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Freedom Forest Life - Off Grid
United Kingdom
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 17 เม.ย. 2020
Freedom Forest is 3 acres of Food Forest, Permaculture Gardens & Wildlife haven - Our expression of sustainable growing and living, which is continually evolving and improving as we re-generate new areas and hone others by observing and learning.
We are on a gentle sloping valley with around 1 acre of natural woodland, a small stream and lots of full sun growing areas for our fruit, vegetables and hardy tropicals and we are completely off grid.
Our focus is on Agroforestry, soil health and creating a balanced ecosystems to benefit all, whilst being as gentle on the planet as possible.
We make videos tours of our land, show how we are achieving at least 60% self-sufficiency and share our favourite Plant-Based Recipes and Health Tonics - plus all the things we love most about living an amazing outdoor lifestyle and being close to nature.
We can learn and grow together.
Peace & Plants ✌️ 🌿
#freedomforest #permaculture #farmstead #offgrid
We are on a gentle sloping valley with around 1 acre of natural woodland, a small stream and lots of full sun growing areas for our fruit, vegetables and hardy tropicals and we are completely off grid.
Our focus is on Agroforestry, soil health and creating a balanced ecosystems to benefit all, whilst being as gentle on the planet as possible.
We make videos tours of our land, show how we are achieving at least 60% self-sufficiency and share our favourite Plant-Based Recipes and Health Tonics - plus all the things we love most about living an amazing outdoor lifestyle and being close to nature.
We can learn and grow together.
Peace & Plants ✌️ 🌿
#freedomforest #permaculture #farmstead #offgrid
WHAT WE GROW IN A YEAR - Self-Sufficient Living in the UK - 1 Year Timelapse - Part 1/2
In this video we share What We Grow in a Year - when we SOW SEEDS and HARVEST for a more sustainable, self-sufficient life in the UK, achieving up to 80% self-reliance in ALL of our food needs 💚 This is part 1of 2.
We are Dan & Laurie and our land is called Freedom Forest - Its 3 acres in the South of England where we are creating an edible oasis and trying to provide as much for ourselves, from our land as possible, where we are completely off grid.
Each year we expand and grow more - our gardening style and methods are inspired by permaculture and No-Dig and we try to be thoughtful about how and what we do, to be as gentle on the planet as possible.
We are MASSIVELY grateful that you choose to watch our Videos, however, If you appreciate and get value from what we share and would like to help us a little more, you can become a Freedom Forest Patreon (link below).
Patreon provides a way you can support what we do with any size donation you wish, it could simply be the value of a packet of seeds!
In return your name will appear in the end credits of our videos and we'll message you a password for the 'members area' of our website where we share a few of our favourite recipes exclusively for our Patreon's 💚
www.patreon.com/freedomforestlife
Videos used make this timelapse :
JANUARY
Winter on an English Farmstead - Vlog 21 👉 th-cam.com/video/cldxdd_4S9U/w-d-xo.html
FEBRUARY
Jerusalem Artichokes - Irresistible Creamy Bake Recipe
👉 th-cam.com/video/P0DEf0oCn0M/w-d-xo.html
1 Month On Our 3 Acre Self Sufficiency Farm UK | Daily Farm Life - Vlog 22
👉 th-cam.com/video/Ckx8Rj73sqU/w-d-xo.html
MARCH
Daily Farm Life - SPRING - Things Are Changing FAST | Vlog 23
👉 th-cam.com/video/HCl3cxLFoNs/w-d-xo.html
APRIL
Permaculture Garden Tour & Planting Plan - Self Sufficient Living UK
👉 th-cam.com/video/c2rFqKav5lE/w-d-xo.html
Permaculture Gardening Monthly Update - Self Sufficient Garden UK - Vlog 24
👉 th-cam.com/video/_xgFlYy3qtU/w-d-xo.html
MAY
Growing Potatoes - PLANTING to HARVEST Tips - Self Sufficient Gardening UK
👉 th-cam.com/video/4zicZr-KLPo/w-d-xo.html
How To Harvest & Use Garlic Flowers/Scapes For A BONUS Harvest - Self Sufficiency Garden
👉 th-cam.com/video/ZckS1_ZY7eE/w-d-xo.html
STRAWBERRIES 🍓 Health Food or Health HAZARD ?!?
