I use all my grass clippings in my garden and around fruit trees and everything else I can get in the forest nearby like rotting branches, pine straw, leaves, leaf mold and soil from a sandy wash. My rural lot had no topsoil when I moved here. It was the most discouraging thing imaginable because I had planned a garden and fruit trees. The very best sun area was a gravel parking spot. So I`ve had to create soil here and haul all of the mix used in from the forest. It`s a daily chore but it`s working. For fig trees I started with tiny rooted cuttings in a tiny hole with rich soil and I slowly build a soil mound beneath their canopy as they grow starting with a 3 ft diameter layer of brown cardboard covered with green grass clippings then a layer of sandy/silty soil from a wash. Then I plant vining Red Ripper cow peas and train them to remain on the ground and continue to add a mix of organic forest material, green grass clippings, cardboard and forest soil. The pea vines keeps the wild bunnies fed and happy and away from my main vegetables, fixes nitrogen, provides ground cover and a harvest and the vines are mowed over/bagged and used as mulch at the end of the season. In winter I grow greens, turnips, carrots, green onions etc on the fig tree mounds.
It has an compounding effect. Like all of sudden you have everything and don't have to worry about the soil anymore because you did it the slow and right way ✅
@@GreenBearSoul At first I tried to gather soil under the trees in the woods and it was in winter so I didn`t know I was touching poison oak roots. My right hand is still being affected but it`s getting better. Then I saw the "sand bar" type mounds down in the wash and it was easy to get and carry to my garden wagon to fill it up. I dumped out wagon loads on top of chopped leaves mixed with grass clippings to create mounds in my garden area and added some limestone and bone meal until turnips and carrots would grow.
@@GreenBearSoul The surface stays covered in my vegetable garden with a mix of mowed over chopped leaves, leaf mold, crumbled rotting logs and grass clippings and I plant in this. There are almost no weeds or grass except trying to creep in around the edges. The birds, lizards, toads and frogs love hunting insects and earthworms in it. I was out there a few minutes ago and saw a hummingbird catch a moth and another hummingbird started chasing it trying to take it from him. Ha! I use wireless alarms to alert me if a deer, raccoon or armadillos get near my garden. The raccoons love watermelons and ground cherries so I use up to 6 alarms to keep them run off.
@@GreenBearSoul I was wondering how to do this with fruit trees that I planted 1-2 years ago. They are not growing very fast and of course I planted them in the conventional way, instead of what you showed here. Should I dig them up now that they are f still small and do what you described in the video?
They changed my growing zone from 8a/8b line to the 8b/9a line. The 9a area can grow some tropical fruits, oranges and palm trees. Those would be a waste of time here. Even cold hardy fig trees like Celeste & Chicago Hardy will freeze back to the roots without some heroic efforts and planning and it may be this winter or it may be the next but it will happen eventually. In the past four years in winter we`ve seen 3 degrees, two winters in a row where we hit ZERO degrees, and last winter we saw 8 degrees. And this happened in subtropical Louisiana. Plus we had ridiculous record heat and drought last summer where it was well over 100 degrees daily for 3 months. This summer was unusually cool but we had another drought.
@@soymilkman They`re trying to trick people into planting the wrong crops so they`ll have to depend on toxic store produce. The growing zones are getting colder...not warmer.
Thanks! I just moved to the country and have a 56x 20 ft area I covered with wood chips. I have chickens in there to scratch it up and poop in it. I throw all my kitchen scraps in there for tehm to eat or to just rot. I'll take them out soon and probably cover with more wood chips. I also throw all my animal bedding in there (sheep and chickens). I never figured out composting and it seems easier to let the chickens have it. I'm about to do the same thing to an area I want to turn into a perrenial garden.
@alishaberrey4479 Yes you can't have too much! It will build the carbon up very quickly ✅ within a year it should be almost completely broken down 💯 depending on your climate. Dryer climates need more watering to break it down faster or make the environment condusive for fungus to live. They love moisture and a good food source like wood chips and they will decompose the wood very quickly if it's constantly moist throughout the pile.
