Realeyes Farm Permaculture Design – Desired Species
Realeyes Farm Permaculture Design Plan 2013
- Project Goals, Vision
- Site Sector Analysis
- Water and Access
- Soil
- Zones of Use
- House Design
- Energy and Waste Systems Design
- Zone 1 Layout Detail
- Zone 2-4 Layout Detail
- Desired Species List (Currently viewing)
- Business Prospects/Products
*All maps are oriented with South at the bottom of the page.
Trees:
Persimmon (fruit)
Italian Alder (Nitrogen Fixing, timber)
Black Locust (N-fixing, Lumber, Firewood)
Osage Orange (Timber, Firewood, Fence)
Thornless Honey Locust (Honey flavored pods, wood)
Hybrid Poplar (fast growing, firewood)
Chinese Chestnut (Nut production)
Korean (Siberian) Nut Pine
Hickory (nut, timber)
Pawpaw (Fruit)
Hardy Pecan
Black Walnut
Willow (Rooting Hormone, Fodder)
Apple
Pear
Peach
Apricot
Plum
Cherry
Mulberry (animal fodder)
Shrubs:
Hazelnut
Currant (shade tolerant berry)
Goumi (berry, N-fixer)
Gooseberry
Aroniaberry
Lingonberry
Service Berry (Saskatoon)
Siberian Pea Shrub (N-fixing, Animal fodder)
Spicebush (Spice, tea)
Elderberry (native)
New Jersey Tea (Soap from leaves, N-fixer, tea)
Northern Bayberry (wax for candles)
Jostaberry
Honeyberry
Rugosa Rosa (edible rose hips, vigorous)
Cornelian Cherry (edible fruit, vigorous)
Highbush Cranberry
Bladdernut
Autumn Olive (berry, vigorous, N-fixer)
Serviceberry (saskatoon)
Raspberry, Blackberry, Blueberry etc.
Herbs:
Comfrey (Nutrient Builder, Medicinal +more)
Stinging Nettle (Nutrient Builder, Medicinal +more)
Bird’s Foot Trefoil (N-fixer, Insectary)
Turkish Rocket
Wild Leeks (Nutrient Builder, Edible Roots and Leaves, Native)
Jerusalem Artichoke (edible roots/tubers, windbreak, vigorous!)
Wintergreen (Evergreen groundcover, berries, nutrient builder, native)
Yarrow (multifunction)
Lovage
Bergamot
Echinacea
Anise Hyssop (multifunction)
Aster (multifunction)
Milk Vetch (nutrient builder (selenium!))
Sea Kale (edible green)
Bee (Lemon) Balm (multifunction)
Catmint
Garden (wild, alpine) Strawberry
Mints (difficult to control)
Wild Ginger (multifunction, groundcover)
Amaranth (winter storage chicken feed)
Good King Henry (perennial spinach)
Asparagus
Rhubarb
Fennel
Lupin (erosion control, nutrient builder)
False Indigo
White Dutch Clover (groundcover, N-fixer)
Daikon Radish (cover crop, break thru hardpan)
Chives (pest repellant)
Daffodils (pest repellant)
Everbearing strawberry
Vines:
Grape
Hardy Kiwifruit
Groundnut (edible tuber, Nutrient Builder, Native, Groundcover)
Hog Peanut (edible tuber, N-fixer, Native, Groundcover)
Hops (leaves, tea, beer)
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I’m in a zone 4, South Idaho/Cache Valley with an acre for trees. You have an awesomely long list of both trees & shrubs. Specifically for those that produce food, if I can only plant a few (and other than the fruit trees and berries I’m familiar with) what would be your top 5 or top 10 of must-haves for the value they bring to you (food/medicinal, not for firewood- we have sources for that)? Thank you!
Hi Sara, Good question, and the answer depends on your goals. Here are some questions to help guide your selection; Are you interested in having some fruits ready for picking at most times of the year? Are you mainly focused on fruits that can be preserved in jams/jellies, or good storage apples that will last long in a root cellar for instance? Are you interested in nut trees that might require more processing? Do you have a way to process them? Do you have any animals that you want to provide for with these plants as well?
You can do some really specific database searches for what you’re looking for at PFAF.org and get more personalized experiences in the comments on each plant entry at Davesgarden.com. Happy hunting!