Ok, so I came across your channel, and fell in love with your kids and your humor. I have health problems that make moving to the desert a ridiculous idea, but I have started to enjoy just learning about the topics that you bring up, and the solutions you employ. Really, your channel is something that I look forward to daily, as entertainment. But I LOVED this video! I am blown away by the wealth of information, and the rabbit holes, I will inevitably fall into as a result. It there is so much good information here that I can even apply here in Texas. And I am so excited to see this first glimpse of you vision, for what you guys are doing out there. What a treat!
Thanks for the kind words! :) very excited about the opportunities out here, but the fact that they can be implemented just about anywhere is so exciting.
I too have serious health issues. I won't ever be able to employ these ideas, but I still like to learn about them and imagine how I would employ them myself if I could. I still like to dream.
You guys keep topping the content everytime! Just when we think it can't get better, you provide us with mind blowing information. Thanks so much to you and your consultant.
That was an excellent presentation on perm-a culture 👍🏽 my dad was an environmental engineer and he used these berms and swells to natures advantage and damed up a small area in our back yard where our livestock has water to drink. Very good, thank you for sharing.
Think about using a pollard or coppice system to have firewood, tool handles, and food production over a long period of time: instead of a cut and burn sequence. With the right species you could create a silvan-forest in a pollard system to let cattle roam under for shade and harvest above them for browsing. Place this system as a series of coppice stands within your windbreak to stack functions as well as having firewood suitable for a rocket-stove forever.
yes, i agree , they could pollard many scrubs and use them as natural fence posts , creating living wind breaks, help create shade and retain moisture. i just joined this group yesterday - i havnt seen them burn anything yet , so i dont know if they have a rocket stove. yet. was wondering if they had a way to make mortis & tenons structures/furniture .with all the small diameter wood they have in their area.. i did just watch a video about them getting/using a rocker box type washing machine. made me think back to the old gas powered hit&miss maytag wringer washer. i grew up with .
Great information, you have an amazing plan with a balance of science, philosophy, community, and a passion that inspires. Global thinking at it's best.
Brilliant! This looks set to become an incredible property and example of what can be achieved with some planning, research and time! I'll definitely be following your journey as the site grows 👏👏👏
OH MY GOSH :) I really love you guys ...You all are simply AMAZINGGGG :) I love your comradeship & the joy you all have working towards one goal ... There's so much love between you all and your kids are Amazinggg too WOW ! I love all your animals & chickens too ...What a Marvellous way & example you both are setting for your kids. May GOD continue to BLESS you all with this closeness, togetherness & unity in ALL you do . I have watched your videos from start to finish and enjoyed every bit of them all :) you are all already living your dream :) I am one of your subscribers . Blessings from Canada hugs & kisses :)
The beginning of a farm that will be similar to the biggest little farm transplanted in the desert. I can’t wait to see this come to being. Watching you start to make a home that is in touch with nature and the environment, that is working with it instead of fighting against it. I love the permaculture and regenerative agriculture. So much is changing for the better.
The internet doesn’t deserve you! 🙌🏻 this video is so well done, very educational, perfect pacing, great topics, beautiful editing, and glorious footage. Thank you so much for sharing with all of us. I do admit I was most thrilled about seeing the map of your land and pointing out the structures and plans … It is exciting to peek at what’s to come. Bravo Tiny Shiny Home!
70 years old, Canadian and know NOTHING about any of this. You had me looking up real estate in Cochise County Arizona! I am totally intrigued! Thank you!
Thank you Johnathan and Ashley for having Rudy on: found the information quite useful; and seeing your master plans. Big changes coming to your homestead. I've seen a few of those natural swimming pools, and once there biomechanical systems take hold there awesome. Might I suggest koi fish in the pond there byproducts make good natural fertilizer, for all the plants on the homestead and garden. It made everything grow like crazy. Anyway food for thought. Take care and be safe and God bless amen.