Enjoyed this video. Information packed. Like your recommended plants, many I'm hearing about for the first time! What zone are you in? I'm in 10A in Tarpon Springs.
I am in Perth Australia we don't have chill hours here, but that cherry plum sounds amazing. I have always wanted to grow a cherry tree but due to the lack of cold here it would not fruit.
@@Rich-can-do Yes and you can also grow the Jamaican Cherry which is not the Barbados cherry. Its botanical name is Muntingia calabura. Grows like a weed and will give you fruits almost all year minus the 2 coldest months
@@GreenBearSoul I need to watch out for it. I hope it grows great, and doesn't mind being in a pot. So far I have a Bowen/Kensington Pride mango. Red Raspberry Blackberry Pomegranate 2 Turkey figs Guava I am at the moment starting some white soul alpine strawberry plants and will get a Cape gooseberry. We don't get any frost here, we have a very long grow season. Ty for sharing about the Jamaican Cherry. I am going to keep a lookout for it. I am going also to start sugar baby watermelons Yes real watermelon with seeds, not red cucumber we get in the fruit market.
@@GreenBearSoul Hi Dane, Zone 9 a, where do you recommend that I purchase that mucinda caruba, ( I forgot how to spell that cherry and also the black cherry plum. Is this a good area for those,? Would love to know all I can grow here. I had all the regulars trees growing before they manipulated the weather. I lost my 15 year old grapefruit and oranges.
A majority of people in the permaculture world seem to just assume that the yields will come because the plants are supposed to be healthier. Unfortunately it seems like everyone is allergic to measuring yield.
You cannot get woodchips delivered for free in many rural areas. You can buy or make your own; some municipalities have piles, and you can get those for free. I used to do Chip Drop when I lived in a city, but after moving to the country is a different situation.
@@EastRiverHomestead Thanks for the comment ❤️ I'm glad you think it's interesting 💥 Hey from your neighbor down south in Florida 👋 thanks for the support! Let me know how I can help you 🔥
@@GreenBearSoul Hey, thanks! I have a house in Arcadia, FL. It's rented out, but I do go down there due to family. Maybe one day I will come down and take a tour of your garden. Peace.
Don't do a 'Hollywood garden' that looks good for the first few years. Improve the whole piece of land, for good production in 10 years time; that is Permaculture.
@@garfieldwithissuez Start thinking about what trees or what fruits you like so you have a strong list that matches your new zone ✅ that was the hardest part for me making those decisions
plz keep vids coming this is one of the best straight to point simple explanations ive seen thank you from ur gardener with a 6 yearolds mind
@@Closet420 Thanks for the feedback 🙏 I'm working on bringing bunches more ✅ some big things are in the works 💯 stay tuned 💥
Probably the best video that sums up everything one needs to know. Where were you 2 yrs ago friend!. Excellent
@@hassensheikh114 Thanks for the comment! 💥 I was too busy planting 😂
OMG, this is the best summary I have ever seen for a new grower. Such good info!!
@@Moochy999 thanks for the feedback 🙏
this channel is a goldmine, thank you brother!
@@soda1515 thanks for the comment brother! 🙏💥
Bro this is an awesome video, glad I came across your channel!
Thanks for the feedback, bro!
This was alot, you have alot of energy. For next video tips: Please timestamps!
@@Daniel-qr6sx Thanks for the suggestion - I'll make sure to do that ✅ and thanks for the feedback on the energy 💥🔥
Wow! That was loaded with info. Thank you for being so willing to share
@@whereserik Thanks for the comment! Hope you feel a little more confident to try yourself 🙏
I use all my grass clippings in my garden and around fruit trees and everything else I can get in the forest nearby like rotting branches, pine straw, leaves, leaf mold and soil from a sandy wash. My rural lot had no topsoil when I moved here. It was the most discouraging thing imaginable because I had planned a garden and fruit trees. The very best sun area was a gravel parking spot. So I`ve had to create soil here and haul all of the mix used in from the forest. It`s a daily chore but it`s working.
