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Your estate sale tool box-turned-seed box started life as a working man's lunch box. The top would have held a Thermos for coffee or soup. My father carried one since his work sites were often remote and no food trucks or canteens were available. It would make a very good seed box.
Oh wow! That's cool! It makes way more sense as a lunch box 😂
😂😊😂 I immediately thought, "That's a lunch box" when I saw it, too. Then I thought, "I bet it does make a good seed storage box."
Kat actually makes a great tea for humans and it’s actually a great anti-anxiety
Kat the tree leaf?
Sorry that should have said catnip
You are working so hard! I know your parents are proud of you.
When purchasing perennials in bags, I try to pick the heavier bags in the display. The thought is that there is still moisture in the packing medium and root, rhizome, or bulb. If everything seems to light, try to shop elsewhere.
I think I'll just try to support places where I don't have to worry about it.
Hmm 🤔, never thought of it that way.
Thank you 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
Ayeee bro using the brick mason line to get his rosemary straight
😂 Gotta keep em in line
Love it@@ThePermacultureConsultant
I'm in central Texas, but if you want some of the fruit/nut varieties that have done well for me (also not babying my plants).. I'm happy to share. Multiple varieties of almonds, apricots, plums have all done better than expected. Of course peaches, pecan and grapes are thriving. Let me know if you want specifics or scions.
Oh wow, that's awesome! You have plums that work for you!? That's a rarity around here. Thank you so much man!
That would be awesome, how much do you want for them?
@@stephaniehill655 not trying to sell them (they are really just choice cuttings during pruning), would just ask for feedback on how the varieties do.
Look up the native Dwarf Chestnut tree. We had one in the woods in Louisiana. It isn`t an easy nut to eat but it tastes great. It`s related to the American Chestnut and blight can affect it but it seems to be less affected. Produces nuts in its third year or so.
Get a hold of Wal-Mart. Tell them their plants suck and you would like a replacement and / or a refund
Both echinacea and rosemary are growing wild in the easement behind the houses in my neighborhood. I’m in Tx too, probably not too far, so look out for them. Not too far from me is an elementary school with a huge garden on the side, where kids plant things. However, they are not in school during the summer, so I wander through it. I don’t take their veggies, but I do take seeds from the overgrown beds, marigolds , zinnias, rudbeckia, etc. Herbs. If you can find an older neighborhood you will find all kinds of plants self propagating in alleyways and easements. I’ve gotten bananas, grapes, quinces, pomegranates, lantana, day lilies, irises growing wild. I just sample around the edges rather than depopulate. Most of the work is learning to identify. I carry a plastic grocery bag and a ratty old steak knife in case. Just spotted a huge fig tree, but looks like I’d have to knock on the door and wheedle some of that.
I bet you are close to Texasprepper2, who propagates blackberries and strawberries. I bet he could hook you up, lol.
I haven't seen any growing around my place! that would be awesome if it did. Thank you so much!
That tool box, resembles my father's old lunch box he used almost identical. It was deep to host the thermos that partnered that lunch box.
#PermacultureQ&A. When installing an electric fence, the braided wire goes horizontally on the t post. When it is time to carry the wire to the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th row how do I get from row 1 to row 2 to row 3 etc… please demonstrate. Every video shows people installing but no one shows how to carry the wire to the next rows. Thanks you. I need clarity on this so I can install my fence that should have been done for a year now but not sure how. Have a blessed day
Good question! I'll get that answered in a video for you! Thank you!
My dear friend that lives in Va. didn’t have water for their garden. Her husband put a pump in the creek and was able to water the field that way. You could put a pump in the pond
That's a good idea. I was thinking about something I could do with the pond and the IBC tote I have.
I pump water out of my pond for the garden. I finally buried a 1 inch poly pipe 2 1/2 feet deep and 300 feet long from popnd to garden. I use a 1 horsepower electric pump with a 1 inch output. I split the water into 4 hoses in the garden.
I wanted to post this here as it is relevant to the video. I want to warn about Menards as well. They have their trees out and there’s the same problem of trees that will not work here in Zone 5B being for sale. Thank you William for your warning to check before buying.
