I'm jealous of your system but I'm glad I found your channel its taught me so much. I'm still young and while all my friends are drinking and playing fortnite I'm sitting here dreaming of having a permaculture food forest.
Don't listen to the naysayers. You're doing the right and healthy thing. Stay on course and start your food forest. You'll be glad you stuck to your pursuit. You'll have something beneficial to show for your time and the others won't.
James!! So awesome to see you are over a million viewers!!! I started with you when you had a few thousand so it’s great to see how many people you’re reaching!!! You and Tuck truly are the best of gardening and food foresting on TH-cam!! I learned so much from you already!!! I have a long way to go but thanks to you, I’m growing!!!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻. Thank you so much!!!!!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🌹❤️
You answered so many of my questions in this video. THANK YOU!!! I always look forward to your videos. Seeing Tuck working along with you is such a treat as well. Yes please do a hoop house video.
I love the way Tuck helps and he's really watching everything you do like he's learning lol. What a smart boy. God Bless. Merry Christmas and Happy Healthy and Prosperous 2020 '
Definitely would like to see a video for the hoop house. I never would have thought about insulating a young tree like that, I might try that once I decide on fruit trees. Speaking of which, I finally have a house where I can start my own large garden with chickens! I probably won't go as hard as your food forest, but I'm absolutely using your videos for tips and ideas for it. I'm already looking into getting mulch to prep a spot for the first section of it.
Another great video, showing your winterizing techniques. Saving for reference when we build our homestead later on, after traveling for awhile. Thanks as always for sharing!
Great info on how to grow fig trees in cool climates. Also great information on how to fertilize your soil in the off season. I think many gardeners miss off season fertilization.
James, thanks so much for the comprehensive info on the fig tree. I have been searching for over wintering methods for some time. This is so helpful. I would also like a video on the raised bed hoop house. 💚💚💚💚💚 for Tuck.
you're great dude, love listening and watching. Feel free to throw in a few more of those little proverbs and philosophy. it goes together with nature :)
OK I'm zone 7a as well, but in Maryland. James you are so meticulous in protecting your fig tree....I feel so ashamed that I don't do the same. LOL!!! I just prune it hard the following spring and remove any dead wood. Thanks for the excellent instruction!!!
There may not be a whole lot to do, this time of year, but it is one of the most important times to be properly fertilizing and adding leaves (for insulation) to your lawns, trees and garden areas. Also, this is the best time to apply lime for your lawn. Of course, you want to get a soil test performed first.
@@dereka8041 yep I use all of my leafs and I have a lot of them. Something that stood out this year since I've been gardening the past 2 years is when they fall they place themselves where they need to be I have been thinking if I should skip racking in certain parts of my yard
∵§ain†♣∀₦₲ξℜ∴ I always think of winter as the hibernation time where you prepare for spring, and do tons and tons of research. I’ve been spending every second immersed in permaculture TH-cam videos and books, and also working on my infrastructure like building a greenhouse
@@HomesteadForALiving it's definitely fun and rewarding work. I brought in some strawberries and put them under growing lights they really like the blue spectrum and are growing well
I love how you take care of your food forest !!! Some people just let it lay as it is and clean it in the Spring,,, but I like your way better !!! Less work in the Spring !
I spent my time before fall, just putting together on paper (many scraps) of cover seeds combinations to sow for winter. The hoop house though remind me of a kid's toy box or a treasure chest for good things to do.
James, early next spring use a shovel to sever roots 12- 14"inches back from trunk around fig tree to add stress to root-ball, this will make fig tree fruit immensely. This makes the root ball feel constricted. A fig tree will fruit heavily when it has it's roots constricted. If not, all you will usually get is few fruits lots of leaves. Fig trees are resilient and will grow crazy. Be well my friend Happy New Year! GOD bless!
So much work just for a fig! I live in California in zone 9b (9a if the winter is super cold) and have four fig trees in 15 gallon pots, because my yard is really small. It is so much fun to go out in the morning and pick and eat two or three ripe figs before breakfast.
