You randomly popped up on my feed. Great work! It's nice to have a community to help out. I have some more tips for maintaining moisture. Most moisture loss is due to wind and sun. Your best tools to fight evaporation are going to be shade and windbreaks. Find where your prevailing winds come in, and try to add barriers/obstacles to break that wind. Longterm this can be hedgerows of fruit bushes, but in the short term it can be anything - pallets, barrels, rocks, benches, chairs, etc. Then try to get some shade up. Even if you just dumpster dive for a bunch of semi-broken patio umbrellas, lay out some sheets on posts. Whatever you can do to shade the soil, especially during the hot hours. Your plants will be fine, as long as they get about 6-8 hours of sunlight per day.
Hey there, thanks so much for watching and for the tips 💛 so glad we connected via TH-cam, I'm enjoying watching your videos and seeing someone else who has also been inspired by permaculture 🌻
What a project! I look forward to seeing more of your videos. Your cats, chickens and bunnies are so photogenic - as are you! I think your garden is going to be amazing!🌱
Beautiful story! Happy for you and all the creatures that get to enjoy Goldifarms. I love the growth of community and permaculture. Staying tuned and looking forward to your future success!
I am building a 5-acre farm in Northern California and I’m interested in learning about dry farming techniques- thanks for sharing your ideas and challenges
After spending over 25 years at a location in West Texas, I recently moved to North Texas, and have begun the process of "starting over". Rather than be discouraged about losing so many years of work at my previous homesite, after watching your video, I have become encouraged and hopeful, about what I can accomplish in the next two years on my twenty acres. Thanks for the video, and keep sharing, learning, and planting!!
Your message warmed my heart 💛 ☀️ thank you for sharing your experience, I can’t imagine how hard it must have been to leave your land but I’m so glad you feel encouraged and inspired to start afresh with all the lessons you have learned from the past. I’m excited to share what I’m learning about syntropic agriculture here in Mexico because I believe these ideas will help all of us work the land more efficiently and in harmony with nature.
@@JesusLovingHomesteader We are in Denison, just moved here in June of last year. I am looking forward to my first real year of starting a new permaculture heaven!!
Ah I am so pleased to have found your channel. Well done on such stunning videos and music is a delight. I am living on a farm and we are building a container home on the land. Out ground is nothing but rocks. I have a dream to recreate something like your back yard. But the trouble is I have no idea where to start. I did grow a few summer plants and eating my own home grown food is intoxicating. I want more.
Hi Natalie, that sounds like my friend Lara who I'm helping with her food forest - her property is nothing but rocks too, it's so challenging!! Luckily she has another friend with a backhoe. Her neighbors used jackhammers to plant their trees 😂 not exactly the relaxing experience one hopes to get from gardening. We planted several acacia trees as I read they help loosen the soil and make it easier to plant later. If I was to start all over on my property, I probably would have started smaller so as not to get so overwhelmed and I would have started with acacia trees first. It's tough in the beginning - but don't give up! Even if you spend five minutes just doing a little something around the land, over time it adds up. Sending you love and encouragement as you realize your dream 💕
@@Goldifarms ah thank you so much for your reply. That is such good advice. I live in South Africa in the western Cape. I will go to the botanical gardens and find out in Acacia tree will grow here and see if they have any. A little each day makes so much sense. Thank you
Love your farm. Love your soft soothing voice. Some are so excited like a car salesman but you are like a yoga class creating a zen-like atmosphere. It’s hard work but calming
I love your handle- Staying Golden 💕 I’ve been consider “stay golden” as a sign off- I don’t know - still getting a hang of making videos. Where are you adventuring to?
Awesome! Just found your channel and looking forward to watching your journey. I am in So Cal and getting my forest started. I'm about a year in, but moving so slow due to lack of rain and inability to dig...but our recent storm gave me a bit of relief and almost done with my swales and trenches. I am hoping to plant some new trees as soon as the nursery stocks them in a week or two. Definitely a journey! My favorite find so far are Daikon radishes to help break up this crap soil and bring in nutrients. Have fun in Mexico, can't wait to hear what you learn!
So wonderful to hear you’re on a similar journey in a similar climate 💛💛💛 daikon is an excellent way to break up the soil- maybe some acacias too. Can’t wait to hear how it goes. If you’re on Instagram please message me I’d love to see pics ☀️🌻
As a former permaculture teacher I can say, you picked a difficult climate. We were on a place in NorCal for 10 years and after a winter with 9" of rain and huge fires getting closer every year, we gave up and got out. The trouble with what you're doing is ALWAYS going to be enough moisture to break anything down,. (We had five year old cardboard in the garden-still not broken down-also, VERY bad idea in fire-prone climates). And when you don't have unlimited free access you end up paying a lot for it, just like all that compost and labor...It's possible to remediate a site, but let's face it, it takes a ton of time and money....Good luck-I hope it gets better.
Just copy Back to eden and Ruth Stout and Eric Toensmeiers principles. then... -Compost ( thermo and fungal) -mulch/leaves -cover crops -worm castings -minerals ( rock dust, green sand, ground Oyster shell) Is all you'll ever really need. That's what I teach at my farm.
I'm so glad you popped up on my TH-cam feed. Good luck with your course and I'm anxious to hear everything that you have learned. I think that in time the wood base of your hugelmounds will charge with moisture now that they are protected and will be increasingly productive in years to come. I am in south central Iowa and we are facing more and more desertification what with conventional agriculture, so I am very interested in proactive moisture banking. I'll be back.
