I did something similar in northern Phoenix. 4" of wood chips on the entire yard. When I planted I added 10% to 15% biochar by volume to each planting hole to add water retaining capability and carbon to the barren sand and clay. Biochar worked REALLY well. BTW: I had earth worms show up after 6 months. Didn't need to import any.
I have seen Doug's yard. His soil is amazing. His trees do great. Flood irrigation is great. Just put down my first Full Load of wood chips down in my yard. I saw some mushrooms growing this week. Things must be going well. Takes time. I had to wait over 2 years to get my first load. Slow process for worth it in the long run.
I am so grateful for this video! My husband and I are used to a more tropical climate and we just moved to Arizona. We miss the trees so much but now I see that I can create that here in our very own backyard! Thank you!!
Great video! I would love to see his blueberries, stone fruits. I really appreciate seeing an actual yard that has been utilizing this for so many years.
So simple, so great. I think growers like this are the most inspiring, quiet, uncomplicated, but they know the varieties etc, the pitchfork seems to be part of him, love it 💚👌
Thank you Don and Doug Jones for the nice interview! Doug is such an inspiration. Mulching is really the key I wish I had more mulch to use, it just decomposes so fast, a pile of grass clippings shrinks in half over a week. It's an ongoing process. Doug's success speaks for itself. Hope to watch more videos like this.
Congratulations for the fantástic video! My thanks to Mr. Doug Jones for sharing his experience and knowledge with us. Keep doing this videos please, they are wonderful.
Great video, would be cool to see more of his yard. I did not understand his use of the palm fronds and green materials. I would like to know more of his use of that material in his mulching.
Hi Kelly. I believe my take (which actually happened to me) is that the 'green' clippings are too heavy/wet to be piled higher than what he recommended because they start to smolder in the heat (mine was smoking like a fire). There was not enough aeration for the mulch to properly breath.
Great video Shamus ! Mr Doug thank you for inspiring Shamus because He has definitely passed it forward. Thank you Shamus I have learned so much-needed information from you. 💚💚💚
Until now I only suspected that very deep mulch was practical. Now I know it. I can't wait to start. But in addition, I will use my leaf shredder because leaves break down much quicker.
I've bought many trees /plants from Shamus . banana , elderberry , soursop, tamarind, everbearing mulberry and more, ...even inherited a pitangatuba and a ceylon gooseberry ( from a guy who's hoa wouldn't allow them ) and they are all doing amazing ! he has great products , and advice .
Thanks to you both for the inspiration! GREAT videos Shamus, they really keep me going as I transform my yard. It's a lot of work but well worth it, especially when we can see what others have done
Shamus O'Leary valid point but you said I needed shade for the more tropical trees so I'm going to build a shade structure like yours and start removing the rocks and putting mulch down so my tree has the best survival chances.
How much of a different would u expect if you are on City tap water and not irrigation? How much harder would it be? Best way to compensate? Thank you.
I am planning to move to Gilbert area in the next few month.I wish to grow a lot of fruit trees like mango , banana, avocado , dragon fruit, papaya and many more. If I drove by your house may I ring your bell?? hahaha
Rose just realize this takes time and effort If you are not a farmer ..real Gardner at heart don't do it..you will give up. I recommend get a load off woodchips trucked to your property for 2 years ... Do not plant anything. Let it decompose ..keep wetting and add everything organic you can to the soil Just layer ...layer sheet mulch..no tilling Plant after 2 years
I have a yard full of Bermuda grass - what can you go about that? How do I get rid of the grass? Grass clippings for the mulch, do you have to make sure you are not adding Bermuda grass clippings so you don't have that come back in?
Audio is low and difficult for me to hear. Hope your friends doing the video for you can adjust the audio a little in the future. Otherwise another wonderfully informative video.
Amazing thank you for sharing your excellent skills & lessons, beneficial to us all to see the end result of putting in that dusty dry mulch which will become a sponge & then beautiful rich soil, the clay here is a whole other clay from our backyards in Syd, Australia thick sticky (when wet) orange/red clay sometimes no topsoil just pure clay, when there's no rain it's rock hard & cracked/cracking clay.
Gr8, m8...very good video. Looking forward to more. Your "coconut cream" mango is doing well in our 20 gallon pot. New growth where we cut flower storks. Hopefully next season we will get fruit. Any suggestions for cross pollination to improve fruit production??
I see so many Arizona gardeners growing so many tropical trees etc. I live in Oakland California and their water is all but rationed and super super expensive where does all your water come from and is water in expensive there??
Thank you for the informative video. I am wondering though, if those bananas are not deficient in something as their leaves are getting brown at the edges first and then drying up.