Thank you everyone f&, guests for such great content and information, for sharing, for editing, for helping one another and so much more, but most of all, for sharing it all with us!! Great effort, keep on doin you, you guys are amazing, inspirational and a true blessing to say the least!!!!!!!! May the LORD bless and keep you for all of your days!!!!!!
I'll never do what you are doing and at my age, that is understandable. However, that doesn't make your journey any less enjoyable, educational, interesting. I love all the information and also watching your family grow as a unit. You answered so many questions today about your home and vision. Thanks! You were smart enough to know that any video without 99 somewhere is not going to fly. Love all of you.
I really enjoyed this video with Rudy Poe!! He was fantastic. I am so inspired, even as the space I have to work with is considerably smaller with different challenges than yours. My brain is percolating. Really liked seeing the topography of your land, too. So excited for you guys. xo
Loved listening and seeing and learning about the plans as well as about permaculture. I've always been interested in regenerative. It's awesome how it ties into everything. Thank you for sharing.
This is probably the fourth time that I have watched this particular video. And it is the first time that I felt that I understood it thank you so much for this information though I am legally blind and 85 years of age I do look forward to a time when this Earth will really blossom like the rose in the desert areas this is according to Bible prophecy! Thank you again for putting this video making it available for people who are interested and seen the Earth become like a paradise
You guys are so inspiring! Your vision and enthusiasm to share this vital information on water and land use/permaculture design. T.H. Watkins, of the Wilderness Society and a historian of the Western US, was my first teacher about water use shaping the history of the west. I was very interested, as I grew up in thirsty Southern California. It’s heartening to witness people like you working hard and building a dream not just for you six, but encouraging so many in a way forward as water becomes more scarce on a crowded planet needing teachers like you.
So informative and interesting. It looks like you have a solid plan. Thanks for taking the time to explain and go through everything. Looking forward to all of your new builds.
I'm doing a permaculture design of a house in Costa Rica right now, It's super exciting to see the concepts work in all different contexts, and I just love your desert landscapes in the background, it's going to be exciting to see the changes that happen across the land as you create these changes.
Thx for showing the plans, so the brabling about -„ it will all make sense guys „ -- waaait for it, it makes sense. Cool with the two ponds and the possibility to pump. Looking forward to an diverse treeline across the horizon..
I love that you brought the words Regenerative Agriculture into your conversation. I know you don’t love dipping into politics but Rudy mentioned the demonization of raising animals and the concept of regenerating your soils and land with rotational concepts, to complement life in these times. Have you read the book “Sacred Cow” by Diana Rogers and Robb Wolf? It speaks to this misconstrued concept and is very supportive of what you’re doing!
Your plan is so very awesome! In partnering with our land, good living is the result! Becoming "stewards of" rather than "masters over" is the best equation one could live by!❤️👏👏
Wow, wow, wow. I so enjoyed watching this. Watching how your building your buildings is a real treat but this explains a lot of what your working towards and showed me your aim at a different alternative living. I’m also pleased you have bought in someone who knows how to achieve what’s needed to sustain your land and livestock. Keep up the good work guy’s, I’m so looking forward to watching your dreams develop. 👏😊
Looks awesome! Very exciting! Our pond filled up with a lot of sand, and the burrowing critters really like to burrow through the berms. It takes quite a bit of management, but very cool! 😊👍🏜️
If you are even half as excited to see swales and berms and food forests as i am then i dont know how you are coping lol - Rudy has done a good plan. I reckon that if you give Adeli a shovel now- because she is such a grafter, she'll be done by the time you get the house started :) And p.s. this is how you build a channel - well done :)
WOW, Brilliant Thankyou, Rudy, Ashley and Jonathan. So informative. A lot of information l need to process. So excited for tiny shiny home and very grateful we are able to witness the growth of what you guy’s are creating. Australia loves you all✌️
Top notch. Imagining your acres in 5 years time. Remember, the one thing you must be proactive about is weather. Drought, floods, insects and fire can lay waste the best laid plans. External revenue streams or passive income can moderate such natural destruction.