Hi, nice work. You mentioned at the end of the video that you where doing a course in syntropic agriculture, I highly recommend Mark Shepard and when it comes to permaculture Geoff Lawton. Good luck with your journey 🌴🧘🍀
Awesome. I wonder how shade cloth can be used, maybe try it over a small area, maybe different configurations for instance to shade during the hottest time of the day, and so on. To find out how much less evaporation would occur.
Me too, I have a shade cloth over the raised beds but it’s so expensive, so I planted the shoestring acacias as a natural shade cloth. I’m excited to see if it works 🤞
the water storing technique looks really great and I will try to apply that in my backyard as well! There's only one question, that I have: Wood chips are also used to make the soil more acidic when it is too basic. I would be afraid that the ph would become too acidic after some time. Did you experience this with that method in your video?
Hi Nyota! I had never heard of this method of farming before- I’m so glad you mentioned it, I’ve been looking into it online, super interesting. I think I may experiment with this in my veggie beds. 💛🌿☀️
in my woodgarden, which isn’t on the house, i have to carry water. Otherwise all is gone. There is a pond with salamanders. It would dry without. i decided let nature like it want to be and have just fun with it. enjoy shadow on a hot day under the trees. When rain falls be happy by freshness and when boars destroying the beds, order them again.
Hi Sarah! We were in Palenque and… San Cristobal! We spent our last week in the city enjoying the food and markets before coming home. So glad I got the opportunity to visit - you live in such a magical place 🦜
My dream is to get a big piece of decimated land and use swales/permaculture to restore it. So much of our problems are because we've depleted the water that would normally get into the ground. I also have an idea for a guerilla movement where a group rapidly removes sections pavement from overbuilt parking lots and create bioswales.
That sounds like more than a dream, but a calling!! 🥰 Have you come across Bran Lancaster's work? I really loved his Dryland farming books and his youtube channel is awesome too th-cam.com/users/HarvestingRainwater. Love your guerilla gardening idea too!!
@@Goldifarms I will definitely check out his videos, thanks for the recommendation! I'm a civil engineer by trade and I came across Andrew Millison's AR sandbox videos on keylining, it really pulled me into the permaculture world from there th-cam.com/users/amillison. Love your backyard!
Very interesting! I miss California, the midwest is much different. I wish land in California was more affordable! The midwest doesnt have wild fires or significant droughts but theres certainly somethings to be desired.
Hello 🌻💛 where in the Midwest are you? I grew up in Indiana. I hear you on the cost of living in California. It’s really challenging, my family is here so it makes it worth it, but I know a lot of people who have moved away due to the costs associated with living here.
@@Goldifarms im in illinois! I grew up here, i lived in California for a year when i was 17-18. If i had family in California ID HAVE NEVER LEFT!!!!!! I tell my husband 3 times a week i miss California. His family is all here in Illinois though and i want our daughter to be close to them. We also couldnt dream of affording a homestead out there, the mountains in the east are much more likely for us haha. It warms my heart to see you tend to the land in California, the dead trees on the sides of the mountains in 2017 simply broke my heart to see. Such beautiful lands, i ache for the day that they are returned to their natural health and vitality!!! Ive often said humans just need to leave California alone, but not you, you keep it up!!! This is holy work! The Great Mother smiles on work such as yours!! Be blessed Golifarms ❤❤❤
I am planning restoring the forest in my backyard. It is supposed to be 8 inches of loam, 6 inches of clay then rock. I have about 4 inches of clay. My neighbors are in a 'war on trees', with chainsaws and wood chippers going every week. I'd like to get the wood chips and mix them with spoiled vegetables and clean leaves but I am sure my 'tree hater' neighbors would object so I need to find a plot of land I can do some composting and mixing. I'm thinking about a series of short retaining walls on the sides of the house rather than a steep ravine slope. If anyone has any ideas, I would welcome them.
That's too bad your neighbors are waging war on the trees! It sometimes feels like an uphill battle here too, but I'm hoping that people will begin to see there are other ways of existing with nature - ways that are much more harmonious and healthy. I can't wait to hear how your backyard project goes or if you end up getting a plot of land. I'm finding my backyard is a good place to learn and practice before one day getting an off-grid homestead somewhere far away from the freeway 🌿
Not living off the land yet, but harvesting more and more every day! No apples yet - but I hope soon because I've fallen in love with homemade applesauce so now I have a use for all those apples 😂
I'm not sure when this video was posted; so, this might be an old video. Not sure. Anyway, I just wanted to say that I am proud of you for sticking with it! I've been on my own journey; and, I regenerated my soil over a season. I used several varieties of sunflowers to do so. It was absolutely amazing to enjoy while I waited patiently/impatiently :) for the SF's to work their wonders. I have to admit-it was like a jungle. I had some mammoth sunflowers that were like trees. The tallest one was a good 25 ft tall. It had a head on it the size of a garbage can lid. What came after the season was what I can only describe as painful. Not only did the beautifilled Sunnies die; but, they left very hard stumps to remove. As much hard work as it was; I was sure it would be worth it. We recently finished tilling- (by hand!) AND the soil was A-LIVE(!) Lots of earth worms, grubbies, and deep rich and dark in color. All good signs for a healthy eco-growing system. Yes, straw is your Friend. Also, if you leave some natural weed patch, the critters will likely eat that instead of your veg. I'm happy to have found your channel and this video in particular because i am looking at interesting growing practices and ideas that are perhaps not the typical ways of food growing and living. Thank you kindly.
