Incredible, as always. This started happening to me automagically when I got sloppy with my seeds one year. I noticed that many of the pots seemed to self select ideal guilds. In addition, the squirrels started added longer lived trees into the mix like black walnut and Live Oak, just like they did for you with hickory. Imagine a world where garden centers sold whole guilds in pots!!! Perhaps, with your hard work, someday they will.
Absolute wealth of knowledge. Fantastic information & your approach and commentary with your narration is very addicting. My only disappointment is that I didn't find your channel sooner. THANK YOU for the frequency of your videos. I certainly appreciate the time you are investing in delivering your content
Truly my pleasure. After all, I earn some money from the ads :) But really it's straight forward to make videos in this style and quality so I'm happy to keep crankin' em out!
This spring (2017) I was so sad to find voles had girdled and killed three of my newly-bearing permaculture foundation trees. (I've been able to rescue some damaged ones in the past if the girdling is above the graft, and the tree is dormant. Cutting off the main header/trunk at the girdle, and letting new branches above the graft take the damaged trunk's place, allowed the trees to survive, and return to production, eventually. You have to wait a few years and confirm that the new branches are fruiting true to variety, though, before choosing which one to keep as the new trunk. The voles girdled low, below the graft, so they were a loss as far as fruit goes.) Adding garlic, as you recommend, at the bases of all our remaining, and new replacement trees, is now top priority! Thanks for sharing that experience, and knowledge!
I have a guava tree in a pot which is bigger than five gallon pot. Since this spring it didn't grow at all. A month ago I planted a small comfrey next to it. Now I see that guava tree is having nice leaves along with comfrey. I know comfrey gets so big. But I want to see how it does until fall. Fun to experiment. I really wants grow sea berry. Anyway thank you for the tips. By the way I have been adding garlic all my pots and raise garden.
Amazing!! Yet another video with some great insight and ideas that make me itch to go outside and just roll around in plants! Dude, for the past 15 months I've been trying to learn as much as I can about being self-reliant and growing my own food and also researching permaculture practices and I can tell you right now that no other youtube channel has yet delivered such a consistent flow of good, actionable and insightful videos as Edible Acres :) Please stay safe during this madness, and do keep up the excellent work! I'm looking to contributing via Paypal very very soon.
Thanks so much for the kind words. We're thrilled you find the content useful and worthwhile. Wishing you all the best in learning and growing where you live! We're very happy you are part of our community, no need in any way to contribute through paypal. Put that towards some great tools and seeds! :)
@@edibleacres by the way, I only did a quick search of your channel and haven't found any sign of it, but have you done any experimenting with IMO and such?
this is wonderful. my question for you about transplanting. if you were to attempt a transplant this fall, I believe the entire soil structure would crumble apart and you would need to re-position everything in the hole... or do you know a better trade secret? good stuff here!
Good question. Yep. If I were to plant them out this fall that would most likely be true. Given some time to push new feeder roots and get established into the pot they would knit together and come as a unit. Either way when they are planted I'll be careful and have hands on the soil to minimize it, but will expect some crumbling and re-adjusting. Not a big deal, but something to watch for...
This is awesome! I have ten dwarf fruit trees in pots, since I am currently in a suburban rental. I’ve been wondering if something like this was possible and you just answered my question would love more content like this! Thanks!
Super idea. Thanks for sharing this. I have jus planted a load of fruit trees (skipped the potted stage)and have access to many many black locust suckers from the area. Would you add them as close to the keystone trees as the seaberry in your pots? Maybe more towards the North of the fruit trees rather than the south in that case?
Heres the good news. NO training on anything. This video channel contains content that is 100% generated by people experimenting and sharing. This is available to anyone who wants to just try things!
I really appreciate the tips you offer here. I plan to order several fruit trees next year and will use some of the tops you talk about here. Will this work with apple and pear trees as well?
The layering is creative. Have you shot a video demonstrating how this looks/works a year or so after planting? The seaberries are pricy, any suggested sources?
I don't know if I've got a follow up video on this... Too many to look through! I send folks to perfectcircle.farm but they sell out quickly. Northwoods nursery is great if you want to go wholesale, and Rolling River Nursery is super rad, check them out!
Yes, kind of, kind of! Elderberry is incredibly easy, very worth doing. Seabuckthorn needs rooting hormone and the timing needs to be right, so they are tricky. Mulberry I've had near 0 success... But I'm a novice! :)
Incredible, as always.
This started happening to me automagically when I got sloppy with my seeds one year. I noticed that many of the pots seemed to self select ideal guilds.
In addition, the squirrels started added longer lived trees into the mix like black walnut and Live Oak, just like they did for you with hickory.
Imagine a world where garden centers sold whole guilds in pots!!!
Perhaps, with your hard work, someday they will.
Anyone can run with the idea as far as I'm concerned! I wouldn't mind a shout out if you go big with it :) But no requirement there...
Absolute wealth of knowledge. Fantastic information & your approach and commentary with your narration is very addicting. My only disappointment is that I didn't find your channel sooner. THANK YOU for the frequency of your videos. I certainly appreciate the time you are investing in delivering your content
Truly my pleasure. After all, I earn some money from the ads :) But really it's straight forward to make videos in this style and quality so I'm happy to keep crankin' em out!