Thanks for the heads up!
Put a brick in the bottom of a bucket, this keeps buckets from getting stuck together. Put your watering bucket in it them pour in water. Faster less waste
What app are you using to keep a log on your phone?!
2 years of trying to seed start Lavender later we discovered it needs to be cold stratified. Hopefully you were aware and planned better than we did.
I guess we'll both see if it was 😂
My watering can flows just so elegantly.
Well... Except when the cap flies off ... right when you're trying to water some surface-sown seeds ...and blasts the seeds all over the place...
About then I do tend to wonder why things so often suck nowadays....
It's either the cap flies off or the holes are too small and get clogged too easily. The bucket method seems to work!
The sifting table is awesome! Adding that project to the todo list
Thank you so much!
You may know this already. I add at least one 5 gallon bucket of thoroughly rotten wood to the hole i plant my blueberries in. A little peat moss and compost helps also but the rotten wood makes them jump. My growth rare and production is incredible
Thank you for telling us about the trees at Tractor Supppy. I bought six trees, strawberries, onions, garlic. Colleen
#PermacultureQ&A Can you go over how nitrogen fixers work and the best ways to use them?
I sure can! Thank you so much!
Thank you for your sacrifice, William for buying three packs to get one plant from Walmart, and show us all not to buy from Wally World ; )
# What carrots are you panting for low maintenance? I love the idea of setting up a source garden for livestock and minimizing outsources.
Thank you, and God bless!
As with your parents, very important information! You present good clear information. Thank you!
Thanks buddy!
You have 3 buildings near the garden. Why not catch rain off those to water garden?
I might set my mint pots in my garden this year. Pest control and containment.
#permaculture Q & A: How would I start a permacture food forest in my residential backyard? I already have fruit trees such as apples, peaches, pears, plums, grapes, citrus, figs, pomegranate planted and some raised beds of vegetables. Thanks in advance.
Awesome question! Thank you for the submission!
I bought Walmart berry bushes for the last 3 years. Jostaberry and gooseberry are still growing. In their 2nd year, gogi and yellow rasberries had lots of fruit. Ill let you know about last years planting.
I hope they work out for you!
This water bucket watering is brilliant!
Thank you so much!
Nice grocery row building there! ❤
Seriously, WHY do ALL the watering cans SUCK?!? Can't wait to see all this bloom! Man, those mammoth sunflowers are so amazzzzin!
I KNOW, RIGHT? They ALL suck! 😂
Thank you so much!
William can you do a vermicompost video? Please 😊 #permacultureQ&A - demo vermicompost bin DIY. Th🤝nk you...
I sure will! It might take me a minute. Thank you for the submission!
I like the watering bucket thatcyou made. I probably wouldve done the same thing as far as drilling the holes. Instead of putting the bucket with the hole into the water to fill it i would put the holy bucket into a empty bucket then poor water into it so so that the empty bucket will catch what comes out before you go water the beds. Then i would poor what came out of the holes bucket back into the bucket that i fill the hole bucket with before i put the holes bucket back in the empty bucket and repeat the process. In my mind you might not loose as much water that way. Just a thought.
Thank you for sharingvthis video with us william may you have a good one. Have fun take care
That's a good idea! I was trying to filter out some of the larger bits of debris so the holes wouldn't get clogged as I was watering. Thank you!
@@ThePermacultureConsultant that makes sense. If you have any screen material make a wooden frame that fits around the bucket then poor the water through screen.
The stuff that the screen catches might be good for a compost pile
Great video, garden project is coming along nicely. As far as filling the watering bucket, it costs you one more bucket but if you stack the bucket with holes inside of one without holes, you can pour a full bucket into there without wasting water or dealing with the nuisance of the slow fill up through the drainage holes.
Also big agree on watering cans all being terrible.
Thank you so much! I was trying to filter some of the debris out by pushing the bucket down, but it wasn't working very quickly.
I keep hearing that blueberries aren’t worth growing in the ground cause it’s too much work keeping the soil acidic enough. Did you have to do anything for yours?
