The best gardening & homesteading channels on Youtube
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Living Web Farms is where hands on learning comes to life about organic food production and innovative knowledge for sustainable agriculture from the world’s top experts.
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Lee Barnes was honored at the 29th annual Carolina Farm Stewardship Association’s Sustainable Agriculture Conference as Activist of the Year. See him receive his award live at the conference and hear his talk about why it’s so important to protect biodiversity by saving our seed heritage for this and future generations.
Renowned holistic orchardist and author Michael Phillips shared his deep body of knowledge on how to perform successful biological orcharding for apples and other fruiting trees. His books, “The Apple Grower” and “The Holistic Orchard” go into complete detail on this intriguing topic that examines expanding ways to emulate forest edge ecology. Michael’s methods help…
Transform food waste into a valuable food supply for chickens, hogs, songbirds and fish with Black Soldier Fly Production. Karl Warkomski, Director of Conservation with ProtaCulture, LLC introduces us to this astounding insect that can break down food waste faster than microbes. Black Soldier Fly maggots make a high fat, high protein source of nourishment…
Patricia Foreman, poultry expert and author of several books including City Chicks, Backyard Market Gardening and Day Range Poultry teaches us how to take care of a flock of chickens in winter. Get essential tips gleaned from her years of experience and help your flock thrive even in the coldest time of the year. This…
Join Living Web Farms and Gaelen Brown, author of “The Compost-Powered Water Heater” for hosting our first webinar on the exciting topic of developing innovative heat recovery compost systems. Learn about a totally energy efficient way to grow more food and build great soils at the same time.
Lee Barnes was honored at the 29th annual Carolina Farm Stewardship Association’s Sustainable Agriculture Conference as Activist of the Year. See him receive his award live at the conference and hear his talk about why it’s so important to protect biodiversity by saving our seed heritage for this and future generations.
Lee Barnes was honored at the 29th annual Carolina Farm Stewardship Association’s Sustainable Agriculture Conference as Activist of the Year. See him receive his award live at the conference and hear his talk about why it’s so important to protect biodiversity by saving our seed heritage for this and future generations.
Patricia Foreman, poultry expert and author of several books including City Chicks, Backyard Market Gardening and Day Range Poultry teaches us how to take care of a flock of chickens in winter. Get essential tips gleaned from her years of experience and help your flock thrive even in the coldest time of the year. This…
Transform food waste into a valuable food supply for chickens, hogs, songbirds and fish with Black Soldier Fly Production. Karl Warkomski, Director of Conservation with ProtaCulture, LLC introduces us to this astounding insect that can break down food waste faster than microbes. Black Soldier Fly maggots make a high fat, high protein source of nourishment…
Transform food waste into a valuable food supply for chickens, hogs, songbirds and fish with Black Soldier Fly Production. Karl Warkomski, Director of Conservation with ProtaCulture, LLC introduces us to this astounding insect that can break down food waste faster than microbes. Black Soldier Fly maggots make a high fat, high protein source of nourishment…
Renowned holistic orchardist and author Michael Phillips shared his deep body of knowledge on how to perform successful biological orcharding for apples and other fruiting trees. His books, “The Apple Grower” and “The Holistic Orchard” go into complete detail on this intriguing topic that examines expanding ways to emulate forest edge ecology. Michael’s methods help…
Mark Shepard, author of “Restoration Agriculture” delivers an impassioned and stirring keynote speech at the 29th annual Carolina Farm Stewardship Association’s Sustainable Agriculture Conference in Greenville, SC. Introduced by multi-species grazing expert, Greg Judy of Green Pastures Farm and Exec. Director of CFSA, Roland McReynolds, Mark called out to organic farmers and permaculturists to be…
Transform food waste into a valuable food supply for chickens, hogs, songbirds and fish with Black Soldier Fly Production. Karl Warkomski, Director of Conservation with ProtaCulture, LLC introduces us to this astounding insect that can break down food waste faster than microbes. Black Soldier Fly maggots make a high fat, high protein source of nourishment…
Renowned holistic orchardist and author Michael Phillips shared his deep body of knowledge on how to perform successful biological orcharding for apples and other fruiting trees. His books, “The Apple Grower” and “The Holistic Orchard” go into complete detail on this intriguing topic that examines expanding ways to emulate forest edge ecology. Michael’s methods help…
Walk along with Ric Stern, Horticultural Systems Designer, as he describes the vision for a new polyculture orchard in sandy Florida conditions. Learn about biodiverse cultivars that will be utilized in a synergistic plan that will increase organic matter in the soil and provide food for years once it is established.