Hello and thank you for sharing your kind words and similar story of regeneration! This video was posted just a few months ago and the journey of restoration continues with its challenges and triumphs. It’s been so helpful having a channel to connect with likeminded people who know there’s a more beautiful way to live and collectively we are exploring how to get there not just physically but also in our hearts and minds. I know we will one day be rewarded greatly for cultivating the soil of our hearts- and until then, I’m glad we can share stories and ideas for improving the land that’s been placed in our care. Much love to you on your journey and I’m looking forward to hearing more about the life you are bringing to your soil and the light you are sharing with others 🌱☀️💛
Good for you! I'm pleased that you make these videos. I too live in California and I'm just starting my own permaculture journey on my land. It will all work out - and what a great way to spend a life!
you have an excellent narration and your topics are well organized...so inspiring to learn.just be careful in cracking those handy works, can cause injury at times
Hey Annette here from Appletree Urban Homestead on TH-cam from Perth Australia. We are a family of three and in the process of turning our Aussie backyard into our dream urban homestead. Looking forward to following your journey 😊
Annette - we’re an older couple living in Sydney and are looking forward to retirement when we’ll be getting our own place and starting our own adventure of being as self reliant as possible. Just bought a Fowlers Vacola preserving kit to get into the swing of things prior. Best wishes to your family and Appletree Urban Homestead. 🌳 🍎 🌳 🍏 🌳
@@sandyg7291 thankyou. We are an older couple as well, I am nearly 56 and hubby is nearly 71 and we have a nearly 22 yr old son who is on the autism spectrum but works from home. I would love to move to the country, live in a little cottage and grow all our own produce, but hubby is not keen on moving
@@preppingonabudget8229 - Hi Annette - Must admit I’m not the keenest one on moving to the country out of the pair of us for one reason: snakes!!! Been chased by them twice and petrified of them so who knows how ‘country’ we’ll go. 😊 If you’re turning your backyard into an urban homestead, you’re already way ahead! We rent here and have got herbs and fruit trees in pots and a pumpkin vine plus a choko vine that’s preparing a glut for us - good job we love them! 😂 We’re looking forward to getting chooks again and having a lot more veggies in raised beds. We grew potatoes in sacks last season and have finished eating them all - they are SO GOOD when home grown that we’re looking forward to doing it again as soon as the time is right. Hopefully we’ll all achieve our dreams like this family - I lived a lot with my grandmother as a child and she grew as much as possible, pumped her own water, chopped her own firewood for the wood stove, and had a kerosene fridge and lamps for light. It was the happiest time of my life and I look forward to returning to that simpler way of life. Best wishes to you and yours in achieving your hearts desires. 🌳
Wow, that's a lot of work and input of soil, compost, woodchips and water. Hopefully your system will now be able to sustain itself with minimal inputs and effort. I think it will work out great for you now, enjoy your little paradise :)
Totally! There are a lot of vineyards in this area, and I often wonder how amazing it would be if they were all food forests instead, and we could pick fresh food in the shade of a forest rather than go to a grocery store. I think if we hold such a vision, it could become reality ✨
I love love love what you're doing. I hope to do the same one day when I can purchase some land of my own. You truly have some amazing friends. Good luck as you continue to build up your farm. I'm excited to see your progress.
Wonderful!!!! The tip about the straw is golden - I'm going to use it in my own garden this year as I plant seeds. Thank you so much, I loved this video and your food forest is really taking shape. Can't wait to see how it evolves.
Thank you for your wonderful comments it’s so fun to watch it evolve and have so many friends contributing their seeds and cuttings and slips to have even more diversity here at Goldifarms. So glad to hear the tip about the straw helped you it’s very handy to have when starting from seed
Seems like you can grow anything in zone 9! Great job! I live in zone 6b on a small hill that faces North in the mountains of southeast KY. Most of the things I grow must be shade lovers or partial shade lovers, and oddly, anything that grows on vines! Lol. It’s a challenge for a single mom with little money, but I’d love for my little hillside to provide all our needs. Luckily, I have 3 wells on the property and seldom have to water. It’s crazy. I love the mountains. You’re doing a great job. Keep up the great work!
Thank you Jennifer 🙏🏼 having grown up in Indiana I am amazed at how much can be grown here, but every place has its pros and cons. What a beautiful gift you’re providing for your children- not just wholesome food but a space on the mountains, I too love the mountains so much and it was always my dream to live in them. Even though I’m right on the freeway, I love the view of the hills in my backyard. So glad we connected, blessings on your journey 💛⛰💛
Please excuse the speech to text if it does not spell the word strictly or correctly should I say as it message it up I was going to ask your friend who volunteered to help you in this video the one you speak about a lot her birthday I was wondering is he got any videos on his food forest would be good to see what he is doing in his and also a little update on how yours is doing I got the exact opposite at my tiny small garden I don't own the property to everything is in pots but the garden itself floods a lot and is thick thick clay so it gets waterlogged so I have to keep the plants in containers or the roots would get the rotted and died off keep your Good Vibrations and energy towards my olive tree it did not do well this winter after having it for 5 years I really do hope it will come back as I love my love tree and what they all of tree stands for I hope yourself friends and family are keeping well and keep all the wonderful videos sometimes it is good to go back through your videos and see what has been put up in case I have missed anything
Hi from Argentina! what a beautiful world you are creating. Can you tell me what size is your backyard/food forest? Thanks! I have just discovered your channel and I am already enjoying it!
Loving the journey - and you look so much like my late daughter that I wanna adopt you! Watching your videos in no sort of order but really enjoying the gardening AND THE PHILOSOPHY. Good luck lass! From cold cold England❤
That’s Ash! Yea she’s so special. I think I was drawn to her as a chick because of her red feathers 🪶 thank you for your kind comments. Nice to know someone else appreciates them as much as me and I’m glad you let me know what breed she is. I always wondered!