👉 th-cam.com/video/FIrBuqH0LZ0/w-d-xo.html
JUNE
Value of Undercover Growing Space For Self Sufficient Gardening - Summer Crops to Super Sized Greens
👉 th-cam.com/video/7s0luu44BEg/w-d-xo.html
5 Year Old Food Forest - Self Sufficient in Fruit, Teas & Herbal Medicines
👉 th-cam.com/video/i-k_1FiYVtc/w-d-xo.html
Self Sufficient On 3 Acres - TRYING To Make Money From Our Land - Vlog 25
👉 th-cam.com/video/rqrTNgZ0zww/w-d-xo.html
Enjoy & Thanks for watching ✌️🌿
#freedomforest #offgridfarm #growingfood #smallholdingUK #selfsufficientliving #gardenideas
We are Dan & Laurie and our land is called Freedom Forest - Its 3 acres in the South of England where we are creating an edible oasis and trying to provide as much for ourselves, from our land as possible, where we are completely off grid.
Each year we expand and grow more - our gardening style and methods are inspired by permaculture and No-Dig and we try to be thoughtful about how and what we do, to be as gentle on the planet as possible.
We are MASSIVELY grateful that you choose to watch our Videos, however, If you appreciate and get value from what we share and would like to help us a little more, you can become a Freedom Forest Patreon (link below).
Patreon provides a way you can support what we do with any size donation you wish, it could simply be the value of a packet of seeds!
In return your name will appear in the end credits of our videos and we'll message you a password for the 'members area' of our website where we share a few of our favourite recipes exclusively for our Patreon's 💚
www.patreon.com/freedomforestlife
Videos used make this timelapse :
JANUARY
Winter on an English Farmstead - Vlog 21 👉 th-cam.com/video/cldxdd_4S9U/w-d-xo.html
FEBRUARY
Jerusalem Artichokes - Irresistible Creamy Bake Recipe
👉 th-cam.com/video/P0DEf0oCn0M/w-d-xo.html
1 Month On Our 3 Acre Self Sufficiency Farm UK | Daily Farm Life - Vlog 22
👉 th-cam.com/video/Ckx8Rj73sqU/w-d-xo.html
MARCH
Daily Farm Life - SPRING - Things Are Changing FAST | Vlog 23
👉 th-cam.com/video/HCl3cxLFoNs/w-d-xo.html
APRIL
Permaculture Garden Tour & Planting Plan - Self Sufficient Living UK
👉 th-cam.com/video/c2rFqKav5lE/w-d-xo.html
Permaculture Gardening Monthly Update - Self Sufficient Garden UK - Vlog 24
👉 th-cam.com/video/_xgFlYy3qtU/w-d-xo.html
MAY
Growing Potatoes - PLANTING to HARVEST Tips - Self Sufficient Gardening UK
👉 th-cam.com/video/4zicZr-KLPo/w-d-xo.html
How To Harvest & Use Garlic Flowers/Scapes For A BONUS Harvest - Self Sufficiency Garden
👉 th-cam.com/video/ZckS1_ZY7eE/w-d-xo.html
STRAWBERRIES 🍓 Health Food or Health HAZARD ?!?
👉 th-cam.com/video/FIrBuqH0LZ0/w-d-xo.html
JUNE
Value of Undercover Growing Space For Self Sufficient Gardening - Summer Crops to Super Sized Greens
👉 th-cam.com/video/7s0luu44BEg/w-d-xo.html
5 Year Old Food Forest - Self Sufficient in Fruit, Teas & Herbal Medicines
👉 th-cam.com/video/i-k_1FiYVtc/w-d-xo.html
Self Sufficient On 3 Acres - TRYING To Make Money From Our Land - Vlog 25
👉 th-cam.com/video/rqrTNgZ0zww/w-d-xo.html
Enjoy & Thanks for watching ✌️🌿
#freedomforest #offgridfarm #growingfood #smallholdingUK #selfsufficientliving #gardenideas
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🎉👍♥️VERY NICE interesting video🎉👍♥️ I like what you do👍😊🎉I ENJOY, watching, your videos🎉👍♥️👍🎉😊😊😊😊♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
It’s almost time for the season to begin!!!!! As soon as all of this snow and ice melts here in Ohio it’s game on!! I’ve been planning my growing season for 2 months now and I can’t wait to apply my new and approved skills ❤
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Hola se ve bonito todo, pero puedes ser en español
Hello, Glad you enjoyed seeing our gardens, I think TH-cam does automatically go Spanish subtitles and auto translate/dubbing if you select on your settings, not sure how good it is though ?! I will look into it. Thank you for your interest 💚✌️🌿
Superb Awesome, I really love your video because I feel you are so talented with what are you doing ! Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you. Hope you are doing well and healthy and I wish to you all success around! Put all my full support for you.
