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hello james
Make a Harvest&Snacking video by Tuck pleaseee (compilation)
James I just watched 50 permaculture video courses Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton did and I am mind blown. Fair point about not forcing permaculture on the property, but that series of videos talked about water works and energy efficiency of the house.
My biggest mistake was spreading stuff out and not getting enough chips down. I would have been better off to start small for the annual garden. The good is lots of trees spread well enough and they are done right with lots of chips.
never seen a 7 dollar tree thay be like closer to 30 bucks when i see them at the store. u do realize we dont know these guys (the names u are mentioning) ? right?
Your fruit forest is still beautiful even though it is settling into autumn, inspiring. Thank you James.
Love your growing analogy..truth. My focus for the fall and winter is protecting my three young citrus and two avocados. I've had several tell me this can't be done..something I've learned from you is to go for it. I won't quit, who knows mabe I will learn some wilding earth magicks, hear a wisper from these trees guiding me, teaching me how it can be done..
Love the tip on cutting up a hose..could this be a gift of perfect timing?
My front yard had so many trees so many roots, tossed them out, have now stopped sifted, and sorted into compost and chopped up. Soil to shallow unlike yours with mulch, humus, topsoil, then soil, mmm mmm delcious. Please forgive my microbes :3. My african nightcrawlers are restless in my worm tower and keep escaping (idk if hungry, or overfeeding) so I made a worm tower with holes for the front yard ( they have a place for food) and the soil is surpsisingly better than the backyards (DUH moisture from roots heheh). Hopefully they will enjoy bringing their food source deeper down into the soil like yours. I plan to raise it but one step at a time. I really hope I don't f*** kill them while sifting the soil, found 3 earthworms in just about a 1x6x2ft space not bad for my area, wasnt expecting any in this kinda soil. But again tasty decomposing roots.
I was going somewhere with this
I think you answered this for the most part in the later portion of the video (I forgot to timestamp it). But you talked a little bit about that you personally like to overplant, which obviously increases root density in the soil. With our recently dearly departed gonend then thin some trees that dont serve the forest in one way or another (like our recently dearly departed). Hugelkulture, and worms breaking it down. In mycase I case I dont have the soil layer, its basically just roots from past trees. Instead of throwing the roots away im now composting them and thinly chopping them duh moisture content (thats how I found the view earthworms)
hey james, do you have access to a drone camera, would be cool to see it from above
The sprouting bird seed is actually a very interesting topic to me. I moved a chicken pen one time and allowed the volunteer plants to mature. It turned out to be millow. I think yours is actually millet. The guys at the feed mill gave me about a pound of millow to plant out. The chickens loved it, but what was amazing was the diversity of wild birds in that little patch. If you guys want to pull in the birds that's the ticket. Even a little 3×3 area would be a bird magnet.
Hey man like the video been Learning a lot that I don’t know and thanks keep up the good work and you got a great place
Wild violets are edible too. Our garden did not do well this year but it was the first year and the dirt is almost all clay, no real soil. We have been adding compost all summer and I know it will do better next year.
James your the man, you have been a huge influence on me over the years. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and for sharing your process.
Is it too late in the season to order fruit trees? Most places I have looked say reserve for spring or they are out of stock.
it soo amazing to see what you guys can plant. I live in the Caribbean and I tried planting an apple tree once but it had to stay in the refrigerator lol. would love to plant pears it's my favorite and it is soo costly here
Learned to stay on top of invasive plants or else they'll destroy my garden
I was hearing just yesterday that NJ is considered the most stressed State. Guessing they weren't polling you! As always thanks! Mint, you commented on I finally found a good use for it chocolate mint sorbet made with apples and chocolate mint Mmmm!
I agree about the permaculture design needing to be suited to climate, almost all the permaculture gurus are farming in hot places where stuff grows all year around. That is why I like your channel so much, you grow in a more realistic way for all the places in the world that have more than one season.
We learned three big lessons in our garden this year. 1.) Basil does MUCH better in the greenhouse in Western Washington State. 2.) "The three sisters" doesn't do so well in our area. We don't have a very long or hot growing season, so our runner beans completely overtook our poor, struggling corn stalks! It was also difficult to wade through the pumpkins at the base to pick the green beans. 3.) We CAN grow watermelon in the Pacific Northwest! We tried three different varieties of watermelon, each with a short growing season, and they did beautifully! We were absolutely delighted! Thank you for your videos. We always enjoy them! Please give our best regards to Tuck. 🙂
Geoff here in Australia
Actually tropics have much greater rate of organic material turn over than temperate climates. Also amount of organic material that falls on the forest floor in a year is greater than in temperate climate areas. An issue in tropical climate is amount of rainfall. Most of nutrients are constantly washed down deep into the soil. Typical tropical plant has all its feeder roots within 6 inches of top soil and only single tap root goes deep into the soil which is used only for accessing deep water table. Combine that with rate of growth and length of growing season of tropical plants – wood chips are not enough. I am in SoCal – not even subtropical climate. While my almond trees are happy growing in wood chips – I cant grow bananas, papayas or even avocados on wood chips alone. There is not enough nutrients in wood chips to support 15 feet of growth in a 10 month period. As far as I know wood chip gardening are no very much used in tropics. Instead chop and drop approach is widely applied. Most of nutrients are in green leaves not in wood and they completely break down in 4-6 weeks. Hence having nitrogen fixing plants will provide constant source of nitrogen which becomes bio-available within a month after plant is chop&dropped – all that is done without using of external nitrogen inputs – permaculture in tropics.
Great garden James! You videos are an inspiration!
Hi! Amazing! On average how many hours a week do you work your permaculture garden? And how much does it cost you per month for maintenance/equipment/etc?
I've learned that we do not have enough fruit growing on our very small 1/4 acre! We're making changes this year!
We just started on our new property. 3 acres and fresh water creek. Not sure what to plant near the creek that's edible. When it rains, it swells some. We have a never ending supply of woodchips also. Any ideas?
What was that 'doll' in the thumbnail?
James, I’m looking forward to this years videos.