I'm pretty sure I follow you on instagram, but glad to have found you here in my feed! I replaced half of my backyard in September, and just started replacing my front yard last week with food forest! It's looking good, keep it up!
Hey you were in my feed, Congratulations on the new channel! I'm always looking for more homesteaders that I like. I really like the information you are providing on your design, and your willingness to address your disappointments you've had along the way, so I've subscribed. :D I'm planning to start my own channel, and I only hope it looks half as good as yours - Great work! I'm originally from AZ... We've been working abroad on some land for almost 5 years, and I know how frustrating it can be. We lost too many young trees this past summer because of drought... Looking at your small permaculture design is very inspiring for me! I look forward to more!
Thank you so much for your kind words. I love the name of your handle- will that be the name of your TH-cam channel. It’s what so many of us are seeking right now. Simple and real. Can’t wait to see your videos 💛
I've been watching videos related to making a permaculture because I wanted to live a life like you dreamt too. I'm looking forward to owning a land soon and building my permaculture food forest that would lead to a sustainable living. 🤗 Keep up the good work! I love seeing more of your garden and learning from you! God bless and keep safe 🤗
Thank you Ivy 🙏🏼💕, I’ll be praying that you find land to start your dream- I myself am still waiting for land where I have access to water and space for larger animals, but am finding I have a lot to learn in the meantime. Blessings and love 💛🐝🌻
Hello 💛 thank you so much for watching and reaching out 🥰. I financed it myself. Doing everything I could to try to keep costs down as I was on a budget for sure! It was pretty much my friends helping but in the very beginning I placed an ad on the Craigslist community page and I had a few volunteers show up from the community as well which was really awesome.
I just love what you have done ! I'm sitting on a quarter of an acre and I'm trying to do this myself and I live in arizona and keeping plants alive is some times hard when our hot summer comes ,keep up the good work some day I will get my yard done ,🤗
Thank you Rosemary ☀️💛 for your encouragement. Yes it’s a challenge with the heat, but I was inspired to see TH-cam documentaries where people gardened even in the desert - and that gave me the motivation to keep going. Will it ever be done? Probably not- but the amazing thing about a garden is if it keeps getting love it keeps getting better.
@@Goldifarms alright I'm now a new subby , I now have the intention on getting out side and getting it done thank you ! Cant wait for your next vedio ,🥰
So happy to find your channel we are in zone 9A in Asia minor Turkey's north west cost and we are going to start creating food forest now so we will hopefully learn a lot from you!
Interesting! I'm in Zone 5 in the Black Hills, South Dakota and it's very dry here with bitter cold winters and blazing hot summers. I have my backyard homestead which is small but am continuously editing and adding to it as I also want to be more self reliant and dispense with the "system" as much as possible. I'm happy to have found you and look forward to hearing what you learn in Mexico to see if it applies to my backyard farm as well!
So glad we connected, Michelle 💛. Your spot certainly does sound challenging, but also I imagine very beautiful. During the syntropic ag course, I did learn a trick for moisture retention that I'm really excited to share in the next video (coming so soon!) and try it out here with aloe vera.
I never knew that about sunflowers 🌻 they are my favourite!!
You randomly popped up on my feed. Great work! It's nice to have a community to help out. I have some more tips for maintaining moisture.
Most moisture loss is due to wind and sun. Your best tools to fight evaporation are going to be shade and windbreaks. Find where your prevailing winds come in, and try to add barriers/obstacles to break that wind. Longterm this can be hedgerows of fruit bushes, but in the short term it can be anything - pallets, barrels, rocks, benches, chairs, etc.
Then try to get some shade up. Even if you just dumpster dive for a bunch of semi-broken patio umbrellas, lay out some sheets on posts. Whatever you can do to shade the soil, especially during the hot hours. Your plants will be fine, as long as they get about 6-8 hours of sunlight per day.
So great to see one of my long time favourite channels comment on one of my new favourites
Hey there, thanks so much for watching and for the tips 💛 so glad we connected via TH-cam, I'm enjoying watching your videos and seeing someone else who has also been inspired by permaculture 🌻
Amazing, healthy organic productive kitchen vegetables patch.💕💕💕👌👌👌👌
What a project! I look forward to seeing more of your videos. Your cats, chickens and bunnies are so photogenic - as are you! I think your garden is going to be amazing!🌱
Just found your channel, gardening is always a learning experience. Rabbit manure has done wonders for me!
Beautiful story! Happy for you and all the creatures that get to enjoy Goldifarms. I love the growth of community and permaculture. Staying tuned and looking forward to your future success!
I am building a 5-acre farm in Northern California and I’m interested in learning about dry farming techniques- thanks for sharing your ideas and challenges
WOW what an amazing adventure!
What a great video girl! That’s awesome!!
After spending over 25 years at a location in West Texas, I recently moved to North Texas, and have begun the process of "starting over". Rather than be discouraged about losing so many years of work at my previous homesite, after watching your video, I have become encouraged and hopeful, about what I can accomplish in the next two years on my twenty acres. Thanks for the video, and keep sharing, learning, and planting!!
Your message warmed my heart 💛 ☀️ thank you for sharing your experience, I can’t imagine how hard it must have been to leave your land but I’m so glad you feel encouraged and inspired to start afresh with all the lessons you have learned from the past. I’m excited to share what I’m learning about syntropic agriculture here in Mexico because I believe these ideas will help all of us work the land more efficiently and in harmony with nature.
We are also in North Texas!
@@JesusLovingHomesteader We are in Denison, just moved here in June of last year. I am looking forward to my first real year of starting a new permaculture heaven!!
