Thanks heaps for watching! If you’re keen to see the whole 18 month process we took to turn this paddock into a place we could live, check out this video here. It shows the whole process from start to finish - th-cam.com/play/PLCk50QyzwVNHktgUgoFUld5IlS_XhVHVd.html
I'm very fond of gardening. You have a very big and lovly garden with lots of diffrent fruits and vegs. Good work. I feel if someone have a garden like yours, they can live more happy. It's my experience that gardening reduces stress.
I love this garden idea. It's like at our school. We have a food forest there too. On the ground, small berry bushes and herbs and stuff, then medium- and large-sized bushes with edible fruit/berries, then trees (apples and pears and some that I can't recall their names off). They all grow together in a more natural-looking forest patch with only small paths between them for the kids to go and pick the things. :) The many plants do help each other with survival too as they get natural wind and sun protection. :) We never water it, cause it's not needed. :) Also, awesome on having bees. We need more bees in the world who aren't being driven around all over the place, killing them off.
@@TheKiwiGrower The idea is to grow as much of the school's food as we can ourselves. :) It's a vegetarian and echo-friendly school. We had a harvest celebration/party thing a few weeks ago where we ate stuff from the garden. It was great. :)
Love the damson plum especially the jam! It’s all looking so amazing! You have achieved so much in a short time. The next few years are going to be so transformative!
Thanks Holly. Yea I’ve been quite enjoying eating the plums fresh since I filmed this. The sharpness wakes you up quite a bit haha. And yea the jam is soo good 😁
It's great to see how the food forest is coming along. I'll be following its development over the years. You are a year ahead of us and in a very different environment, the contrasts will be interesting!
You can cook the fresh luffa when it’s still green and the size of 2 cucumbers.Only the old luffa fruits are used to be sponges. Oh I love that very much.
@@CharlesNauck thats actually what im doing right now lol, ive essentially turned my dining room into an indoor garden. Thanks for the heads up on chilling the seeds first, that explains why my apple seeds wouldnt sprout (my grandpa has an apple tree so i am trying to grow some sapplings to graft onto)
Don’t even need a huge chunk. My future wife and I just bought a little less then an acre of land, but already have beans, peas, tomatoes, peppers, melons, cucumbers, and apples going. Nothing in the ground yet, still chilly in Illinois
@@keganbeavers3464 thats awesome bro congrats! Hopefully it warms up soon enough for you, winter is just dragging this year. My plan was always to start small and expand as i get the opportunity
Aww... your sheep are following you (11.56). FYI, everything on quince says you can't eat them raw, but you can. It's how I prefer them. Have you considered growing agave? The flower spikes are like an all-you-can-eat smorgasbord for bees!
@@TheKiwiGrower They are rather tough, so I cut them into wedges and just gnaw away, sort of sucking the juice out of the pulp as I go. Can't eat them too fast, though, because of all the fiber. I think they have a really subtle, sort of floral flavor when raw. Cooked, to me, they taste just sort of blah. Like an apple but no personality.
Hi, We used AkeAke for shelter about thirty years ago in coastal Taranaki. They got leggy and wanted to outgrow the competition. You might want to try Karo. Thirty years on, it is now my favourite shelter tree for columnar growth that the livestock also love to eat when pruned. They also provide reasonable pollen & nectar for the bees. Tagasaste (tree lucerne) are also a wonderful shelter for two flowerings or more per year in seasons when others don't. Kereru and Tui love them!
Thanks heaps, that’s very valuable info! I’ve got a few Karo which are doing well so I’ll look to incorporate more of them for the next windbreak. I’ve got quite a bit of tagasaste too which I agree are excellent trees. So many benefits and really fast growing too. Cheers
Thats a great collection you got there very jealous. Mate some fruit trees you might consider Grumichama, Acerola and Panama berry should be some of the exotic berry’s or cherries you should place along the wind break.
I just chanced upon your channel here in Canada... your efforts bearing fruits...... absolutely amazing...... I wonder if you will post video on what you cook with your produce :-)
Hey there Kalem....loving your work and how you transformed this huge patch of land into what it is now. How do you manage watering all the plans you've got......
