Maximal Space Utilization

          Horizontal space Optimization

Crops are planted not in the conventional horizontal rows, but bio-intensive triangular rows (Allongue, 2018). Bio-Intensive Triangular Spacing offers plant density in a farm, thus allowing farmers to put more crops in an otherwise small piece of land.

Vertical Space Optimization

In this second technique of the forest garden approach, the farmer plants crops that utilize the vertical space differently, with some utilizing more of the underground, others more of the atmosphere (Allongue, 2018). In this technique, crops can be dense on a farm, yet give each other space to grow and flourish, as the crops support each other. Cabbages and carrots can for example grow together in one space seeing that carrots will utilize more of the underground space while cabbages will utilize the above-round space. An addition of kales and maize plants into the mix offers shade for the former plants as well as soil conservation from erosion.