Permaculture Garden in Connecticut| Zone 6b Tour #2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- This is my garden tour from mid-July 2019. Hopefully, this tour inspires you to see new possibilities for your yard, your community and the planet. There is nothing more human than growing food and working outdoors.
I love Rosa! That's like my cat Jazz. The yard is hers and she lets me garden there.
Hi, I'm Rosa!
Trees are way close to your house persimmons grow to be large it might need more space and may stain your exterior wall, thanks for sharing 👍 🌞
I like how you transformed the garden from the first video. I just moved to CT 2 yrs ago. In fact it was your video that put me on to other youtubers and inspired me to get my food forest started. Keep inspiring brother. Looking forward to this years update.
My best comment so far. I'm pleased to hear this tour provided you some inspiration. I look forward to doing more. I felt like giving back because so many others on TH-cam inspired me since...2009? Ish.
Very nice👍🏼 Thank you for sharing
CT food forest gardener too! Love seeing your next year changes and growth! We are in year 3 and finally starting to really get underway!
That's awesome! Do you have anything posted online? I'm always interested in other CT food forests! We started this garden in 2012/13. However, it's expanded since. I wish I never planted stone fruits...i think I know what works here now in terms of fruit trees, and I'm obsessed with figs.
@@Viva_la_natura nothing posted yet! Year 1 we took down 25 hemlock trees so not too much to show for our land that year. Year 1 and 2 we did a ton of mulching to build soil. We had a ton of sand and mats of roots from all the trees. Finally really getting planting last year (year 2) and this year. Put in 4 fruit trees the first year and 15 more very young ones this year.
@@megankelley5083 that sounds like a lot of hard work! Best of luck!
I'm in Connecticut. Would love to see more gardening videos!
Thanks, I'll definitely make some more. I didn't really intend for this to turn into a channel, but I think I have a few useful things to lend to the conversation. Stay tuned..
Great season in the garden so far..
@@Viva_la_natura awesome! I will keep my eyes out for new videos. I am just starting now. 3 raised beds in a separate section and food forest in the back of my yard. It's exciting!
So lovely! The blue on your greenhouse door is so cute. I'd love to see a tour of your garden in spring when the trees are in bloom, they must look amazing with all the coloured flowers. Again, such a lovely, lovely space you've been creating. I'm sure your son loves spending his time in there. 🤗🤗🤗
Thank you for the inspiring words! I'm thinking of doing a video this spring on backyard fruit tree care, and maybe a garden evolution video with photos. I think most people would be surprised to learn how relatively easy this is to do. For the most part it maintains itself, I don't really do much work out there at all. I started off small with garden beds and it just sort of evolved from there. I hope more people get inspired to transform their outdoor living space.. lots of wasted land and far too much time spent indoors
@@Viva_la_natura I totally agree! And filming that would be awesome! Yes, I don't think it's that difficult, it takes some work to establish I believe, but once there's a system in place (like the raised beds/ no-dig), nature takes care of herself, more or less, with some help from us. I'm shocked by how many people have lawns instead of growing something. Take care!
Incredible growth. Your cats are so cute. This is inspiring
I'm in Niantic CT right now and looking to buy a home as soon as possible with the main intention being homesteading somewhere down the line. Your yard is just breathtaking to me, I especially love how you lined up your raised beds and your greenhouse. I feel its worth mentioning that we also love our fuzzy whisker friends... AND my son is probably around 2 years younger than your son! So nice seeing like minded people so close to home ♡ Eager for your next update! Thanks for sharing :)
What a nice lifestyle with your lovely garden, adorable son and cats saying hello. I just built a permaculture wood chip/leaf mulch garden this year and it was so much work, but so lovely in just a few months. Just be careful with the wisteria, really beautiful and I wanted it too but it is toxic for pets and people if ingested - all parts.
Thank you for the kind words. I didn't know wisteria is toxic, thank you! Congrats on your garden as well! Leaf mold compost, and woodchips are truly all it takes to make a productive garden.
You might want to look into the damage that those fruit trees can do to your foundation. I was just looking into it myself, and many say that the roots can cause a lot of damage -especially figs. Love what you’re doing in general though. What part of CT are you in?
Thanks for your reply. Common wisdom about tree planting does suggest exactly what you're warning of. However, this is true for figs growing in areas where they get to mature sizes. In zone 6b and 7a many of us grow right beside concrete for thermal mass. The trees remain small as do the root systems and I've never heard of issues with fig roots bothering concrete. Ross Raddi, on TH-cam is the most popular fig growing channel, and his trees in PA are even closer to the house. I'm from NYC and you see the same thing in all the Italian and Greek neighborhoods. However, what your saying is completely true for trees that get big and don't die back.
