I wanted to dig swales for our food forest, but it is just too steep. I came up with an alternative and am planting interesting subtropical fruit trees.

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Our land in New Zealand is pretty steep, I think Swales would likely cause too much soil erosion, so I am trying this as an alternative.

I am planting bananas, cherimoya, inga bean or ice cream bean, Suriname cherry, golden passion fruit, pineapple and naranjella.

The are lots of trees which will naturally grow back up around these fruit trees and act like support species. My plan is to keep cutting them back and use them as a mulch, which should negate the need to add wood chip.

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