About perennial nitrogen fixers… it is my understanding that nitrogen fixers provide nitrogen to the ground when they die, NOT while they are alive… so do you prune the perennial nitrogen fixers regularly and drop the pruned material to decompose and release the nitrogen into the ground? Or do you just chop the whole thing down and let it regrow?
Hi Dieter. I believe that N fixers can share while alive, but you won't get as much as you would with an annual cover crop that is chopped and possibly tilled into the soil. However, I'm still learning/researching this. Thanks!
You have way to much bare mulch showing and hardly any herbaceous layer. This is poor design, sorry. It's not in the spirit of a true permaculture guild it looks more like a basic landscape design. The idea sir is to let the herbaceous layer be the mulch layer. Once established a tree guild should not look maintained.or look like individual plants planted around a tree like yours does. To me it looks as if all you did was mulch down the grass with wood chips and then sparsley plant some other plants around a tree. That's not a guild imho
This is a great guild design... you can tell that the plants are fairly new to the area. They probably have filled in great by now. The gardener needs to be able to harvest the fruit, so having a space to walk up to the tree is quite handy. Why don't you post a video of your yard? Would love to see how much 'better' yours is. I believe a large part of permaculture is being kind to the Earth and others. This comment was not kind [quite RUDE actually]. Do better.
Should not look maintained? My goats and Chickens keep my 3 acre permaculture site looking maintained. It's call balance if done right the ecosystem is stable and the animals keep it trim. One goat migrates to the freezer every fall to maintain the balance in the winter. I have over 100 fruit and nut trees and with clovers, grasses, radishes and wild annuals. I have also used many dump truck loads of mulch to increase organic matter in soil. In nature many natural balanced systems are not untidy. How big is your permaculture site?
@@johnowens5342 that's not at all what I was inferring when I said "maintained". I was referring to seeing bare soil/mulch with traditional spacing between plants etc. I am not saying it should look like a wild overgrown mess. Pruning or browsing of goats are to be expected. In a more permaculture design however there would be found cover to canopy things planted that will make it look like a natural environment not a landscaped environment
@@juliaehrnstrom3308 it may be a nicely landscaped guild but I don't consider it a true permaculture design. There is no underground layer aka root crops and tubers. There is no ground cover layer such as strawberry, mint etc and there is no climbing layer. He's covering from canopy to herbaceous layer but missing the lower layers and the climbing one. So when I say it shouldn't look maintained I'm saying you shouldn't be seeing wood chips because those other layers would be filling it in and providing the moisture retention and soil integrity etc.
@danielgeci4513 if its as covered as you say, is there even space to put some additional mulch? Can you throw it just above the ground cover and tubers? Or do I have to find spaces to fit some leaves in between the plants?
"The gardener is also part of the guild." Yes, thank you. I like your style.
I've seen a lot of "these" videos, this is top top notch explanation and presentation
One of the best explanations of planting a guild that I’ve read or seen!
Unbelievable valuable. Keep going with your work 🧙🏽♂️
Awesome tips and examples!
This is nice. You're a man of many talents.
Great vid 😂😊
About perennial nitrogen fixers… it is my understanding that nitrogen fixers provide nitrogen to the ground when they die, NOT while they are alive… so do you prune the perennial nitrogen fixers regularly and drop the pruned material to decompose and release the nitrogen into the ground? Or do you just chop the whole thing down and let it regrow?
Hi Dieter. I believe that N fixers can share while alive, but you won't get as much as you would with an annual cover crop that is chopped and possibly tilled into the soil. However, I'm still learning/researching this. Thanks!
🤣🤣🤣 Great advice.
Do you need a second apple tree to cross-pollinate?
as far as i know its not necessary for most varieties, but it always improves the yield. More diversity in insects improves the yield as well
You have way to much bare mulch showing and hardly any herbaceous layer. This is poor design, sorry. It's not in the spirit of a true permaculture guild it looks more like a basic landscape design. The idea sir is to let the herbaceous layer be the mulch layer. Once established a tree guild should not look maintained.or look like individual plants planted around a tree like yours does. To me it looks as if all you did was mulch down the grass with wood chips and then sparsley plant some other plants around a tree. That's not a guild imho
This is a great guild design... you can tell that the plants are fairly new to the area. They probably have filled in great by now. The gardener needs to be able to harvest the fruit, so having a space to walk up to the tree is quite handy. Why don't you post a video of your yard? Would love to see how much 'better' yours is. I believe a large part of permaculture is being kind to the Earth and others. This comment was not kind [quite RUDE actually]. Do better.
Should not look maintained? My goats and Chickens keep my 3 acre permaculture site looking maintained. It's call balance if done right the ecosystem is stable and the animals keep it trim. One goat migrates to the freezer every fall to maintain the balance in the winter. I have over 100 fruit and nut trees and with clovers, grasses, radishes and wild annuals. I have also used many dump truck loads of mulch to increase organic matter in soil. In nature many natural balanced systems are not untidy. How big is your permaculture site?
@@johnowens5342 that's not at all what I was inferring when I said "maintained". I was referring to seeing bare soil/mulch with traditional spacing between plants etc. I am not saying it should look like a wild overgrown mess. Pruning or browsing of goats are to be expected. In a more permaculture design however there would be found cover to canopy things planted that will make it look like a natural environment not a landscaped environment
@@juliaehrnstrom3308 it may be a nicely landscaped guild but I don't consider it a true permaculture design. There is no underground layer aka root crops and tubers. There is no ground cover layer such as strawberry, mint etc and there is no climbing layer. He's covering from canopy to herbaceous layer but missing the lower layers and the climbing one. So when I say it shouldn't look maintained I'm saying you shouldn't be seeing wood chips because those other layers would be filling it in and providing the moisture retention and soil integrity etc.
@danielgeci4513 if its as covered as you say, is there even space to put some additional mulch? Can you throw it just above the ground cover and tubers? Or do I have to find spaces to fit some leaves in between the plants?