May I congrat you first of all on seeking expert advice on designing your homestead. This segment was very, very interesting. Planning where to place your home, where to catch the rain water and where to place your animals takes an expert to advise you. I enjoyed listening to Rudy and his expertise. I can't wait to see the changes that are to come! Thank you for bringing us along and thank you Rudy for sharing your vast knowledge. Buy the way, I am a proud Homie.
This along with a more formal Q&A in say a month or so would be top tier content. Heck, put it on pat reon for a few months first, wouldn't mind. Thank you.
THAT was fanTAStic! I knew such things were possible, I did NOT know that there were people this skilled who could work with you on the planning and design stage. I thought if it wasn’t passed down from an oldtimer who could read the land and knew what resources would become limited during certain times while others could be over abundant during key times and help you harness excess for times of drought. I have thirty questions but I will drive him to distraction and let you guys continue with your break. THANK YOU for coming out of the shade (figuratively) to make this information available to us.
This is great! It is wonderful to see the permaculture plan he has come up with for your land. Rudy Poe is very good at explaining what permaculture is and how it benefits the land. The nature, landscape, and animals shots in this video are superb! I'm so glad he is happy with your grass. I always think of the buffalo that built our rich soil in the midwest prarie lands. Love the windbreak idea too. We kept all our trees and really valued them when we moved to out little almost 10 acre hobby farm. Almost everyone else moves to a rural property and cuts down all the trees! Then they plant them again but it'll take decades to grow them back up again. We see it over and over. We knew our trees provided a windbreak and microclimates when we moved here. We love our trees. This was wonderful guys!
What a great show! I would love Rudy to come out to our 20 acre homestead in Pearce & consult on how we can build our property into a sustainable desert oasis for our livestock, gardens. the indigenous wildlife & flora to flourish. ❤️ THIS IS THE FUTURE AWAY FROM BIG AGRO & government controllers using big agro to oppress small farmers & ranchers, as they steal our most precious natural resource - WATER the giver of all life.. ❤️
Thanks. Found this very interesting. By contrast, I am also following a couple who are establishing an off grid homestead in Alaska. Wish I was 50 years younger. 🤗
Great video guys. Very well done. My partner James met Rudy and an event in Bisbee. Got to get a hold of him. Please bring him back for more videos. I also got my PDC from Geoff Lawton. Greening The Desert is why we moved to Portal. Still have to get our swales in, but there are only two of us so everything takes time as you know. Looking forward to more of your permaculture videos as we’re living parallel lives 😄
cant help but think that we need more areas like this. i know that we need SOME regulations but it has gotten way out of hand. why should everyone be forced to live in a stick build house hooked up to the grid? the planet needs more permaculture and less asphalt and concrete.
This literally blows my mind and the simple fact that this stuff should be common sense...Thank you for sharing, there has to be a way to survive in every part of this earth.
I started my project in the central Washington desert about a decade ago, really focusing on the management of land and access, currently capable of diverting and catching over a million gallons of surge coming off of the hillside behind me. The mulched terraces and swales also work to manage the air.. the coldest air from the night settles into these zones and helps to create dew point condensation collection too. Rudy sounds very knowledgeable about these principles of element management. Best of luck in your journey it will be a great experience with family.
I'm lucky to be close enough to a city that landscapers bring me trucks and trailers full of organic matter that I've incorporated into over a thousand feet of hugelkultur beds that build my berms....like a beaver would do if heavily motivated to catch the torrential storms.
We have 4 ponds , that my grandfather built back in the 70s , still holds rain 🌧️ water , now I'm setting up pumps for are big garden this year , I'm one the same page ,
You guys are amazing, I would love for me and my family to be able to do this. I would love to live in a community Where we all work togetherTo do what you guys are doing large scale. Cause I firmly believe that's what you guys are doing this is the futureFor all of us.
