What is a Food Forest?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- Using permaculture principles, food production should mimic nature, which is always in a state of progression. A disturbed landscape such a major modification to the ecosystem by forces like forest fires or human interference, regenerates successionally, with pioneer species (grasses, forbes, sedges, etc) that require direct sunlight emerging first and progresses for decades or centuries to become a closed canopy forest. Rather than cultivate just annual vegetables in the pioneer state like most modern food gardens, a food forest or forest garden is developed with 7 or more layers of vegetation: the upper tree canopy, lower tree canopy, vines, shrubs, herbs, roots and fungi and progresses over time to become a mature forest.
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The trees you plant and nature you help will leave a mark for generations to come.
You are an inspiration to all hopefuls..Shawn James..thank you for taking the time and effort to share..your findings.
Whilst intuition is our innate teacher, Nature is unquestionably our greatest external teacher.
Intuition: Possibly a gateway to connecting to a greater universal wisdom to gain knowledge, understanding and wisdom that one did not consciously have beforehand. (Seems to work better when one is an honest, sincere truth seeker and one's brain gets 'wired' for truth).
Nature: Nature is our greatest ally in so far as Nature gives us life and a place to live it, AND Nature is also our greatest enemy that is going to take it all away. (OSICA)
Nature and nature's God!
What a great legacy you will be leaving for your children! This has much more value than money!
The great part of all you are doing will have such an abundance of life for generations to come as it should be for everyone in life ❤
The idea of food forest is great. You can call it whatever you want to call it. It's what you believe it is, and it looks like a food forest.
I’m happy for you Shawn! Lot of work you have put into making you own little slice of heaven! Fruit tree’s are are a long term project! Takes forever to see them mature! I have plum, apple, pear, apricot and cherry! Takes for ever! Planted red, white and black currants that are two years old just producing a bowl full this year! Grapes, apear to have the biggest crop! Black berries and raspberry are doing great! Containerized strawberries are doing great! Only have a 6th of a acre but it’s nice to see everything maturing! Just takes a long time and I’ve made mistakes with non native plants and trees! Then it’s getting the right minerals so I don’t have to fight bugs and disease! Still working on that! I live just south of Saint Louis MISSOURI so minerals washed away long ago!
Thank Shawn appreciate the knowledge!
I was wondering about those inoculated logs. Glad they're producing. You've got a great variety there.
I'm admiring your vision and advocacy towards sustainable development. Indeed true to your thoughts that everything surrounding you in time will be a paradise. Absolutely enjoy your videos and on that note, be safe, strong and keep up the good work. God bless.👍👏👌💪
Amazing! Learning the coolest things from this channel. So helpful from a prepping and actually just a living perspective. Thank you! ❣️🍀
Thank you Shawn! I pray you will write a book about this video! I would buy! I have learned so much! God bless you and your family! 🕊️🕊️🕊️❤️
You have it all going on! ❤love to see chickens how they doing ? You are totally independent from grocery store!
Thanks for the video
I guess I have a good forest. I've been here for almost 7 years and on what was a 5 acre meadow surrounded by mature mixed woods I have planted most of the things you mentioned, plus. Every year I add more. At 67 some of it is for those who will follow, like pecans, sustainability and longevity is the goal.
This was such an educational video you shared. You really explained the perfect eco system of survival. You’ve really come a long way and your perseverance to do what’s right for you and your family is amazing! Thank you sharing :)
I've been wounding about the mushrooms. Thanks
I could sure use some beech nuts. They will remind me of my youth in the Netherlands.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Very inspiring and uplifting. You are an amazing human
Well done Shaun, you are an inspiration in this crazy world. For the folk in suburbia, start a raised bed or 5 gallon drums, tomatoes, peppers, spinach......If anyone keen I will send you some pics
Thanks. I started mine 3 years ago. All Trees of Antiquity . Plus berries and nut trees. Still adding more.
Love it! You have a great variety of trees and berries. I have lots of wild berries around my garden, unfortunately rabbits killed my apple trees by eating the lower bark off. Great tip on the asparagus I wondered why mine wasn’t producing. Thanks for another great video ❤
Permaculture, yeah buddy!
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I live in zone 2-3 and have found that grapes do well if they are on the south side of a heat sink such as a building. That may work for you as well.
Lately as we search in the plush forests of central Oregon for a new place to be, I keep bringing up how you manage your forest, Shawn. Failing to prepare is preparing to fail---Bejamin Franklin. The only thing harder than failing to prepare, is explaining why you didn't! The wise man sees trouble and prepares, but the fool keeps going and suffers. Prov.22:3.
I had no idea that asparagus turns into a fern! That’s cool you found morels on your property too, I have yet to try them but I’ve heard they’re delicious
Yes, asparagus is a looking alike fern. It is delicious with cheese, oh It so good asparagus with cheese. I learned that from my grandma made for my family. She had a large garden 5 to 10 acres of vegetables, fruit and etc..
