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  • Опубликовано: 10 янв 2025

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  • @gracealonso275
    @gracealonso275 5 дней назад +9

    The wallapini looks so much better than I imagined. You are doing a great job. I especially like how you adapt and react to what has happened with your earthworks. Don't worry about the negative nellies, they just need something to hate to feel better about their lives.

  • @JaniceMartin-fd8mr
    @JaniceMartin-fd8mr 5 дней назад +5

    I've lived in SW desert for over 30 years. There is no simple solution to turning desert hard pack into great garden soil. I haven't needed to create cachements or zuni bowls but after seeing yours, it makes total sense. When I read the negative or you should do this or that, I immediately know that commenter doesn't know anything about it. Keep it up Brandon. I am totally engrossed and intrigued by yours & Neka's hard work and progress.

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  5 дней назад +1

      Really not so simple getting down to it! But thank you very much for your support on our projects and vision for the future of this place!✌🏾

    • @permissiontoshine
      @permissiontoshine 5 дней назад +1

      Amen🐨

    • @SF-qr2li
      @SF-qr2li 3 дня назад

      It is actually simple its only complicated when people want to make it aesthetically pleasing or don't bother to do a little research.

  • @kelenaeddins3078
    @kelenaeddins3078 5 дней назад +6

    What drew me towards permaculture initially was the three ethics of earth care, people care, and fair share. I believe you're doing a great job here in the Sonoran Desert, using what you have, and looking to indigenous practices, like the Zuni bowls. I am currently doing berms and swales, with dugout style guilds. I was actually considering using demilunes as a method for planting on a watershed area of my property. I see you and Neka's visions for this desert earthship and permaculture property. I respect your methods for greening the desert and improving the soil here. Each person doing this will have lasting impacts on the desert for generations. Thank you 😊 🙏 I think rigidity is the death of creativity for anyone's landscape. Maybe Mollison's ideas should be a starting point, not etched in stone. Every place has unique needs, there is no recipe, nor prescribed method that will work for every property. We live on the land, and making the observations, and fine tuning what our lands need. 😊

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  5 дней назад +2

      Thank you so much for the kind words! It's great to see people taking permaculture principles and using them in different ways.... Diversity, just like nature and ourselves!💚✌🏾

    • @louiseswart1315
      @louiseswart1315 5 дней назад +2

      @@kelenaeddins3078 I can't remember who said it, but the simplest explanation of the concept of permanence in permaculture I heard, is that a people adapt their cultural needs and wants, and culture their available land in such a way that the land can carry them permanently. That set my mind and practice in a whole new direction.

    • @permissiontoshine
      @permissiontoshine 5 дней назад +2

      'rigidity is the death of creativity' - wow, I've not heard that before. Beautiful. It can be applied to everything we do.
      We are certainly getting creativity in spades on Brandon and Neka's channels. Really stretching my rigidities 😂😂😂 stuff they do.

  • @vikingnurse4319
    @vikingnurse4319 5 дней назад +6

    12:57 the non-rigid approach is what is get me as a newbi interested in getting started.

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  5 дней назад +2

      Nice!😁✌🏾

    • @permissiontoshine
      @permissiontoshine 5 дней назад +1

      Excellent. One of the things I love about permaculture as an overarching concept is how much creativity it invites. It feels odd to me that some people who comment, not just on Brandon's channel but other smaller ones I engage with also - all over the world - is 'strangers on the internet'😂 having the need to tell people something they are doing is 'wrong'. That is so strange to me, but hey, we are all different.🐨😎

  • @daveblyden1325
    @daveblyden1325 5 дней назад +5

    Hey Brandon you and your significant other are doing a awesome job and your content is very educational 👏💯. Some people just don't get it until they can see the end result. Blessings 🙏!

  • @vikingnurse4319
    @vikingnurse4319 5 дней назад +3

    15:12 im impressed that there is a change in only one year. I think we need to look at the long term effects of what will develop over a decade or decades. What are we leaving for our children” point of view.