This is a new concept to me. I haven’t even heard of seaberries until now. Thank you.
Reminds me of the kind of clarity that I found in Christopher Alexander et al's A Pattern Language - this is so refined and sensible
Thank you I think!
nice mix of plants for sure, glad you got to see bens farm.
We've known each other for years. Its cool to see how its all evolving, especially his Rochester site!
Really interesting and progressive way of thinking, this is how we move forward and develop better ways of growing and supplying food. Great job!
Your channel is a great source of inspiration and very hands on practical ideas.
Thanks so much for sharing!
This spring (2017) I was so sad to find voles had girdled and killed three of my newly-bearing permaculture foundation trees. (I've been able to rescue some damaged ones in the past if the girdling is above the graft, and the tree is dormant. Cutting off the main header/trunk at the girdle, and letting new branches above the graft take the damaged trunk's place, allowed the trees to survive, and return to production, eventually. You have to wait a few years and confirm that the new branches are fruiting true to variety, though, before choosing which one to keep as the new trunk. The voles girdled low, below the graft, so they were a loss as far as fruit goes.) Adding garlic, as you recommend, at the bases of all our remaining, and new replacement trees, is now top priority! Thanks for sharing that experience, and knowledge!
The risk is incredibly low to try it, and for us it has been incredibly functional, so it is VERY highly recommended!
Wow that's awful! I'm glad I don't have tunnelling critters in my area!
EdibleAcres how many garlic cloves, or is it whole bulbs, do you plant around the young trees?
EdibleAcres If you don’t pull the garlic for harvest, can it stay with the tree indefinitely or does it die out eventually?
After reading Gaia's Garden and watching your videos, I am doing the same. Great stuff! Love your techniques and down to earth growing style.
Such a great video and eye opening to see the production that could come from around or less than 1sq ft
Your tips and suggestions are greatly appreciated.
I have a guava tree in a pot which is bigger than five gallon pot. Since this spring it didn't grow at all. A month ago I planted a small comfrey next to it. Now I see that guava tree is having nice leaves along with comfrey. I know comfrey gets so big. But I want to see how it does until fall. Fun to experiment. I really wants grow sea berry. Anyway thank you for the tips. By the way I have been adding garlic all my pots and raise garden.
Amazing!! Yet another video with some great insight and ideas that make me itch to go outside and just roll around in plants!
Dude, for the past 15 months I've been trying to learn as much as I can about being self-reliant and growing my own food and also researching permaculture practices and I can tell you right now that no other youtube channel has yet delivered such a consistent flow of good, actionable and insightful videos as Edible Acres :) Please stay safe during this madness, and do keep up the excellent work! I'm looking to contributing via Paypal very very soon.
Thanks so much for the kind words. We're thrilled you find the content useful and worthwhile. Wishing you all the best in learning and growing where you live!
We're very happy you are part of our community, no need in any way to contribute through paypal. Put that towards some great tools and seeds! :)
@@edibleacres by the way, I only did a quick search of your channel and haven't found any sign of it, but have you done any experimenting with IMO and such?
Thanks for idea with garlic, because I have problems with voles.
I actually planted garlic around my plum and cherry trees. I think you gave me that idea. Thank you.🍄😃🤙
Wild! Definitely something I'd like to try - I happen to have some seaberries on order.
Brilliant! I'm always learning from your channel
this is wonderful. my question for you about transplanting. if you were to attempt a transplant this fall, I believe the entire soil structure would crumble apart and you would need to re-position everything in the hole... or do you know a better trade secret? good stuff here!
Good question. Yep. If I were to plant them out this fall that would most likely be true. Given some time to push new feeder roots and get established into the pot they would knit together and come as a unit. Either way when they are planted I'll be careful and have hands on the soil to minimize it, but will expect some crumbling and re-adjusting. Not a big deal, but something to watch for...
This is awesome! I have ten dwarf fruit trees in pots, since I am currently in a suburban rental. I’ve been wondering if something like this was possible and you just answered my question would love more content like this! Thanks!
Wonderful!
Super idea. Thanks for sharing this. I have jus planted a load of fruit trees (skipped the potted stage)and have access to many many black locust suckers from the area. Would you add them as close to the keystone trees as the seaberry in your pots? Maybe more towards the North of the fruit trees rather than the south in that case?
Your video is a rsal eye opener! Thank you!
Really like this concept
wow, you must have taken alot of agriculture classes. i wish i had, that and carpentry. much love and god,s peace be with you
Heres the good news. NO training on anything. This video channel contains content that is 100% generated by people experimenting and sharing. This is available to anyone who wants to just try things!
thank you for having a great heart. much love and god,s peace be with you.
Love this!!! Have you ever tried bubils of the garlic? Or you think it’s to small of a plant to prevent the moles/voles
I haven't tried but I have doubts... certainly doesn't mean others shouldn't try!