Not an issue here in the south since our soil is acidic but Ive heard pine straw mulch can help
Believe it or not, that's a pretty complicated answer.
Short answer- no, I don't do anything specific for it. My only focus is to get the microbes in the soil as active as possible. Every other problem in the garden is solved if I have the proper soil biology.
Would love to see your wife and daughter on the video sometime thanks for the informative as always God Bless
I'll be sure to get them on video soon! Thank you so much!
Don’t thin the herbs out. They grow so well in blocks. I overplant in a container and then break off chunks and plant that in different spaces. It works so well!! Especially since the seeds are so tiny!! I used to save fruit containers just for that purpose.
That's awesome! Thank you so much!
Perfect name. Just make it say ANYTHING from that store & you got it Dude!! :)
😂 you got that right!
Wheel barrow tire solution get a solid tire for it because the pneuamtic tires suck trust me, you will spend more time airing them up than using them. They are kinda pricey but.....
Yeah, I was looking at those while I was picking up a bottle of slime. Thank you!
I have had good success with starting Echinacea by seed, highly recommend. Love your garden row set up.
Did you cold stratify them? I Tried 2 years in a row with no results. Last fall I threw some in the corner of the garden so hopefully 3rd time's a charm.
I'll give that a shot! Thank you!
BTW, put your watering bucket inside the other one before you fill it up.
I was trying to filter out some of the larger bits of debris. I guess I should have said that on the video 😂
Have you ever tried Cape Gooseberry? It`s a native of Peru. Heavy producer. Dig it up and protect it from the cold in winter. I`ve kept pepper plants alive for years that way. I live in a camper in rural Louisiana and in winter it`s like a jungle in here but the food production continues. I`ve kept cuttings alive from my best, frost tolerant tomato plant through the winter to go directly into a hydro bucket under the camper roof in March. I was planning to try it indoors but instead I went with micro dwarf varieties. My soil here needs improving before tomatoes do well in the ground and this is my 2nd year here. Topsoil was destroyed by droolers who lived here before me. Needs a LOT of work and time.
At least so far, my TS only has the potted trees. Will keep looking
That mint WILL NOT be contained. Take it back out and plant it somewhere FAR FAR away from your garden!
In west Texas …the land of no rain…mint don’t even survive in raised bed with irrigation. The triple digits just kill it dead.!!!!The only surviving mint is in flower pots in shade with irrigation!
Mint is not a wisteria.
A homesteading family I watch, plants a large pot in the ground & keeps mint in that. My concern is that it spreads by rooting runners too. But they harvest it often & don’t allow the runners to grow dangling over the edges of the pot. I learned my lesson years ago & keep mine in a pot on a deck/patio where there’s no chance it can spread
My mints are in soil around my front porch and have only spread to where I allowed them to. When I mow the lawn I also mow the border of my mint patch and that keeps it contained. This is my 11th year now doing it this way.
It takes work but can be done
I make my own potting mix.
I use 1 parts leaf dirt from the forest floor, 1 part native dirt, then 1 part rabbit 💩.
I do not have a screen, I pick out the big stuff by hand. Seed starting mix I sometimes leave out the native dirt because it has lot of clay.
Sounds like a good recipe! Thank you!
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I hope so, because it's what I have... 😆 should see this wattle fence I'm trying to make. 🤫🤪
I like your toolbox, it used to be a lunch box by thermos... My dad had one of those.... great memories
Yeah I found that out later. That's pretty cool!
Geeeez you do a lot of work my bro
Thanks, I appreciate you watching!
I cold stratified my lavender. Just planted it 2 days ago. Planting more not cold stratified to see if there is a difference.
Yeah, I might have to restart mine. I think they've been stratified, but now I'm unsure 😂
Have you thought about using pine shavings in your walk area?
Nope and now I feel like a dummy 😂 Thank you Donnie! This is why I love the comment section!
Unsolicited advice for sunflowers - since not a field of that can help themselves stand up, be prepared to install stakes and twine/rope for support....create a "wall' to support them from laying over under high winds
I grew a row of Mammoth Russian sunflower last year that didn't need support. Is it just some varieties that need support?
