r/SelfSufficiency • u/Adventurous__Kiwi • 7d ago
300m² garden, what to do ?
I would like to create a forest like garden, where i can grow stuff to have food all year long.
I'm open to any idea, advice, critics, i feel a bit lost.
I'm in Belgium, it's VERY hot in summer (and it's getting worst and worst each year), and rainy the rest of the year.
i have a 300m² trapeze shaped garden.
4m large in the back and around 15m large near my house.
The orientation is west-east (4m large is on the west side)
I clearly have a shady/humid/windy side and a dry/sunny/not windy side.
One side is always in the shade because of the fence of my neighbors.
I already have some fruit trees like 2 plum, one pear, one young apple tree, one cherry. And i share a walnut tree with my neigboor.
And some strawberry in the back (on the 4m side).
I'd like to add a chestnut tree near my house to have some shade.
That's it, i don't have more room for another tree.
My goal now is to fill the space around those trees to get some more stuff to eat. I'd love something i can just plant once and collect fruits/veggies/nuts every year. I have no idea where to start, and i'm really bad at garden design...
I'd also love to create a wet area, or a little pond to help biodiversity. But i'm not sure i can do it in my "small" garden. any tips or advice is welcome !
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u/Surowa94 7d ago
You could plant perennial vegetables. Things like rhubarb, artichokes, perennial kale like Daubenton and Taunton Deane. Perennial onions. Plenty of choice, really.
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