Hope you have neighbors, now or in the future that will allow you to help each other. We can live free and independent and still support one another. I live very secluded but welcome trading, sharing and supporting others who still believe in being stewards of the land. I wish you all the best and honor your spirit of loving life. Paddocks are a great way to raise your animals. We run the cows through one paddock for a week, then the pigs, then the chickens. The cows graze down to nub, the pigs turn over the soil and leave lots of fertilizer and the chickens follow up as a clean up crew. Rotational farming of the animals is just as important as rotating garden planting. You're definitely on the right track. This way we don't have to buy grains.
just came across your channel. Watched your year in review and another one is running in the background as I do a few things around my home. (it's the full documentary ,Oct 2021) The music you use is awesome and I'll keep watching for more of the music .
What a treasure of knowledge this man has shared with you, with us! So happy for you. It was exciting to see the plan and the kids in their future domains.
Brilliant... Have you seen the Weedy gardener on YT. Geoff Lawton just helped him to put swales on his property. Love Geoff and the weedy gardener both in Australia
Excellent. One of the most interesting videos I have seen for a while. You are living a dream I wish that I could have realised back in my younger days, but there was no affordable or decent acreage of land, no deserts (Hey...I live in England...it's wet! .....I got a decent sandy beach nearby), and a lot of the staples of off-grid living just were not available. And then a mortgage, marriage, kids, work and life. I'm jealous but I intend to sit here in my little bungalow on the south coast of England and enjoy watching you guys as you progress over the coming years. Thanks for all the fun so far. All the best with your plans for the future.
Ok, so I came across your channel, and fell in love with your kids and your humor. I have health problems that make moving to the desert a ridiculous idea, but I have started to enjoy just learning about the topics that you bring up, and the solutions you employ. Really, your channel is something that I look forward to daily, as entertainment. But I LOVED this video! I am blown away by the wealth of information, and the rabbit holes, I will inevitably fall into as a result. It there is so much good information here that I can even apply here in Texas. And I am so excited to see this first glimpse of you vision, for what you guys are doing out there. What a treat!
Thanks for the kind words! :) very excited about the opportunities out here, but the fact that they can be implemented just about anywhere is so exciting.
I too have serious health issues. I won't ever be able to employ these ideas, but I still like to learn about them and imagine how I would employ them myself if I could. I still like to dream.
Ashley- your face was ful of beauty and excitement while listening to Rudy. I loved watching you glow with the possibilities! 💚
Absolutely fascinating! I hope folks watching this will learn and follow Rudy's teachings. Our world will be a better place for it!
You guys keep topping the content everytime! Just when we think it can't get better, you provide us with mind blowing information. Thanks so much to you and your consultant.
Thank you Rudy for taking the time to share your knowledge with us! Much appreciated ❤️
That was an excellent presentation on perm-a culture 👍🏽 my dad was an environmental engineer and he used these berms and swells to natures advantage and damed up a small area in our back yard where our livestock has water to drink. Very good, thank you for sharing.
Think about using a pollard or coppice system to have firewood, tool handles, and food production over a long period of time: instead of a cut and burn sequence. With the right species you could create a silvan-forest in a pollard system to let cattle roam under for shade and harvest above them for browsing. Place this system as a series of coppice stands within your windbreak to stack functions as well as having firewood suitable for a rocket-stove forever.
I don't really know what you said but I am really impressed. Going to do some homework on it. Can you elaborate?
yes, i agree , they could pollard many scrubs and use them as natural fence posts , creating living wind breaks, help create shade and retain moisture. i just joined this group yesterday - i havnt seen them burn anything yet , so i dont know if they have a rocket stove. yet. was wondering if they had a way to make mortis & tenons structures/furniture .with all the small diameter wood they have in their area.. i did just watch a video about them getting/using a rocker box type washing machine. made me think back to the old gas powered hit&miss maytag wringer washer. i grew up with .
Good Morning Tiny Shiny Crew! I hope Y’all had a great weekend and a very productive week.
Great information, you have an amazing plan with a balance of science, philosophy, community, and a passion that inspires. Global thinking at it's best.
Thank you for all the effort you put into these videos. I learn so much.