Apologies if this has been mentioned before, but you planted the sugar incorrectly. You place it long ways in the ground and the new growth comes up (not out as yours have done)
Haha it’s just cause I only film when it’s nice. Yes we do get quite a few frost through Winter, and also a lot of wind at times. We can get bad droughts too in my area, made worse by the wind. But as things keep growing I think it will only get better 🤞. Thanks for the info on sugarcane! That makes sense 🤦♂️ lol
@@TheKiwiGrower your very welcome. I live in Australia. But I want to move to NZ . I grow alot of tropical fruits in cold climate . How much wroughtly for a acre of land there. Or 5 acres. ,👍
We grew lufa plant without problems at sandy soil. It's a lot of work to remove the seeds, but it's ready to wash with it and the most important is its not plastic.
Not sure if you are mainly interested in exotic fruits or if that includes vegetables too, but I'm super excited to grow two 'wild' tomato species (Coyote and Wild Galapagos) (reviewers often rave about the intense, different flavor of wild tomatoes and I found articles that delved into the genetic research of tomatoes that found as they were cultivated for size and color, modern tomatoes lost many of their genetic markers for taste too) as well as a newly commercialized landrace tomatillo called Acorazonado or Queen of Malinalco. Not sure if YT allows links, but I'll try to add where I got them below
Definitely interested in any unusual plants, especially food crops. Didn’t know about wild tomato species though and the good reviews about them. If you grow let let me know how it goes! :)
Please tell me what breed is Kinsey? I love how your animals are all BIG!! Just started watching your channel.... Great stuff... wondering what country you are in? or area? grow zone?? I am quite sure I cannot grow many of the trees you have there, but they are lovely!!
Hey, Kenzie is an arapawa sheep :). She was handraised which is why she's so friendly - sometimes that breed can be quite wild. I'm in New Zealand and our cold hardiness zone is around 10a. Winter temps go as low as about -2C, and we get around a dozen or so frosts in Winter. Thanks for joining me!
Grow some Mexican sour gherkins next spring on that climbing rack. They were my favorite crop this summer going to grow them every year now. Pop some sugar peas on it for a winter crop.
Its too cold here to have them outside, but I'd like to have some in a greenhouse at some stage even if they don't produce fruit, they're nice trees :)
I'm hooked on growing fruit grafted trees rather than a vegetable garden. I'm in zone 6a in New Brunswick Canada. Would you attempt to grow Loquat or Goji berry trees, and avocado here? I'm so amazed how much you've accomplished in 18 months! I'm inspired to try from seed! 🤔🌸
Hi Joni, thanks so much for all the comments! I'm hooked on growing fruit too! How cold does it get in your zone? Loquats and Goji berries are quite hardy but avocado not as much
Passionfruit would look cool up that! Thanks :). I’ve got a white mulberry tree - will look at putting in some of the other varieties. I’ve never actually tried the fruit yet!
I absolutely LOVE the layout, choices of varieties, all the ones I’m planning for our 2 x little hectares in Qld. Hey where do you buy yr SEEDS? I’ve found all of my eBay buys have not germinated, even using biodynamic soil prep spray with Mikskarr seed raising mix and rain water. I ADORE the Gumtree’ Vine’Lin. So much so i plan to use the tops of 50 trees we just had taken out. My idea for the structure frame is planting GOURDS and turning them into BIRD HOUSES to screw into the surrounding trees. BEEES, KIWI bees and English bees are so gorgeous. Their fat little bodies , how blessed to share your life with them, I’m thinking of even just trying the plastic bottle idea from ADVOKO MAKES on YT…he also makes natural super cheap grow tunnels. I love the berry collection. Those tomatoes are Devine.
Any tips on keeping the birds from digging up mulch? It seems the birds in my garden love getting the worms out from underneath and make such a mess, and disturb young roots on the plants.
I don’t tend to have this issue and it’s probably because I put mulch on very thick - I’m talking around 10 inches thick. I do of course make sure to pull mulch away from the trunk of fruit trees though so they don’t get buried and I also walk on the mulch and stomp it down a bit after applying which helps it hold together more. I takes too much effort for the birds to dig through that much mulch to reach the soil level so they don’t seem to bother :)
Thanks! 😊. I do have some kiwifruit plants. The only ones I have now are about 6 months from seed but they’re doing well. I plan to get them in the ground and build a trellis for them so will share about it when I do that :)
Have you made any Bug Hotels yet?? We moved to the lower half of the South Island and have only been here for nearly 2 yrs. I grew some Malabar Spinach this year, a nice strong taste and also a climber. Easy to grow from cut off stems and reseeds itself if you don't collect the seeds. Can be very prolific producer. Had a different type before that grows on a stem and you remove the leaves as it grows higher. Nice soft flavor that one. I miss Chocolate Cherry Tomato's when we lived in Oregon. All hierloom Tomato's taste great in my opinion.. Keep up the good work.