If it naturally falls to the ground, it's good for composting, just as nature would do with it. Balance the greens and Browns then influence the presence of life from micro to macro organisms, including fungi.
So he layers mulch all over his yard, even though it is flood irrigated? I have a flood irrigated yard in the PHX Metro, but my understanding was that if I mulched everywhere then the water would either not spread properly (due to feet of mulch) OR the mulch would get carried away by the water. Also, wouldn't my bermuda grass grow right through it?
He added 2 feet of mulch ..and continues every year You will kill/ choke out the grass at that depth..this is not a one time process...it's every year..just like a forest drops leaves..twigs We are just helping mother nature exponentially 🙂
You give me hope. I’m planning on a move to Phoenix and I thought I would have to resort to growing only cactus. Does Doug belong to any garden clubs in the Phoenix area? I would love to meet him next time I’m out there.
I only have one question. I agree with everything! But I live in texas and we have fire ants. Do you have any problems with this pest? What would you do if you had them?
What part of Phoenix has a colder winter? You said you get frost? Part of our family is considering a move there but would enjoy a cooler winter. Thanks.
Move to the out skirts of the city. The inner city area has a lot of heat due to all the streets and pavement. I would say North near Anthom, South, south of Awahtukee, or Wayyyy out East near or in Queen Creek. Pretty much just outside the conjested areas.
Oh, NO! Did you keep the chips wet or damp? We are looking at putting the wood chips in. We just treated for termites and I don't want to encourage them back.
Well, I've watched this vid probably 4-5 x's so far and never noticed him mention a seedless variety of pomegranates... Do you offer this on your site? I looked but couldn't find anything that mentioned seedless... but I'm slow... so.... ;)
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I did something similar in northern Phoenix. 4" of wood chips on the entire yard. When I planted I added 10% to 15% biochar by volume to each planting hole to add water retaining capability and carbon to the barren sand and clay. Biochar worked REALLY well.
BTW: I had earth worms show up after 6 months. Didn't need to import any.
I have seen Doug's yard. His soil is amazing. His trees do great. Flood irrigation is great. Just put down my first Full Load of wood chips down in my yard. I saw some mushrooms growing this week. Things must be going well. Takes time. I had to wait over 2 years to get my first load. Slow process for worth it in the long run.
Keep at it brother
I like to pass by he’s house all the time it’s so beautiful
I am so grateful for this video! My husband and I are used to a more tropical climate and we just moved to Arizona. We miss the trees so much but now I see that I can create that here in our very own backyard! Thank you!!
I’ve watched this video a dozen times and pickup new ideas every time.
It's amazing to see the high quality soil, worm castings, and mulch on top of native Arizona clay. This is how they do it!
Lucky you have clay, sand has nothing.
probably my fav episode ever!
Great video! I would love to see his blueberries, stone fruits. I really appreciate seeing an actual yard that has been utilizing this for so many years.
what he has done is incredible, once again the quality of your material and information is the proof in the pudding ..amazing
So simple, so great. I think growers like this are the most inspiring, quiet, uncomplicated, but they know the varieties etc, the pitchfork seems to be part of him, love it 💚👌
Thank you Don and Doug Jones for the nice interview! Doug is such an inspiration. Mulching is really the key I wish I had more mulch to use, it just decomposes so fast, a pile of grass clippings shrinks in half over a week. It's an ongoing process. Doug's success speaks for itself. Hope to watch more videos like this.
Congratulations for the fantástic video!
My thanks to Mr. Doug Jones for sharing his experience and knowledge with us.
Keep doing this videos please, they are wonderful.
After my dirt vanished, I decided that a container garden will do just fine. Great info. Thanks for sharing🧑🌾
LOVE! I'd like to see more of his yard 😬. P.S. I could hear you both fine after I turned up the volume.
Thank you Don & Mr. Jones for sharing! I loved the video!!
this is some great footage keep the super high quality vids coming I love your channel you make everything interesting thanks for sharing
Agreed. This is an excellent video on soil improvement.
Wow. This guy is doing the Lord's work
Great video. Audio was fine. Wisdom and experience wins every time.
Man, this is priceless! I really appreciate advice from REAL experts. If we were all this way, there would be no deserts on Earth. Think about that!
A lesson from the masters :D
I really get inspired by Mr Doug
i'm having a hard time getting passed the man bun lol
Great video, would be cool to see more of his yard. I did not understand his use of the palm fronds and green materials. I would like to know more of his use of that material in his mulching.
