Couple Growing Food *Year Round* in a Backyard Permaculture Micro Farm with Geodesic Dome Greenhouse

Deborah and Gabe transformed an empty backyard lawn into an abundant permaculture micro-farm where they're growing fresh fruits and vegetables for themselves, and for sale at their farm gate stand. To grow food year-round in a northern climate, they also have a geodesic dome greenhouse with an indoor pond that helps regulate the temperature in all 4 seasons.
You can follow and find out more about The Ecobubble here:
www.ecobubble.ca/
/ ecobubblemicrofarm
The couple is using permaculture and hügelkultur methods to grow food in their backyard gardens and they don't use any pesticides or herbicides. They've planted a food forest with fruit and nut trees, and they've also planted fruit trees and native plant species to feed birds and pollinators like bees and butterflies.
The 26’ geodesic growing dome is from Arctic Acres in Canada:
arcticacres.ca/
These domes are available from Growing Spaces in the United States:
growingspaces.com/
With a 1/2 acre of land, some infrastructure, and a whole lot of hard work, Deborah and Gabe are already growing loads of fresh food for themselves, their neighbours, and the wildlife around them. We can't wait to see what they get up to this year on their future homestead! You can follow along on their journey in bringing The Ecobubble vision to reality here:
www.ecobubble.ca/
/ ecobubblemicrofarm
Special thank you to Laurie from Right Arm Builds ([e-mail]) for being a growing dome ninja super star on filming day!
Thanks for watching!
Mat & Danielle
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CREDITS
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Music & Song Credits:
All music in this video was composed, performed, and recorded by Mat of Exploring Alternatives.
Editing Credits:
Mat and Danielle of Exploring Alternatives
Filming Credits:
Mat and Danielle of Exploring Alternatives
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Photos provided by Deborah and Gabe of The Ecobubble
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[@ExploringAlternatives]

Thanks for watching! You can follow The Ecobubble here:

[@WTFwuzdat]

What a beautiful story. Offering a "pay what you can" option to people is such a kind way to help others and build community. Hopefully, those with lots of money will choose to pay more than the suggested price. <3

[@dragonicelv]

I started crying when she talked about food insecurity, feeding each other and pay what you can. <3 lovely work they do. Universe please give me this kind of dome as well.

[@nil981]

Geodesic domes are really useful in cold climates.

[@korinasaurus]

The longer I've been gardening and the more gardening videos I watch the more I become appreciative of being in zone 9a

[@SheriffofYouTube]

Momma's Seeds makes the journey so much more beautiful

[@heavenwithin81]

My heart longs to live like this.

[@nanchesca3950]

That is my dream, to have a little stand with my surplus, pay what you can! Awesome!!

[@miranda_miranda]

This is my dream lifestyle! ❤ A partner in the same page, countryside life, mud house, living offgrid, planting our own food... paradise ❤

[@valerieb3195]

What a blessing it is to have inherited those seeds!

[@loril.mangold8160]

It's Great that you are using a geodesic dome, for your green house, when I was 17, in my high school, in Art class we constructed a geodesic dome as a class project, thats when domes were first being built in the 70's,

[@karenstanislaw8912]

Ideal. Much respect and admiration. They'll be healthier, and the world's a little better for it - ask the bees!

[@MFD388]

They are literally living the life I want.

[@beatrizforticamara2463]

The best and the most beautiful project! 🥹♥️

[@sydneykate]

I've seen a few geodesic dome builds. The idea that this is Toronto and it works--despite few snags, is extremely promising.

[@milicentduckery7387]

This is what the revolution needs to look like. Truly fantastic job!

[@thedurtfamily]

Can’t wait to be learning from these videos. Our family is about to purchase land in the Appalachian mountains and begin our journey of offgrid living. 🌱

[@beckymay439]

Yes! Pay what you can and vegetable exchange is a great idea! Let's rely less on the financial system and more on each other.

[@evenchel]

I found that a lot of IT specialists come to permaculture. That's great!

[@jamescasejr.9679]

Thanks for remind of grandparents grew 🪴 and loving story💖