Incredible Abundance in an Extreme Climate (Undercover Permaculture)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- This video was from a recent trip I took to Shetland to visit a load of inspirational gardeners who are using undercover structures called Polycrubs which allow them to grow an abundance of food. With gusts of up to 120mph and hardly any trees, any normal polytunnel would get ripped apart. Listen to how Susan has made the most of her Polycrubs in her step towards self-sufficiency in an extreme climate.
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based on her calm voice it sounds like she has found her balance
@Maison Nicolas 1000000000000000% lie! would require you to have a gf...
that 4 year old nectarine tree is amazing.
Now i want to start a nectarine from seed.
Certainly is!
It doesn't matter how many of your videos I watch, I always find one amazing one I haven't seen yet. Thanks for all your hard work (and amazing production values), Huw! Loved this.
Thanks Huw for this awesome post. I could have watched and listened to her for hours. Such a gentle, knowledgeable lady. - Fiona
This is great. Felt like I was watching a good episode of Gardeners world! Very professional and brilliant information. Thank you!
Hahaha thank you so much Gareth :) I am so glad you enjoyed it!
I love gardeners world!!! I ready for it to start up again!!!
The tree that grew from seed. Most of the fruit trees are grafted to ensure a plentiful harvest but that tree was amazing
Can I just say, you need to paint the milk bottles black with a none toxic marine paint! The black heats the bottles up much more then the white which reflects heat and does not absorb and release heat as good as the black. We have a 320 liter black water butt inside a greenhouse and it emits so much warmth at night when ever its been sunny even in winter. Hope this helps.
Cool!
What a good idea ty. Now, how do we get the water into a butt in the poly tunnel?
@@andymoore9977 Make a guttering on the outside with an inlet pipe sealed with aqua seal. The type used for glass aquariums is best because it is none toxic. You can save so much water from both sides of the polytunnel. Dont forget you will need an overflow pipe leading to some where as well either another water butt or grow bed etc as you get so much water off a poly tunnel
Please Susan make more content . I could listen to you all day I've learned so much from you
Amazingly beautiful home garden 😍👌
Brilliant video. I love the fact she now gardens intuitively.
There is a site called One Yard Revolution where the owner gardens organically in Chicago and shows you how to garden year round, in wind, snow etc. He doesn't do as many videos now as his garden is mature but his archives are amazing and particularly suitable for small gardens. I watched him avidly before setting up a similar system on my allotment.
Ray of Light thanks. I will check it out.
Chicago latitude 41.8781° N Not exactly comparable to 62° N
Oops! sounds like Chicago is a tougher environment if the Shetland rarely get frost.
thanks for the heads-up
She has a moderating effect from the ocean. In Central Manitoba , Canada, (colder than Chicago) we would need supplemental heating to protect against nighttime frost during spring/ planting fall harvest. Her location also has a short 24 hr sun growing season. I’m intrigued to learn how her nectarine tree survives the long winter nights when the northern lights are glowing.😅
Excellent. Just proves that with dedication you can do anything.
Fascinating. I would love to see a follow-up from/with her on her outdoor permaculture efforts too. It's amazing to think Shetland was once covered by forests but that means forest permaculture is a real possibility there.
I would go as far to say it's possible throughout the whole UK as it was once covered in forest and is in the current state due to farming, which needed to have the trees cut down to be able to plant in open ground. I recently learned that Sherwood Forest was once as far as Derby, much bigegr than it is now.
@@PeterMaddison2483 I sure hope permaculture and food forest methods start to spread here and over there. I'm slowly working on transforming my front and back yards. Even though I've still so much to do, already the variety of insect,s butterflies, and bird life that I see shows me it's a healthier ecosystem than my neighbors' standard grass yards with 1 tree and a couple of shrubs.
@@TheWBWoman I wish we had the land to be able to do the same, but we live in a small bungalow with no front garden and a bog for a back garden (we live on the egde of a flood plane). Were in the process of getting it slabbed and putting up 4 raised beds and a greenhouse
@@PeterMaddison2483 Cool! If you have boggy conditions and some part of your back garden remains prone to floods, Rose Mallow is a pretty stunning water tolerant plant. It's a type of hibiscus that's an annual. Some of mine have stunning flowers as big as 10-12 inches in size this year. They look very tropical.