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  5 дней назад +1

      There's definitely many changes I've seen since we've started everything. For what we started with we really can only go up!✌🏾

  • @Akio-fy7ep
    @Akio-fy7ep 5 дней назад +3

    Lots of places have shallow soil and can store water only in actual cisterns or visible ponds, that have to be built up or dug into bedrock, and sealed. Others get water so frequently that storing it is not even on the menu, and diverting it off-property without erosion is top priority. Nature is all about adaptation.
    Desert land is cheap, so is popular to green and makes for dramatic visuals.

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  5 дней назад +3

      Exactly. It's important to adapt your methods to your climate and environment. But it is also visually pleasing to watch tan, white sand turn greener and more lush. Think those feelings say something!✌🏾

  • @kylarichardson7823
    @kylarichardson7823 5 дней назад +2

    The mind shift that happens when learning about permaculture and restorative is what I love. The ridgid way of thinking is what I don't like and it doesn't make sense to me.

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  5 дней назад

      Actually observing nature with good neutral intent is easier said than done for a lot of people.✌🏾

  • @rebapuck5061
    @rebapuck5061 5 дней назад +3

    It's always interesting. Always learning something on the channel.

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  5 дней назад

      Really appreciate it. I'm glad there's something to learn with the videos!✌🏾💚

    • @permissiontoshine
      @permissiontoshine 5 дней назад

      I've been learning a lot too. I watch several smaller permaculture-ish channels and enjoy watching how each person applies permaculture principles to their environment AND what resources they have.❤

  • @hirokawiti4932
    @hirokawiti4932 5 дней назад +2

    Hey bro. Tysm for this informative installment. Ngl the next thing id love to see after the house build is a full perimeter fenceline to protect your greenery. Thats just my opinion, I trust that you being the boots on the ground, have a clearer perception of your priority property needs. Man i love the upcuycling paradigm also. Even if i was in the position of paying someone to build a home for me, id rather go your path knowing that the method is reppeatable and free. Bit of elbow grease 💪

    • @hirokawiti4932
      @hirokawiti4932 5 дней назад

      You guys are an amazing inspiration to the world. I wish you such amazing financial success to get the fence built fr 🙏

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  5 дней назад

      Always great to hear from you and your support! I've got a plan for the fencing, which I've been chipping away at it on the side, so when I dedicate some time I'll be sure to show and tell!

  • @AlanW
    @AlanW 5 дней назад +2

    I love this idea that it's the concepts that matter more than the techniques. Every thriving ecosystem is chaos in homeostasis.

  • @lynsgabellone1332
    @lynsgabellone1332 5 дней назад +5

    I would imagine the changes you make will also affect outlying areas with runoff, flash flooding etc…. Or not? Every where is different, I have lived where the rocky mountain whicks winter melt and becomes tinder two months later. The earth will teach us what she needs. Great place you have there.

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  5 дней назад +2

      We've really improved the road coming in for ourselves, but also our neighbor with some of the earthworks. The road hasn't flooded for 2 years now, which the neighbor had to fix every year, but now he doesn't. 😁✌🏾

    • @permissiontoshine
      @permissiontoshine 5 дней назад

      ​@GrowTreeOrganics this is so cool to hear. The ripple effects of doing considered work.

    • @permissiontoshine
      @permissiontoshine 5 дней назад

      I love this - 'the Earth will teach us what she wants us to know'. That requires us to observe, have a go, make a mistake, observe again, think... figure things out in concert.
      As a little girl, 50 years ago, I used to watch my grandpa do that (he was one of the early adopters of permaculture principles here in Australia) on his 1/4 acre suburban block. He was a very thoughtful, quiet, intelligent man. So many people told him everything he was doing wouldn't work, he was crazy etc. He didn't care. I'd sit with him as he quietly observed a particular spot in his garden, wondering what he was thinking. His garden ended up being a highly, highly productive, magical place, growing all sorts of trees and plants others told him was impossible here.
      We live on very sandy, coastal, dry floodplain country here in Western Australia. 10 years into his gardening you wouldn't think that was the case.
      Whilst I didn't understand what he was doing back then, I do now, watching channels like this. I LOVE getting to bring both memories of Grandpa's gardening back then and what people are doing now, together.

  • @Will_Forge
    @Will_Forge 4 дня назад +1

    56:00 I'm a fun-guy, and I too prefer trees to grass as much as I like my grass.