Hi Maurice, no haven't made any bug hotels yet at this place, however have noticed a massive increase of insects as we get more plants in and more diversity :). Malabar spinach sounds interesting will have to add that to the list, thanks!
Hi from Melbourne thanks for the great vids....I have a tropical collection too in my rainforest of various Garcinias, Jaboticabas, Pitangatuba's etc and lots of bush tucker plants...quick question where did you get seeds for your Blue sausage tree/shrub as Ebay only sells it from overseas...wanting too buy in Australia as postage alot cheaper thanks ..
Hi Nancy, thanks for the comment, sounds like you’ve got a great collection! I actually bought mine as plants within NZ, but not sure where you could get in Ausi sorry
What are your plans for all your produce? Is this to be a market garden-style farm? Also how do you deal with pests? I can see something has been munching on some of your leaves. I only have a tiny balcony garden with morning sun, and windy and salty from the ocean-front property. The only pests I get are the little white mealy bugs(?) that the ants farm. They eat my baby lemons.
Hey I just started watching your videos it's absolutely great and plan to learn from you for as long as I can! But just in case there is no longer a way of viewing your channel do you or any of your viewers have any recommendations for good books to keep on hand?
I've got this one and find it really good :) The Food Forest Handbook: Design and Manage a Home-Scale Perennial Polyculture Garden amzn.to/3imbZHo And this ones great for learning how to graft fruit trees : Grafting and Budding: A Practical Guide for Fruit and Nut Plants and Ornamentals amzn.to/3iniYQa (Note: link is an affiliate link, so I earn a small commission from any purchase at no extra cost to you)
Я так рада,что подписана на ваш канал!!!Это море позитива,жизни,красоты!!!Я думаю,у вас растет все,что вы посадите!!!У вас там не бывает зимы,какой это штат?!💕
Hey mate you should consider in the longer term not only using honey bees as they aren’t optimal for pollination for a many plants and will out compete native species
I'm just south of the Auckland area. Pretty windy here too in the rural area where I live, but I usually can't film when there's wind so you won't see it often. Cheers ❤
I mine from Kings seeds which is a New Zealand based company. Think they only sell within NZ. You should be able to find some online in your area though :)
Wow great food forest! Aren't the sugarcane supposed to be planted sideways (flat) with eyes on each notch facing upwards? Maybe that's the reason for them growing sideways?
Thanks, and yep that's right. I've since learnt this so will be sure to do that next time. The ones in this video has since all grown upwards though so it did work out in the end anyway :)
Yep it’s planted the right way up, but they sprout out the sides once the top is cut off. Someone above suggested planting them on their side, which seems to make sense. Will do that next time
I was always taught to plant the sugar cane down in a shallow trench lengthways. That’s what we do with ours anyway! Great to to see your progress. We are doing the same in Whangarei, changing a sheep paddock into a food forest! Mega amounts of sheet Mulching so far!
Really enjoying your videos - have been researching about no dig gardens and they make alot of sense! What part of NZ are you in as am in Wellington and have wind to contend with - but you've inspired me even making small plots in and around our suburban garden. I'd read about the Mexican 3 sisters idea so loved seeing that in action in your other video. What will you do with your gourds? Are they edible ones? Thanks!