@@theresaconrad6608 Yes! Also wrapped in bacon and grilled, yum!
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Thank you for your expertise and time for us 🙏. You make so much sense 👏 👍 😀. Very entertaining and informative 👍 ❤😊
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Patience with the grapes. I was going to give up on mine but this year they exploded with vigor.
One of mine too
Hello, welcome back North Carolina.
This is sooooo amazinggggg. Everyone should this
This idea of a food forest is the very way, our old pioneers survived in the day. Yo have a vision for the future that will help you flourish.
Hello Shawn. What a blessing to get where you are today!
This what we shoud strive for
Great job!
Awesome! 👍😎🇨🇦🌱
Enjoy eden! BTW most young fern fiddles are edible
Thanks Shawn.
In a positive way …. Your project has gradually become so huge .. I am sure one can see from the space 😅😅😅.. Good morning from USA 🇺🇸
Shawn I agree with you haw you feeding your chicken 🐔 take care.
Recognized the asparagus, gone to seed. If you planted 3 yr old asparagus you should be able to harvest some of mature sprouts next year. Only get better every year.
Very interesting video Shawn, thanks. Enjoy your Father's day this weekend!!!
Wonderful videos. How much land do you think necessary to do what you describe? Thanks for sharing!
Even though I really enjoy watching your videos, they really don’t apply to me. I live in a desert of SW New Mexico. Sometimes I get a little jealous of your lifestyle, but then I think about your extremely cold winters and I’m pretty sure I would not be able to handle that kind of cold.
Chestnuts. Excellent. Not too far north?
Thank you!
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You,& your family are very blessed to be living in the environment you do. It is beautiful,& bountiful. Keep up the great work Shawn.💯👍🏾😀🫶🏾💜✝️🙏🏾🇺🇸
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Wonderful teaching video! (Truly admirable goals and accomplishments)
Need a fence like that. Had every peach (60+) lost on one night to deer or something...lol.
Thanks for all you do I've learned so much your amazing Shawn.
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Atta boy Shawn!!! Long road, but here you are. Great fun following along,
Best wishes From Wasaga Beach ⛱️
Roasted beechnuts. They were plentiful every other year.
Hey Shawn what you’re doing is just amazingly thoughtful and for the future of others and thanks so much for sharing! 👏👏👏🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯❤️❤️❤️
Consider the following: While we did not come from a Garden of Eden, I have come to believe that it is wise to plant Gardens of Edens wherever and whenever we can so as to provide food for insects, birds, critters small to large, including for humans, and for aquatic species where able to. This can also help species survive through many future mass extinction events (on Earth and elsewhere).
Consider the following: we came from the Garden of Eden
@@Brett.D I did consider it, even studied it. Here is a thing though: God does not actually exist except for as a concept alone. Also, modern science claims energy cannot be created nor destroyed, it's one of the foundations of physics. Hence, energy is a finite amount and eternally existent, or modern science is wrong. And then plus: One cannot get an absolute somethingness from absolute nothingness, hence an absolute somethingness always existed throughout all of eternity past, that absolute somethingness most probably being eternally existent energy itself.
The universe always existed in some form and will most probably exist in some form. Side note also, the singular big bang theory is a fairy tale for various reasons. BUT, galaxies collapse in upon themselves, 'bang' generating a huge nebula cloud, whereby a new galaxy eventually forms, with new life that comes about in it, of which that galaxy eventually collapses in upon itself, in a never ending cycle.
Some people for some reason believe in and accept future eternity with no end but yet seem to refuse to believe in and accept eternity past with no beginning. I have my own beliefs as to why, but it is still there none the less.
OMG I couldn't watch the video after 3 or 4 minutes, the mosquitos were driving me crazy!!! 😜😫😤 As a Ontario Northern Gal I could feel the stings and seeing Shawn moving his hat to scratch his bites was the last straw. Shawn please don't let them bite while filming! 😵💫🤯🥴😵
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Hi Shawn, You mentioned that you have two homesteads. Which homestead do you live on? I assumed you were living in the log cabin and garden, which you've recently finished. Are both homesteads near each other? Perhaps you are dividing your time between both homesteads? I love your cabin and food forest. Watching from Australia 🇦🇺 Kerri
I would love to know what zone this is all growing in
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Shawn could the outhouse waste be used as fertilizer?
Yes
Question; do you have a pump that can spray water on your garden? Enjoy your videos!
Yes I do!
wild life and nature is so much peace from GOD love being at my camp to
Picking up the camera for a walking tour - excellent!
Fruit trees require pruning and insecticide to produce edible fruit, how will you manage that?