@@joshua511 The conditions (water, sun, nutrients) seem to be a far bigger issue than anything between strains, though some varieties are more prone than others. I grow them for dove hunting every year and have been doing so for the better part of a decade.
I was wondering if they would need support with all of the loos soil. Thank you so much!
Here in mid-Missouri, it depends on the wind. But even if they blow over, they will bend and grow straight up again.
#PermacultureQA For accumulator plants like comfrey and borage, do the plants need to actually be chopped and dropped in order to get the benefit into the soil, or can the plants be left to grow all season and die off in the winter and still be beneficial? Lazy girl gardener here.
The birds here help with pests (I don`t use poisons) so I feed them all year. I`m growing a field of sunflowers for them nearby and they`re getting their own fruit trees. Seeds in the birdseed grew last year so I save from those and picked out sunflower seed varieties from their food to save. I`m planting the Mammoth Sunflowers this year too...although I may already have them. Not sure. Bumblebees love them too. My native bee flowers need to be cold stratified. I didn`t know that and recently ordered them. I`m gonna plant a patch anyway and do it right next year. Bees and hummingbirds love Scarlett Runner Pole beans. Those are edible and also produce an edible tuber that vines grow back from for years.
I would love to see any tips you have for those dealing with heavy clay soil. I have been establishing my garden with fruit trees around it but I am taking top soil from other parts of my property and building it up to create my garden beds. Lots of Woodchips mulch in walking paths and around my plants.
I can do a video on that! Thank you!
#PermacultureQ&A Should I plant anything edible between a conventional sprayed mono crop farm and my property? I’m in the process of building a wind break between my property and a farm that surrounds my property on three sides. If I do plant anything edible should I consider it off limits even for my livestock?
Great question!
I also have this same problem!! Except mine is all 4 sides. I often wonder if putting large trees on the edge of our property would help "filter" anything that leeches through the soil #permacultureqanda
Thank you so much for the submission!
#PermacultureQ&A
Hello Sug,
I from NC, and live in CO now. Do you have any knowledge about zone 4b-5a or growing in colder zones? We only have about 90 days grow in. I'm up in the higher elevations, and miss my garden.
Awesome question, thank you so much!
#Permaculture Q &A. We had -26 degrees this winter. Can fruit, nuts and figs handle that cold? I know there is an old grapevine at a restaurant downtown but downtown is 800 ft lower. We are at 2880 ft.
It depends on the variety of fruit. As far as the figs, they’re fairly tender and difficult to grow in colder climates. My zone 5-6 is not listed as an area figs can grow, but there are people who find ways to grow them in protected areas in this zone.
Great question! Thank you so much!
I planted echinacea from seed this morning. We shall see if it comes up 🤷♀️
I missed when you prepared your beds. Did you add any fertilizers or compost to your soil?
Nope. Nothing at all.
# permaculture. May I suggest soaking sunflowers at a hour or a bit before planting. I have a great watering can.. got it a few years ago. Amazon. Not cheap plastic.
Where do you suggest I can purchase some Russian block 14 comfrey plants? I’m in Naples, Florida. What’s your Dads you tube channel? I’d love to subscribe to his as well. I’m new here. Love your content. Binge watching and I’ve subscribed.
#permacultureQandA I have trouble growing root vegetables. Greens, and things that grow above ground do ok. But Potatoes, onions, carrots, sweet potatoes, do horribly. I've added various loamy garden soils (from the store) to the bed, i add my own compost that contains vegetable scraps, leaves, twigs and chicken manure. But the results are pitiful, almost laughable. The only other issue I have is my back yard is partially shaded, there are many mature trees in my neighborhood.
I'm not sure what else I can do for better root crops.
@JosiahK555 there are grow bags available that root veggies do well in and since the bags can be placed in where you get the amount of sun exposure needed. Try adding a little bit of sand to your soil and mix well, or vermiculite. A little will go a long way.
I would do what Kenneth said. The issue is probably the sun. I'll answer this in a video though. Thank you for the submission!