Good thing is now you know more, and can go faster.
20 acres? That's awesome! Would you please sell me 1 acre? :3. Just kidding. I live in Colombia, far far away
Ah I am so pleased to have found your channel. Well done on such stunning videos and music is a delight. I am living on a farm and we are building a container home on the land. Out ground is nothing but rocks. I have a dream to recreate something like your back yard. But the trouble is I have no idea where to start. I did grow a few summer plants and eating my own home grown food is intoxicating. I want more.
Hi Natalie, that sounds like my friend Lara who I'm helping with her food forest - her property is nothing but rocks too, it's so challenging!! Luckily she has another friend with a backhoe. Her neighbors used jackhammers to plant their trees 😂 not exactly the relaxing experience one hopes to get from gardening. We planted several acacia trees as I read they help loosen the soil and make it easier to plant later. If I was to start all over on my property, I probably would have started smaller so as not to get so overwhelmed and I would have started with acacia trees first. It's tough in the beginning - but don't give up! Even if you spend five minutes just doing a little something around the land, over time it adds up. Sending you love and encouragement as you realize your dream 💕
@@Goldifarms ah thank you so much for your reply. That is such good advice. I live in South Africa in the western Cape. I will go to the botanical gardens and find out in Acacia tree will grow here and see if they have any. A little each day makes so much sense. Thank you
Love your farm. Love your soft soothing voice. Some are so excited like a car salesman but you are like a yoga class creating a zen-like atmosphere.
It’s hard work but calming
😊 thank you 🙏
Beautiful. narration, and thank you for sharing what you learned about growing in a dry climate. Best of luck on your learning adventure!
Thank you for your kind words, just looked up your channel it looks wonderful, I just subscribed and am looking forward to watching 💛💛
This is awesome! Looking forward to more awesome inspiring content.
simply lovely story, brightest blessings to you.......your continuing story is inspirational thank you
Your farm, animals and flaming hair are gorgeous 😍
Love this, thanks for sharing :) Safe travels & Enjoy your studies!
Thank you for your kind words Faith!
💚love what you are doing!..🕊🌱
What an adventure. My turn is coming soon if all goes as planned. Glad your video found me.
I love your handle- Staying Golden 💕 I’ve been consider “stay golden” as a sign off- I don’t know - still getting a hang of making videos. Where are you adventuring to?
So cool that this man, Huberto, contacted you and helped you out!
Very nice project you have started and good story telling :)
Yes I’m so grateful. He was the answer to a prayer 💕
LOL...I think I just saw your chicken smiling! :)
Awesome! Just found your channel and looking forward to watching your journey. I am in So Cal and getting my forest started. I'm about a year in, but moving so slow due to lack of rain and inability to dig...but our recent storm gave me a bit of relief and almost done with my swales and trenches. I am hoping to plant some new trees as soon as the nursery stocks them in a week or two. Definitely a journey! My favorite find so far are Daikon radishes to help break up this crap soil and bring in nutrients. Have fun in Mexico, can't wait to hear what you learn!
So wonderful to hear you’re on a similar journey in a similar climate 💛💛💛 daikon is an excellent way to break up the soil- maybe some acacias too. Can’t wait to hear how it goes. If you’re on Instagram please message me I’d love to see pics ☀️🌻
Texas is really dry and brutally hot. Your 9A zone advice is really helpful 😊
What a great journey So far !!! Learning as you go and what suits your area is a must .. Have a great learning experience in Mexico !
Thank you for your support and encouragement Dawn 💛☀️🌱
I want to live there ❤🌳🌻.
Bonjour , félicitations pour cette vidéo, cet endroit magnifique à bientôt 🌻🌻🌻
As a former permaculture teacher I can say, you picked a difficult climate. We were on a place in NorCal for 10 years and after a winter with 9" of rain and huge fires getting closer every year, we gave up and got out. The trouble with what you're doing is ALWAYS going to be enough moisture to break anything down,. (We had five year old cardboard in the garden-still not broken down-also, VERY bad idea in fire-prone climates). And when you don't have unlimited free access you end up paying a lot for it, just like all that compost and labor...It's possible to remediate a site, but let's face it, it takes a ton of time and money....Good luck-I hope it gets better.
Just copy Back to eden and Ruth Stout and Eric Toensmeiers principles. then...
-Compost ( thermo and fungal)
-mulch/leaves
-cover crops
-worm castings
-minerals ( rock dust, green sand, ground Oyster shell)
Is all you'll ever really need.
That's what I teach at my farm.
Lovely!💛💛💛
I'm so glad you popped up on my TH-cam feed. Good luck with your course and I'm anxious to hear everything that you have learned. I think that in time the wood base of your hugelmounds will charge with moisture now that they are protected and will be increasingly productive in years to come. I am in south central Iowa and we are facing more and more desertification what with conventional agriculture, so I am very interested in proactive moisture banking. I'll be back.
Thank you for your kind words, I think you’re right re the hugelmounds ☺️ let’s hope so!
Hi, nice work. You mentioned at the end of the video that you where doing a course in syntropic agriculture, I highly recommend Mark Shepard and when it comes to permaculture Geoff Lawton.
Good luck with your journey 🌴🧘🍀
Excellent
Awesome. I wonder how shade cloth can be used, maybe try it over a small area, maybe different configurations for instance to shade during the hottest time of the day, and so on. To find out how much less evaporation would occur.
Me too, I have a shade cloth over the raised beds but it’s so expensive, so I planted the shoestring acacias as a natural shade cloth. I’m excited to see if it works 🤞
SO BEAUTIFUL! Such hard work well worth it, also talk to me about your rabbits? Do they free range? Colony? Just go outside to play?