I really appreciate the tips you offer here. I plan to order several fruit trees next year and will use some of the tops you talk about here. Will this work with apple and pear trees as well?
Thats what I'm using in this example actually.
Great! Just needed clarification.
The layering is creative. Have you shot a video demonstrating how this looks/works a year or so after planting? The seaberries are pricy, any suggested sources?
I don't know if I've got a follow up video on this... Too many to look through! I send folks to perfectcircle.farm but they sell out quickly. Northwoods nursery is great if you want to go wholesale, and Rolling River Nursery is super rad, check them out!
Thank you Sean, will check it out 🍀
awesome video
The seaberry only gives nitrogen when older, and at that time it could be planted further from the tree. Is there any benefit of planting it so close?
That's awesome! I'm gonna make me some today.
Do you have any updates on the potted poly culture concept?
Nope, sorry...
Brilliant!
Great idea
Wow, amazing!
I don't believe I have seaberries available here in Las Vegas, Nevada. What other nitrogen fixing plants would you suggest?
www.homesteadandgardens.com/list-nitrogen-fixing-plants/ - place to start...
EdibleAcres this link doesn’t work.
can I root elderberry's ,sea buckthorn, Mulberry, From hard wood cuttings ? Please let me know Thanks
Yes, kind of, kind of! Elderberry is incredibly easy, very worth doing. Seabuckthorn needs rooting hormone and the timing needs to be right, so they are tricky. Mulberry I've had near 0 success... But I'm a novice! :)
very cool
How are you able to determine the gender of the sea-berry when they are so little?
Great question. As seedlings it should be near impossible. These, however, are rooted cuttings from known plants. Thats really the only way.
oh right, i have been growing two plants from seed and am eager to know if i have a male and female for pollination. Thanks
This is awesome!
What other nitrogen fixing perennial shrubs are there?
Search at Plants for a Future. Scroll down the page and select the features you're looking for: www.pfaf.org/user/Default.aspx
Pigeon pea?
Frank W here is a list I've been working on for a few years: High NITROGEN FIXING TREES:
Black Alder(Alnus glutinosa)
Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia)
Red Alder (Alnus rubra)
Med. NITROGEN FIXING TREES:
*Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
Golden Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia 'Frisia')
Silk Tree (Albizia julibrissin)
Low NITROGEN FIXING TREES:
Northern catalpa (Catalpa speciosa),
Water Locust (Gladitsia aquatica),
Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus)
Honey Locust (Gladitsia triacanthos)
*Sea-buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides)
High NITROGEN FIXING SRUBS
Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius)
Med. NITROGEN FIXING SRUBS
Grey Alder (Alnus incana)
Seaside Alder (Alnus maritima)
Smooth Alder(Alnus serrulata)
False Indigo (Amorpha fruticosa)
Mountain False Indigo (Amorpha Glabra)
Northern bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica)
Maryland Senna (Senna marilandica)
Silverberry (Elaeagus commutata)
Buffalo Berry (Shepherdia argentea)
Soapberry (Shepherdia canadensis)
*Siberian peashrub (Caragana arborescens)
Low NITROGEN FIXING SRUBS
Whitethorn acacia (Acacia constricta)
Mountain Alder (Alnus viridis crispa)
Speckled Alder (Alnus incana rugosa)
New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus)
Sweet Fern (Comptonia perigrina)
Bog-myrtle (Myrica gale)
High NITROGEN FIXING VINES:
Kudzu (Pueraria lobata)
Med. NITROGEN FIXING VINES:
Wisteria (Wisteria frutescens)
Indian potato (Apios americana)
Beach pea (Lathyrus japonicus)
Tuberous pea, (Lathyrus tuberosus)
Cow Vetch (Vicia cracca)
Low NITROGEN FIXING VINES:
Purple vetch (Vicia americana)
Common Vetch (Vicia sativa)
High NITROGEN FIXING HERBS:
White Prairie Clover (Dalea candida)
Chickpea milkvetch (Astragalus cicer)
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
Dutch white clover (Trifolium repens)
Med. NITROGEN FIXING HERBS:
Leadplant (Amorpha canescens)
Black Prairie Clover (Dalea formosa)
Eightpetal Mountain Avens (Dryas octopetala)
Roundhead Bushclover (Lespedeza hirta)
Veiny Peavine (Lespedeza capitata)
Northern Sweetvetch (Hedysarum boreal)
Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
Sweet Clover (Melilotus indicus)
Purple Crownvetch (Securigera varia (=Coronilla))
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
Low NITROGEN FIXING HERBS:
Canadian milkvetch (Astragalus canadensis)
Yellow False Indigo (Baptisia tinctoria)
*Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea)
Prickleweed (Desmanthus illinoiensis)
Narrow-leaf tick-trefoil (Desmodium paniculatum)
Perplexed tick-trefoil (Desmodium perplexum)
Dixie tick-trefoil (Desmodium tortuosum)
American licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota)
Don't forget goumi
Matias Urrutia thank you, Goumi (Elaeagnus multiflora), a relative of Russian Olive.
Obvious! Now that you said it.
They recommend a cat but my cats eat the leaves of any beans