IMO, the best and most fun tool to use in a garden like this is a scythe. A sweep from a scythe is probably the best way to chop and drop. And yes, you can get precise cuts with a scythe if you keep it sharp. They aren't hard to use and if you damage the blade, you can usually fix it. I recommend a European scythe slightly less sharp than you would have it for grass. (To prevent cracking and bending of the blade.) Avoid the heavier American scythes, unless you have a lot of thick brambles and saplings to cut.
I love the idea of permaculture. I currently garden traditionally by growing certain crops in their own beds, but 'm seriously going to try more of this inter planting in the future.
I am loving these gardens you are visiting! The food forrest system is the way to go for the future. Keep up the. good work. My thanks . Hello from Kansas USA.
Great job Joshua! I'm doing something similar on an urban lot in a large US city. Amazing reduction in pest pressure when I grew to the point of having 20 different cultivars flowering at the same time.
Polyculture is great! I do my best to stay as close as possible to the way of growing Joshua shows here ... but inside the boundaries (rules, both written and unwritten) of the allotment plot
I can't grow in the ground so I planted up my metal planters filling them with logs and wood, wood chip and leaves before putting on the compost. Apart from being cheaper they have worked very well and the plants have thrived. At the moment the older ones have a leaf mulch. I don't waste anything. I'd love to visit this garden.
1) Get your fruit trees in first. 2) Start composting on a large scale. You can't have too much. Focus on keeping toxins to a minimum. 3) Study presentations from agricultural universities/extensions and papers published in peer-reviewed journals. You'll need to do this every day for five years to understand the basics. This will be challenging if you don't have a scientific background. Be advised that skipping the "book learning" will cost you a lot of time and money.
Very interesting, especially the pest control aspects. Such dense planting must need quite a bit of irrigation. If I remember correctly Huw’s Allotmemt yield was 8kg /m2/year (very similar to another well know gardener). I’d expect a trade off in yield for the other benefits of this system, although costs per kg may be the same or better as not buying in materials or fertility. Is there any data on yield per m2 per year?
I think the reason people are hesitant to be on board with this kind of gardening is 1. The initial setup being hard work and/or expensive. 2. The work to maintain it, while easy, seems confusing to new people who don't know how easy and productive gardening can be. 3. Lack of understanding when it comes to tools. A lot of people think that you have to send someone out to hand-pick each weed in a garden like that and people also think that an expensive motorized tiller is a requirement. Last year, I just threw some potatoes down in the back yard with a shovel and a hoe. I'm renting, so I can't be planting more fun stuff.
It's possible for an individual or single family if you have enough plants. I have over 200 that produce enough berries for me, the birds and squirrels. If your goal is to sell them for profit, the answer would probably be no.
Quiet audio but beautiful to look at. I've watched your other videos with this innovative gardener. It's an organization of chaos ( yes, that's an oxymoron). I have nothing like what he has, but I do purposefully gather then scatter dock seeds in my pasture (my neighbors think I'm daft). I run a small flock of dairy sheep on 1.5 acres, and the dock is not only well enjoyed by the sheep, it has anti-parasitic properties and those deep roots do mine minerals. I tend to think of dock as the poor man's comfrey My only reservation about synthetic gardening is that, while overall it may be lower labor input, if you don't chop & drop the trees at the right time, those trees can quickly overtake everything. Also, as someone who grows willow & poplar in a fodder system for my sheep, I'd be concerned that chopping & dropping cuttings could cause them to root, especially in his rich soil. I mean, all I do is take cuttings and shove them into my far inferior, heavy clay soil, and almost all grow.
I thought Sonchus oleraceus was pronounced “sow” as in a female pig, and not “sow” as to sow seed…. Sow thistle as far as I understood it was named such because pigs love to eat it….
No plastic! No weed barrier, no ground cloth, none of that junk. Very good. This style of gardening is way too wild for my taste though. The only weed I welcome is dandelion. And the ‘diversity’ has all already assimilated to the location. Diversity that belongs. Native diversity is already amazing. Good luck planting cactus, sugar cane, bananas, or coffee, lol.
Absolutely fabulous! That's what a yard and garden should be. So much food and much less work weeding. Thanks so much for sharing this!
Yes!! I've been trying to visualize his garden ever since you did that interview. Thank you!!
This is so very inspiring! The more I have learned about how plants work together, the more I want my gardening to be like this.
What a spectacular example of how to work with nature. I can't believe you've done this in 4 years ♡
So encouraging
I came away from my visit as a completely changed gardener, it was a transformative experience!
Great video! 11:39 "No need to weed, no need to mulch." I'm trying to go this way in my own garden. ❤LOVE IT!❤
Very interesting right!
This is incredible!! It has really opened my mind to so many different aspects! Thank you for sharing!
You're so welcome!
Looks beautiful!
Love syntropic grows. Haven’t seen many in this growing zone!
Very interesting right!
IMO, the best and most fun tool to use in a garden like this is a scythe.
A sweep from a scythe is probably the best way to chop and drop. And yes, you can get precise cuts with a scythe if you keep it sharp. They aren't hard to use and if you damage the blade, you can usually fix it.
I recommend a European scythe slightly less sharp than you would have it for grass. (To prevent cracking and bending of the blade.)