Hello this Great job
EXACTLY MY PLAN 😊🌍🌈
the water storing technique looks really great and I will try to apply that in my backyard as well! There's only one question, that I have: Wood chips are also used to make the soil more acidic when it is too basic. I would be afraid that the ph would become too acidic after some time. Did you experience this with that method in your video?
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sunken pads looks like it is similar in concept to Hopi/Navajo "waffle" plant beds.
Hi Nyota! I had never heard of this method of farming before- I’m so glad you mentioned it, I’ve been looking into it online, super interesting. I think I may experiment with this in my veggie beds. 💛🌿☀️
in my woodgarden, which isn’t on the house, i have to carry water. Otherwise all is gone. There is a pond with salamanders. It would dry without.
i decided let nature like it want to be and have just fun with it. enjoy shadow on a hot day under the trees. When rain falls be happy by freshness and when boars destroying the beds, order them again.
Where did you go in Chiapas? I live in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas. Happy to have found your channel. Besos, Sarah.
Hi Sarah! We were in Palenque and… San Cristobal! We spent our last week in the city enjoying the food and markets before coming home. So glad I got the opportunity to visit - you live in such a magical place 🦜
My dream is to get a big piece of decimated land and use swales/permaculture to restore it. So much of our problems are because we've depleted the water that would normally get into the ground. I also have an idea for a guerilla movement where a group rapidly removes sections pavement from overbuilt parking lots and create bioswales.
That sounds like more than a dream, but a calling!! 🥰 Have you come across Bran Lancaster's work? I really loved his Dryland farming books and his youtube channel is awesome too th-cam.com/users/HarvestingRainwater. Love your guerilla gardening idea too!!
@@Goldifarms I will definitely check out his videos, thanks for the recommendation! I'm a civil engineer by trade and I came across Andrew Millison's AR sandbox videos on keylining, it really pulled me into the permaculture world from there th-cam.com/users/amillison. Love your backyard!
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Very interesting! I miss California, the midwest is much different. I wish land in California was more affordable! The midwest doesnt have wild fires or significant droughts but theres certainly somethings to be desired.
Hello 🌻💛 where in the Midwest are you? I grew up in Indiana. I hear you on the cost of living in California. It’s really challenging, my family is here so it makes it worth it, but I know a lot of people who have moved away due to the costs associated with living here.
@@Goldifarms im in illinois! I grew up here, i lived in California for a year when i was 17-18. If i had family in California ID HAVE NEVER LEFT!!!!!! I tell my husband 3 times a week i miss California. His family is all here in Illinois though and i want our daughter to be close to them. We also couldnt dream of affording a homestead out there, the mountains in the east are much more likely for us haha. It warms my heart to see you tend to the land in California, the dead trees on the sides of the mountains in 2017 simply broke my heart to see. Such beautiful lands, i ache for the day that they are returned to their natural health and vitality!!! Ive often said humans just need to leave California alone, but not you, you keep it up!!! This is holy work! The Great Mother smiles on work such as yours!! Be blessed Golifarms ❤❤❤
I am planning restoring the forest in my backyard. It is supposed to be 8 inches of loam, 6 inches of clay then rock. I have about 4 inches of clay. My neighbors are in a 'war on trees', with chainsaws and wood chippers going every week. I'd like to get the wood chips and mix them with spoiled vegetables and clean leaves but I am sure my 'tree hater' neighbors would object so I need to find a plot of land I can do some composting and mixing. I'm thinking about a series of short retaining walls on the sides of the house rather than a steep ravine slope. If anyone has any ideas, I would welcome them.
That's too bad your neighbors are waging war on the trees! It sometimes feels like an uphill battle here too, but I'm hoping that people will begin to see there are other ways of existing with nature - ways that are much more harmonious and healthy. I can't wait to hear how your backyard project goes or if you end up getting a plot of land. I'm finding my backyard is a good place to learn and practice before one day getting an off-grid homestead somewhere far away from the freeway 🌿
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Welcome Melni!💛
@@Goldifarms thank you 😊🥰
Not sure I would want to take on dirt....from an unknown source.....and yes planting in poor soil...is tough....but you just have to keep at it....👍
I'm starting farm too... I mean tiny one
Congratulations!!! That’s so exciting!!!
@@Goldifarms of course ( lot of hard work )
Living of the Land?
apples after 2 years ?
Not living off the land yet, but harvesting more and more every day! No apples yet - but I hope soon because I've fallen in love with homemade applesauce so now I have a use for all those apples 😂
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I'm not sure when this video was posted; so, this might be an old video. Not sure. Anyway, I just wanted to say that I am proud of you for sticking with it! I've been on my own journey; and, I regenerated my soil over a season. I used several varieties of sunflowers to do so. It was absolutely amazing to enjoy while I waited patiently/impatiently :) for the SF's to work their wonders. I have to admit-it was like a jungle. I had some mammoth sunflowers that were like trees. The tallest one was a good 25 ft tall. It had a head on it the size of a garbage can lid. What came after the season was what I can only describe as painful. Not only did the beautifilled Sunnies die; but, they left very hard stumps to remove. As much hard work as it was; I was sure it would be worth it. We recently finished tilling- (by hand!) AND the soil was A-LIVE(!) Lots of earth worms, grubbies, and deep rich and dark in color. All good signs for a healthy eco-growing system. Yes, straw is your Friend. Also, if you leave some natural weed patch, the critters will likely eat that instead of your veg. I'm happy to have found your channel and this video in particular because i am looking at interesting growing practices and ideas that are perhaps not the typical ways of food growing and living. Thank you kindly.