Awesome didnt know figs were that sensitive im in east tx not very cold here and ive always taken figs for granted everybody has one my garden buddies do
Right? If I could I move south so I can have a longer season! I ve already got some Coleus seeds started inside, i couldn't take it any longer, I'm in for it with it only being Dec 😂
Wow that is a lot of work you put on a fig tree.. And damn, i kept loosing my focus on what James is saying every time Tuck pops up on the screen.. He is just soooo incredibly cute and i want to steal him..😍😃😃
This is so helpful! I have 2 fig trees in pots and am in 6a. I've been bringing them inside next to a South-facing window, but they are ones that are supposed to be more winter- hardy than most. Maybe I'll plant them and try this. When do you unwrap them in Spring? I have a shoot coming up from the dirt - not the main trunk on one of mine. Should I cut it down below the dirt level? Tuck is such a cutie!
I love watching your videos.. I have learned so much from you. I live in Milford Delaware and I have a lime tree I have babied for 2 years now. I almost lost my tree last winter, but I used some of your tips and brought it back to life. Now it has some limes on it, but I feel I should take them off this year since it's now mid fall. My question is how should I winterize it for next year. It's in a large pot. I'm sure you have an answer for me to help my Lime tree be successful next year. I'll be waiting for your reply. Thank You so much for your instructions.
Do you recommend keeping a spreadsheet or list of what plants and varieties you have, or a diagram of what’s planted where? I definitely could see myself losing track of what’s what
How wide is your Food Forest? I am just wondering since the leaves-less trees standing up made the scenery appear quite wide... I realized now that the coming of winter season would make a farmer/gardener exert more effort to save his plants/trees before it arrives... I appreciate the lessons I learned from this video...Thank you.
Hey james thanks for the videos, they really motivating. I would greatly appreciate a video about the "greenhouse" for your raised bed. Keep up the good work and greetings from germany :)
Good morning, I'm currently waiting on my chip drop! I can't wait to see everything you and Paul Gautschi have taught me come to life. I'm in Hammonton,, blueberry capital of the world so I'm truly blessed to have good soil to work with. Makes my day to see Tuck🤗🐾🐾🐶
FIGS grow like weeds here in New Zealand,, cuttings take off almost 90%... too easy to grow n NO special treatment for winter lol:-0 love your show.. i do the same in my yard hehe x
Where do you get the wood chips? I like how you save that fig!! Here in No. Ca. I have onions, lots of garlic and beets planted and citrus getting ready. . Haven't done much else. However I just may have to do a similar treatment to my bell peppers and see if I can get those to overwinter. They are in pots. Cut them back and then wrap in burlap and perhaps put in unheated garden shed? Love the channel and the sweet Tuck.
Great vid again James. Thought you may like to know that one of the highschools in my area just announced a joint venture with the college to create a food forest in an unused parcel of land between two sports fields. The veg grown will be used both at the school and at shelters in the town. I think the concepts of sutainability and getting back to basics are finally catching on dude!! ;)
@@rlportillo here's the article... it's actually pretty ambitious and the fact that the students are also the ones tending it is epic. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/hampton-high-food-forest-1.5344207
Wow, your fig tree insulation is intense! Thanks for sharing. I just mulch super high, tie the tree and wrap the burlap and tie that. If it ever fails me then I know what to do.
Hi James, I enjoyed your video and learned how I can also grow fig trees now without having to keep them in a greenhouse. I have started watching a lot of videos on ROKU now and I enjoy immensely because of the large screen unfortunately there is no way to like a video or comment on ROKU. So when you put out a new one I always go to my laptop so that I can like the video and comment.
I bought a few packages of pool noodles and took a box cutter and sliced down the middle and fitted around all my tree trunks then packed the base with hay.
Are you concerned about rodents that may chew the bark from the fig tree during the winter ? Here in Nova Scotia rodents are a problem for skinning the bark from fruit trees in winter ...
id love you to give details of the products, like what size and brand tar paper you use. and then you could use affiliate links to make a bit of passive income. love your vids either way. thanks james.
That would be hard to do my my fig which is about 16' high and wide. The feeder roots are also farther out than your applying the manure. Most are on the outer edge of the dripline. I have a pecan orchard and also raise fruit trees.
I'm jealous of your system but I'm glad I found your channel its taught me so much. I'm still young and while all my friends are drinking and playing fortnite I'm sitting here dreaming of having a permaculture food forest.
That's what I like to hear!!
You're the intelligent one
Don’t sit at home and be lame as hell its ok To go out and play video games every once a while
Don't listen to the naysayers. You're doing the right and healthy thing. Stay on course and start your food forest. You'll be glad you stuck to your pursuit. You'll have something beneficial to show for your time and the others won't.
