REVOLUTIONARY FARMS #1: Queen of Self-Sufficient Backyard Gardening | Nairobi, Kenya

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  • Join me on a tour of Alice's super productive self-sufficient garden and get inspired by easy to implement and free ecological gardening for beginners tips and practices (like compost, mulching, intercropping, polycultures, container gardening, food forestry, integrating chicken and rabbits etc.). Alice has tended this Nairobi garden since 2015 and in five years has created a beautiful natural ecosystem that provides abundant family for her family of four. She's a Kenyan permaculture expert and consultant with a wealth of knowledge that she shares with us freely here.

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  • @anneterwitte7959
    @anneterwitte7959 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    i could watch garden tours all day long. feel free to produce more! thank you!

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      More to come! Got some plans for meeting awesome gardeners and nature lovers in and around Nairobi in the coming weeks.

  • @lifeinthecountrysidehome
    @lifeinthecountrysidehome 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Her garden is so green and lush. She also has amazing skin. Eating organic is better and more beneficial for the body as a whole.

  • @LifeIsMessyImLearningAsIGrow
    @LifeIsMessyImLearningAsIGrow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    🌻🐝☀️🌺👨‍🌾 I love your garden!! It’s a great inspiration to me as I am also a gardener and TH-cam creator. You put a lot of work and love into growing your garden! All the hard work is worth it to me to get to see the new growth everyday it brings me so much joy! l’m just harvesting my first fruits and veggies. I still have so much to learn and I appreciate all of m your tips, tricks that you share! Please Keep sharing! I would love to learn more about gardening from each other.

  • @DragonflyenAmber
    @DragonflyenAmber 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow, what an amazing garden in a small space! So much variety of fruits and veggies that I wish I could grow here.

    • @kennedyotachi9310
      @kennedyotachi9310 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      your garden is so inspiring and Iam doing the same. Yours has motivated me especially in soil covering. would u share your email for inquiries of seedlings for fruits and trees? Thank you. Ken

  • @chantaltulliez8066
    @chantaltulliez8066 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Greetings from subtropical Australia ...congratulations for creating a little piece of sustainable paradise...I have started my food forest 6 months ago and am looking forward to see it grow beautifully like yours...like yourself I will have to create some shade for my vegetables as the sun is relentless in this part of the world like you in Kenya...thank you for sharing...

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      So glad you found this. Good luck growing your food forest!

    • @sokilillian4829
      @sokilillian4829 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too Chantal I want to start my own Garden

  • @positiveorientationone
    @positiveorientationone 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I so much loved this, it's really organic thanks for sharing this my sister,

  • @telemachus7732
    @telemachus7732 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Her garden is beautiful,also!

  • @Afiajustifiee
    @Afiajustifiee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Subscribed. The concept is very sustainable and worthy of all efforts.

  • @jeromeclaessen3921
    @jeromeclaessen3921 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the organised chaos

  • @Stoffmonster467
    @Stoffmonster467 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is a really beautiful garden Eden

  • @raysonnia2590
    @raysonnia2590 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great.

  • @faithgichuru3617
    @faithgichuru3617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Hi Alice. Yours is a most beautiful garden I am working on making my garden a food forest . I am so inspired by your garden I can't wait to see how mine look like in a few years. Would love to visit your garden.....incredibly beautiful. 😍😍😍😍😍😍

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Looking forward to visiting your garden food forest one day!

    • @charitykimotho9840
      @charitykimotho9840 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Would like to visit ur garden how do we make this possible

    • @sokilillian4829
      @sokilillian4829 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GrowingSmall I want the contact information of nkoile Selina I would like to visit Kenya to learn from her on pharmculture farming or any farmers in Kenya in December ..how can I get in touch with you poeple....am in northern Uganda

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sokilillian4829 Write me an email at jaterw@gmail.com and I can send you some contacts to people I know.

  • @mayaciza8337
    @mayaciza8337 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    J'adore !❤️

  • @TheDMTLover
    @TheDMTLover ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful

  • @wanguindungurecheal
    @wanguindungurecheal 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like, love farming hoping one day i will manage it ,keep going my sister

  • @tzunammi
    @tzunammi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I truly appreciate your time... You've inspired me 💯, if I ever get married again? Your the model and example... 🇬🇭 Five acers and fish pond. Still searching. 👸🏾

  • @davidcupples7622
    @davidcupples7622 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Xlnt!

  • @bosiboriboyaniyoutube
    @bosiboriboyaniyoutube 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow i would love to visit.

  • @missdigioia
    @missdigioia 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Truly inspiring

  • @jonanderson4280
    @jonanderson4280 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What's that purplish fruit at 10:17?

