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I don't believe I was advocating for everyone to grow a forest on their property.
Personally, I'd love nothing more to have a forest garden in my backyard since it's been brought up.
Martin Crawford, Dave Jacke, and Eric Toensmeier have said that forest gardens are any garden of three or more "layers"/elements planted in such a way as to function like natural forests. It's definitely worth pursuing in whatever scale you achieve