Honestly same. My friends aren’t playing fortnite tho lol
Imagine if the WHOLE WORLD grew food forests instead of front lawns and backyards.... Damn the world would be nice and people wouldn't be so wound up.
James!! So awesome to see you are over a million viewers!!! I started with you when you had a few thousand so it’s great to see how many people you’re reaching!!! You and Tuck truly are the best of gardening and food foresting on TH-cam!! I learned so much from you already!!! I have a long way to go but thanks to you, I’m growing!!!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻. Thank you so much!!!!!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🌹❤️
Hey James and Tuck!! I bought 4 new plum trees. Stanley, Rosey Gage, mount Royal, and blues jam
Hey Samuel K!! Let’s Gooo!!!!! ❤️🐕❤️
Tks, would love a vid on the hoop house. 🤗
I like the idea with just the leaves. I usually cover with plastic too and then an empty coffee can on top.
You care so much for the garden and keeping everything safe.
You are an angel 💗
This video is just what I needed after a frustrating Patriots game!
Your channel is so Blissful compared to the news!❤
Haha! Yup, know shootings going on in the garden lol
@@jamesprigioni Every time you make a video there is a shooting... thanks to the camera operator :D
You answered so many of my questions in this video. THANK YOU!!! I always look forward to your videos. Seeing Tuck working along with you is such a treat as well. Yes please do a hoop house video.
As always, great lesson for us beginners.
YES, please make an update video about the raised bed!
I love the way Tuck helps and he's really watching everything you do like he's learning lol. What a smart boy. God Bless. Merry Christmas and Happy Healthy and Prosperous 2020 '
💝💝💝 Love your energy.
It's so epic how inquisitive Tuck is with your every move in the food forest. 💙🐕
Definitely would like to see a video for the hoop house. I never would have thought about insulating a young tree like that, I might try that once I decide on fruit trees. Speaking of which, I finally have a house where I can start my own large garden with chickens! I probably won't go as hard as your food forest, but I'm absolutely using your videos for tips and ideas for it. I'm already looking into getting mulch to prep a spot for the first section of it.
Yes James please show the build for the hoop house! Thank you! We love your videos! Always quality!
Another great video, showing your winterizing techniques. Saving for reference when we build our homestead later on, after traveling for awhile. Thanks as always for sharing!
Thank you again James...your enthusiasm is fantastic really uplifting...keep sharing
You’re welcome Chantal! Thank you for your kind words ❤️😁
Tuck is a star, what a great buddy you have there! Great videos great vibes great info ✌️💚😁🙏
You and your furbaby make a great team!🙂😍
I would like to see you do a ‘raised bed hoop house’ video.
Great info on how to grow fig trees in cool climates. Also great information on how to fertilize your soil in the off season. I think many gardeners miss off season fertilization.
I HAD TO LOOK THIS VIDEO JAMES TO GET HELP WITH MY WINTER KEEP FOR I TREES..UR THE BOMB THANKS FOR ALL YOUR INFO
James, thanks so much for the comprehensive info on the fig tree. I have been searching for over wintering methods for some time. This is so helpful. I would also like a video on the raised bed hoop house. 💚💚💚💚💚 for Tuck.
I'll wait till you take out the cover. I'm curious and excited for the result. I hope you'll be successful in keeping it alive.
Nice video, thank you. Love the extra tip about the fig branches for smoking meats. Butchering outer pigs this week, I’ll do that when I smoke some.
Just what I needed. JP philosophy and enthusiasm.
you're great dude, love listening and watching. Feel free to throw in a few more of those little proverbs and philosophy. it goes together with nature :)
That is one seriously adorable puppy !!!
He’s the best good boy, I love sooooo much 🐕❤️❤️
Loved this video. I’d love to see a fig propagation video and watch how they progress!
Thank you i never knew what to do with my asparagus!! Always good to see Tuck ❤️
OK I'm zone 7a as well, but in Maryland. James you are so meticulous in protecting your fig tree....I feel so ashamed that I don't do the same. LOL!!! I just prune it hard the following spring and remove any dead wood. Thanks for the excellent instruction!!!
Great stuff. Thanks for the fig tree explanation. It helped a ton
Yes would like more info on raised bed. Thanks so much.
Thanks James P!!! I never thought i could grow figs outside !!!
Good info! How are the worms doing? You haven't mentioned them recently.
Awesome as always! Thank you for the tips and help as usual, and hey Happy New Year to you and Tuck
Tuck loves pruning!!😊
Thanks for another informative and enjoyable video. I would love to see a video on your raised hoop house garden.