Hi Chrissie, thanks for the feedback :). I’m just south of Auckland area. We have a very exposed site so deal a lot with wind here as well. Not ideal for young plants and it drys the land out a lot in summer. With the gourds, they’re all edible ones except the bottle gourds which I want to make into water bottles / birdhouses and maybe some other fun projects :)
look at those tomatoes, you got some really odd plants growing ay haha awesome, i recently heard of this sausage fruit vine or 3 or 5 leaf akebia and i need it but i cant find seed, a guy in london has one growing over a trellis his names kris yorkshire, he grows mostly ornamentals but had that 1 fruit vine and said it tastes nice n sweet, we need it man we need it lol, awesome vid cheers
It basically kills off the grass and stops it growing up into the new garden bed. It decomposes usually within about 6 weeks which is long enough to stop almost all weeds :)
Where did you get your sugar cane from? I’m also in NZ and keen to get some in my garden!! :) Also love how your property is coming along. We also moved into our place about a year ago and have been transforming our place too 😁
Hey, always happy to help out where I can. I think a good minset with this (and anything), is not necessarily to get the knowledge and then do it, but instead just do it and learn as you go. If you have specific questions I can help with feel free to flick me an email (see video description) :)
Thanks heaps for watching! If you’re keen to see the whole 18 month process we took to turn this paddock into a place we could live, check out this video here. It shows the whole process from start to finish - th-cam.com/play/PLCk50QyzwVNHktgUgoFUld5IlS_XhVHVd.html
Wow I’m super impressed!! Good job 😍
What zone are your number zones just wondering if I can plant in here minnesota
I'm very fond of gardening. You have a very big and lovly garden with lots of diffrent fruits and vegs. Good work. I feel if someone have a garden like yours, they can live more happy. It's my experience that gardening reduces stress.
@@ithinksustainable love the variety of plants
Great job, hard to stop planting once you start.
The transformation happens quickly, I started 6 years ago and every year we get to taste new fruits.
Nice one that’s awesome! Can’t wait to get to that stage :)
@@TheKiwiGrower I usually plant bits of sugar cane laying flat, they root down and shoot up from a node.
Thanks!
Thanks so much Jack! Appreciate the support :)
I always give my extra cucumbers to my chooks.
It’s a refreshing & hydrating summer treat & the membrane around the seeds is a natural wormer.
I love this garden idea. It's like at our school. We have a food forest there too. On the ground, small berry bushes and herbs and stuff, then medium- and large-sized bushes with edible fruit/berries, then trees (apples and pears and some that I can't recall their names off). They all grow together in a more natural-looking forest patch with only small paths between them for the kids to go and pick the things. :) The many plants do help each other with survival too as they get natural wind and sun protection. :) We never water it, cause it's not needed. :) Also, awesome on having bees. We need more bees in the world who aren't being driven around all over the place, killing them off.
That's so cool you have a food forest there. Such a cool thing to have in a school!
@@TheKiwiGrower The idea is to grow as much of the school's food as we can ourselves. :) It's a vegetarian and echo-friendly school. We had a harvest celebration/party thing a few weeks ago where we ate stuff from the garden. It was great. :)
Love the damson plum especially the jam! It’s all looking so amazing! You have achieved so much in a short time. The next few years are going to be so transformative!
Thanks Holly. Yea I’ve been quite enjoying eating the plums fresh since I filmed this. The sharpness wakes you up quite a bit haha. And yea the jam is soo good 😁
It's great to see how the food forest is coming along. I'll be following its development over the years. You are a year ahead of us and in a very different environment, the contrasts will be interesting!
Thanks Liz! Yea can't wait to see it continue to develop - and your new place too! So lucky to have the opportunity to do this kind of thing :)
The food forest looks amazing!.. You have come a really long way! Kudos👍
Thanks! Such a rewarding process :)
Love your vid. My mouth watered when you bit the sour plum, crazy, isn't it? Power of suggestion! I'm makjng a food forest here in South Africa.
How exciting to be making a food forest too. Such a rewarding process
You can cook the fresh luffa when it’s still green and the size of 2 cucumbers.Only the old luffa fruits are used to be sponges. Oh I love that very much.
Enjoy watching your videos, thank you, been learning a lot from these!
The food forest is coming along very well
And you could maby grow a different type of bean or even melons on that structure where the loofah now is
Thanks, cool idea - melons would look awesome
Its always been my dream to buy a huge chunk of land and turn it into a giant food forest
Same here
@@CharlesNauck thats actually what im doing right now lol, ive essentially turned my dining room into an indoor garden. Thanks for the heads up on chilling the seeds first, that explains why my apple seeds wouldnt sprout (my grandpa has an apple tree so i am trying to grow some sapplings to graft onto)
Don’t even need a huge chunk. My future wife and I just bought a little less then an acre of land, but already have beans, peas, tomatoes, peppers, melons, cucumbers, and apples going. Nothing in the ground yet, still chilly in Illinois
@@keganbeavers3464 thats awesome bro congrats! Hopefully it warms up soon enough for you, winter is just dragging this year. My plan was always to start small and expand as i get the opportunity
@@chrrmin1979 hey thanks. Yeah hoping for it to warm up and stay warm in the next couple weeks. In the meantime the bedroom is a plant nursery 😅
Can't wait to see your nxt update. How things are growing.
