It is my first time on your channel and I have just subscribed. Very nice and fruitful farm. Thank you so much for sharing. Keep up the good work. All the best on this journey.😊🙏
A lot of hard work but it shows. Beautiful healthy forest. Starting out with pure sand here in Florida so I resorted to bringing in free mulch and it has made a world of difference. I plan to continue it for at least another year to get a good baseline established and by then I'm sure I will have enough support plants to not need anymore. Look forward to learning and watching more of your content.
thanks so much! there's plenty of ways to jump start the systems. in some of my client projects we brought in mulch and mushroom compost. sometimes it worth it to inoculate the zone with fertility then lean into processes! i really like large clump grasses to produce my mulch. in this area we dont have that easy grass mulch so we need to work a little harder to cover the ground. but its also important to prune the trees and reset the zone often. best of luck on your journey! it takes time and efforts but once you finally get it dialed in the system itself takes on the hard work and we just need to intervene at the proper moments.
@@tropicagroforestryspencerjulie Thank you. Yeah, we're working on it slowly, when my back and weather permits. I realize it won't be overnight but I've already seen encouraging growth and life in a short span.
theyre called tripod orchard ladders. we have two kinds, the bigger ladder is 12ʻ, or 4 meters, and the other is 6 foot or 2 meters. Hasegawa is the brand of the larger one, its super lightweight and has a telescoping third leg, super useful. one person can easily move it around. pretty expensive though. the shorter ladder is tallman brand. its great for the shorter stuff. its a fine weight. but definitely consider weight when youre making your decisions
We are in year 3 of our food forest, always wanting everything to grow fast for shade in our very hot climate. But watching you it looks like from year 5 it’s all chopping down. Mind you I cut the centre out of just about all of our fruit trees so we have bowl shape trees and should stay lower. Most people seem to leave their trees as a single leader and then worry later on . Which is a real pain, in my opinion.
we also have a hot climate and we love shade, but we also need to cut down the shade regularly. a wise person once told me "the system isn't for you, itʻs for the trees". even if i like shade, i know the plants need their disturbance to flourish. we follow syntropic agroforestry practices. in these methodologies its all about pruning to cycle nutrients and invigorate the system. the more we cut things the faster they grow. we do a heavy pruning to all of our plants pretty much every 6 months from planting. they regrow and shade everything again quickly!
It is my first time on your channel and I have just subscribed. Very nice and fruitful farm. Thank you so much for sharing. Keep up the good work. All the best on this journey.😊🙏
thanks so much for subscribing and for the kind words! we feel its finally time to push out education from our site!
A lot of hard work but it shows. Beautiful healthy forest. Starting out with pure sand here in Florida so I resorted to bringing in free mulch and it has made a world of difference. I plan to continue it for at least another year to get a good baseline established and by then I'm sure I will have enough support plants to not need anymore. Look forward to learning and watching more of your content.
thanks so much! there's plenty of ways to jump start the systems. in some of my client projects we brought in mulch and mushroom compost. sometimes it worth it to inoculate the zone with fertility then lean into processes!
i really like large clump grasses to produce my mulch. in this area we dont have that easy grass mulch so we need to work a little harder to cover the ground. but its also important to prune the trees and reset the zone often.
best of luck on your journey! it takes time and efforts but once you finally get it dialed in the system itself takes on the hard work and we just need to intervene at the proper moments.
@@tropicagroforestryspencerjulie Thank you. Yeah, we're working on it slowly, when my back and weather permits. I realize it won't be overnight but I've already seen encouraging growth and life in a short span.
@@FurFeathersandFlowers that's enough to stay motivated! keep at it!
That ladder is awesome I’m going to have to get one! Any idea what it’s called?
Garden is looking amazing too
theyre called tripod orchard ladders. we have two kinds, the bigger ladder is 12ʻ, or 4 meters, and the other is 6 foot or 2 meters.
Hasegawa is the brand of the larger one, its super lightweight and has a telescoping third leg, super useful. one person can easily move it around. pretty expensive though.
the shorter ladder is tallman brand. its great for the shorter stuff. its a fine weight. but definitely consider weight when youre making your decisions
We are in year 3 of our food forest, always wanting everything to grow fast for shade in our very hot climate. But watching you it looks like from year 5 it’s all chopping down. Mind you I cut the centre out of just about all of our fruit trees so we have bowl shape trees and should stay lower. Most people seem to leave their trees as a single leader and then worry later on . Which is a real pain, in my opinion.
we also have a hot climate and we love shade, but we also need to cut down the shade regularly. a wise person once told me "the system isn't for you, itʻs for the trees". even if i like shade, i know the plants need their disturbance to flourish. we follow syntropic agroforestry practices. in these methodologies its all about pruning to cycle nutrients and invigorate the system. the more we cut things the faster they grow. we do a heavy pruning to all of our plants pretty much every 6 months from planting. they regrow and shade everything again quickly!