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On-site flora and fauna
A short listing of what is growing and feeding within, beneath and around our homestead 7-layered canopy.
Our maturing 7-layered food forest = high canopy, low (dwarf) canopy, shrubs & bushes, herbaceous, ground covers, roots, vines & climbers.
Why? Such diverse canopy mitigates harsh sun, wind, rain and temperatures extremes; provides shade, shelter and micro-climates; affords optimal flora / fauna guild associations -- and is beautiful (and fun). :)Trees
- Crab Apple
- Golden Delicious Apple
- Tamarisk
- Galaxy Magnolia
- Japanese Maple
- Hinoki Cypress
- Juniper
- Peach
- Cherry
- Fig
- Five-variety grafted pear (sick with Pear Trellis Rust disease!)
Shrubs & Bushes
- Sea Buckthorn
- Oregon Grape
- Autumn Olive
- Pyracantha (white & red)
- Salmonberry
- Huckleberry
- Rasberry (four varieties)
- Blueberry (five varieties)
- Blackberry
- Hardy Kiwi
- Knikknik
- Boxwood
- Lavender
- Roses (five varieties)
- Pineapple Guava
Plants
Flowers, Vines & Ivy
- Hardy fuscia
- Digitalis
- Daisies
- Strawberry
- Nasturtium
- Jasmine
- Lavender
- Climatis
- English Ivy
- Sword Fern
- Daylily
- Gladwin Iris
- Euphorbia
- Grasses
Bamboos
- Pleisoblastus Viridistriatus
- Pseudosasa japanica
- Phyllastachys nigra "bory" boryana
- Phyllastachys nigra henonis
- Phyllastachyus viridis "Robert Young"
Greens & Herbs
- Bee Balm
- Chives
- Thyme
- Italian oregano
- Basil
- Mints (chocolate, tangerine and two others)
- Rosemary
- Fennel
- Ferns
- Catnip
- Parsley
- Cilantro
- Curry
- Sage
Four-legged friends
- Possum
- Raccoon
- Domestic cats
- Mice
Birds & Bees & Worms
- Northern Flicker
- Kestrel Hawk
- Robin
- Titmouse
- Bald Eagle
- Sparrow
- Graekle
- Rufus hummingbird
- Honey & Orchard Mason bees
- Worms (Eusenia Festida (red wiggler), earthworm (lumbrus)
Reflections on a Growing Local Food Movement
11th Annual Permaculture and Sustainable Systems Design Course, Summer 2010, Seattle