TITHONIA (just watching now love that flower!)
Aww... your sheep are following you (11.56).
FYI, everything on quince says you can't eat them raw, but you can. It's how I prefer them.
Have you considered growing agave? The flower spikes are like an all-you-can-eat smorgasbord for bees!
I’ve tasted them raw but it was bad haha. How do you eat them raw?? I’ve found them really good cooked with a bit of honey and lime :)
Haven’t thought about agave but the flower spikes are so cool!
@@TheKiwiGrower They are rather tough, so I cut them into wedges and just gnaw away, sort of sucking the juice out of the pulp as I go. Can't eat them too fast, though, because of all the fiber. I think they have a really subtle, sort of floral flavor when raw. Cooked, to me, they taste just sort of blah. Like an apple but no personality.
Fair enough. The variety I have smell like pineapple when they’re ripe. Will have another little go on them unripe but we’ll see... :)
Definitely inspired me to give it a go!
Must be time for an updated tour of the food forest
Love your videos! Definitely going to try some of your growing tips next year in the spring! Cheers!
Hi, We used AkeAke for shelter about thirty years ago in coastal Taranaki. They got leggy and wanted to outgrow the competition. You might want to try Karo. Thirty years on, it is now my favourite shelter tree for columnar growth that the livestock also love to eat when pruned. They also provide reasonable pollen & nectar for the bees. Tagasaste (tree lucerne) are also a wonderful shelter for two flowerings or more per year in seasons when others don't. Kereru and Tui love them!
Thanks heaps, that’s very valuable info! I’ve got a few Karo which are doing well so I’ll look to incorporate more of them for the next windbreak. I’ve got quite a bit of tagasaste too which I agree are excellent trees. So many benefits and really fast growing too. Cheers
Looks fantastic!!
Wonderful garden 👍
Loofah is good to grow in the summer season, to get the right size you need to give it enough manure and water.
Hi Priyanka, thanks for the comment and info :). Might have a go using more manure next year
Thats a great collection you got there very jealous. Mate some fruit trees you might consider Grumichama, Acerola and Panama berry should be some of the exotic berry’s or cherries you should place along the wind break.
Put the sugarcane’s horizontally under the soil and put the node facing upside to grow it vertically ❤️
Awesome stuff, the reason your sugar cane is growing on the ground is because you planted it wrong, you need to plant it horizontally, not vertically.
I just chanced upon your channel here in Canada... your efforts bearing fruits...... absolutely amazing...... I wonder if you will post video on what you cook with your produce :-)
Hey there Kalem....loving your work and how you transformed this huge patch of land into what it is now. How do you manage watering all the plans you've got......
Pickles are always a liked way to deal with extra cucumbers
Bet your glad your all set up now!! Nice set up by the way love from Australia!! :-)!!
Thanks heaps, yea it's nice to be able to plant trees knowing I'll be here for awhile!
Apologies if this has been mentioned before, but you planted the sugar incorrectly. You place it long ways in the ground and the new growth comes up (not out as yours have done)
True. We plant sugar canes in a slanting position just like we plant cassava.
Damson plum cheesecake is soooooooo gooood
Out with the lawn. In with the food forest.
You have very nice weather there. Do you get any Frost. Thankyou. with your sugarcane always plant them flat . That's what I've found 👍
Haha it’s just cause I only film when it’s nice. Yes we do get quite a few frost through Winter, and also a lot of wind at times. We can get bad droughts too in my area, made worse by the wind. But as things keep growing I think it will only get better 🤞.
Thanks for the info on sugarcane! That makes sense 🤦♂️ lol
@@TheKiwiGrower your very welcome. I live in Australia. But I want to move to NZ . I grow alot of tropical fruits in cold climate . How much wroughtly for a acre of land there. Or 5 acres. ,👍
I’ve gotta try the feijoas in Ireland. Similar enough climate, sort’ve surprised they aren’t already grown in temperate Europe.
