around the property

The fence line in our front yard is one of my favorite spots in our food forest garden. The ground is high enough above the water table that it doesn’t sit in water during the rainy season and the fence has served as an awesome trellis for passion vine, finger limes, and tomatoes. At first,…

Our 1/4 acre pond has served as the heart of our property. It has created great memories of fishing and pedal boating, it attracts lots of animals, and I hooked a pump to it so I can water our food forest garden from it. watering from the pond To water from the pond, I hooked…

Behind our house is a large field that I immediately wanted to turn into a food forest garden, but I was warned by the neighbor that it flooded. I was too excited and planted several citrus and fruit trees back there anyways. Then it flooded. Every year. Some seasons were worse than others but most…