#pocket forest

[bumblebeeappletree]

[wachinyeya]

A mini forest is coming to Roosevelt Island

The Manhattan Healing Forest will consist of 1,000 native trees, shrubs, and plants and span just 2,700 square feet in Southpoint Park on Ro

[its-hazzia]

Miyawaki Pocket Forest

The Miyawaki method is a method of high-density planting where, after ammending the soil with lots of compost and michoraezal fingi, between 3-5 native plant saplings per square meter are planted.

The native saplings should be chosen with a range of heights in mind, to fill niches all the way from shrubbery to canopy, in order to maximize the plants able to be supported in a given space.

This high-density is meant to stimulate competition among the saplings, encouraging accelerated growth.

For the first 3 years, the saplings need to be tended to with water and weeding, but after that, the forest tends to be self-sufficient.

Plant survival rate within the pocket forest is 99% in the initial years, dropping to 45% as the forest matures and the least well adapted plants are out-competed.

I have a small plot of land, so I decided to try this for myself.

I selected about 80 trees with around 20 speciec (approx 4 plants per species), native to, or around, the midatlantic/appalachian region(s). I have super heavy clay soil, so I amended it with 500lbs of compost. Luckily there's a yard waste recycling plant near me that sells compost at $15/ton, so luckily I was able to get it for cheap. I additionally bought special michoraezal amendment to apply to the plant roots during planting.

A fair amount of my plants have already arrived, so I decided to plant those while I wait for the rest, and let me tell you guys something.

Bros i fucked up big time.

Remember when I said 3-5 plants per square meter? Well my genius brain wanted to work in freedom units, and I thought, "oh a meter is about 3 feet, so that's about 1 plant per square foot!"

A square meter is like, 11 square feet.

I am planting at a density of 11 plants per square meter.

I majored in mathematics you guys.

I don't have enough time/money/rental equipment to add any more area to the planting bed, so I guess I'm just going to keep planting my plus-ultra high density pocket forest.

I'll add pictures wheb I have everything in, so you can see just how stupid I am. At least I guess it's a fun new experiment?

Miyawaki rolling in his grave rn

[farmobileo3]

A pocket forest in the desert.

January 1st, 2024.

[teacherscrapbook]

[teacherscrapbook]

[clavicle-moundshroud]

A trail made of pine needles and thistles leads you into the green darkness. The canopy casts shadows on old oaks and dogwoods, and you think you can smell the sour breath of a witch behind you. The wind sighs like a sleeping girl, carrying her bittersweet dreams along the paths to attract any man willing to look for thorn-covered castles. A wolf darts between fallen, rotted wood; maybe he’s the one who can tell you where your heart is, how you’re still breathing.” ― Kimberly Karalius, Pocket Forest

[failedfable]

a trail made of pine needles and thistles ... the sour breath of a witch ... the wind sighs like a sleeping girl ... love poems hang from branches ...

everything happens here.

- Kimberly Karalius, POCKET FOREST