True! Yea they are surprisingly hardly and such a prolific producer
You are living my dream life
We grew lufa plant without problems at sandy soil. It's a lot of work to remove the seeds, but it's ready to wash with it and the most important is its not plastic.
Not sure if you are mainly interested in exotic fruits or if that includes vegetables too, but I'm super excited to grow two 'wild' tomato species (Coyote and Wild Galapagos) (reviewers often rave about the intense, different flavor of wild tomatoes and I found articles that delved into the genetic research of tomatoes that found as they were cultivated for size and color, modern tomatoes lost many of their genetic markers for taste too) as well as a newly commercialized landrace tomatillo called Acorazonado or Queen of Malinalco. Not sure if YT allows links, but I'll try to add where I got them below
Definitely interested in any unusual plants, especially food crops. Didn’t know about wild tomato species though and the good reviews about them. If you grow let let me know how it goes! :)
So jealous of what you've got
I do feel very lucky!
Please tell me what breed is Kinsey? I love how your animals are all BIG!! Just started watching your channel.... Great stuff... wondering what country you are in? or area? grow zone?? I am quite sure I cannot grow many of the trees you have there, but they are lovely!!
Hey, Kenzie is an arapawa sheep :). She was handraised which is why she's so friendly - sometimes that breed can be quite wild.
I'm in New Zealand and our cold hardiness zone is around 10a. Winter temps go as low as about -2C, and we get around a dozen or so frosts in Winter.
Thanks for joining me!
All is looking really good
Keen to see the feijoa test results 👍
Cheers! Yea should be interesting :)
Grow some Mexican sour gherkins next spring on that climbing rack.
They were my favorite crop this summer going to grow them every year now. Pop some sugar peas on it for a winter crop.
Hey, thanks for that. Will have to look into growing those. They sound awesome
Amazing progress
Thanks! Good to step back every once and awhile to see how much things have changed :)
the bees are the highlight of the video
Please make a video about pears! It could be Chinese pears or any other!
You should plant two mango trees! They will create a lot of shade and they produce so much fruit.
Its too cold here to have them outside, but I'd like to have some in a greenhouse at some stage even if they don't produce fruit, they're nice trees :)
I'm hooked on growing fruit grafted trees rather than a vegetable garden. I'm in zone 6a in New Brunswick Canada. Would you attempt to grow Loquat or Goji berry trees, and avocado here?
I'm so amazed how much you've accomplished in 18 months! I'm inspired to try from seed! 🤔🌸
Hi Joni, thanks so much for all the comments! I'm hooked on growing fruit too! How cold does it get in your zone? Loquats and Goji berries are quite hardy but avocado not as much
tomatoes look Yummy.
Cool man, thank you.
You should put a passionfruit vine on that trellis. And some mulberry trees would be a nice compliment with the other berries.
Passionfruit would look cool up that! Thanks :). I’ve got a white mulberry tree - will look at putting in some of the other varieties. I’ve never actually tried the fruit yet!
Looking good.
Thanks! 😊
I absolutely LOVE the layout, choices of varieties, all the ones I’m planning for our 2 x little hectares in Qld. Hey where do you buy yr SEEDS? I’ve found all of my eBay buys have not germinated, even using biodynamic soil prep spray with Mikskarr seed raising mix and rain water. I ADORE the Gumtree’ Vine’Lin. So much so i plan to use the tops of 50 trees we just had taken out. My idea for the structure frame is planting GOURDS and turning them into BIRD HOUSES to screw into the surrounding trees.
BEEES, KIWI bees and English bees are so gorgeous. Their fat little bodies , how blessed to share your life with them, I’m thinking of even just trying the plastic bottle idea from ADVOKO MAKES on YT…he also makes natural super cheap grow tunnels.
I love the berry collection. Those tomatoes are Devine.
Any tips on keeping the birds from digging up mulch? It seems the birds in my garden love getting the worms out from underneath and make such a mess, and disturb young roots on the plants.
I don’t tend to have this issue and it’s probably because I put mulch on very thick - I’m talking around 10 inches thick. I do of course make sure to pull mulch away from the trunk of fruit trees though so they don’t get buried and I also walk on the mulch and stomp it down a bit after applying which helps it hold together more. I takes too much effort for the birds to dig through that much mulch to reach the soil level so they don’t seem to bother :)
@@TheKiwiGrower thank you so much, I will try adding a thicker layer! Love your videos and learn lots, thank you 🙏
Do you have any kiwi fruit plants growing? That would be nice to see a video on that.