@@TheWBWoman Were getting the whole garden slabbed and having 4 raised beds in instead as my wife is disabled and would not get up off the floor if she bent down to garden.
That's really a wonderful paradise!
A lovely and very interesting video.
I grow vegetables and fruits in Norway (62 N). There are many challenges with the weather and the season is short and we have hard frost in the winter. But there's a lot that grows well if you find hardy varieties. I winter sow in frozen soil in an unheated greenhouse and many plants can overwinter if you give them a little shelter.
I totally agree with what you say about the principles of cultivation, pest control and building the soil, as nature itself does.
The peas from Sweeden, have you got a name, Susan?
Thank you so much for sharing this Huw and Susan.
Probably Bondböna.
gronarader.se/tradgard/bondbonor/
Bondböna is actually a pea, not a bean.
wonderful. she is qualified and homeopathic. her garden is natural, abundant, and varied.
I've watched this so many times and have recommended it to so many too! I'm really keen on trying the tile edging on my tunnel to catch water, brilliant idea!
Them polycrubs are gorgeous.
They certainly are! :)
Hat's off to this wonderful gardener.
I love the idea of growing nicotiana as a natural fly catcher, I'm going to be doing that next year! What a lovely video Huw, thanks to Susan for sharing her experience and yay for polycrubs!
What applies to common flies applies equally to gardener friendly bugs like hoverflies?
Fantastic video, I was stationed in Saxa Vord, on Unst, loved every minute, got in with the locals, fixed their vehicles on camp. brilliant memories.
On behalf of my wife Susan she would like to thank Huw for his amazing talent and inviting her to share her passion. And thank-you for all the kind comments from everyone.
HI UNCLE TOM!!!!
(it's Thomas)
Hi does your wife have an I Instagram or Facebook or TH-cam I can follow?Thanks.
Big thumbs up! Very professional video Huw. Beautiful plants. I love how you have repurposed so much. Amazing you can grow in that climate.
Not that it was Huw who grew them but ok 😒
@@hintonator9008 I meant...she!! Lol
Very nice to see indeed. It’s “only” the wind that makes things outdoors difficult. Plenty of sunshine in summer, usually sufficient rains. A wall or a natural wind break will do wonders to grow vegetables & berries.
Really really really enjoyed that . I’m full of admiration for this lady .well done 👏
Living the sound of the bee's buzzing. I've missed that sound.
This was really inspiring. I think we’ll all need undercover permaculture in the not-too-distant future.
Wow! I visited Shetland in 1990 and it still has a big space in my heart.
You are very impressive!
Hello fellow 60 degree north Permaculturer Beautiful Job!!!!! :-)
Hi, thanks! Great video. Your methods work up here on the arctic circle aswell.
What a fantastic video! Well, I love all your posts 😊 This young lady is delightful & provides such great examples of permaculture, handling an extreme climate &, of course, our ruined food supply. Wonderful! I'm studying permaculture with Geoff Lawton, so I'm loving this ! ❤ Thanks so much Huw & greetings from Virginia Beach, Virginia - east coast, USA 🎉
One of the best videos I have ever watched.
Absolutely brilliant.
Fabulous to watch that, very inspiring.
Very interesting, thanks! We have a similar climate here in Stornoway (Western Isles) - love the idea of making hot water bottles for plants in polytunnels.
Oppenheimer Ranch sent me! Love your growing!
Fantastic. Thank you Both!
Well done, thanks for letting us see her wonderful dedicated work in the garden. Very inspiring i must say.
Awesome vlog. Very inspiring.
So lovely to watch and so inspiring! Would love to spend an afternoon with such a gentle and knowledgeable spirit!
Erika Proot me too I loved her gentle spirit
So beautiful! Thank you!
Thank you for this video. And especially that you mentioned about starting from scratch isn’t as hard as were led to believe. It’s very encouraging!
I live in Norway and we have lots of snow and cold in addition, but are thinking of making a tunnel with du le layer of plastic with a fan in the inside blowing air in between the layers.
Incredible indeed Huw! Thank you Susan for sharing your beautiful growing space with us!😊
Wonderful... Bravo & Good Luck!...
Brilliant! We want more of Susan please!
I have to say it. Your intuition is spot on. Your tunnel is amazingly inviting and stunning. Love it, just love it. Take care. Be safe.