Bob Andersen, Prof. Emeritus, Cornell University and Andrew Goodheart Brown help us discern how to assess tree health and spot signs of diseases. Discover several root stocks usually used in grafting domestic fruit trees. Get tips for observing tree vigor and signs of vole damage. We look for evidence of common pathogens as we hone…
Learn how to inoculate wood chips with wine cap stropharia spawn. See how they may be placed in the drip line of trees in a small orchard to increase the fungal populations in the soil. Mushrooms bring multiple other benefits to the health of the trees and their root systems while providing a culinary food…
Ruby Warren shares Life Lessons from Earth Part 2 where she discusses the need to reconnect with nature and the soil, from the microbial level to our hearts and minds. Ruby gently teaches us to celebrate and reweave our inherent connection to the planet. She shows us how to strengthen our ability to live in…
Join us as organic orchard consultant, Andrew Goodheart Brown and pomology expert and Professor Emeritus of Cornell University, Bob Andersen teach us how to rejuvenate an old orchard. Find practical ways to increase yield, health and vitality of even very old fruiting trees to bring them back into production and minimize disease buildup.
Renowned holistic orchardist and author Michael Phillips shared his deep body of knowledge on how to perform successful biological orcharding for apples and other fruiting trees. His books, “The Apple Grower” and “The Holistic Orchard” go into complete detail on this intriguing topic that examines expanding ways to emulate forest edge ecology. Michael’s methods help…
Get the basics of growing mushrooms with Patryk Battle joined by Greg Carter of Deep Woods Mushrooms. Learn how to grow in a variety of ways to achieve a steady mushroom harvest for you and your family. Discover ways to enrich fertility with mushrooms in relationship with fruit trees and in the garden. Participants helped…
Horticultural Systems Designer Ric Stern describes the beginning stages of what will be our new polyculture orchard system at the Florida Living Web Farm. Learn about the unique challenges that come with growing orchards in Florida sands and glimpse the vision of what will become a forest of abundance and diversity. More to come as…
Renowned holistic orchardist and author Michael Phillips shared his deep body of knowledge on how to perform successful biological orcharding for apples and other fruiting trees. His books, “The Apple Grower” and “The Holistic Orchard” go into complete detail on this intriguing topic that examines expanding ways to emulate forest edge ecology. Michael’s methods help…
Get a guided tour of the new Florida Biochar Facility with site manager, Ken Morrison. Learn how the innovative process works and the stages biomass goes through to become activated charcoal and eventually biochar. The added continuous feed system makes this especially efficient for adding biochar to revitalize life in soil on large farms/ranches.
Discover regenerative ranching methods in use at the Florida Living Web Farm where Jim Elizondo works with the herd of Mashona cattle. Following guidance from his mentor and ultra high density grazing expert, Johann Zietsman, Jim is implementing a variety of synergistic processes that work to restore diversity and microbial life in the soil. Learn…
Horticultural Systems Designer Ric Stern describes the beginning stages of what will be our new polyculture orchard system at the Florida Living Web Farm. Learn about the unique challenges that come with growing orchards in spodosol soils and glimpse the vision of what will become a food forest of abundance and diversity. More to come…
Chris Farmer speaks at the Western North Carolina Mother Earth News Fair on the exciting topic of creating a biochar cookstove that can produce high quality charcoal for inoculation and inclusion in gardens/farms. Learn the basics of how a biochar cookstove works and how you can put one together to begin your own small scale…
Learn how to start making fermented foods with Meredith McKissick. Ferments are a key to healthy immune system function that maximize nutrient benefits and help maintain a healthy gut. Gain the tools and knowledge to begin adding delicious fermented foods to your diet and discover different methods for fermenting at home like how to make…
Share the joy of propagating plants with others by getting started in making live cuttings that will get you leaps and bounds ahead of propagating by seed in many cases. Patryk Battle demonstrates the ease and simplicity one can utilize to have way more of certain plants desired for the farm or garden, even if…
Learn about small scale alcohol fuel production with the author of the book, “Alcohol Fuel,” Richard Freudenberger of Back Home Magazine. Discover a variety of feedstocks to use and find out how you can integrate this technology into your farm/garden/homestead.