  • @kenyancookingabroad
    @kenyancookingabroad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    You can actually tell from her skin and hair that she has a very healthy glowy garden life.

  • @williamkiarie8945
    @williamkiarie8945 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Very good garden! Where in Kenya is this garden?

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks William glad you enjoyed the tour. It's around Kabete Fortsmith in Nairobi.

  • @tarquinbristow
    @tarquinbristow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love the diversity and the production.Beautiful. I also have things all growing together in layers and mixtures, and mulching rather than digging. People think I'm mad and when they visit my garden they always step in the beds and crush the plants saying they cant see where to walk, like they're in the jungle or something. Nice also to see someone else that grows nightshade, one of my favourite all-rounders.

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Awesome, well done you and thanks for sharing!

  • @ForageGardener
    @ForageGardener 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Absolutely incredible :0
    I shared a few of your videos around in some garden groups I'm in, everyone seemed to find them helpful and FASCINATING :).

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for sharing the videos with others, have definitely noticed an uptick in views/subscribers the last couple of days!

  • @thiongogachie2517
    @thiongogachie2517 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hillside Urban Garden, impressed by the progress 1 year later

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The system is really "popping" as they call it!

  • @petermcfadden9426
    @petermcfadden9426 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a lovely productive garden. Greetings from north Wales, UK.

  • @grovermartin6874
    @grovermartin6874 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Alice, your garden is lush. I have never before wished to live in the tropics, but now...How magical! (Even though it took years of hard work and never-ending intelligent analysis, I know.)

  • @xue5767
    @xue5767 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Impressive garden!!

  • @CJ-vt9eu
    @CJ-vt9eu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Garden of Eden...God's wish for humanity...beautiful!

  • @tonic_1
    @tonic_1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    very talented, love the production quality on this one !

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Much appreciated! Glad you're noticing the small improvements in production quality :)

  • @harrypapas1465
    @harrypapas1465 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful garden, beautiful lady gardener..

  • @busisiwendlovu4628
    @busisiwendlovu4628 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm only at the beginning of my journey and watching your garden is such a blessing and inspiration. Blessings from South Africa❤

  • @nogodsnomasters6963
    @nogodsnomasters6963 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Beautiful and very inspiring

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad it resonates with you! :)

  • @virginiaseedsskogen2038
    @virginiaseedsskogen2038 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Alice, you have a beautiful permaculture garden, so much variety, a farmer's market all around, and so nice that the neighbors like to share their fruits and veggies.

  • @Globally1201
    @Globally1201 ปีที่แล้ว

    YOU HAVE A NICE VARIETY OF VEGETABLES AND FRUIT TREES GROWING TOGETHER VERY HEALTHILY!!;😃👍🌳🌳🌳🙋🔥🙏👑➕📖🔥

  • @elpix
    @elpix ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful garden. I like to see things that look more like what we have here (Mexico) , its a bit dryer here in my town, but sun is plentiful and we have to use shadows. Thank you

  • @akinyicolang69
    @akinyicolang69 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful shamba,wonderful owners.A whole new learning experience .

  • @kennedynthiwa5100
    @kennedynthiwa5100 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful and inspirational garden. Whatever you are doing is working wonders. Well done and God Bless

  • @missm5238
    @missm5238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a lovely garden!

  • @isaackorir861
    @isaackorir861 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow. In sync with nature.

  • @angel21991
    @angel21991 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    raspberry growing at the equator ??? :O wow ! what is your secret !

  • @mr.potatohead6138
    @mr.potatohead6138 ปีที่แล้ว

    She puts western women to shame. She's fabulous

  • @olivernjoku3110
    @olivernjoku3110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Are natural seed difficult to get? I would like to purchase some online. Thanks for feedback

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Try contacting local organic gardeners, many of them would probably be able to help you out. Otherwise there's online groups and whatsapp groups that share seeds. Finally, get in touch with Seed Savers Network Kenya- they can help you out as well.

    • @olivernjoku3110
      @olivernjoku3110 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GrowingSmall Thank you for the info

  • @ForageGardener
    @ForageGardener 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This channel is such an inspiration.

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you!! Trying to put out content that I myself find relevant and inspiring :)

  • @sophiandethiu2721
    @sophiandethiu2721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Alice this is lovely. Very inspiring. Where is your garden?

  • @soinda87
    @soinda87 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This exactly how my grandpa did. He had various crops and fruits and vegetables and other things were available all year round. There was less tilling of the soil. He even managed to build a posho mill powered by water which is still working since 1947. I miss him.