For fig trees I started with tiny rooted cuttings in a tiny hole with rich soil and I slowly build a soil mound beneath their canopy as they grow starting with a 3 ft diameter layer of brown cardboard covered with green grass clippings then a layer of sandy/silty soil from a wash. Then I plant vining Red Ripper cow peas and train them to remain on the ground and continue to add a mix of organic forest material, green grass clippings, cardboard and forest soil.
The pea vines keeps the wild bunnies fed and happy and away from my main vegetables, fixes nitrogen, provides ground cover and a harvest and the vines are mowed over/bagged and used as mulch at the end of the season. In winter I grow greens, turnips, carrots, green onions etc on the fig tree mounds.
You are rocking it💥✅💯 Yes it's a slow improvement day and day out, but it pays off doesn't it!!! 💯✅🔥
It has an compounding effect. Like all of sudden you have everything and don't have to worry about the soil anymore because you did it the slow and right way ✅
@@GreenBearSoul At first I tried to gather soil under the trees in the woods and it was in winter so I didn`t know I was touching poison oak roots. My right hand is still being affected but it`s getting better. Then I saw the "sand bar" type mounds down in the wash and it was easy to get and carry to my garden wagon to fill it up. I dumped out wagon loads on top of chopped leaves mixed with grass clippings to create mounds in my garden area and added some limestone and bone meal until turnips and carrots would grow.
@@GreenBearSoul The surface stays covered in my vegetable garden with a mix of mowed over chopped leaves, leaf mold, crumbled rotting logs and grass clippings and I plant in this. There are almost no weeds or grass except trying to creep in around the edges. The birds, lizards, toads and frogs love hunting insects and earthworms in it. I was out there a few minutes ago and saw a hummingbird catch a moth and another hummingbird started chasing it trying to take it from him. Ha! I use wireless alarms to alert me if a deer, raccoon or armadillos get near my garden. The raccoons love watermelons and ground cherries so I use up to 6 alarms to keep them run off.
Wow, I could never imagine that this is possible! Thank you very much for this great video!
Absolutely, it's more than possible! Let me know how I can help you do it 💖 and thanks for the comments 🙏
@@GreenBearSoul I was wondering how to do this with fruit trees that I planted 1-2 years ago. They are not growing very fast and of course I planted them in the conventional way, instead of what you showed here. Should I dig them up now that they are f still small and do what you described in the video?
They changed my growing zone from 8a/8b line to the 8b/9a line. The 9a area can grow some tropical fruits, oranges and palm trees. Those would be a waste of time here. Even cold hardy fig trees like Celeste & Chicago Hardy will freeze back to the roots without some heroic efforts and planning and it may be this winter or it may be the next but it will happen eventually. In the past four years in winter we`ve seen 3 degrees, two winters in a row where we hit ZERO degrees, and last winter we saw 8 degrees. And this happened in subtropical Louisiana. Plus we had ridiculous record heat and drought last summer where it was well over 100 degrees daily for 3 months. This summer was unusually cool but we had another drought.
Yay for climate change!!
@@soymilkman They`re trying to trick people into planting the wrong crops so they`ll have to depend on toxic store produce. The growing zones are getting colder...not warmer.
Sounds like you need to grow stone fruits! Thanks for sharing your experience 🙂
Super cute and great video
@@njione Thanks for the comments ❤️🙏
Thank you man for the great info 😘 but I have to say your camera motion when you speak makes me dizzy! I can't watch you!
@@marysiap17 Thanks for feedback I really appreciate it! ❤️💥
Thank You Kindly...This is very helpful❣️
@@SimpleNFree3 thanks for the comment 🙏
Thanks! I just moved to the country and have a 56x 20 ft area I covered with wood chips. I have chickens in there to scratch it up and poop in it. I throw all my kitchen scraps in there for tehm to eat or to just rot. I'll take them out soon and probably cover with more wood chips. I also throw all my animal bedding in there (sheep and chickens). I never figured out composting and it seems easier to let the chickens have it. I'm about to do the same thing to an area I want to turn into a perrenial garden.
@@alishaberrey4479 What you got going is going to work great just make sure the pile is thick ✅
@@GreenBearSoul Thanks. I need another load or 2 of chips for the season for that reason.
