Thank you! The trees on the right are a mixture of black locust and mulberry. They are along the fence with our neighbor and we manage them minimally, mainly keeping them from getting too tall. Along that fence is also our future orchard, which will benefit directly from the black locust and the pruning / coppicing, as the locust is a nitrogen fixer.

The trees in the bottom of the plot are a microforest, about 15-20 meters deep. It has formed naturally along a slight depression in the terrain that turns into a seasonal creek in wet springs. The species are mainly elm, black locust, wild plums, and some elderberry, hawthorn and wayfaring tree bushes. It's main function is a bad weather buffer, like a shelter belt, as bad weather usually comes from that direction. Last autumn we've cleared the edge enough to plant a dozen hazels, a walnut or two and some other fruit bushes, like honeyberry, the currants I propagated and posted about, raspberries, etc. We've also started working on the ground cover layer with some wild strawberries, lily of the valley, wild violets and lungwort.

Ooops, that came out a bit long - sorry, I get over excited when talking about our garden! Maybe I should just make a whole post out of it?