Within a permaculture orchard a designer seeks to replicate some of the ecological complexity found in a forest edge ecosystem to arrive at a more biologically stable state then found in a conventional orchard and thereby reduce the dependency upon sprays and intensive management through relegation of ecosystem services to compatible plants and animals incorporated in support of productive species.
Videos
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EBook
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Special Topics
Extra course materials in these links - particularly plant propagation, which is a big section.
Homework
Research a compatible guild of food forest plants that can be incorporated into a permaculture orchard design. This may be based around a particular productive species (such as an apple tree) with support plants, or a group of plants that can harvested at the same time of year.
Online Resources
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