Interesting idea. I considered doing something like this back in March when I innoculate what we cut down, but was worried about accelerating rot of the stump, which takes up part of the fence.
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Love that sun map. Iām looking at buying a new house and its a great tool in planning
Figured Iād post my yard here. My total property is 5000 square feet. Itās about 25-30 wide and 180 feet long with most of that in the back. Most of the back is pretty sloped, except the part closest to the house
I have about 15 fruit trees. Apple, Asian pear, cherry , peach, plum/apricot/pluot. On the left side along the fence I have a few grapes
Just below the fruit trees is my raspberry patch. Though I planted a few varieties the Heritage have taken over. I use string as trellis.
Below that is blueberries with
strawberries intermixed and then my raised beds.
My raised beds have been taken over by cosmos and pine berries though the pine berry bed has not that much sun in June so yields arenāt great.
I have grow bags in between raised beds. I have about 4 feet between the sets of raised beds but only a foot within each row. I wish I spaced it out more. Itās become hard to get access to everything and I havenāt weeded properly
Finally I have my mini nursery. Will be moving in near future so Iām preparing for the move.
I do have some service berries and wild black raspberries in my small front yard (15x 10 patch or so). Wildlife gets most of that since itās not fenced.
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Thanks for sharing your garden. That looks like a challenging slope!
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It has its pros and its cons. One of my Asian pears seems like itās fighting gravity when itās laden with fruit. But itās never lost a branch. Fruit trees mostly donāt mind. And I have heavy clay but with the slope I never had a problem with wet feet.
Also it manages to escape those light frosts or the settling of cool dense air on those cold early spring nights. May be partially why I got fruit this year despite many people in my region losing large amount of their crop (Iām also within 1000 feet of a river which may have been a larger factor)
Mowing grass on a slope like that sucks. Also in wet weather itās very hard easy to slip, but with all the fencing and trellises, there are things to grab onto.
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Smart putting your trees up high. I bet mowing would be a challenge. I love the contrast too with your neighborsā nothing yards. I wonder how theyāre maintaining grass. I would imagine all your plants are holding in the slope.
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They used to have a company with a riding mower mow it, but now everyone has fences so Iām not sure if they still have wide enough access.
He was pretty skillful driving up those slopes I have to say