It's depressing when the garden goes away for the season
Extremely
There may not be a whole lot to do, this time of year, but it is one of the most important times to be properly fertilizing and adding leaves (for insulation) to your lawns, trees and garden areas. Also, this is the best time to apply lime for your lawn. Of course, you want to get a soil test performed first.
@@dereka8041 yep I use all of my leafs and I have a lot of them. Something that stood out this year since I've been gardening the past 2 years is when they fall they place themselves where they need to be I have been thinking if I should skip racking in certain parts of my yard
∵§ain†♣∀₦₲ξℜ∴ I always think of winter as the hibernation time where you prepare for spring, and do tons and tons of research. I’ve been spending every second immersed in permaculture TH-cam videos and books, and also working on my infrastructure like building a greenhouse
@@HomesteadForALiving it's definitely fun and rewarding work. I brought in some strawberries and put them under growing lights they really like the blue spectrum and are growing well
I love how you take care of your food forest !!! Some people just let it lay as it is and clean it in the Spring,,, but I like your way better !!! Less work in the Spring !
Yup!! I try to use the rainy season so soak everything in, so now is the time to get stuff done 😁
Nice video James 👍
I spent my time before fall, just putting together on paper (many scraps) of cover seeds combinations to sow for winter. The hoop house though remind me of a kid's toy box or a treasure chest for good things to do.
Let's goooo!! 🌿💕🐾🐾
Bravo!!
Would love to see the vid on how to build the hoop
house. LOVES to Tuck and Shalom and Blessings from NE Missouri!
Yes we would love a raised bed hoop house video!
Sounds good Savana 😁👍🏻
Your such a east coast dude, rock on from Arizona
Brother James! Why you so cool man? I always appreciate your uploads and your perspective. Thanks so much.
Very nice videos, greetings from Belgium!
Thank you Koen! Greetings my friend 😁
James, early next spring use a shovel to sever roots 12- 14"inches back from trunk around fig tree to add stress to root-ball, this will make fig tree fruit immensely. This makes the root ball feel constricted. A fig tree will fruit heavily when it has it's roots constricted. If not, all you will usually get is few fruits lots of leaves. Fig trees are resilient and will grow crazy. Be well my friend Happy New Year! GOD bless!
So much work just for a fig! I live in California in zone 9b (9a if the winter is super cold) and have four fig trees in 15 gallon pots, because my yard is really small. It is so much fun to go out in the morning and pick and eat two or three ripe figs before breakfast.
I would also love to see a hoophouse video. thanks for the great info.
Another great video! I would definitely like to see how you built that hoop house.
Need more ppl like you in Colorado for weed cultivation
Love your channel. It’s great how much care you put into your food forest. What variety of figs were in the video?
Can you do a video on what's growing in your greenhouse? Also, would love to see a video on the hoop house you built.
Awesome didnt know figs were that sensitive im in east tx not very cold here and ive always taken figs for granted everybody has one my garden buddies do
You have a great outdoorsy excitement in your voice
Great vidoe. 👍
Thanks Michael, I love being out there and getting my hands dirty
Man I wish this growing season was longer
Me too: me too!!
Right? If I could I move south so I can have a longer season! I ve already got some Coleus seeds started inside, i couldn't take it any longer, I'm in for it with it only being Dec 😂
As he mentioned it's up to us to extend the season. DIY greenhouse, indoor grow room, or get closer to the equator, we got options!
I like to see a video on your raised beds. Thank you!
Wow that is a lot of work you put on a fig tree.. And damn, i kept loosing my focus on what James is saying every time Tuck pops up on the screen.. He is just soooo incredibly cute and i want to steal him..😍😃😃
This is so helpful! I have 2 fig trees in pots and am in 6a. I've been bringing them inside next to a South-facing window, but they are ones that are supposed to be more winter- hardy than most. Maybe I'll plant them and try this. When do you unwrap them in Spring? I have a shoot coming up from the dirt - not the main trunk on one of mine. Should I cut it down below the dirt level? Tuck is such a cutie!
I love watching your videos.. I have learned so much from you. I live in Milford Delaware and I have a lime tree I have babied for 2 years now. I almost lost my tree last winter, but I used some of your tips and brought it back to life. Now it has some limes on it, but I feel I should take them off this year since it's now mid fall.
My question is how should I winterize it for next year. It's in a large pot. I'm sure you have an answer for me to help my Lime tree be successful next year. I'll be waiting for your reply.