Your food forest is coming along very nicely.
Thanks! 😊. I do have some kiwifruit plants. The only ones I have now are about 6 months from seed but they’re doing well. I plan to get them in the ground and build a trellis for them so will share about it when I do that :)
Have you made any Bug Hotels yet?? We moved to the lower half of the South Island and have only been here for nearly 2 yrs. I grew some Malabar Spinach this year, a nice strong taste and also a climber. Easy to grow from cut off stems and reseeds itself if you don't collect the seeds. Can be very prolific producer. Had a different type before that grows on a stem and you remove the leaves as it grows higher. Nice soft flavor that one. I miss Chocolate Cherry Tomato's when we lived in Oregon. All hierloom Tomato's taste great in my opinion.. Keep up the good work.
Hi Maurice, no haven't made any bug hotels yet at this place, however have noticed a massive increase of insects as we get more plants in and more diversity :).
Malabar spinach sounds interesting will have to add that to the list, thanks!
Hi from Melbourne thanks for the great vids....I have a tropical collection too in my rainforest of various Garcinias, Jaboticabas, Pitangatuba's etc and lots of bush tucker plants...quick question where did you get seeds for your Blue sausage tree/shrub as Ebay only sells it from overseas...wanting too buy in Australia as postage alot cheaper thanks ..
Hi Nancy, thanks for the comment, sounds like you’ve got a great collection!
I actually bought mine as plants within NZ, but not sure where you could get in Ausi sorry
It’s amazing!!!
👏🏼👏🏼 Another Great Job! I dream of doing something like that! Question: Do the Bee’s Produce Manuka Honey,Since your in New Zealand??
What are your plans for all your produce? Is this to be a market garden-style farm? Also how do you deal with pests? I can see something has been munching on some of your leaves. I only have a tiny balcony garden with morning sun, and windy and salty from the ocean-front property. The only pests I get are the little white mealy bugs(?) that the ants farm. They eat my baby lemons.
We grew a peach tree and it produced peaches every year. It suddenly stopped producing peachers 2 years ago... Thoughts?
purple yard long beans are maybe the bushy type. I've seen them as bush.
Good to know. Thanks! :) I wondered that but assumed it might have been a climber because of how long the beans are.
Hey I just started watching your videos it's absolutely great and plan to learn from you for as long as I can! But just in case there is no longer a way of viewing your channel do you or any of your viewers have any recommendations for good books to keep on hand?
I've got this one and find it really good :) The Food Forest Handbook: Design and Manage a Home-Scale Perennial Polyculture Garden amzn.to/3imbZHo
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@@TheKiwiGrower thank you!
3:57 in my country we make rakija out of those.
Я так рада,что подписана на ваш канал!!!Это море позитива,жизни,красоты!!!Я думаю,у вас растет все,что вы посадите!!!У вас там не бывает зимы,какой это штат?!💕
Looking amazing mate! What part of New Zealand do you live? I’m in Christchurch and curious to see how tropical fruit trees will grow 🤔
Thanks mate, I'm in the north Waikato. Most of my suptropicals are going to probably end up in a tunnelhouse or something simalar
Enjoy your warm weather! It's currently snowy and 6 degrees F (-14 degrees C) here in Ohio, USA 😢🥶😰
🥶 gees that’s cold!
Hey mate you should consider in the longer term not only using honey bees as they aren’t optimal for pollination for a many plants and will out compete native species
Hi keen to know where about you in the country.
Looks like you have a great weather
Aroha from windy Welli❤️
I'm just south of the Auckland area. Pretty windy here too in the rural area where I live, but I usually can't film when there's wind so you won't see it often. Cheers ❤
Where do u purchase ur veggie seeds? I’m impressed by the black pear shaped tomato! I wanna try some out 😀
I mine from Kings seeds which is a New Zealand based company. Think they only sell within NZ. You should be able to find some online in your area though :)
Awesome 👍
Wow great food forest! Aren't the sugarcane supposed to be planted sideways (flat) with eyes on each notch facing upwards? Maybe that's the reason for them growing sideways?
