Hey there #permies 👋

My husband and I are planning to add-on to our orchard and food forest within the next year.. I'm looking for some suggestions for planting. I'd love to hear your thoughts.

We laid out a bunch of 5 gallon buckets where we are considering planting fruit trees.🌳 It follows the same pattern as our small orchard. (See photo.)

We live in the subtropics of Central Florida. The soil is very sandy and is on the highest part of our property so often very dry.

We are considering citrus other than lemons which we have plenty of elsewhere on the property. We're not sure which nitrogen fixers to add. I want it primarily to be an edible food forest, my husband wants an orchard... so we are trying to compromise on the design 🤔

The photo faces East. We get full sun in the afternoon and evening. The space is about 65 feet by 75 feet. We're looking at fifteen to twenty fruit trees. Maybe fewer, that might be a bit close?

What do you think?
Thanks, and have fun with the design. All comments and suggestions not only help me, but everyone else who has a chance to read this.

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