Overview of regenerative templates, ongoing inputs, and functionality:
-Hundreds of pounds of harvestable/marketable produce per week per acre.
-On average, 4 hours per week per acre to maintain by 1 person.
-Pedestrian-only grounds—No vehicles or machines (other than monthly lawn mowing).
-4 Tools for maintaining the land: gathering bucket, easeful wagon, trimming hand-saw, mower (preferably silent, electric, and automated).
-No weedwhackers, no trimmers, no blowers, no shop, no fuels, no chemicals.
-No vehicles, no traffic, making the space family friendly for all ages.
-No amendments, no till, no trace, no weeding, no dig, no shovels, no dust, no trash, no spray, no funk, no fuss.
-Less disturbance=more microbial/vegetative bliss.
-Using specific plant types to fulfill self-sustaining maintenance functions rather than employing repetitive labor.
-A cornicopia of heirloom and exotic produce, plant types, and colorful flowers—welcoming Arcadian peace.
-Here, terms such as 'farming' and 'agriculture' become almost obsolete, replaced by the joys of being amidst food-that-is-growing by design rather than (effortfully or vocationally) growing-food. Furthermore, the boundaries quickly begin to blur between the garden, orchard, park, sanctuary, shelter, play, work, worship, wonder, wander, world, and home....
Boutique no-dig Market Garden
Growth Structure and Layers:
Natural wood borders, woodchip pathways. Decomposed woodchips and leaves as the planting medium, re-establishing a 'forest floor.' Ultra high-density succession seeding, creating perpetual plant presence and uninterrupted photosynthesis throughout all growing beds.
Market Garden Specialty Produce:
strawberry,
ground cherry,
tomato (20 heirloom and petite varieties),
papaya (various),
Jamaican lilikoi,
kale (Curly, Dino, Russian, + more),
cauliflower,
cabbage,
broccoli,
katuk,
okra,
ashwaganda,
sunflower,
sweet peppers (20 heirloom varieties),
Mitoyo eggplant,
green bean (various),
cow pea,
lettuces (10 varieties),
purslane,
dandelion,
arugula,
cilantro,
parsley,
rosemary,
thyme,
basil,
chives,
Asian greens,
perennial spinaches (Brazilian, Longevity, Okinawan),
cucamelon,
watermelon,
chard,
carrots,
celery.
Perennial polyculture Gardens
Growth Structure and Layers:
Grass pathways. On-sight biomass and trimmings provide mulch for perennial rows on grade: branches, leaves, palm fronds, etc. All beds featuring a syntropy of high-density companion plantings.
Perennial Garden Crops:
Grumichama cherry,
Surinam cherry,
fig (5 varieties),
papaya,
Poha berries,
Indonesian White guava,
jaboticaba,
peanut butter fruit,
Kabocha pumpkin,
calabash gourd,
various squash,
Pigeon pea,
perennial peppers,
aloe vera,
chocolate mint,
basil (5 varieties),
moringa,
eggplant,
ground cherry,
Tongan spinach,
banana peppers,
katuk,
Ti leaf,
lemongrass,
artichoke.
Edible groundcovers, ornamental flowers, and all edges TrimlessByDesign. Highlighted placements of colorful coleus.
All grounds covered with gentle, undisturbed plant life. Pedestrian-centric and wildlife friendly.