The black walnut was here before we were :D The pokeweed and violets don't seem to mind it, nor various shrubs that have grown under it over the years or other turf weeds and mosses (nor do the vinca or the English ivy that were planted against my advice, nor the wild grape and poison ivy we have to keep trying to keep out.) It mostly seems to suppress other trees, which makes sense (though there's still oak and cherry seedlings coming up right under it. Perhaps it is just a very laid-back walnut.)
I doubt I'll be doing much gardening under it anyway though, because a) roots! and b) the thought of having to rake bushels of walnuts out of any sort of intensive garden already make me tired.
We've got 'wild garlic' (I think Allium vineale) growing in a few places in the yard, and I have used them as a food plant, but they don't thrive there, seeming to prefer (shock!) more sun, so I've wondered about the more domenticated types. I've seen various onion/garlic-y plants recommended for shade growing & might try ramps/ramsons - they're at least native, unlike the garlic we've go now, although in terms of wild-to-domestic they're only a few steps up from what we've got...
What plant specifically do you mean by "wild strawberries"? I found there are enough plants going by that common name that I'm never sure which one people are talking about. The 'wild strawberry' we've got does seem to thrive but has an only slightly edible fruit.
permaculture sounds like a great place to look! Although I already went through a book on perennial vegetables and pretty much all the shade-friendly plants it recommended for my zone is stuff that's already growing volunteer (like onion and wild strawberry and poke), except Indian potato, which I've been wanting to introduce anyway.
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Date: 2011-05-13 09:25 pm (UTC)I doubt I'll be doing much gardening under it anyway though, because a) roots! and b) the thought of having to rake bushels of walnuts out of any sort of intensive garden already make me tired.
We've got 'wild garlic' (I think Allium vineale) growing in a few places in the yard, and I have used them as a food plant, but they don't thrive there, seeming to prefer (shock!) more sun, so I've wondered about the more domenticated types. I've seen various onion/garlic-y plants recommended for shade growing & might try ramps/ramsons - they're at least native, unlike the garlic we've go now, although in terms of wild-to-domestic they're only a few steps up from what we've got...
What plant specifically do you mean by "wild strawberries"? I found there are enough plants going by that common name that I'm never sure which one people are talking about. The 'wild strawberry' we've got does seem to thrive but has an only slightly edible fruit.