"Perennial Infrastructure Polyculture - Edible Hedge/Windbreak/Biomass - Terminus
This four-species design highlights well the multifunctionality of polyculture, providing an edible #hedge, #windbreak, and biomass resources while enhancing #biodiversity. "
https://balkanecologyproject.blogspot.com/2022/12/polyculture-profiles-perennial.html
#permaculture

#CAD for Gardeners
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This world needs more wildlife, more wildlife gardens, more sustainable food.

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I’m a #wildlife and food #ForestGarden #designer, and I use #CAD. A lot.

CAD (Computer Aided Design) is a really useful tool for #GardenDesign, because you can figure out #tree spacing and quickly calculate lengths for #windbreak hedges & areas for #GroundCover & #NativePlant #WildFlowers

A plan also communicates ideas with partners, and documents plants to help with maintenance

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#Windbreak ( #Shelterbelt )
"a planting usually made up of one or more rows of trees or shrubs planted in such a manner as to provide shelter from the wind and to protect soil from erosion. They are commonly planted in hedgerows around the edges of fields on farms. If designed properly, windbreaks around a home can reduce the cost of heating and cooling and save energy." "Other benefits include contributing to a microclimate around crops...."
https://wikiless.northboot.xyz/wiki/Windbreak