November 5, 2024

VIDEO: Homestead Showcase Vegetable Garden & Orchard


Here’s a showcase of another homestead (apart from my own) for you to enjoy. This 2.5 acre property is owned by my sister and brother-in-law who are in the process of transforming a blank canvas into a self-sufficient backyard farm.
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17 thoughts on “VIDEO: Homestead Showcase Vegetable Garden & Orchard

  1. Lovely video. TYVM… If I had a garden like that I would have given my bro-in-law 3 pieces of corn and at least 50kg of zucchini..:) Great garden, always nice to see how the other half lives. The water storage may amaze non-aussie viewers but Toowoomba was very hard hit in Australia's 10 year drought. A rural property like that was never guaranteed water and probably off pipeline so many non-city australians had to start harvesting their own water resources. That whole subdivision looks fairly new and the residents look like folk who know the value of harvesting rainwater…. Way to go.. Do not be dependent, be independent… that is at the heart of self-sufficiency… Cheers..

  2. Wow! What a beautiful homestead, and I would love to know more about a water system like the one they have. I really enjoyed seeing their garden and orchard. Thank you, Sheila

  3. I just love the GSD. Reminds me of my collie x GSD I used to have, she was my best sheepdog. Mark you could try picking your mangoes before they are ripe, we buy mangoes usually in need of ripening in the supermarket. My husband used to dock in the Brisbane river to pick up meat for the UK in the good old pre common market days. Some of the older people may remember Port Line, the shipping line was also responsible for delivering the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

  4. Mark, thank you for showing a map of your location and your brother- in law. I am in the US, explaining the different zone give me an idea of your environment

  5. Hi Mark, I realize this is a vid from a year ago but I think it's a good comparison of different ways to use permaculture to fit the land. My question is about the Logan berries. Do they need the cold weather dormancy period the same as raspberries? I live in Arizona in the middle mountain/desert region. Zone 9a. I have a hard time with strawberries and any berry because it's just too hot in the summer and our winter low is usually in the 40's. I only get about a week of freezing temps. I also have the clay soil like yours. So do you have any advice on a berry that would be good in my area?

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