@alishaberrey4479 Yes you can't have too much! It will build the carbon up very quickly ✅ within a year it should be almost completely broken down 💯 depending on your climate. Dryer climates need more watering to break it down faster or make the environment condusive for fungus to live. They love moisture and a good food source like wood chips and they will decompose the wood very quickly if it's constantly moist throughout the pile.
Enjoyed this video. Information packed. Like your recommended plants, many I'm hearing about for the first time! What zone are you in? I'm in 10A in Tarpon Springs.
Nice footage!
@@Jhonsinh Thanks bro! 💥
I am in Perth Australia we don't have chill hours here, but that cherry plum sounds amazing. I have always wanted to grow a cherry tree but due to the lack of cold here it would not fruit.
You can do a Barbados Cherry instead. It's not a true cherry though.
@@Rich-can-do Yes and you can also grow the Jamaican Cherry which is not the Barbados cherry. Its botanical name is Muntingia calabura. Grows like a weed and will give you fruits almost all year minus the 2 coldest months
Tastes like strawberry milk cotton candy popcorn
@@GreenBearSoul I need to watch out for it. I hope it grows great, and doesn't mind being in a pot. So far I have a Bowen/Kensington Pride mango. Red Raspberry Blackberry Pomegranate 2 Turkey figs Guava I am at the moment starting some white soul alpine strawberry plants and will get a Cape gooseberry. We don't get any frost here, we have a very long grow season. Ty for sharing about the Jamaican Cherry. I am going to keep a lookout for it. I am going also to start sugar baby watermelons Yes real watermelon with seeds, not red cucumber we get in the fruit market.
@@GreenBearSoul Hi Dane, Zone 9 a, where do you recommend that I purchase that mucinda caruba, ( I forgot how to spell that cherry and also the black cherry plum. Is this a good area for those,? Would love to know all I can grow here. I had all the regulars trees growing before they manipulated the weather. I lost my 15 year old grapefruit and oranges.
Zone 8B within 13 miles of the ocean.
That's got to be one the best places possible!
A majority of people in the permaculture world seem to just assume that the yields will come because the plants are supposed to be healthier. Unfortunately it seems like everyone is allergic to measuring yield.
Mulberry is a really good starter fruit tree. Grows like a weed here in Kansas
@@BenjiBeard Excellent share yes 💯 and they grow wicked fast 💥
You cannot get woodchips delivered for free in many rural areas. You can buy or make your own; some municipalities have piles, and you can get those for free.
I used to do Chip Drop when I lived in a city, but after moving to the country is a different situation.
Thanks for adding this detail! 💯✅🙏
The best apricots I’ve ever eaten were the ones from my grandma’s tree! No grocery store apricots have ever come close!
I believe it - no comparison! 💯💥❤️
*Subscribed* Thank you for the video. Wish my channel was as interesting as yours. I am in 9b Georgia coast.
@@EastRiverHomestead Thanks for the comment ❤️ I'm glad you think it's interesting 💥 Hey from your neighbor down south in Florida 👋 thanks for the support! Let me know how I can help you 🔥
@@GreenBearSoul Hey, thanks! I have a house in Arcadia, FL. It's rented out, but I do go down there due to family. Maybe one day I will come down and take a tour of your garden. Peace.
@@EastRiverHomestead That's awesome! Sounds good let me know when your coming ✅
Don't do a 'Hollywood garden' that looks good for the first few years. Improve the whole piece of land, for good production in 10 years time; that is Permaculture.
Absolutely 💯
Hi Sir,
Do you need a professional youtube thumbnail designer....?
Yes you already asked me and you were going to email me ✅
@@GreenBearSoul Hello sir how can i contact you please give your contact address
I know what he was growing indoors. 🪴🚬🤣
@@garfieldwithissuez 🤔🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💥
@@GreenBearSoul great video, saved it for when we move next year.
@@garfieldwithissuez Thanks for the feedback 💓 let me know what questions you have when they pop up ✅✅✅
@@GreenBearSoul will do.
@@garfieldwithissuez Start thinking about what trees or what fruits you like so you have a strong list that matches your new zone ✅ that was the hardest part for me making those decisions