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Such an interesting conversation. Have been following them for a while and love their outlook
My 1st sowings are cauliflower, onions, lettuce & tomato. I can’t remember if you’ve mentioned it before but are you & Dan vegans ?
Hey Sean, Nice, Onions, Aubergines & Peppers for me, shortly followed by Beets, Lettuce & Toms ... I can't believe how quickly its getting to that time already!!! What date do you start your sowings? Oh and yes, we are Vegan, so we eat A LOT of veg 😃 We do eat the occasional Pheasant, if we came across them mindlessly killed where we have a lot of shoots in our area 💚✌️🌿
@ 1st week in January for 1st sowings of onions & lettuce, usually just to test viability of seeds. If anything comes up - bonus , if not throw out old seed & re-order
How many digress do you have inside and outside the tunnel through January till March where you live? Do you use any heaters in polytunnels during these months?
Hi, our lowest out side temp goes down to -5oC but only usually the odd day or 2 that low. The tunnels will go to a simular temperature, but offer for wind protection and better heat when we do get sun, encouraging better growth. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching 💚✌️🌿
Wow awesome to see! Thank you for creating this Video! I am excited to see the next one. Wish you the best, Selina 👩🏼🌾
So glad you enjoyed it Selina - will have the second half out in the next few days 💚✌️🌿
Thank you !
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I applaud you for working hard providing your own food not depending on grant like in my country.Most village we have enough land to grow own food but all my neighbors they will tell you it's hot or they don't know .I bring seedlings for them even fruits all goes to waste 😊😊
Thank you 🙏 and good on you for doing what you can to encourage others and growing what you can yourself. It is so very rewarding in many ways 💚 appreciate you watching & commenting ✌️🌿
I really enjoyed watching your vlog! New Subscriber 👍👩🌾
Great to have you with us 🙌💚✌️🌿
Again, a lovely video! In this winter time it was like a breath! ❤
So glad you enjoyed it 🙏 Part 2 showing second half of the year will be out in a few days, so keep an eye out for that one 💚✌️🌿
It’s truly amazing what you guys produce…. I know you have a good amount of ground which helps but also it’s just knowing how to do it it to get the best from it. Haven’t really got a clue, just try to do better each year… all we can do is our best.
Doing better each year, is exactly how we have learnt too ... and is the best way in my mind - trial and error/success and learning by actually experiences, I think helps the knowledge stick best 💚 and besides, every garden is going to be different, we can offer ideas and inspiration with our methods and then working out whats best in your own garden is all part of the fun and experience. ✌️🌿
Panen sayur sawi labu kuning dan jamur lanjut masak terimakasih sharingnya kak salam sehat dan sukses
Superb, I’m inspired to head off to the allotment ☺️❤️
Yeah! Hope you enjoyed it 💚✌️🌿
Wow 😮 I would love to grow my own mushrooms around the house if I could and how would I do that please? Amazing video to learn for me a beginner and thank you 😊
Hi, I have just been in connact with our friend who makes the mushroom buckets up and I am hoping to film a video of the process with him this year, if you would like to see more on innoculating outside beds check out this video here: th-cam.com/video/9ooMBx1d0C8/w-d-xo.html So glad the video was helpful for you, part 2 will be out in a few days showing the second half of the year, July-Dec, so stay tuned for that one 💚✌️🌿
Great video update. Keep growing 😊
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Just confirms that I really need to sort out the windbreaks! My little mixed hedging is so slow as we are up high and quite exposed - and I planted them 6 years ago! The roses did well though and I was able to harvest the hips! Thank you for a delightful tour over the months to come - cheered me up no end - before I thought ugh, I have a lot to do! LOL! xx
Hedging/shelter belts can be very helpful indeed. We did choose faster growing evergreens as such, for a few reasons. I can’t wait for my roses to get bigger and provide lots of hips, had a few this year, not enough to do anything substantial with, but they did only get planted early last year 💚I know the feeling, I do get really excited and also a little overwhelmed doing these videos 😂 all the best for the year ahead and thanks for watching✌️🌿
Simply beautiful, this abundance of crops: but it should be sufficient for at least 10 peoples. When do you have time to eat all of that? I wish you for the next years peace and good health. Katharina from hungary (with two high beds and a small herb garden within the food forest only)!