Very enjoyable and Inspiring! Thank you so much 🌴🙂
Well done ..these gardens are a credit to you..
Such knowledge needs to be passed down to other generations....
Wonderful video, lots and lots of great information and ideas. It has sure got me thinking about potential projects.
WoW, loved this and the presenter Susan is so knowledgeable and gentle spoken, just like Huw. I could watch them both for hours. Wish I could afford one of these polycrubs! I would always be in the garden
Awesome, I am a little farther south, but 1000feet up, inspired to do better.
What a beautiful life you live and what a great way of life you live. Bravo
she says the tunnels are built specifically to withstand high winds, you could really ask her to get in a bit more details on that, high winds are our biggest issue here as well.
Engineered tests proven to withstand at least 120mph winds
@@HuwRichards wow, thats serious! She should definitely let us know a bit more on that ;-)
Sandra T ::: There’s a link in a comment above... Maybe Huw’s can pin it?
Well done Susan. Great to see you again and the crubs are looking fantastic. You are both doing a really good job there. I was in Shetland the other week and passed your place - but lack of time....😁
just beautiful. working my way up to something like this, loving the process so far. learning more and more about the natural world is my favorite part, and with every harvest I just feel so much gratitude.
Thank you for this great video, both informative and inspirational! And congratulations to Susan Hinton Jenkinson for her admirable green achievements!
Who dislike a gardening/farming video? An evil corporate jerk?
Must have been Monsanto.
when i was living in london, i was working for an employment agency, and they in fact had people (yes, in plural) whose only job was to enter the right key words into google and click on the competitor agency's adverts so they get charged by google without gaining new clients. Other "corporate jerks" hiring people for rating down youtube videos is actually not as far fetched as some may think...
Love it :) another modern day hero, those long winter nights with little sun may be good for certain fungi, not too sure but maybe look into that if your interested
I’m in Sweden and I’m growing in the same latitude.
I’m guessing we have warmer summers and colder winters then the shetlands, because islands basically have the whole ocean work as a massive temperature stabiliser all year round.
But here the problem is that even if you have a greenhouse, it’s still winter outside and it gets well below freezing.
Tons of snow. Even if you manage to keep the ground inside the greenhouse warm enough to grow mushrooms in.
The air gets incredibly dry when it’s like -12 c downwards.
Like the driest air you can imagine, and that is all surrounding the greenhouse.
Like the air being so dry I have a issue that my hands start to bleed on the regular in the winter from my skin cracking from being so dry, due to the air sucking the moisture out of any exposed skin.
Lots of lip balm and moisturisers involved in the winters here.
So keeping the sort of moisture you need for growing mushrooms in the green house is probably going to be hard (I don’t know for certain though)
Small drafts and leaks will suck the moisture out quick.
But yeah mushrooms love it hear during autumn. Not too much light, and it’s very wet that time of year here before it gets below freezing.
But maybe it would work for the winters in Shetland.
And when she says the days get short in the winter, that is sort of a understatement.
We are talking the type of dark like you only get like around 1,5 h of sunlight in the darkest day of the year. Where the sun never really rises. It just goes from sun rise to sunset and then pitch black for the remainder of the day.
Congratulations on conquering the challenge posed by those strong winds. I spent the summer of '79 in Shetland, particularly on Papa Stout, and saw people's best efforts at growing next to walls thwarted by its severity.
It’s so impressive what you have done. You deserve much praise for what you have developed. What a nice food forest.
Wonderful, thank you! I love how she doesn't apologize for having weeds and insects in her garden - most people would. I think every weed is useful, we just don't always know how to use them. What zone was this in?
Excellent, really enjoyed that. Best wishes. FreeJulianAssangeFreePalestineFreeUsAll.
I like tree and plants in nature
Love the tips! 1. Love the nasturtiums around the base of the Apple tree. I will be doing that this summer. Two. Love the ornamental tobacco plant that has sticky leaves to capture the flies. These are brilliant tips!
Thanks for sharing your story, very inspiring and helpful on permaculture and resourcefulness
That was amazing! What I would do for polytunnels like those too! Thankyou for sharing this
So inspiring - thanks for sharing Susan's story :)
Your garden is lovely. I’m just starting to garden. I’m hoping to do half as well. Thank you for your encouraging words. What a relief to know following your instincts works so well.
