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MAKE CHANGE… tomorrow? When the goal is to keep moving forward, and to make positive sustainable changes to your life and your community, it can leave you feeling like a failure when you hit a setback. Life can be stressful, and it is important to find ways to deal with that stress. And simple living…
“Look at that cute deer” is words I haven’t said since I started gardening at my current home, where deer will wander into our GATED URBAN backyard! Our local deer are so tame, that I worry about them attacking my small children, because they will stand their ground even against cars, lol. Our main garden…
Gardening is so regional and specific, that trying to follow any one system in the exact same way that a garden guru does it will lead to disappointment. If you don’t find ways to adapt advice to your specific garden, then those “tips and tricks” might be big failures. There is great value in learning…
Join Serina for a quick update on how the garden is doing now that we have officially entered fall. Things are still growing well, but the weather has changed, and there is only a few weeks of strong growth left.
Serina and Lia are picking herbs to stock up for tea in the winter. It won’t be long before the fall frost comes and kills all the tender leaves, so you have to be prepared and harvest while you still can. Lia is clearly due for a nap, and is full of her own ideas,…
Kombucha is all about having a symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast, and my yeast is currently not at a healthy balance. To try and get my brew back to the best balance possible, this week I am cleaning my continuous brew kombucha vessel. There is too much yeast, and the yeast that is in…
I don’t care what the calendar says, it can’t possibly be fall yet. I’m not ready to give up on summer, so I’m insisting that summer isn’t over. To celebrate that it is still summer, Serina and the kids go on a massive harvest, and attempt to create the perfect harvest picture. We are on…
The second round of grapes are ready, but the concords aren’t as nice of a eating grape as what Lia is used to. So her and Serina pick a bucket to make some grape juice instead. It’s a super simple recipe with tasty results! At least Lia thinks so, lol. There is nothing like using…
Ian is off to work. He got the call, and is leaving to start his winter season. Whenever he goes off for his shift work, we don’t have a solid date for when he will come back. We are hoping to see him home before Christmas, but if he works straight to Christmas, we will…
We LOVE pesto, and grow basil every year specifically to stock our freezer with a year long supply. It is such a delicious and easy way to preserve our basil harvest. Join us as we make up a big batch, and show you how we do it and our “recipe”, as well as our trick…
This week I give brewing kombucha without a scoby a try. I have been seeing conversations about not needing the scoby culture mat to successfully ferment kombucha tea, and just using the starter tea, or even a store bought kombucha, so I gave it a try. And it was a great success! The kombucha brewed…
Ian, Serina, and Sam pull up the onion crop. Sam is still better at eating onions that harvesting them, but he gets a few tips. Ian tries out a new technique for drying the onions after harvest. Join us as we make space in the garden.
I always say that it only takes an hour a day. Here’s some video proof that I found, that sometimes your hour doesn’t have to be that hard, lol. The tomatoes in the greenhouse are going crazy, so Serina had to get out and do some picking and trellising. The tomatoes have reached the very…
Those sunflowers are sure pretty, but did you know you could eat them too? I quickly show you how long you need to leave them on the plant, and how to beat the birds to a great harvest.
Wondering how to pick basil to keep the plant bushy and productive, and to keep it from going to seed? I quickly let you know. I talk about some general basil care, and then show you with clear close video where exactly you should be picking your basil from.
Have a hard time getting anything done with the baby and toddler in tow, out in the garden. I share a couple of my tricks on how to deal with the destructive force of children in the veggie patch. Most of all, it is important to adjust your mind set on what you will be…
We like to have discussions about homesteading, and this rant video deals with one frequent issue for new homesteaders, buying land too far from work because its all you can afford and the consequences of that decision.
Ian is obsessed with garlic. He doesn’t think you can ever have too much. Follow Ian as he finishes up cleaning the garlic and sorting out the best heads for seed crop. Are we set for the year?
There are 7 billion people in the world, not everyone can live on an off grid large land homestead. Instead, Ian and Serina offer some ideas on how urban homesteading can provide the answer to creating more livable and sustainable cities. Join us as we talk about some of our ideas on why you should…
Can you believe this haul?!?! But no returns here. Come see why everyone should shop in their own yards! Also, this is me trying to be funny. I don’t actually act like this, lol.
Here’s our story. We haven’t always been living the homestead style life. We used to dream about living off the grid. Get a feel for our urban homestead and learn about what lead us to the decisions we made in regards to homesteading, and why we provide value to our viewers.
A short clip of the cosmos from the garden. I just got a new camera that shoots in 4K so let me know what you guys think of the video quality. Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/user/thepermaculturgarden?sub_confirmation=1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/james.prigioni Forest Garden, Part 1: https://youtu.be/Nj01hzdMKFc APPLE TREE FROM SEED, THE FIRST TASTE!!!: https://youtu.be/pWybLr-Byac
I extend the size of my chicken pen, and show style of fencing that I use. Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/user/thepermaculturgarden?sub_confirmation=1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/james.prigioni Forest Garden, Part 2: https://youtu.be/zS8cdKwMJRI APPLE TREE FROM SEED, THE FIRST TASTE!!!: https://youtu.be/pWybLr-Byac
Fall has just begun and the food forest is still pumping out a lot of fresh beyond organic produce. Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/user/thepermaculturgarden?sub_confirmation=1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/james.prigioni Forest Garden, Part 1: https://youtu.be/Nj01hzdMKFc APPLE TREE FROM SEED, THE FIRST TASTE!!!: https://youtu.be/pWybLr-Byac
I grew an apple tree from seed and this will be my first time tasting the fruit from it. Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/user/thepermaculturgarden?sub_confirmation=1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/james.prigioni Forest Garden, Part 1: https://youtu.be/Nj01hzdMKFc High Production Food Forest: https://youtu.be/8FrYDcKmGjM
Eating some fresh beyond organic homegrown Winesap apples from a tree that I planted only one year ago. Healing Root Bound Trees: https://youtu.be/ItWCMFa0358 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/james.prigioni Natural Farming, A Functional Design: https://youtu.be/u3gIZpNFWUg
Natural farming is about working with nature instead of against it. It’s peak season of the food forest and the natural farming techniques have proven themselves to be valuable, forming a functionally designed system producing high yields without high inputs. Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/user/thepermaculturgarden?sub_confirmation=1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/james.prigioni Natural Farming, A Functional Design Part 1: https://youtu.be/u3gIZpNFWUg Tasting Asian Pears:…
Natural farming is about working with nature instead of against it. It’s peak season of the food forest and the natural farming techniques have proven themselves to be valuable, forming a functionally designed system producing high yields without high inputs. Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/user/thepermaculturgarden?sub_confirmation=1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/james.prigioni The Importance of Timing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OZOURLuMww High Production Food Forest: https://youtu.be/8FrYDcKmGjM
This is a short video showing a few examples of how understanding timing can contribute to higher overall system yields. Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/user/thepermaculturgarden?sub_confirmation=1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/james.prigioni High Production Food Forest: https://youtu.be/8FrYDcKmGjM
I harvested some huge cucumbers this year from the food forest that where grown naturally with no pesticides, herbicides, or any aded fertilizers. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/james.prigioni Permaculture Side Garden: https://youtu.be/QWp3IFRI39Y High Production Food Forest: https://youtu.be/8FrYDcKmGjM