Hi Katrina, what we grow can defo feed more than just us, we do gift a fair amount to friends, neighbours and family too and we COULD grow even more in this space if we had more hands! It does feel that nearly my whole life is either growing, preparing or cooking food!! 🤣 defo not something I am complaining about though, as it also feels very nature and how it’s mean to be … kind of a modern world way of being a hunter gatherer 💚🙏 happy growing to you for the season ahead too✌️🌿
Those re-growing Brambles must be a real pain. Lovely month by month tutorial.
Hi - yeah they are! They’re getting a little weaker each year though thankfully 💚✌️🌿
Thank you for sharing. It is amazing how much two motivated people can do when they are operating on the same wavelength.
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Beautiful! You make me want to get my hands dirty in Texas 8b. We just had a very cold January and I’m happy to move into February!
You guys are amazing. I sincerely hope others listen and learn from you. You have shown all the hard work and careful planning really does make a massive difference when it comes to harvesting and eating the most delicious seasonal produce. Home grown tastes so so so much better. I wish you well for 2025 and please keep us posted on your progress. Thankyou x
Hi Suzanne, thank you so much for your lovely comment. Homegrown food is so much nicer and better for you in every way for sure 🙌 stay tuned for the second half of this vid in a few days 💚✌️🌿
outstanding work!
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Wonderful abundance! ❤
For sure - we feel so rich because of all that we grow 💚🙏✌️🌿
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Great video😀 Just envy your climate... We have snow on the ground about 7 months😍 Br, Mirja, from northern Finland
So glad you enjoyed the vid and great to have you with us in Finland 🙏 we are very blessed with our climate for sure 💚✌️🌿
Great video. Where do you buy those hoops for the cloches
Hi Andy, the hoops were made by one of our neighbours, from scrap metal and gifted to us, they are so so useful 💚✌️🌿
Wonderful look over the year😊
Thanks Rich, stay tuned for the second half … hopefully Sunday 🙏💚✌️🌿
Thankyou so much for the reminder of the beautiful bounties ahead. Withe the weather so miserable and the frustration of needing to plant seeds, it was a great reminder of time, patience and abundance ahead. Thankyou xx
Glad you enjoyed it Christine, it’s a big task putting these kind of videos together, I really enjoy doing them though, as it’s such welcome reminders in every way … stay tuned for part 2, in a few days 💚✌️🌿
Exactly, the video is needed today. 👍
So glad you enjoyed seeing this - stay tuned for part 2 …. Coming soon. Thanks for watching and commenting 💚✌️🌿
Thank you so mutch, wow i love your mushroom bucket ;-) Can you tell us more about it, perhaps a tutorial? I wish you a fantastic growing year!
Hi, so glad you enjoyed the vid 💚 The mushroom buckets are made by a friend of ours, we've had a couple of requests about how they are done, so I am hoping to do a vid with our friend sometime this year to do a 'how to' mushroom bucket video, so stay tuned ... and also for part 2 of this video, which I will hopefully have ready in the next few days 🙏 Thanks for watching & commenting ✌️🌿
I am inspired by your video to search for early potatoes and plant them here on Vancouver Island!!! nothing beats a new potato! thanks from West Coast Grandma!!!🥰
Hi West Coast Grandma 🙌 so good to hear this 💚🙏 Exactly what we hope for! 'Swifts' are the best ones we've found for speed and yield so far, they are first early or sometimes classes as extra early. We've tried second earliers now too, like 'Charlottes' and it does work, just not quite so prolific. You might enjoy this video from last year too. th-cam.com/video/4zicZr-KLPo/w-d-xo.html Thanks for watching & messaging 💚✌️🌿
@ thanks for replying! Love your oasis!i have an acre here!
Great video. Thanks for all the info and inspiration.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙏 Appreciate you watching & Commenting too 💚✌️🌿
Do you ever leave your yacon in the ground over winter?
Yes, every year, you can check out some of our Yacon videos here 👉 th-cam.com/play/PLOidPRQofoMO7DbnFE7dT9EQBNsKncF72.html 💚✌️🌿
Key to good sized Yam tubers is time between autumn equinox and frost killing foliage. If you can keep foliage healthy into June, December in the NH, the tubers will be bigger. Tubers can be 15cm long when fully developed and overall yield quite high. I mound them like potatoes and mulch between rows with straw. This stops the stems producing thousands of tiny tubers where they touch the ground. Yams can become a bit of a weed if tiny tubers aren't collected.
