Perma Orchard

Inspiration & examples:

• Forest Garden or Orchard?
• Plant an Edible Forest Garden
• The Homestead Orchard
• Permaculture for Farmers - presentation
• Permaculture Orchard: A Sustainable Food Forests
• Backyard Orchards – A New Approach to Growing Fruit Trees in Limited Spaces - Interesting article, mostly on pruning strategy for orchard in small places. Some ground cover info.

Cover crops for orchard

• Choosing Orchard Grass - MEN article.
• Orchard Floor Management In Organic Apple Orchard - good research-based summary of basic options in managing orchard groundcover
• Cover Crop Selection and Management in Orchards and Vineyards
• Forest Gardening: Establishing the Ground Layer - MEN article.
  • Grow A Forest Garden - MEN article.
• Companion Planting for Orchards
• Practical Permaculture – Planting Under Fruit Trees
  • Practical Urban Permaculture – Comfrey Cautions
• Shade Loving Ground Cover Plants for your Garden - detailed info on shade-lovers ground covers for garden.
• Wikipedia:List_of_companion_plants#Apple - Clover, chives, garlic, leeks, nasturtium, southernwood, daffodils, comfrey
• Companion Planting for Orchards
• Orchard Groundcover Management Systems Affect Meadow Vole Populations and Damage to Apple Trees
• Discussions on this topic:
  • Trying to control grass in a new orchard - permies site
  • New Orchard ground cover? (Homesteading today discussion)
  • New Orchard ground cover? - Garden web
  • ground cover for orchard.. looking for ideas
  • Permaculture Orchard
• Peaceful Valley Perennial Cover Crops