Brilliant! This looks set to become an incredible property and example of what can be achieved with some planning, research and time! I'll definitely be following your journey as the site grows 👏👏👏
OH MY GOSH :) I really love you guys ...You all are simply AMAZINGGGG :)
I love your comradeship & the joy you all have working towards one goal ...
There's so much love between you all and your kids are Amazinggg too WOW !
I love all your animals & chickens too ...What a Marvellous way & example you both are setting for your kids. May GOD continue to BLESS you all with this closeness, togetherness & unity in ALL you do . I have watched your videos from start to finish and enjoyed every bit of them all :) you are all already living your dream :) I am one of your subscribers .
Blessings from Canada hugs & kisses :)
The beginning of a farm that will be similar to the biggest little farm transplanted in the desert. I can’t wait to see this come to being. Watching you start to make a home that is in touch with nature and the environment, that is working with it instead of fighting against it. I love the permaculture and regenerative agriculture. So much is changing for the better.
The internet doesn’t deserve you! 🙌🏻 this video is so well done, very educational, perfect pacing, great topics, beautiful editing, and glorious footage. Thank you so much for sharing with all of us. I do admit I was most thrilled about seeing the map of your land and pointing out the structures and plans … It is exciting to peek at what’s to come. Bravo Tiny Shiny Home!
70 years old, Canadian and know NOTHING about any of this.
You had me looking up real estate in Cochise County Arizona! I am totally intrigued! Thank you!
Rudy is very easy on the eyes and ears. ❣️ Smart man.
I love how he explains things. He could talk permaculture design for hours!
Such a beautiful video... I'm excited because this is my goal... Rudy is a keeper! 🌳🌳🌳
Wholeheartedly, thank you so much! For choosing this path and promoting permaculture. Unlimited gratitude for making a brighter future for the world 💜
Thank you Johnathan and Ashley for having Rudy on: found the information quite useful; and seeing your master plans. Big changes coming to your homestead. I've seen a few of those natural swimming pools, and once there biomechanical systems take hold there awesome. Might I suggest koi fish in the pond there byproducts make good natural fertilizer, for all the plants on the homestead and garden. It made everything grow like crazy. Anyway food for thought. Take care and be safe and God bless amen.
This video was the best yet in terms of sharing that light. Definitely peaked my interest with the limited space I have.
Thank you everyone f&, guests for such great content and information, for sharing, for editing, for helping one another and so much more, but most of all, for sharing it all with us!! Great effort, keep on doin you, you guys are amazing, inspirational and a true blessing to say the least!!!!!!!! May the LORD bless and keep you for all of your days!!!!!!
I'll never do what you are doing and at my age, that is understandable. However, that doesn't make your journey any less enjoyable, educational, interesting. I love all the information and also watching your family grow as a unit. You answered so many questions today about your home and vision. Thanks! You were smart enough to know that any video without 99 somewhere is not going to fly. Love all of you.
I really enjoyed this video with Rudy Poe!! He was fantastic. I am so inspired, even as the space I have to work with is considerably smaller with different challenges than yours. My brain is percolating. Really liked seeing the topography of your land, too. So excited for you guys. xo
Loved listening and seeing and learning about the plans as well as about permaculture. I've always been interested in regenerative. It's awesome how it ties into everything. Thank you for sharing.
That was fantastic, thank you so much. 😊
Jen x
And now to begin.
This is probably the fourth time that I have watched this particular video. And it is the first time that I felt that I understood it thank you so much for this information though I am legally blind and 85 years of age I do look forward to a time when this Earth will really blossom like the rose in the desert areas this is according to Bible prophecy! Thank you again for putting this video making it available for people who are interested and seen the Earth become like a paradise
You guys are so inspiring! Your vision and enthusiasm to share this vital information on water and land use/permaculture design. T.H. Watkins, of the Wilderness Society and a historian of the Western US, was my first teacher about water use shaping the history of the west. I was very interested, as I grew up in thirsty Southern California. It’s heartening to witness people like you working hard and building a dream not just for you six, but encouraging so many in a way forward as water becomes more scarce on a crowded planet needing teachers like you.