Hi Kelly. I believe my take (which actually happened to me) is that the 'green' clippings are too heavy/wet to be piled higher than what he recommended because they start to smolder in the heat (mine was smoking like a fire). There was not enough aeration for the mulch to properly breath.
what a neat place
Amazing yard. Thanks for sharing this with us Shamus.
Thankyou for this! Food for my green thumb.
Don's hair - on point. Doug's mustache - on point. Love seeing his yard since I've never been. Great video, please keep making more!
Great video Shamus. Thank you for creating it.
thanks to you and mr doug awesome!!!!!!
Good knowledge for all the people!
Thanks for posting this stuff Shamus. My plants I bought from you are doing awesome! Thanks!
Need a part 2 of this yard.
Great video Shamus ! Mr Doug thank you for inspiring Shamus because He has definitely passed it forward. Thank you Shamus I have learned so much-needed information from you. 💚💚💚
Loved this video. That guy forgot more than I'll know. I like hearing from these old school guys. He has some nice banana's.
When did he plant the banana trees? How long until they bore fruit? What other fruit trees he planted we could see? Wish he was asked all that.
Great video, thank you for sharing. I really want to see the rest of this yard.
It is absolutely really cool, Mr. Cool, loved your video, very informative, Thanks for sharing 👍👌
Until now I only suspected that very deep mulch was practical. Now I know it. I can't wait to start. But in addition, I will use my leaf shredder because leaves break down much quicker.
Great video Shamus, thanks for sharing. I am certainly inspired.
this is incredible.
I've bought many trees /plants from Shamus . banana , elderberry , soursop, tamarind, everbearing mulberry and more, ...even inherited a pitangatuba and a ceylon gooseberry ( from a guy who's hoa wouldn't allow them ) and they are all doing amazing ! he has great products , and advice .
Fine information mr cheers a great help. 👍😎 Richi....Islas....Canarias.
Best video ever!
Woow this is my favorite video thanks for sharing
Such a knowledgeable man thanks Shamus for the info. I truly enjoyed this thoroughly. 😁
Better than college courses. Guess I need to capture all the water from my Duck pond and till that into the soil as well as my Goats droppings.
Thank you Shamus, please, i want to see moore!!!
Thanks to you both for the inspiration! GREAT videos Shamus, they really keep me going as I transform my yard. It's a lot of work but well worth it, especially when we can see what others have done
That is an incredible food forest.
Thank you for sharing Shamus by the grace of God I will apply to my future garden.
My favorite video man
Excellent tutorial on how deep to dig, to plant a tree for success.
Picking my own banana.
Great video, learned lots!
So sick! this is soooo inspiring!
very educational! that actually made me want a banana tree. Gotta start from the ground up though. thanks for all the tips
lovelyleija well, then you should have got one yesterday!!!
Shamus O'Leary valid point but you said I needed shade for the more tropical trees so I'm going to build a shade structure like yours and start removing the rocks and putting mulch down so my tree has the best survival chances.
It's official, I've purchased bananas from both of these guys. Thought Doug looked familiar.
Enjoying the recent upload activity, audio is fine for me.
I'mwith you... I like the sound of the birds... Bet the neighbors don't have so many to enjoy...
Really great tips, thanks!
Great video! Thanks for posting :)
Good stash of straw bales right at the end there
If there's two guys you want to listen to, to learn about growing fruit trees in Arizona, Shamus an Doug are it!
Good info, man i learn a lot from you guys... I am 10 months into gardening out here in Texas.
Mind blowing 😱
Awesome
That is pretty awesome. I'm going to start mulching my yard now! :-)
I love this content im down in tucson doing exactly as he says thanks for this video im a landscaper i littarally harvest my own mulch
How much of a different would u expect if you are on City tap water and not irrigation? How much harder would it be? Best way to compensate? Thank you.
Eucalyptus leaves rot quickly. The timber is a super hard wood. Nice video. Clay does hold moisture and minerals, just needs ungluing.
11:00 Holes for planting trees, filling water up should be drained by the next morning. If not continue digging until bad layer is gone
I am planning to move to Gilbert area in the next few month.I wish to grow a lot of fruit trees like mango , banana, avocado , dragon fruit, papaya and many more. If I drove by your house may I ring your bell?? hahaha
Rose just realize this takes time and effort
If you are not a farmer ..real Gardner at heart don't do it..you will give up.
I recommend get a load off woodchips trucked to your property for 2 years ... Do not plant anything.
Let it decompose ..keep wetting and add everything organic you can to the soil
Just layer ...layer sheet mulch..no tilling
Plant after 2 years
I have a yard full of Bermuda grass - what can you go about that? How do I get rid of the grass? Grass clippings for the mulch, do you have to make sure you are not adding Bermuda grass clippings so you don't have that come back in?