@@Viva_la_natura good to know!
This is fantastic and very inspirational, Great work.
Thank you so much! My hope is to inspire others. I received such a tremendous amount of gardening inspiration on TH-cam over the years.
Paul D I am very new at the food forest garden concept and trying to find channels with in my zone (6a) or close enough to get some more ideas, what are some of your favorite channels that might have inspired you to do this ?
@@Fabiannegron DMC DMC, One Yard Revolution, Growing Your Greens, Charles Dowding, Piet Oudolf.
From NH, would love to see more videos. You’re son is adorable! Love the cats, on a hot lazy day.
thanks for the video! Can you tell me where did you get the Asian Pear tree? I been wanting asian pear.
You can order a number of asian pears online. I ordered most of mine from Raintree Nursery, but there is also just fruits and exotics, Stark bros etc. They are becoming far more common here and they're wonderful trees.
How do you like your Violette de Bordeaux? I planted one last year and it should fruit for me this year.
Sorry for the delayed response. I've tried VDB and it's sister Tree "Nero 600m" which is supposed to be more cold hardy. Both were in ground in Rhode Island. The grower, who has every cultivar under the sun, said Nero 600m ( arguably the same tree) was his best that year; they tasted outrageous.
What happened to your black lace elderberry? I noticed you relocated it. How is it growing? I am inspired by both your videos, Thank you for the garden tours. I am in Texas and I just got the wood chips down this year. I have a "clean slate" to start planting and really love your layout and the yurt is too cool!
Ha, good catch. I nearly forgot I moved the elderyberry! I put a persimmon tree in its place, sandwiched between two figs. I have 3 blacklace planted, and two black beauties in the front. Excited to see those grow up! Thank you for your comments and good luck with your garden!
@Paul D- I am planning to start growing fruit trees, figs and vegetables as well. This is very informative! You mentioned you would not grow stone fruit if you started now. May I know why? We are researching what type of fruit trees are good for CT area. We are near Milford area. We planted persimmon, plum, and apple trees few months ago. We planned for Asian pears and peaches next year and would love to know your experiences.
Wee, the reasons I've been unsuccessful in Hamden may be different from you in Milford. I'm growing on top of the mountain and you're at sea level practically; although 20 minutes away we're technically in a different USDA climate zone. Ignorance really was the cause of my apple failure and I just had bad luck with stone fruit due to disease and not spraying them. I think farmers and gardeners have a unique perspective into climate change. For example, things get hot very early on in the late winter, early spring and then we get this brutal polar vortex cold snap which can kill off all flowering buds on stone fruit trees which tend to wake up first. I would highly recommend ourfigs.com because you'd be surprised how many knowledgeable growers there are in the Northeast. The verdict is still out on apples for me but I know a man in Rhode Island who is a brilliant grower, and he's had a ton of success with persimmons, Asian pears, and ironically in-ground figs with winter protection. Truly I would recommend growing early varieties of berries like jostaberry.
How do you winter protect the Hardy Chicago Fig Tree? Thanks I live in zone 6b MO.
Anyone can winter protect a tree with a variety of out-dated methods, and perhaps some of the tree will survive, but factors such as mold are an issue. There is a poster on ourfigs.com by the name of jrdewhirst, who has, in my opinion, mastered winter protection. He has something like 19 in-ground trees, various cold-hardy varieties, like Florea, RDB, Hardy Chicago Mt. Etna types, and they all survive, and thrive...it's incredible. I saw it with my own eyes :) Here is a post to get you started...Hands down the BEST way to protect your figs in 6b or anywhere else: www.ourfigs.com/forum/figs-home/527570-alright-cold-zone-folks-what-s-less-work-just-as-good-in-ground-or-pot-grown
Paul D thanks so much for the information. Will you be doing other videos?
@@nappynew you're welcome! Ourfigs is a superb resource for growing fruit. I made my original garden tour to sort of chronical my own progress. I'm trying to find a niche, which is why I'm sort of focusing on Suburban Homestead design and functionality. DMC DMC's channel was a huge inspiration for me. Hopefully it'll motivate more people to do more with their property than add one of those crazy looking outdoor kitchens w/ firepit. I think I'll do a few videos a year. Thank you for the encouragement
Paul D is there a specific “name” for DMC’s channel? I ran into all types of stuff when I put it in the search. Thanks for the link on the information on how others grow their figs.
@@nappynew yw. Search "dmc dmc heating a greenhouse". His gardening channel was more popular around 2012. It's pretty awesome
Paul D, Thank you for your two excellent videos. Do you have have facebook page? Would you be willing to consider giving a live presentation on Food Forest Gardening at public library 'garden expo' in NE CT? If so, how would I contact you? Mary