Great video! I studied with Geoff Lawton as well. Wonderful teacher. The plan looks great!
Very Very informative!!!!!!!! Thank you for sharing all of your hard earned knowledge on this fabulous subject!!! Bill
I believe your house shape will have a wonderful energy flow about it. So excited to see what you have dreamt up. Well done, well done.
I'm totally in awe..is all I can say ❤️🙏🏼😁
So much fun, so little time!
So informative and interesting. It looks like you have a solid plan. Thanks for taking the time to explain and go through everything. Looking forward to all of your new builds.
Hello dear , how are you doing?
I'm doing a permaculture design of a house in Costa Rica right now, It's super exciting to see the concepts work in all different contexts, and I just love your desert landscapes in the background, it's going to be exciting to see the changes that happen across the land as you create these changes.
Can’t wait to see what it looks like in 10 years.
Thx for showing the plans, so the brabling about -„ it will all make sense guys „ -- waaait for it, it makes sense.
Cool with the two ponds and the possibility to pump. Looking forward to an diverse treeline across the horizon..
I love that you brought the words Regenerative Agriculture into your conversation. I know you don’t love dipping into politics but Rudy mentioned the demonization of raising animals and the concept of regenerating your soils and land with rotational concepts, to complement life in these times. Have you read the book “Sacred Cow” by Diana Rogers and Robb Wolf? It speaks to this misconstrued concept and is very supportive of what you’re doing!
Yup…I’m just as excited for you. Glad I came back and watched again 😍😍😍
This is amazing im sending the video to my dad that just bought raw land and is in over his head that you so much love you guys
Such a wise decision to hire this guy. Now you have a plan.. and knowledge. With both you can start.. and even personalize plan if you want.
Your plan is so very awesome! In partnering with our land, good living is the result! Becoming "stewards of" rather than "masters over" is the best equation one could live by!❤️👏👏
For the pleasure of this video is with the knowledge gained with the gratitude and thanks by the viewer.
Excellent video, Rudy Poe has good knowledge about permaculture
Wow, wow, wow. I so enjoyed watching this. Watching how your building your buildings is a real treat but this explains a lot of what your working towards and showed me your aim at a different alternative living. I’m also pleased you have bought in someone who knows how to achieve what’s needed to sustain your land and livestock. Keep up the good work guy’s, I’m so looking forward to watching your dreams develop. 👏😊
Wow, I love your design.
Looks awesome! Very exciting! Our pond filled up with a lot of sand, and the burrowing critters really like to burrow through the berms. It takes quite a bit of management, but very cool! 😊👍🏜️
So nice to see you are using "permaculture" which is the way native people did way before colonization. Beautiful plan.
That was well said some good information and spoken clearly you guys take care and be safe and get it done
If you are even half as excited to see swales and berms and food forests as i am then i dont know how you are coping lol - Rudy has done a good plan. I reckon that if you give Adeli a shovel now- because she is such a grafter, she'll be done by the time you get the house started :) And p.s. this is how you build a channel - well done :)
WOW, Brilliant Thankyou, Rudy, Ashley and Jonathan. So informative. A lot of information l need to process. So excited for tiny shiny home and very grateful we are able to witness the growth of what you guy’s are creating. Australia loves you all✌️
There seem to be a few of us Aussies here! 😃
Seeing this particular video plan NOW helps me see where you guys are going with all this. Thanks for filling in the important details.
One of the best videos youve shared with us,love what y'all are doing.sending good vibes,love and wishing you everything good in life.
Rudy’s a cool dude, that exciting to see how awesome your yard is gonna be
The best explanation of permaculture I've ever seen and I've been following that topic for a while now. Excellent job!
Another amazing episode! Thank you for all you doing and sharing with us. Big Gratitude and much love from Portugal.
This was very interesting. It will be so beautiful when it is all finished one day.