Thank You so much for your instructions.
Do you recommend keeping a spreadsheet or list of what plants and varieties you have, or a diagram of what’s planted where? I definitely could see myself losing track of what’s what
Tar Paper Flavored FIGS ~ Yummm
There's a hardy fig for cooler climates as well.
How wide is your Food Forest? I am just wondering since the leaves-less trees standing up made the scenery appear quite wide... I realized now that the coming of winter season would make a farmer/gardener exert more effort to save his plants/trees before it arrives... I appreciate the lessons I learned from this video...Thank you.
Hey james thanks for the videos, they really motivating. I would greatly appreciate a video about the "greenhouse" for your raised bed. Keep up the good work and greetings from germany :)
I would love to see how you built the raised bed hoop house.
What’s going on JP, Tuck, and secret camera person😀
Haha, not to much we are all just hanging, Tuck is chewing on a dog bone lol 🐕 🦴
Yes please on the hoop house video!!!
Fig looks like a soldier!
I always wacth this channel, but this the first time i leave a comment 😀
I'd love a hoop house video please!!
Sounds good Linda! 😁👍🏻
Good morning, I'm currently waiting on my chip drop! I can't wait to see everything you and Paul Gautschi have taught me come to life. I'm in Hammonton,, blueberry capital of the world so I'm truly blessed to have good soil to work with. Makes my day to see Tuck🤗🐾🐾🐶
Its expensive but provide very good protection. I like♥️
Lol the baby is trying to help, my cats are just same, they like to roll around my figs or plants I’m tending to. They want all my attention 😊
FIGS grow like weeds here in New Zealand,, cuttings take off almost 90%... too easy to grow n NO special treatment for winter lol:-0 love your show.. i do the same in my yard hehe x
Where do you get the wood chips? I like how you save that fig!! Here in No. Ca. I have onions, lots of garlic and beets planted and citrus getting ready. . Haven't done much else. However I just may have to do a similar treatment to my bell peppers and see if I can get those to overwinter. They are in pots. Cut them back and then wrap in burlap and perhaps put in unheated garden shed? Love the channel and the sweet Tuck.
What's going on! Great vid as always, love the leaves now 👍
tuck is so cute
He’s the best good boy 🐕❤️
James Word of Wisdom! Do not let the burlap touch the soil because it can wick moisture and cause mildew and rot.
Great vid again James. Thought you may like to know that one of the highschools in my area just announced a joint venture with the college to create a food forest in an unused parcel of land between two sports fields. The veg grown will be used both at the school and at shelters in the town. I think the concepts of sutainability and getting back to basics are finally catching on dude!! ;)
That's fantastic!!!
@@rlportillo here's the article... it's actually pretty ambitious and the fact that the students are also the ones tending it is epic. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/hampton-high-food-forest-1.5344207
Wow, your fig tree insulation is intense! Thanks for sharing. I just mulch super high, tie the tree and wrap the burlap and tie that. If it ever fails me then I know what to do.
Hahahah dang Tuck he's a pruning beast
Please show how to make the raised bed hoop house. I need to get out and spend time in the garden this winter. Its still good for the soul. Thanks
Hi James, I enjoyed your video and learned how I can also grow fig trees now without having to keep them in a greenhouse. I have started watching a lot of videos on ROKU now and I enjoy immensely because of the large screen unfortunately there is no way to like a video or comment on ROKU. So when you put out a new one I always go to my laptop so that I can like the video and comment.
I bought a few packages of pool noodles and took a box cutter and sliced down the middle and fitted around all my tree trunks then packed the base with hay.
I would really love to see a video about your "hoop house". :)
Yes! Hoop house build please!
Let’s Goooo!!!
Are you concerned about rodents that may chew the bark from the fig tree during the winter ? Here in Nova Scotia rodents are a problem for skinning the bark from fruit trees in winter ...
id love you to give details of the products, like what size and brand tar paper you use. and then you could use affiliate links to make a bit of passive income. love your vids either way. thanks james.
i love your intro man
Haha, thanks Des
That would be hard to do my my fig which is about 16' high and wide. The feeder roots are also farther out than your applying the manure. Most are on the outer edge of the dripline. I have a pecan orchard and also raise fruit trees.
Thank you for this video. Can you show how you propogate fig?
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Hoop house video 👍👍👍
5:40 check out my boy james p always hustling, respect!