Characteristics of a permaculture garden
- multifunctional elements such as B. Fruit trees (bear fruit, provide shade, falling leaves in autumn serve as mulch)
- perennial cultures
- Cultivation of native plants and use of existing plants
- different levels of cultivation of the areas
- Preserve or increase biodiversity (Mixed culture!)
- Absolutely no chemicals
- long-term planning (over several years)
- is mainly used on small areas and is therefore very suitable for allotment gardens or allotment gardens
- Use of edge zones
- everything is used, nothing is thrown away
Read the 12 principles of the permaculture garden in this post.
also read
- Planning a permaculture garden
- Permaculture on the balcony
- The permaculture garden
Permaculture in the allotment garden
Even if it is for the inexperienced eye may not seem so, there is a lot of planning and a sophisticated system behind a wild-looking permaculture garden. The planning extends not just over a year but over several years. This z. B. Crop rotations observed, raised beds and hill beds planned and perennial plants grown. An important point in permaculture is to know and use all the elements that are present.
Therefore, the first thing to do with the permaculture garden in the allotment garden is the observation:
1. observation
Get to know your garden exactly:
- Which plants and animals occur naturally?
- Which parts are in the shade, where is there a lot of sun?
- Is there Embankments or natural height differences?
- Where is the water connection?
2. planning
Before you start planning the actual planting, you should be clear about your goals: How many fruits and vegetables do you want to harvest? Should animals also be looked after? What should be harvested at what point in time? In order to ensure a continuous harvest, planting must be staggered.
Once you have clearly formulated your goals, you can start sketching: Make a sketch of your garden with the local conditions (buildings, trees, height differences). Then use the sketch to plan how the beds should be laid out in your allotment garden and where and what should be planted. Pay attention to which plants are compatible and which are not and avoid monocultures.