Thanks for sharing this 💥 Soooo amazing and I love how it creates balance. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🙌🌞
Your friend is so smart. I love your homestead design.
Top notch. Imagining your acres in 5 years time. Remember, the one thing you must be proactive about is weather. Drought, floods, insects and fire can lay waste the best laid plans. External revenue streams or passive income can moderate such natural destruction.
I'm really looking forward to the reveal of the house design. The sneak preview of the outside shape is so beautiful and unique.
Are you guys super excited!? Cuz I am! Gonna be a freakin paradise!
Fantastic direction to endeavour into regenerative agriculture permaculture living site.
May I congrat you first of all on seeking expert advice on designing your homestead. This segment was very, very interesting. Planning where to place your home, where to catch the rain water and where to place your animals takes an expert to advise you. I enjoyed listening to Rudy and his expertise. I can't wait to see the changes that are to come! Thank you for bringing us along and thank you Rudy for sharing your vast knowledge. Buy the way, I am a proud Homie.
Thanks Patty!
This along with a more formal Q&A in say a month or so would be top tier content. Heck, put it on pat reon for a few months first, wouldn't mind. Thank you.
Incredible information! I love learning more about permaculture!!!
THAT was fanTAStic! I knew such things were possible, I did NOT know that there were people this skilled who could work with you on the planning and design stage. I thought if it wasn’t passed down from an oldtimer who could read the land and knew what resources would become limited during certain times while others could be over abundant during key times and help you harness excess for times of drought. I have thirty questions but I will drive him to distraction and let you guys continue with your break. THANK YOU for coming out of the shade (figuratively) to make this information available to us.
We’re hoping to do a live Q&A with Rudy sometime soon:)
very interesting to see the overview. Big House design looks very interesting. Lots to look forward to.
That was some good information and well said you guys have a good day get it done
So glad to see yall going in this direction 💓
This is great! It is wonderful to see the permaculture plan he has come up with for your land. Rudy Poe is very good at explaining what permaculture is and how it benefits the land. The nature, landscape, and animals shots in this video are superb! I'm so glad he is happy with your grass. I always think of the buffalo that built our rich soil in the midwest prarie lands. Love the windbreak idea too. We kept all our trees and really valued them when we moved to out little almost 10 acre hobby farm. Almost everyone else moves to a rural property and cuts down all the trees! Then they plant them again but it'll take decades to grow them back up again. We see it over and over. We knew our trees provided a windbreak and microclimates when we moved here. We love our trees. This was wonderful guys!
Thank you for this video! Rudy is so knowledgeable and understandable. What an amazing vision you have for your homestead. Good luck!
Looking forward to seeing your place in a few years after you have been doing this for awhile.
What a great show! I would love Rudy to come out to our 20 acre homestead in Pearce & consult on how we can build our property into a sustainable desert oasis for our livestock, gardens. the indigenous wildlife & flora to flourish. ❤️ THIS IS THE FUTURE AWAY FROM BIG AGRO & government controllers using big agro to oppress small farmers & ranchers, as they steal our most precious natural resource - WATER the giver of all life.. ❤️
I’m sure he would love to. His info is in the description of the video:)
Super cool information ❤️💓 I’m so glad to be part of your adventures ❤️🥰🥰🥰 can’t wait to see your kids little rooms 💓💓💓💓
Me too. They have some cool ideas!
Excellant ...Excellant helpful information!! Thank you so much for sharing!
Thanks. Found this very interesting. By contrast, I am also following a couple who are establishing an off grid homestead in Alaska. Wish I was 50 years younger. 🤗
Great video guys. Very well done. My partner James met Rudy and an event in Bisbee. Got to get a hold of him. Please bring him back for more videos. I also got my PDC from Geoff Lawton. Greening The Desert is why we moved to Portal. Still have to get our swales in, but there are only two of us so everything takes time as you know. Looking forward to more of your permaculture videos as we’re living parallel lives 😄
This is so helpful. What a great resource to have in the desert!
cant help but think that we need more areas like this. i know that we need SOME regulations but it has gotten way out of hand. why should everyone be forced to live in a stick build house hooked up to the grid? the planet needs more permaculture and less asphalt and concrete.