😂 pound sign for us older folks. Thank you
No problem 😂
#Permaculture Q&A Hi William! What app were you using to track gardening?? Been trying to find a good one.
Gardenate is the best one so far. I included it in one of the garden videos I made.
@ThePermacultureConsultant thank you!
#PermacultureQ&A - William can I reuse potting/seeding soil that became anaerobic inside in the winter due to lack of oxygen (my microgreens didn't fly), once spring comes if I add more perlite, dry it out and mix in more good soil/compost, and bring it outside in pleine air?
Awesome question! Thank you so much!
Learned about Walmart plants the same way you did. Ugh. 😕
That sucks!
#permacultureQ&A. Hi. I am planning a permaculture orchard with a few trees and berry plants, so far. I’m wondering if I can plant pumpkin, sunflowers, artichokes and asparagus. Would these plants work well together?
It’s not Walmart’s fault ! It’s the supplier. ! I buy all of my tomatoes peppers and herbs from them and always had lots of success ! Bonnie is their supplier here ! Never have had an issue. I’m sure if the garden center neglects them then I’m sure there will be issues.
#PermacultureQA Many plants carry over into several categories, for example chives and beebalm can be pollinators and repellents, and borage can be accumulator and pollinators. In these cases should you still aim for another plant to fill the second category or can we short cut, using fewer plants and choosing only ones that do dual duties? Does it matter either way?
#PermacultureQandA When considering where to plant fruit trees, if the trees are given enough space so that they are not too close together, does it matter if they are planted in a straight north-south row, or can they be planted more organically like an edible landscape, assuming in both cases they would get full 8+ hours sun? Also, when considering haskap berries to plant in a guild with fruit trees, are there certain haskap that are better than others? Do they need to be pruned to stay at an appropriate size such that they do not interfere with the tree?
Don't know where you are; I am mid-Missouri, I was zone 6a- now zone 6b. Haskaps (Borial beauty and Borial beast) struggle here in the late summer heat. Plant them so they get afternoon shade. My fruit trees are mainly in east-west rows, all 20 feet apart with fruiting bushes planted between them. North-South rows should work also, as long as the trees get 6+ hours of sun. Gooseberries, rhubarb and currents would also like a little shade in the afternoon.
@@charlesdevier8203I'm in zone 4b, I was thinking of doing a north-south row or an east-west row but now I'm strongly considering making a sort of SE to NW meandering garden bed with 10 trees (locust, fruit, fruit, locust, fruit fruit, locust, fruit fruit, locust) planted among haskap, strawberries, and lots of perennial flowers and shrubs. I think as long as the trees aren't too close to each other, it should be fine.
#permacultureQ&A is it true that nitrogen fixers put nitrogen into the soil after it has either been harvested, mowed or dies back through the dormant season? If it is true then would the clover need to be trimmed to put nitrogen into the soil?
Could you maybe mention which plants are deer resistant?
Great way to water.
#PermacultureQ&A The pear/apple tree planting you demonstrated at your FIL home, does that work well, with chestnuts? Can elderberries be substituted for blueberries? Thank you!
Awesome question, and yes you can!
@@ThePermacultureConsultant Thank you, for all you are doing, thank you!
#permacultureq&a I have a grassy lawn area where I’m moving my garden in order to be in Zone One. (My current one is too far from the house) Should I broadfork then put down cardboard?
Good question! That's definitely a good idea!
I’m new to your channel. What is the planting app that you use?
Gardenate
I came here for clarity on the Rosemary's are straight coment.
#PermacultureQA Permaculture plantings around trees are supposed to reach out to the drip line, how do I find out what the drip line is? When I Google it I get results for irrigation.
I buy nothing at Walmart. Screw Walmart
#Permaculture Q&A 10 best plant for making a small perennials border in a small garden. Size like one of your beds in the video.
Thank you so much for the submission!
Oh, hey, you're on a hill, & mentioned contouring. Any chance you can teach that in layman/woman terms? :) I'm on a significant-ish hill. I'm @ a standstill not knowing where the swails need to go....... gotta work the rain that falls. ;)
I will try to dedicate a video to understanding contour. Thank you for asking, great question!
