Here is an update on my apple tree guild. The center tree has the typical guild plants around it. The rest is full of annual vegetables: assorted onions, tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, cucumbers, basil, thyme and rosemary. There is also a salvia and a hollyhock in the guild. I have pole beans climbing the trees, as well. Eventually, as the guild matures the annual vegetables will be replaced by the typical guild plants.
I have mulch coming today. Wish I had it delivered yesterday, as we are getting some very heavy rain, which is washing a lot of the soil away :(