Hello and thank you for sharing your kind words and similar story of regeneration! This video was posted just a few months ago and the journey of restoration continues with its challenges and triumphs. It’s been so helpful having a channel to connect with likeminded people who know there’s a more beautiful way to live and collectively we are exploring how to get there not just physically but also in our hearts and minds. I know we will one day be rewarded greatly for cultivating the soil of our hearts- and until then, I’m glad we can share stories and ideas for improving the land that’s been placed in our care. Much love to you on your journey and I’m looking forward to hearing more about the life you are bringing to your soil and the light you are sharing with others 🌱☀️💛
Good for you! I'm pleased that you make these videos. I too live in California and I'm just starting my own permaculture journey on my land. It will all work out - and what a great way to spend a life!
It's a wonderful place! Congratulations.
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you have an excellent narration and your topics are well organized...so inspiring to learn.just be careful in cracking those handy works, can cause injury at times
Hey Annette here from Appletree Urban Homestead on TH-cam from Perth Australia. We are a family of three and in the process of turning our Aussie backyard into our dream urban homestead. Looking forward to following your journey 😊
Annette - we’re an older couple living in Sydney and are looking forward to retirement when we’ll be getting our own place and starting our own adventure of being as self reliant as possible. Just bought a Fowlers Vacola preserving kit to get into the swing of things prior. Best wishes to your family and Appletree Urban Homestead. 🌳 🍎 🌳 🍏 🌳
@@sandyg7291 thankyou. We are an older couple as well, I am nearly 56 and hubby is nearly 71 and we have a nearly 22 yr old son who is on the autism spectrum but works from home. I would love to move to the country, live in a little cottage and grow all our own produce, but hubby is not keen on moving
@@preppingonabudget8229 - Hi Annette - Must admit I’m not the keenest one on moving to the country out of the pair of us for one reason: snakes!!! Been chased by them twice and petrified of them so who knows how ‘country’ we’ll go. 😊
If you’re turning your backyard into an urban homestead, you’re already way ahead!
We rent here and have got herbs and fruit trees in pots and a pumpkin vine plus a choko vine that’s preparing a glut for us - good job we love them! 😂
We’re looking forward to getting chooks again and having a lot more veggies in raised beds. We grew potatoes in sacks last season and have finished eating them all - they are SO GOOD when home grown that we’re looking forward to doing it again as soon as the time is right.
Hopefully we’ll all achieve our dreams like this family - I lived a lot with my grandmother as a child and she grew as much as possible, pumped her own water, chopped her own firewood for the wood stove, and had a kerosene fridge and lamps for light. It was the happiest time of my life and I look forward to returning to that simpler way of life.
Best wishes to you and yours in achieving your hearts desires. 🌳
What a fascinating video of your progress and all the lessons! Thank you for sharing!
Inspiring!!!
Can't wait for the next videos!! miss you both !
Miss you too Emilia! I miss El Jardín! 💛🌱🦜
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Love it! 🤗 All your hardwork was paid off. :)
Sounds like you and Roberto got a love connection.
You and your garden are beautiful - God bless you!
Wow, that's a lot of work and input of soil, compost, woodchips and water. Hopefully your system will now be able to sustain itself with minimal inputs and effort. I think it will work out great for you now, enjoy your little paradise :)
Thank you so much Kasper 💛🌻💛 I hope so too 😊
Imagine the smile the planet would have if this repeated in every backyard.
Totally! There are a lot of vineyards in this area, and I often wonder how amazing it would be if they were all food forests instead, and we could pick fresh food in the shade of a forest rather than go to a grocery store. I think if we hold such a vision, it could become reality ✨
Love this. But please. You want “soil’ not ‘dirt’ I always find it strange that Americans refer to soil and dirt
Yes you're so right! Why do we always call it dirt? What I should have asked for is soil 🤣
Seeing the before and after pics are always ( well, usually ;) ! ) so encouraging and inspiring ! Thanks and congrats !
Just wonderful what you’ve done there. Such a productive space you have made, I love it xx Cathi xx
I love love love what you're doing. I hope to do the same one day when I can purchase some land of my own. You truly have some amazing friends. Good luck as you continue to build up your farm. I'm excited to see your progress.
Dont’ wait, there’s no need as there are lots of ideas from backyards to rooftops to balconies out there
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beautiful project!!!!!!
Wonderful!!!! The tip about the straw is golden - I'm going to use it in my own garden this year as I plant seeds. Thank you so much, I loved this video and your food forest is really taking shape. Can't wait to see how it evolves.
Thank you for your wonderful comments it’s so fun to watch it evolve and have so many friends contributing their seeds and cuttings and slips to have even more diversity here at Goldifarms. So glad to hear the tip about the straw helped you it’s very handy to have when starting from seed
Seems like you can grow anything in zone 9! Great job! I live in zone 6b on a small hill that faces North in the mountains of southeast KY. Most of the things I grow must be shade lovers or partial shade lovers, and oddly, anything that grows on vines! Lol. It’s a challenge for a single mom with little money, but I’d love for my little hillside to provide all our needs. Luckily, I have 3 wells on the property and seldom have to water. It’s crazy. I love the mountains. You’re doing a great job. Keep up the great work!
Thank you Jennifer 🙏🏼 having grown up in Indiana I am amazed at how much can be grown here, but every place has its pros and cons. What a beautiful gift you’re providing for your children- not just wholesome food but a space on the mountains, I too love the mountains so much and it was always my dream to live in them. Even though I’m right on the freeway, I love the view of the hills in my backyard. So glad we connected, blessings on your journey 💛⛰💛
Thank you for the video. What about the size of the area? How hugelculture is better than other tequninques. Iam inspired alot.
