TREE GUILDS: what are they?

Debbie you have opened a very important topic. We neglect mother nature to a great extent and pay the cost for it. This applies to human health also. Our body is programmed to do lot of work for us if we follow certain simple rules. By taking medicines even for minor illnesses like head ache or common cold etc we confuse or immune system in doing its work. In addition the medicines have their own side effects which further aggravates the confusion. Let us see how the plants do most of the work. I will go through the discussion of Walnut guild and also wait for your set up coming spring.
Sharad

-- Bagwan-- “If someone feels that they had never made a mistake in their life, then it means they have never tried a new thing in their life”.-Albert Einstein

I totally agree. Re: health, I have be suffering pretty badly before I resort to medicines.

But.. we are learning! We are learning to love and respect Mother Nature again and how to take care of our health without man-made medicines etc. We’re getting there.

I can’t wait to get started on the walnut tree guild .. as well as the rest of my fruit trees. It’s going to be an exciting year!

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

Another reason for no-till. Mother Nature seems to have it down pat. Disturbing the earth disturbs the earthy community. Better to help what’s there, than destroy it and build what you think is best.

-- arborial reconfiguration specialist......Zone out....(USA 5)

makes sense, doesn’t it!

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

I found THIS SITE for gardening in Canada—links to various sites that have information related to our climate etc

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

an interesting quote from this website re: guilds & the crabapple tree

Plant two staggered rings of mixed beneficial bulbs around the crabapple tree, one a few feet away from the trunk and the second at the drip line (the ground under the outer edge of the mature tree’s branches). Although commercial orchard growers resort to grass to suppress weeds and prevent soil erosion, in reality grass is a poor companion for fruit trees. Instead, choose flowering bulbs that suppress weeds without robbing crabapples of nutrients. Cheerful daffodils also deter deer and gophers. Members of the onion family (garlic, garlic chives, Egyptian walking onion and ramps) repel insects and provide produce. Daylilies and camas add beauty and contribute more edible food. Steam or boil daylily buds as you would green beans, toss fresh daylily petals into salads, and slow-cook camas bulbs, long an important root crop for Native Americans, in a fire pits or crock pots.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

Guilds are groups of people (i suppose they could be groups of plants) that have similar interests and goals.

I have made two attempts to join/qualify to become a member of the British Master Craftsman Guild…....to no avail but perhaps now, ten years since the last attempt…....they might accept me.

If there was a gardeners guild around me…........I think I would join

-- Central northish Ontario