  • @smartartification
    @smartartification 2 дня назад

    I totally get what you're saying about permaculture being a process of discovery. I'm in a high desert in NE UT and have lots of river rock in soil and am constantly finding new uses for them. I love seeing how you're using the gabions. It's very inspiring. I have put 2 years of work into the site where I live but its is very dry and cold and the soil has been so degraded and is lacking in organic matter and things just take time. I definitely think people have preconceived ideas about what permacultures is, that aren't helpful, including people who do permaculture but have kind of an elitist or competitive attitude about it.
    What I love about your channel is that it really shows methods that are doable for people who don't have much money to come up with up front. I love the innovation and the extent to which you use materials from your surroundings and that are repurposed.

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  2 дня назад

      Yeah exactly, it's a journey, glad you're enjoying it! Homesteading should be achievable for anyone and everyone thats wants to do it, money shouldn't entirely be what stops people from striving towards a better lifestyle. 💯✌🏾

  • @teresasanchez-lazer3428
    @teresasanchez-lazer3428 4 дня назад

    I think it is terrific that there are so many different people and families trying to achieve related goals, each in their own way. I am sorry there are people making faux-expert “judgements” about you and your efforts. Keep up the good work!

  • @timmbot6082
    @timmbot6082 4 дня назад

    The solution oriented mindset is so important! Sometimes constraints are actually beneficial. Like I said in my other comment, excellent video. 👍👍

  • @kevinlamotte3845
    @kevinlamotte3845 5 дней назад +3

    In my humble opinion, It is not so much how you do things. Different areas need different solutions, but the end goal. "turning dirt into soil."

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  5 дней назад

      Absolutely. Turning dirt into soil is a major point! ✌🏾

  • @louiseswart1315
    @louiseswart1315 5 дней назад +2

    The people liking their boxes and labels also look and do all the same.
    I would like to eventually see how the walapini with it's backfilling completed fits into the swale system and water catchment process.

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  5 дней назад +2

      I'm excited to get to the backfill, but also getting more of the water catchment set up.✌🏾

    • @permissiontoshine
      @permissiontoshine 5 дней назад +1

      ​@@GrowTreeOrganicswhen you touched on this in this live (I've watched it today as it was middle of the night here when you were live) this really piqued my interest. I'm looking forward to see this when you get to it.

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  4 дня назад +1

      @@permissiontoshine most definitely! Exciting stuff coming up! Thanks for your support!✌🏾

  • @juanalfonso9143
    @juanalfonso9143 5 дней назад +2

    I think the very creative a very smart Paul coach or not one thing for sure. Do you love what you’re doing cause it seems to me that you do and you feel comfortable with that so if you’re happy and what you doing, I’ll just brush away the negative of other people they suggest you’re very smart bro. I love watching how you build stuff Right from the ground.

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  5 дней назад +1

      You're totally right. Really appreciate the supportive words! Thanks for being apart of the journey!✌🏾

  • @teresasanchez-lazer3428
    @teresasanchez-lazer3428 4 дня назад

    Thanks!

  • @claireskrine4837
    @claireskrine4837 4 дня назад

    Wow, some people are so rude! Whenever I start to watch a greening channel it's with the expectation, and hope, that you are still going in 5-10 years time so we can see the results - it's the journey with projects like this isn't it? We are doing a similar thing with a food forest (well, tiny wood), all the water and fertility is already here (UK), so our problems are very different, but similarly long term. Our pioneer trees took about 7 years to really get going - we hadn't factored in rabbits and then deer - but they grew like crazy this year. We've spent years clearing unhelpful species like nettles and brambles from certain areas and this is the first year they haven't really grown back - so now we've finally got a grassy area we can only now start to put in some watermeadow/wildflower mix. There was the year when we saw a load of interesting plants growing in early spring, so we just let them grow. Turns out they were deadly poisonous and we've spent about 3 years subduing them through repeat scything, which we've learned to do as there is no electricity on site and we don't get as much sun as you do! The year we learned to scythe probably saved our lives as if we'd strimmed those poison plants we'd be dead. My willow coppice had just got to how I wanted it when there was a huge flood and beavers got to it. We've now realised how often we flood and where we can put sheds and things - this had taken several years of winters and springs to work out. Other trees have only just now got big enough to coppice, and the coppicing will probably take another 5 years to give us useable wood. Nature projects are long term, but we get so much satisfaction from the journey.