Can you grown olive trees, Shawn? Perhaps an odd thought but with climate change, perhaps you could.
SHAWN & OUR CALI !!! This is what I thought you were doing up North in Canada !!! It is A FOOD Forest indeed all for You & the Family to live off of & the animals also !!!You can plant strawberries with the aspragus also they work hand in hand together !!! Like the 3 Sisters Corn then beans then squash !!!
Just make sure your fruit trees (apple, pear, etc.) don't have any Juniperus Virgininia (Eastern Red Cedar) trees around b/c they harbor Apple Cedar Rust which *will* affect all fruit trees. My research from state agricultural sites stated that if those trees were around, they needed to be cut down in a *five-mile* radius of where your trees were planted. This forced me to cut downall my apple, pear & plum trees b/c Cedar Apple rust got to all of them😿.
Both properties?
Just need to figure out how to sort out that mosquito later , they are rampant
It seems that you have been working with that land for quite a few years.
Shawn how are the mushrooms you planted in the logs when you first got to that home site doing? I would love an update if that’s possible.
It’s shown in this video
@@ShawnJames1- was it better to unstack the logs with mushrooms? If I remember they were stacked crisscrossed. I think your concept of a food forest is amazing! Vey informative!
is there reasearch going on with regards to the tree die off like was given to the elms and box tree problems?
Yes, for each affected species.
@@ShawnJames1 ok good news
Jeez?! The beeches now too?! And the ashes. In the past the American Elm and before that the American Chestnut. I don't know if there are others. Are the maples next? But at this rate what will be left in natives in the eastern North America?
Yes, maples are declining, hemlocks are in serious trouble, even oak is having issues.
Your making me hungry !
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Perfect. Thank you. I am noticing your face has gotten a bit too thin in this video.
Fruit trees are a great way to attract bears to your homestead
No mention of the chaga project. Is that over?
I think so. While it has short term benefits and some people can tolerate it long term, the more I learn about oxalates, the more effort I make in removing them from my diet.
Excellent , Shawn. You have it all covered. I’m curious about whether you meditate, or have some other form of deeper reflection. I started looking into nde s out of curiosity and have seen dozens if not hundreds on y.t. now and it has changed my perspective on life somewhat. I don’t believe everything I watch but there is research that I’m very confident about. To each his own of course.
Yes, I meditate
My edible chestnut chestnut tree got destroyed. Heart sick.
Шон, начинай есть, ты сильно похудел! Надеюсь с тобой всё в порядке. Хорошего дня.🙏
We are losing poplar, ash, red oak and pignut hickories in SE Ohio
How do you protect the garden from deer, moose, or bear?
Fences and hunting pressure.
I appreciate you health kick, and your dramatic weight loss, but surely carrying some extra weight is wise when things get rough? While no one wants cancer, weight is one of the big survival factors. Low weight/low muscle/fat, equals a faster death, or a much more difficult recovery.
I know you're a long term prepper, but low body fat doesn't equate to better long term health outcomes.
This should be taken as a constructive comment. You are an inspiration to all of us.
Lower muscle mass is an issue, excess visceral fat is a factor is many illnesses
I know you would have no use for them, but carry a dryer sheet in your pocket, mosquitos don't like them
I have some between the seat cushions and in the clothes closets
Hey Shawn did your mushrooms ever grow in the plugs in logs by the shed
Yes, they were in this video
To help with Mozzy's use of BTI, The BTI comes in floating chunks, including bait. BTI is a natural bacteria that causes bugs to have tummy problems and makes them food for birds and fish. BTI has ZERO effect on other insects and no effect on mammals. Use good bait like standing water and natural water-holding spots. For topical use, we use coconut shells. The Mosquitoes take the bait and lay egg rafts that are good food for birds. The BTI seeds the local biome in many areas and stays around for years. Past applications only took one application that lasted for years. Sorry, you are suffering.
Your face is looking a little too thin. Shawn,,, don't get too skinny. hope your feeling well.
What happened to the green house dome?
He told in a precious video… it just didn’t work for him - i think because of watering issues etc, but don’t quote me on that. He did say the system was excellent, but just not suitable for his situation
Yes .... I hear many homesteaders/offgriders say that the first thing they did was plant fruit trees. I really like your "management" plan .... it is coming along nicely, and you most certainly already reaping the fruits of your effort. All the best to you and your family Shawn .... take care🦌🐻🦃🐧
What happened to the green house/ octogon
He took it down months ago. I asked him in a live stream a while ago if he thought he’d build another one. He said he had plans to do that.
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Go ask the bear.
you're like a modern-day proenneke.
Sawn, you can’t live on berries, what happened to you to cause such a drastic change in your lifestyle?
Shaun, you getting a little too thin, eat up buddy, I don’t want you looking gaunt.