Monster Fig ! Godbless amazing.
Audio is low and difficult for me to hear. Hope your friends doing the video for you can adjust the audio a little in the future. Otherwise another wonderfully informative video.
Audio cut out in places for me, not sure if it was due to editing or a malfunctioning Microphone.
I learn a lot here. My experience with modest layers (4 to 12" thick) of wood chips is they last over a yr, maybe two or so.
Amazing thank you for sharing your excellent skills & lessons, beneficial to us all to see the end result of putting in that dusty dry mulch which will become a sponge & then beautiful rich soil, the clay here is a whole other clay from our backyards in Syd, Australia thick sticky (when wet) orange/red clay sometimes no topsoil just pure clay, when there's no rain it's rock hard & cracked/cracking clay.
His voice so deep lol needed to turn it up all the way
Brilliant stuff. Could you do a tour of his property, I'd love to know what he's growing!
ceili is on to something. Love to see what all that hard mulching work can produce
Gr8, m8...very good video. Looking forward to more. Your "coconut cream" mango is doing well in our 20 gallon pot. New growth where we cut flower storks. Hopefully next season we will get fruit. Any suggestions for cross pollination to improve fruit production??
I’m in Gilbert. Does he do tours of his forest?! I’m looking to start one here!
😁 inspiring
I see so many Arizona gardeners growing so many tropical trees etc. I live in Oakland California and their water is all but rationed and super super expensive where does all your water come from and is water in expensive there??
.....wow
Should I worry about pesticides and herbicides on mulch sources or just take all that I can get from wherever I can get it?
When I saw him throw the banana peel back into the 'forest', I thought.....this is a real farmer.
Awesome! Will these grow in Tucson?
Thank you for the informative video. I am wondering though, if those bananas are not deficient in something as their leaves are getting brown at the edges first and then drying up.
If it naturally falls to the ground, it's good for composting, just as nature would do with it.
Balance the greens and Browns then influence the presence of life from micro to macro organisms, including fungi.
Would you turn the soil the first time you do this to start the process and loosen the initial hard clay?
So he layers mulch all over his yard, even though it is flood irrigated? I have a flood irrigated yard in the PHX Metro, but my understanding was that if I mulched everywhere then the water would either not spread properly (due to feet of mulch) OR the mulch would get carried away by the water. Also, wouldn't my bermuda grass grow right through it?
He added 2 feet of mulch ..and continues every year
You will kill/ choke out the grass at that depth..this is not a one time process...it's every year..just like a forest drops leaves..twigs
We are just helping mother nature exponentially 🙂
You give me hope. I’m planning on a move to Phoenix and I thought I would have to resort to growing only cactus. Does Doug belong to any garden clubs in the Phoenix area? I would love to meet him next time I’m out there.
Yes Arizona rare fruit growers
Wood chips are the best thing since the seed LOL
I only have one question. I agree with everything! But I live in texas and we have fire ants. Do you have any problems with this pest? What would you do if you had them?
Mulch mulch mulch! 😁
What part of Phoenix has a colder winter? You said you get frost? Part of our family is considering a move there but would enjoy a cooler winter. Thanks.
Move to the out skirts of the city. The inner city area has a lot of heat due to all the streets and pavement. I would say North near Anthom, South, south of Awahtukee, or Wayyyy out East near or in Queen Creek. Pretty much just outside the conjested areas.
Towards the outskirts. Where most of the middle to upper class neighborhoods are located in Phoenix. But if you want snow then move to Flagstaff.
so he digs then applies the mulch then buries the mulch with the topsoil? or does he just just dump it
We have tryed to do wood chips but ran into termites, how do deal with them?
Oh, NO! Did you keep the chips wet or damp? We are looking at putting the wood chips in. We just treated for termites and I don't want to encourage them back.
I tried to subscribe, but , got an error code network problem [503] !!!!
Hi Shamus, it's a great vid. Have you ever grown jackfruit trees and successfully harvest?
Thank you VJodie. Close, but not yet
Shamus O'Leary I killed 2 trees already. I live in so cal!
Curious that if the banana plant wants to fall over wouldn't that be natural and if so, wouldn't that also provide a natural mulch?
That's Shameless o'leary
Did I hear seedless pomegranate? Shamus do you carry those?
"love the fresh figs."
Well, I've watched this vid probably 4-5 x's so far and never noticed him mention a seedless variety of pomegranates... Do you offer this on your site? I looked but couldn't find anything that mentioned seedless... but I'm slow... so.... ;)