Successful tree establishment depends on minimising competition from other vegetation for water and nutrients. Mulching is one of the most beneficial practices a farmer can use to establish healthy tree plants.
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Sheep in Apple Orchards Loughgall
Northern Ireland
Switzerland
Photo by Gabriela Brändle, Agroscope
Goats and Fraxinus, Portugal
Photo by Joana Amaral Paulo
Wild asparagus in traditional olive orchard at CRA OLI Spoleto, Italy
Photo by Adolfo Rosati
Strip-like willow plantations offer a variety of retreats for birds and game
WeidenArt, Germany. Photo by Rico Hübner
Trees planted on grasslands and between fields in the “Juchowo Farm”
North-Western, Poland. Photo by Robert Borek
Grazed orchard
Photo by Michael den Herder
Sweet cherry in combination with vegetables on an organic farm
North Western Switzerland. Photo by Felix Herzog
Red Tractor Farm
Greece
Silvoarable agroforestry experiment with poplar and barley
Bedfordshire in 2002, UK, by Paul Burgess.