@@ThePermacultureConsultant Yay!!! Thank you!!! & Roots & Refuge is talking about Fishtail swails. I almost jumped off the couch!!! :) Whaaaat???? :)
Any know or have experience growing apples in the upstate of South Carolina? Which varieties work here if at all?
Lee Calhoun has a book called, "Southern Apples"
They should have a few that are available to you.
Hi and thank you for the video .
Is that red clover you are using for as a cover crop?
Thank you for watching! Some of it is, It's a blend of clovers.
#PermacultureQ&A: what are your thoughts on the pit gardening (like banana pit) with different fruit trees around the pit and the pit for water harvesting & composting. I'm in the context of a small backyard, but the question is open.
#PermacultureQandA I would love to expand my shade-loving plants but always hit a wall. Any suggestions?
Thank you for the suggestion!
#PermacultureQ&A When you establish a guild, how far from a fruit tree trunk can it extend? Are two berries a maximum per a tree guild? What would be a perfect scenario for all the plants if I plant a cherry tree and a gooseberry and currant bushes around it? What else can I add to them to live in harmony?
Would mulch be better for the walkways?
It would be if I had access to some that wasn't dyed for landscape use. I'm trying to get a hold of a tree trimming company.
@@ThePermacultureConsultant proberly easier in warmer months
#permacultureQ&A Does syntropic agroforestry design mesh with permaculture? And if so are you interested in teaching it along with permaculture at your future site.
Great question, Thank you for the submission!
The two different mints will breed with each other and make zombie mints!
😂 I'm sure I'm picturing that wrong
Another great video
Thank you sir!
The echineacea purpura will grow easy from seed. They don't need stratification. Others do. :-)
Thank you! I might have to grow them from seed!
Yes let me know if you can get carrots to grow without the high maintainence of a special habitat and environment..👍
Oh I'll let everyone know! Everyone has problems with carrots
You will have a complete mint garden forever.
# permaculture Q&A what does your wife use for laundry detergent? 🎉😄
#Permaculture Q&A What are your plans for the tires?
Thank you so much for the submission!
G'morning SGB. So you won't let your Rosemary choose her pronouns or become a furbie. Good. Keep her straight. LOL. And you found your hammer side of your rock. 👍
The Wally World inventory ... what didn't sell last year got stored in a trailer over the winter and is the first thing put out as soon as they decide to market for the Spring season.
The shower bucket to water by is awesome!!
They say time is money. The wheel on the wheelbarrow should be cheap to replace until you can repair the leak on the current wheel. If you have a Harbor Freight nearby it's a cheap, easy fix to your problem. Tractor Supply a little more pricey. I have learned over the years to have extra wheels and tires and tubes and valve stems on hand. Otherwise, you can lose a half a day or more chasing down your fix. 10" wagon and cart wheels, narrow and wide, 13" wheelbarrow wheel. A Schrader valve kit and a tire plug kit, all cheap, are essential, too.
Lastly, when you decided on your placement of your blueberry plants and their need of acidic soil conditions how does that affect the other plants and trees you are grouping them with?
As always. You deliver your "A" game.
God bless.
Wu Tang out! 👍
😂 Thank you so much Wu Tang! I picked up a bottle of slime and a bicycle pump at the store today. I'll have to get a few extra tires, like you said. That's a way better idea!
I'll include your blueberry question in the Q&A video. Thank you so much!
Full Rubber Tire - DEFINITELY worth the investment!
#PermacultureQ&A What is your plan for weeding crops with all that clover/roots in your rows? Won't the clover overtake your plants?
Thank you for the submission!
I bought echinacea from Walmart and they didn’t grow.
Same
What is your grow zone
8a. It just recently changed, apparently.
@@ThePermacultureConsultant thank you
#PERMACULTURE Q&A
Your rows run East to West? Why?
Thank you so much for the submission!
What is that app you are using?
Gardenate
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Catnip isn't good for teas and isn't that pretty a plant. Catmint is much prettier and not invasive.