Hi Keith, this is really good to know - thank you for sharing this. Are you in the UK too? Thanks for watching 💚✌️🌿
@@freedomforestlife In NZ South Island. Yams are a favourite winter veg for me. They are such beautiful tubers when first dug. Being from the oxalis family they can spread like many of their relatives though. 🙂Fascinated at your success growing Kumara. Haven't tried for a few years. grew them from seed back in the '90s when a company offered packets of mixed varieties. Didn't do well. Had lots of long really skinny things. Tried again last season with slips in the tunnel, but I think that was just too hot!. Got tubers, but the tops fried off too quickly. Trying outside this season. Got my slips ready early and we had a really hot first half of December, but the season has turned to rubbish now. Cloudy and cool ever since.
So happy I found your channel (via Huw’s channel!). I love your amazing food forest - you’ve both done such a great job. I look forward to seeing future plans unfold. Having recently moved house, I’ve got a whole new space to think about, and I would really like to turn a good proportion of it over to food growing. I’ll be 62 yrs this summer, so I have to make it manageable, but taking inspiration from you I’m going to go for it! 👍😊
Hi, so pleased to have you with us and to hear you are enjoying are videos 🙏 How exciting having a new garden space to plan, the perfect way to stay inspired and motivated and in return gifting your body the best nourishment possible - Happy growing 💚✌️🌿
@freedomeforestlife Amazing video! I have a question about your "prune & harvest" method. First off what a genius idea to prune when you harvest. But I'm curious what month this happens? I assume it's very late Summer like late August or early September. Is that the time to do it? Also the image you showed was definitely some hard pruning. Do you only leave the current year's growth?
Hi Jeff, some great questions, Yes, the prune & harvest method is for final end last harvest fruit, the timing will be different depending on your area and variety of currant. I would still only take about 1/3 or so of the older growth at a time, this method is good for bigger more establish bushes and I don't do this every year to the same bush, only when they need a good cut back and yes, I leave the newer growth. Hope that helps - Thanks for watching 💜✌️🌿
Do you need any rabbit guards?
Hi, if you have a lot of Rabbit pressure, it would be a good idea, some of our areas where we have hedged are rabbit proof, others aren't, I don't recall having any major losses to Rabbits when we've been hedging, if you are conerned it would be best to take procautions though, I cut down old tree protectors to the right size when we do need to protect new, small plants 💚✌️🌿
Oca is great in Latkes! I really like to grow Oca. It's easy, tasty and stores without problem. I did have the same result with colours. The pink ones produce the most.
Great to know 🙏 I will look up 'Latkes' 💚 Thanks for watchin & commenting ✌️🌿
Thank you so much for sharing your combined knowledge! This is SO inspiring! I live on the coast of Maine in the US and I absolutely love the idea of non native plants for beneficial uses. Can't wait to binge watch your playlist! 🙂
Great to have you with us, so glad you enjoyed the tour and yes, we grow LOTS of non-natives for multiple benefits, we see it as one of the positives to the 'modern' world, now having access to all these additional species, when done with care and consideration, to us, to would feel careless not to make the most! 🙌 Enjoy binge watching 💚✌️🌿
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Quaker farming is pheñomenal and far superior to any or most. The food they produce is full of dense nutrition. Nature feds on itself composts itself re eats I self and grasses herbasious grasses are the backbone of good culture practices rather than just giving a plant just a dark organic substrate even the richest of soils won't always produce a good crop .plants like to culture their own nutrition and sometimes it's too much too rich and they won't take it up and get watery without the natural chemosynthesis being played out . Rock minerals bone meals turf loams and something for substrate airation .Allan Chadwick archive has a massive library of audio horticultural masterpieces cold composting techniques also make a better bacterial breakdown and culture.all life is existence upon bacterias FUNGALS plankton's diatoms etc the small stuff supports all life the atmospheric biome heals the body provides good aerobic diversity etc and you can't always just put a plant in something dark and expect it all to work.
If I was growing vegg or fruits or anything .if it isn't full of pectoses and is just water then it's animal fodder. I ain't wasting time growing watery crops .not that yours are I dnt mean that but having a test garden for breeding crops and researching best practices to get those high pectoses in your cultures.
Argh that's the thing with compost .it disappears in a year .the biology eats it and the plants eat tge biology and it's all gone and your forever having to keep laying more which is all part of culture but allowing nature to build your soil aswel will reduce your compost inputs but hay it's all takes time just like drake white says.and culture is an art form is art imitating life or is life imitating art.
Soak those small wood chip in a natural microbial bacterial fungal enzyme before placing it on your beds and it will break down easier and not rob the soil. You'll maybe need to feed nitrogen or liquid wirmcast onto the chips occasionally just to keep it going in the right direction .