Awesome to hear that you guys are embracing Permaculture design concept into your lives&land! Thanks Bill Mollison for the idea& he's Australian! 🇦🇺👍🤪
I think Geoff Lawton is Austrailian too! Bill Molison is gone now I think.
This literally blows my mind and the simple fact that this stuff should be common sense...Thank you for sharing, there has to be a way to survive in every part of this earth.
Very interesting!
I started my project in the central Washington desert about a decade ago, really focusing on the management of land and access, currently capable of diverting and catching over a million gallons of surge coming off of the hillside behind me. The mulched terraces and swales also work to manage the air.. the coldest air from the night settles into these zones and helps to create dew point condensation collection too. Rudy sounds very knowledgeable about these principles of element management. Best of luck in your journey it will be a great experience with family.
I'm lucky to be close enough to a city that landscapers bring me trucks and trailers full of organic matter that I've incorporated into over a thousand feet of hugelkultur beds that build my berms....like a beaver would do if heavily motivated to catch the torrential storms.
I will be sharing these videos & wish you family all the best on your growth with all you do. Wish I was 20 yrs younger lol
We have 4 ponds , that my grandfather built back in the 70s , still holds rain 🌧️ water , now I'm setting up pumps for are big garden this year , I'm one the same page ,
How accurate! And it's not even a joke!
Great informative show! On a clean note we received the 5 bars of soap today, just in time for the grandkids Valentine's presents. Thanks!
So glad you got them! Thank you so much and what a fun Valentines Day gift:)
You guys are amazing, I would love for me and my family to be able to do this. I would love to live in a community Where we all work togetherTo do what you guys are doing large scale. Cause I firmly believe that's what you guys are doing this is the futureFor all of us.
Ragazzi sta venendo molto bene.
Hope you have neighbors, now or in the future that will allow you to help each other. We can live free and independent and still support one another. I live very secluded but welcome trading, sharing and supporting others who still believe in being stewards of the land. I wish you all the best and honor your spirit of loving life.
Paddocks are a great way to raise your animals. We run the cows through one paddock for a week, then the pigs, then the chickens. The cows graze down to nub, the pigs turn over the soil and leave lots of fertilizer and the chickens follow up as a clean up crew. Rotational farming of the animals is just as important as rotating garden planting. You're definitely on the right track. This way we don't have to buy grains.
Just found u,,, what a beautiful view n how lucky r ur children....
just came across your channel. Watched your year in review and another one is running in the background as I do a few things around my home. (it's the full documentary ,Oct 2021) The music you use is awesome and I'll keep watching for more of the music .
Yall are one of many channels that inspired us to move off-grid in se az last year. #noregrets
What a treasure of knowledge this man has shared with you, with us! So happy for you. It was exciting to see the plan and the kids in their future domains.
Brilliant... Have you seen the Weedy gardener on YT. Geoff Lawton just helped him to put swales on his property. Love Geoff and the weedy gardener both in Australia
Wow, I get to watch you create this along the way....May you be blessed with all plans/tasks going as smoothly as possible!!! Let's go!
Excellent. One of the most interesting videos I have seen for a while.
You are living a dream I wish that I could have realised back in my younger days, but there was no affordable or decent acreage of land, no deserts (Hey...I live in England...it's wet! .....I got a decent sandy beach nearby), and a lot of the staples of off-grid living just were not available. And then a mortgage, marriage, kids, work and life.
I'm jealous but I intend to sit here in my little bungalow on the south coast of England and enjoy watching you guys as you progress over the coming years.
Thanks for all the fun so far. All the best with your plans for the future.
These concepts are exciting.
My father worked on the WPA in the 30’s in California. Thank you Rudy for all your information.
I'm so loving this.
Excelent video. A must watch.
Thank you all so much! This is very helpful 🙏🏽🙏🏽