Avoid the heavier American scythes, unless you have a lot of thick brambles and saplings to cut.
I love the idea of permaculture. I currently garden traditionally by growing certain crops in their own beds, but 'm seriously going to try more of this inter planting in the future.
Absolutely amazing Josh. Just great !!
I am loving these gardens you are visiting! The food forrest system is the way to go for the future. Keep up the. good work. My thanks . Hello from Kansas USA.
Great job Joshua! I'm doing something similar on an urban lot in a large US city. Amazing reduction in pest pressure when I grew to the point of having 20 different cultivars flowering at the same time.
Nice video, the biodiversity is very encouraging. Thanks
Love it!
Polyculture is great! I do my best to stay as close as possible to the way of growing Joshua shows here ... but inside the boundaries (rules, both written and unwritten) of the allotment plot
some truly different thinking...thank-you!
Something a little different indeed!
I've been trying this on my 3/8ths acres in Indiana in the US. It works.
My mind is blown
Great idea!🎉
I can't grow in the ground so I planted up my metal planters filling them with logs and wood, wood chip and leaves before putting on the compost. Apart from being cheaper they have worked very well and the plants have thrived. At the moment the older ones have a leaf mulch. I don't waste anything. I'd love to visit this garden.
It looks and sounds very good. Can you tell me how to convert a grass field that has been sheep grazing to this kind of system?
1) Get your fruit trees in first. 2) Start composting on a large scale. You can't have too much. Focus on keeping toxins to a minimum. 3) Study presentations from agricultural universities/extensions and papers published in peer-reviewed journals. You'll need to do this every day for five years to understand the basics. This will be challenging if you don't have a scientific background. Be advised that skipping the "book learning" will cost you a lot of time and money.
Very interesting, especially the pest control aspects. Such dense planting must need quite a bit of irrigation. If I remember correctly Huw’s Allotmemt yield was 8kg /m2/year (very similar to another well know gardener). I’d expect a trade off in yield for the other benefits of this system, although costs per kg may be the same or better as not buying in materials or fertility. Is there any data on yield per m2 per year?
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The hard part is finding edible perennials you can grow, and then finding the plants themselves to get started.
What time of the year was this video filmed? I am curious as I as well are in Zone 8.
love the video. the sound is very low though
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Location?growzone?
@@kaittemurry4740 Devon, USDA hardiness zone 8
@@HuwRichards thank you. That's about the same zone as here in the east of the Netherlands
А як уберегти все від зворотніх весняних заморозків?
I think the reason people are hesitant to be on board with this kind of gardening is
1. The initial setup being hard work and/or expensive.
2. The work to maintain it, while easy, seems confusing to new people who don't know how easy and productive gardening can be.
3. Lack of understanding when it comes to tools. A lot of people think that you have to send someone out to hand-pick each weed in a garden like that and people also think that an expensive motorized tiller is a requirement.
Last year, I just threw some potatoes down in the back yard with a shovel and a hoe. I'm renting, so I can't be planting more fun stuff.
Are there any strawberries left to harvest if there is no netting against birds?
It's possible for an individual or single family if you have enough plants. I have over 200 that produce enough berries for me, the birds and squirrels. If your goal is to sell them for profit, the answer would probably be no.
Any American PawPaw or keeping it all uk native…?…
Great system. You just need some nitrogen fixing plants, and you almost close the circle.
Josh does include nitrogen fixers, especially alder in the rows, but sadly I couldn't find the whole thing as light was quickly running out!
I would imagine the wild natives would likely include things like clovers and vetches as well, although not shown so not certain.
@@HuwRichards I imagine. At home I planted goumi, seaberry, alder, clovers, vetch. All of them either go into compost, or as green manure.
Audio is way too quiet compared to other videos. Great stuff though.
Sorry about that! I should have compared!
Nothing wrong with the audio i.m.o.
Quiet audio but beautiful to look at. I've watched your other videos with this innovative gardener. It's an organization of chaos ( yes, that's an oxymoron). I have nothing like what he has, but I do purposefully gather then scatter dock seeds in my pasture (my neighbors think I'm daft). I run a small flock of dairy sheep on 1.5 acres, and the dock is not only well enjoyed by the sheep, it has anti-parasitic properties and those deep roots do mine minerals. I tend to think of dock as the poor man's comfrey My only reservation about synthetic gardening is that, while overall it may be lower labor input, if you don't chop & drop the trees at the right time, those trees can quickly overtake everything. Also, as someone who grows willow & poplar in a fodder system for my sheep, I'd be concerned that chopping & dropping cuttings could cause them to root, especially in his rich soil. I mean, all I do is take cuttings and shove them into my far inferior, heavy clay soil, and almost all grow.
I thought Sonchus oleraceus was pronounced “sow” as in a female pig, and not “sow” as to sow seed…. Sow thistle as far as I understood it was named such because pigs love to eat it….
No plastic! No weed barrier, no ground cloth, none of that junk. Very good. This style of gardening is way too wild for my taste though. The only weed I welcome is dandelion. And the ‘diversity’ has all already assimilated to the location. Diversity that belongs. Native diversity is already amazing. Good luck planting cactus, sugar cane, bananas, or coffee, lol.