Wonderful
Very well done and the care and passion shows in your garden. Wishing everyone an abundant life. Namaste 🙏🏼
Brilliant and thank you for sharing
I love your video! I totally agree with you about the benefits of so called weeds! I’m in the mountains, at Pinantan lake, BC, Canada, I used to have a large garden and now I harvest weeds like St. John wort, and wild edibles! Thank you! It’s lovely their! 🌻
Lovely video and lots of information, I would have love to see a bit more of her outside garden and the area.....Thank you Susan.... and Huw
Incredible 👍👍👍
That seed grown nectarines tree is fantastic!!
This is exquisite. Thx for sharing.
Amazing video, very informative..and i like your garden..sort of vegetables grocery❤ You really reap your labor. I wish our soil here like there..
Continue to grow plants and food..God bless you.
Fantastic !
Great video Huw, I’ve been eying up polycrub’s for a while now. If you go again we’ll have to bribe you to bring one back on route with an offer of free lodging in Northumberland. Only kidding about the crub, but I would like to get my hands on that small one they are carting around the show grounds.
Incredible job, compliments!!!! Very inspiring for those who want to try cultivate in cold climates which is always very challenging! Thank you
This is the future of most to all food gardening.
Absolutely incredible vid, thku from Australia 🦋💕🌺👍
Brilliant. !
Wow thats beauteful garden love❤❤ fom philippines 👌👌👌
Awesome video. Many thanks.
So impressive!!!!!
Thank you for your knowledge and broadcast!
Being in the gulf stream, the Shetland Islands at 60deg north, is considerably warmer than we are @45deg north.
Thanks for sharing!
You're welcome
Excellent 😀
Brilliant film, thank you for sharing with us.
Love this
Awesome.
beautiful and inspirational :)
What a beautiful way to wake my brain up and get in to the day here in Japan, far from the Shetlands.
So many questions. One of them was going to be about the Polycrub thing, so thanks for the link at the end.
I am very impressed with, and pleased to see/hear, this lady's knowledge and enthusiam.
If I had one of those Polycrubs here (not that you need such things in southern Central Japan), I'd just sit in it relaxing, surrounded by the greenery.
Thank you.
Awesome garden! Well done!!
Good job!
Absolutely love her words
This is totally awesome! People have to be aware that even the word Organic on food products manure and compost does not mean pesticide or weedkiller free. They can still use organic poison pesticides and weedkilers and still label the food as Organic. Many people have bought Organic Manure and Compost and found that their Broad Beans,Potatoes etc get symptoms of disease. It is to much to explain here but watch Charles Dowdings video on this. We lost so much of our Alfalfa Crop that we sown for our bees and animal feed. We now only produce our onw compost and manure and will never buy any ever again even if it has Organic on the packaging. I cannot tell you how annoying and upsetting it was to see so much damage caused by so called Organic Compost Straw and Manure,
The Bumble Bee Foundation Project ::: Sneaky rats. Thanks for the tip.
@@dallimamma Its worth looking into it and doing your own research as well. Some things are quite shocking and I cannot get my head around how it is legal.
The Bumble Bee Foundation Project :::: My dear, the concept of a product being wrongly labelled both “organic”, AND legal, when it’s blatantly neither, are terms that protect the provider from culpability, not protect the consumer in any way. I’m glad you are able to produce what you need, and not have to rely on those Big Ag profit over people types.
Have you ever heard of, or tried making a simple version of “compost tea”? My plants thrive with weekly feedings, a bit messy & stinky, but, it’s the best!
@@dallimamma i get what you are saying. I am so fed up up with all the miss leading labeling that goes on. I will not name drop here but one of the Bosses at a major super market store feels exactly the same.
Yes I have indeed, we make loads of different compost Teas. I was just mentioning this the other day. Try a plant called Cleavers and Mix with Comfrey. Or use on its own as a compost tea. Dock leaves are very deep rooted and have many nutrients in their leaves from deep underground, They also make an awesome compost tea. At least when we make our own we know it is safe and poison free.
@Over Soil I have heard that some one say exactly the same as you ages ago. Road side clippings as well with all the traffic fume residue. You could not make this stuff up could you. It really is quite shocking. People buy all this so called lovely compost and wander why their plants look diseased after a few weeks of growing in it.
Amazing garden and story. Xo
Love this!