Planting my parkway food forest for the sixth time included three pineapple guava trees to create more of a food forest. Each season, I’ve cleaned off the entire 6.5’x20′ space and started planting on a fresh canvas. This time, I was influenced by Patrick at OneYardRevolution to combine annuals and perennials to create a food forest.
I did haul the heavy pots on a dolly from the back of the house where they were languishing. My parkway gets the best sun in my yard, and since restrictions have been lifted in Los Angeles for parkway food forests, thanks to the efforts of L.A. urban guerilla gardener Ron Finley, and others, I’m creating more of a permanent food garden arrangement.
Tomatoes have exploded since this episode, as has the squash. I’ll be doing an update soon!
I planted what I thought was a Seeds of Change Red Cherry (but the tomatoes are too big for cherry toms already), a Yoder’s German (but those tomatoes have stripes!), an Indigo Rose, a Michael Pollen and a Turkish Striped, all from Baker Creek Rare Seeds. I think with over 120 seedlings, I must have gotten some of my homemade plant markers mixed up!
Check back and see how my parkway food forest developed. Thanks so much for reading this post and watching the episode on YouTube! Your viewership is important to me and I hope helpful to you. Please subscribe, download my free ebook (put your name and email in the box and confirm your subscription) “10 Steps to a Great First Garden.” Thanks! – Kaye