Thanks, and yep that's right. I've since learnt this so will be sure to do that next time. The ones in this video has since all grown upwards though so it did work out in the end anyway :)
@@TheKiwiGrower great to hear that, atleast you havent lost out on a harvest 😄
Not sure , but is that sugar cane planted the right way up? Maybe it makes a difference .
Yep it’s planted the right way up, but they sprout out the sides once the top is cut off. Someone above suggested planting them on their side, which seems to make sense. Will do that next time
I was always taught to plant the sugar cane down in a shallow trench lengthways. That’s what we do with ours anyway!
Great to to see your progress. We are doing the same in Whangarei, changing a sheep paddock into a food forest! Mega amounts of sheet
Mulching so far!
Ever thought about having a fruit stand?
Hi. What variety of cucumber did you grow in this video thanks
Looks great! :)
Thanks! 😊
WOW !😍
Really enjoying your videos - have been researching about no dig gardens and they make alot of sense! What part of NZ are you in as am in Wellington and have wind to contend with - but you've inspired me even making small plots in and around our suburban garden. I'd read about the Mexican 3 sisters idea so loved seeing that in action in your other video. What will you do with your gourds? Are they edible ones? Thanks!
Hi Chrissie, thanks for the feedback :).
I’m just south of Auckland area. We have a very exposed site so deal a lot with wind here as well. Not ideal for young plants and it drys the land out a lot in summer. With the gourds, they’re all edible ones except the bottle gourds which I want to make into water bottles / birdhouses and maybe some other fun projects :)
look at those tomatoes, you got some really odd plants growing ay haha awesome, i recently heard of this sausage fruit vine or 3 or 5 leaf akebia and i need it but i cant find seed, a guy in london has one growing over a trellis his names kris yorkshire, he grows mostly ornamentals but had that 1 fruit vine and said it tastes nice n sweet, we need it man we need it lol, awesome vid cheers
Haha thanks man. Gotta have alll the plants 😂
Where in nz are you? must be north island given what you're growing. im sure a bunch of that stuff wouldnt grow down here
Why did you put the cardboard under the compost at around min 5:30?
It basically kills off the grass and stops it growing up into the new garden bed.
It decomposes usually within about 6 weeks which is long enough to stop almost all weeds :)
You could experiment by making kimchi with the cucumbers!
Whereabouts in NZ are you at? Just trying to figure what I can do in my vegetable garden. I’m in Christchurch.
I'm in North Waikato area :)
whats your common name for the purple Dodonaea's??
Could you please tell me what is the size of the land? I have the same plan to grow fruit and vegetable and rabbits ;))
Where did you get your sugar cane from? I’m also in NZ and keen to get some in my garden!! :)
Also love how your property is coming along. We also moved into our place about a year ago and have been transforming our place too 😁
That’s awesome, so cool to be able to transform a bit of land! I got mine from the Waikato tree crops annual market at Hamilton gardens :)
Hope you got the sugar cane put it horizontally in the soil to grow upside ✅
Have you tried Goji berries in your garden yet?
I'll be planting the ones I grew from seed in the garden soon. I showed them on my most recent video :)
Just letting you, if you don't know yet, that the sugar cane is supposed to be planted horizontally.
Which area in nz are you
those strawberries were almost as gorgeous as he is
Hi there, what area are you in the North Island, please.
can you use bamboos as wind breaker?
Could do, but some bamboo can be quite invasive. I do have one small area of bamboo which is great to use the wood around the garden :)
how you control pests?
Do you still have starfruit plants?
No unfortunately not as I couldn’t keep all my old plants when I moved to the city for around 5 years
@@TheKiwiGrower 😕
lucky your wife her husband can grow his own food😍
Ohhh we can grow.loafa in nz
I want this life I've got the money to do it but lack this knowledge. How much for your guidance?haha
Hey, always happy to help out where I can. I think a good minset with this (and anything), is not necessarily to get the knowledge and then do it, but instead just do it and learn as you go. If you have specific questions I can help with feel free to flick me an email (see video description) :)
Which State?
2:08 dead mans fingers is weird name for that plant haha
I hope you've got a nice big wide brimmed hat now 😳
what area do you live in ( I am an NZer)
I’m just south of the Auckland area. So, the Waikato :)
where do you live ?!