hazelnut said:TomNJ. some of the plants in your guild will form "living mulch"--nasturtium for example.
I remember once in California visiting a site in Santa Barbara that had been used as a city dump. They planted climbing nasturtium over the area. It was doing a great job of turning the dump into soil - and beautiful at the same time.
They have large round flat leaves that are good at shading out undergrowth.
flynnie said:TomNJ. I think your guilds look great. Zoomed in it looks like ground hogs have gotten to your fennel? Other than that they look great. Great to see progress, I know my back yard is slowly moving.
dave said:I think the fruit can have worms, eggs or other pathogens that would love the chance to survive and have a second chance at your tree. For that reason, I'd get rid of the fallen fruit. For me, that means the chickens get them.