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Please excuse the speech to text if it does not spell the word strictly or correctly should I say as it message it up I was going to ask your friend who volunteered to help you in this video the one you speak about a lot her birthday I was wondering is he got any videos on his food forest would be good to see what he is doing in his and also a little update on how yours is doing I got the exact opposite at my tiny small garden I don't own the property to everything is in pots but the garden itself floods a lot and is thick thick clay so it gets waterlogged so I have to keep the plants in containers or the roots would get the rotted and died off keep your Good Vibrations and energy towards my olive tree it did not do well this winter after having it for 5 years I really do hope it will come back as I love my love tree and what they all of tree stands for I hope yourself friends and family are keeping well and keep all the wonderful videos sometimes it is good to go back through your videos and see what has been put up in case I have missed anything
Hi from Argentina! what a beautiful world you are creating. Can you tell me what size is your backyard/food forest? Thanks! I have just discovered your channel and I am already enjoying it!
Loving the journey - and you look so much like my late daughter that I wanna adopt you! Watching your videos in no sort of order but really enjoying the gardening AND THE PHILOSOPHY. Good luck lass! From cold cold England❤
Beautiful farm and story! Also, I love your Russian Orloff! I have two and rarely see others with them! They are such jolly chickens!
That’s Ash! Yea she’s so special. I think I was drawn to her as a chick because of her red feathers 🪶 thank you for your kind comments. Nice to know someone else appreciates them as much as me and I’m glad you let me know what breed she is. I always wondered!
I think your rocks & trash would make a beautiful water feature for a natural pond.
I'm pretty sure I follow you on instagram, but glad to have found you here in my feed!
I replaced half of my backyard in September, and just started replacing my front yard last week with food forest!
It's looking good, keep it up!
Wow that’s awesome I showed up in your feed 😊 so wonderful you’re replacing your lawn with a food forest. I’ll see you on Instagram 💛
Geoff Lawton offers an online certification course. In depth to say the least. Enjoyed the vid, thanks for sharing
Hey you were in my feed, Congratulations on the new channel! I'm always looking for more homesteaders that I like. I really like the information you are providing on your design, and your willingness to address your disappointments you've had along the way, so I've subscribed. :D I'm planning to start my own channel, and I only hope it looks half as good as yours - Great work! I'm originally from AZ... We've been working abroad on some land for almost 5 years, and I know how frustrating it can be. We lost too many young trees this past summer because of drought... Looking at your small permaculture design is very inspiring for me! I look forward to more!
Thank you so much for your kind words. I love the name of your handle- will that be the name of your TH-cam channel. It’s what so many of us are seeking right now. Simple and real. Can’t wait to see your videos 💛
3 months for me. A few trees here and there but now becoming an actual Forest.
Love your idea very much!
I've been watching videos related to making a permaculture because I wanted to live a life like you dreamt too. I'm looking forward to owning a land soon and building my permaculture food forest that would lead to a sustainable living. 🤗 Keep up the good work!
I love seeing more of your garden and learning from you! God bless and keep safe 🤗
Thank you Ivy 🙏🏼💕, I’ll be praying that you find land to start your dream- I myself am still waiting for land where I have access to water and space for larger animals, but am finding I have a lot to learn in the meantime. Blessings and love 💛🐝🌻
@@Goldifarms I pray that you will find your land
Beautiful work, did you work with grants or did you finance it alone? You said friends but were there also volunteers? I am just curious.
Hello 💛 thank you so much for watching and reaching out 🥰. I financed it myself. Doing everything I could to try to keep costs down as I was on a budget for sure! It was pretty much my friends helping but in the very beginning I placed an ad on the Craigslist community page and I had a few volunteers show up from the community as well which was really awesome.
Thanks for the video and continued good luck on your journey.
Don’t give up!!! Keep going!!!!
I just love what you have done ! I'm sitting on a quarter of an acre and I'm trying to do this myself and I live in arizona and keeping plants alive is some times hard when our hot summer comes ,keep up the good work some day I will get my yard done ,🤗
Thank you Rosemary ☀️💛 for your encouragement. Yes it’s a challenge with the heat, but I was inspired to see TH-cam documentaries where people gardened even in the desert - and that gave me the motivation to keep going. Will it ever be done? Probably not- but the amazing thing about a garden is if it keeps getting love it keeps getting better.
@@Goldifarms alright I'm now a new subby , I now have the intention on getting out side and getting it done thank you ! Cant wait for your next vedio ,🥰
Nice good Luck
Where you from , i m from morocco i m farmer also
That’s awesome!! I’m on the central coast of California ☀️
@@Goldifarms ok nice to meet you
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So happy to find your channel we are in zone 9A in Asia minor Turkey's north west cost and we are going to start creating food forest now so we will hopefully learn a lot from you!
That’s wonderful 🌻 you won’t regret it!! I’m looking forward to hearing how it goes!
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Interesting! I'm in Zone 5 in the Black Hills, South Dakota and it's very dry here with bitter cold winters and blazing hot summers. I have my backyard homestead which is small but am continuously editing and adding to it as I also want to be more self reliant and dispense with the "system" as much as possible. I'm happy to have found you and look forward to hearing what you learn in Mexico to see if it applies to my backyard farm as well!
So glad we connected, Michelle 💛. Your spot certainly does sound challenging, but also I imagine very beautiful. During the syntropic ag course, I did learn a trick for moisture retention that I'm really excited to share in the next video (coming so soon!) and try it out here with aloe vera.
What is the size of your farm
6000 square feet 🌿🌱
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