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you, I appreciate your heartfelt comment and salute your grandpa.

  • @livefromplanetearth
    @livefromplanetearth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    bless up alice 💒

  • @mosimosi630
    @mosimosi630 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man how I miss African fruits

  • @trueyokefellow3576
    @trueyokefellow3576 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Goals 💕 Very beautiful.

  • @GideonOOkumu
    @GideonOOkumu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Where is this garden...I think I should learn more from it

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nairobi, Kabete Fortsmith. It's a really wonderful example of what's possible even in relatively small spaces!

    • @GideonOOkumu
      @GideonOOkumu 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      How can I reach you....? Contact please I can call

  • @simp2662
    @simp2662 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    She has a German shepherd dog.

  • @lorelletyler7806
    @lorelletyler7806 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your garden what do you for pests on plants.

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Alice has a HUGE amount of knowledge and experience concerning natural pest management. Hopefully I'll get back to visit her one day and I can do a video just focusing on her various strategies and concoctions.

  • @mikelongwith6922
    @mikelongwith6922 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice garden good job

  • @mercykiambi3066
    @mercykiambi3066 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very inspiring ! Keep up the good work

  • @yvettekinchking8838
    @yvettekinchking8838 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am addicted to this

  • @beak3958
    @beak3958 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What isnrhe Name of the Local perennial Bean and also the Medicinal Tree? You mention them but leave use nameless

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don't know the name of the perennial bean, there's many around. Contact Alice directly to find out. The tree is called "Warburgia Ugandensis".

  • @maimericks80
    @maimericks80 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent channel! Love watching farming videos and living off grid.

  • @thiongothomas7479
    @thiongothomas7479 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wooow this great

  • @paraxuas
    @paraxuas ปีที่แล้ว

    gracias❤

  • @mjawolfe1
    @mjawolfe1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent.

  • @muemamusyoka6970
    @muemamusyoka6970 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very inspiring work,

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Absolutely! Thanks you for commenting!

    • @grovermartin6874
      @grovermartin6874 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GrowingSmall Making these videos is an uplifting contribution to us all, thank you so much!

  • @barazamoshiri1440
    @barazamoshiri1440 ปีที่แล้ว

    A very organized garden. How can i get some fig seedlings ?

    • @AliceHoG
      @AliceHoG ปีที่แล้ว

      We have you can call us

  • @joprent6727
    @joprent6727 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your very productive garden. Thanks for sharing your knowledge...

  • @MsWambz
    @MsWambz ปีที่แล้ว

    This is such a lovely garden, this is so inspiring. I am working on a food forest garden.

  • @yrimucollectionartanddesig2016
    @yrimucollectionartanddesig2016 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your videos are very informative. How do I get in touch with Alice please?

  • @juliewest7966
    @juliewest7966 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very beautiful. Thank you for sharing/

  • @olivernjoku3110
    @olivernjoku3110 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    People like you will save the world ...

  • @SupremeFamilyGarden
    @SupremeFamilyGarden 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    New sub here thanks for sharing

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for the sub! Looking forward to exploring your channel as well!

  • @annkamau2760
    @annkamau2760 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Alice tuongea unisaidia Na shamba yangu

  • @edzakete.3700
    @edzakete.3700 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Perfect harmony, inspired.

  • @ewaoconnor7978
    @ewaoconnor7978 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for sharing 🥰

  • @camnnnr
    @camnnnr 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    New subcriber here, just love your channel

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for subbing! So glad you found my channel, keen on sharing with you some exciting new videos in the coming weeks and months :)

  • @taniaalencar9228
    @taniaalencar9228 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing...

  • @mandandi
    @mandandi 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing.

  • @RascalEd-hw6yw
    @RascalEd-hw6yw 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Such an impressive garden,keep it up. Some informative content 💯

  • @maranathayall
    @maranathayall 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful garden!

  • @ebbykerubo95
    @ebbykerubo95 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very educative program. How can one reach you pls

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      awmwangi@gmail.com Write her an email!

  • @theswahilimom
    @theswahilimom 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your channel, how do we get in contact with you or Alice?

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Drop me a line at jaterw@gmail.com and tell me a bit about your gardening activities. I can also share Alice's contacts with you if you'd like.

    • @livefromplanetearth
      @livefromplanetearth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      alice need a youtube channel!

  • @tinglima4942
    @tinglima4942 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very beautiful!

  • @aichaoubelkheir7143
    @aichaoubelkheir7143 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bravo merci de votre Amour unevirsell pour la planète terre Mer est ces enfants merci beaucoup