{"id":32679,"date":"2024-08-20T19:52:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T17:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=32679"},"modified":"2024-08-20T21:47:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T19:47:32","slug":"pacific-north-west-forest-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=32679","title":{"rendered":"North American Forest Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On the Eastern boundary at the V\u00e6res Venner community garden in Trondheim, I wanted to develop a small forest garden devoted to edible plants of the first peoples in North America. Two years ago I planted two of them which now have berries for the first time!
They are
a) Purple flowering raspberry \/ roseb\u00e6r (Rubus odoratus<\/em>), a species which is often planted as an ornamental in Norway, usually a single clone so most are not aware that is has tasty fruit. With this in mind I germinated seed from the NARGS seed list, sown in January 2022 which germinated late May the same year and were planted out in May 2023, so just two years from seed to the first berries.
b) Black hawthorn \/ Douglashagtorn (Crataegus douglasii<\/em>): this is given 4 out of 5 stars at https:\/\/pfaf.org\/User\/plant.aspx…<\/a> and after my first taste I agree with their assessment: they would make a good addition to a mixed fruit salad. No wonder this berry was widely used by native americans including the Cheyenne.
I now plan to prepare the area around the trees for perennial vegetables from the same area!<\/p>\n