaknorris.com/planting-a...

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Science-Based Companion Planting Strategies for a Healthier Garden (Podcast episode on food forests): https://melissaknorris.com/podcast/co...

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