  • @kimrocksthetrees
    @kimrocksthetrees 4 дня назад

    The bunds works so well in the Sahel bc it is not as diverse topographically. There is not much change of grade over large areas. When you have a more complex landscape, you have more options.

  • @timmbot6082
    @timmbot6082 4 дня назад

    Nuance is key to many things in life and I agree with most of what you said. With “bro science” in the gym though, in general, that’s not opinion based that’s cumulative wisdom built over a couple hundred years. Like guys doing partial reps for bicep curls people mocked it until research showed that “lengthened partials” or “stretch mediated hypertrophy” was a thing. For sports science or lifting specifically its a new field of research that is simply catching up to and quantifying via research what the bros knew all along.
    Different situation than permaculture but I just wanted to mention that. Love the channel and content! The projects you two have going are awesome.

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  4 дня назад +1

      Appreciate that! Definitely the other side of the shoe, where science is able to prove the theories at the time as either real or nonsense. Just takes the science to actually be done to prove truth or falseness.✌🏾

  • @jasonjohnson736
    @jasonjohnson736 3 дня назад

    I have been working on my place not far from you for 10 years I will spend the rest of my life working on it it has changed but slowly

  • @srantoniomatos
    @srantoniomatos 4 дня назад

    I love Geoff Lawton, he teaches and inspires a lot, greenning the desert in jordan made me belive i could comw to the land ( and i did). Im tankfull. Im also aware it took more then 10 years, and a lot of work (including vounteers and people working while learnning), and money (incluuding donations), and water tanks delivering water...to make it. And its a just a small lot...

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  4 дня назад

      It definitely takes a lot, which most don't want to do!✌🏾

  • @deb2475
    @deb2475 3 дня назад

    I dig those towers. I have been dreaming about octagon solar plant tower combo out of concrete solid.

  • @MichaelDeeringMHC
    @MichaelDeeringMHC 5 дней назад +1

    Step one is to understand the local geology, aquifers, water table, bedrock, clay layers, etc. If you don't know what is a hundred feet beneath your feet, then how can you know what to do on the surface.

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  5 дней назад

      It all can add up to what decisions you do or don't make when developing land!✌🏾

    • @permissiontoshine
      @permissiontoshine 5 дней назад

      Yes, wow, so much going on beneath our feet too. I live in a flat in the centre of a city, but I'm loving learning about this stuff.

  • @srantoniomatos
    @srantoniomatos 4 дня назад

    Most people giving " great knowloge and tips" online never did anything on the land.

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  4 дня назад

      Those are Self proclaimed "experts" I'll never claim I'm an expert! Always learning!✌🏾

  • @RMCluff
    @RMCluff 4 дня назад

    You stand to build a place that has, after a certain amount of water comg up to the surface in certain spots after a number of years and that will allow you to develop practically anything that can bar grow or raised in the high Arizona plateau!

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  4 дня назад

      It's really about making the most of the land with nature's help. 😊🙏🏾✌🏾

  • @02TMM
    @02TMM 3 дня назад

    Go Brandon! Permaculture is first based on context. I live in Kansas. You are dealing with a highly brittle environment. That is why I find it very interesting. I see the industrial farmers here completely missing the boat and destroying the land making it sterile with no soil organic matter.

  • @RMCluff
    @RMCluff 4 дня назад

    Being a hippie or no, has nothing to do with permaculture. Yes, I follow Shawn Overton, and I respect his slow learning element. But I also have a real respect for the Texan who drives up from Houston with a Kabuto excavator who seems to know exactly what he is doing to prepare for a future that respects wide open areas, He doesn't give his name but is quite knowledgeable about elements that are true for the Chihuahua Desert. An he has to do it slow. He loves all the animals of his area. and is working towards a resort that many people can enjoy and know about the deserts and its wildlife. He is and austanding construction worker who only has 3 weeks per year to travel all the way to West Texas to build his place.

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  4 дня назад

      Exactly. I think the taking action part deserves some respect!✌🏾

  • @1975CEES
    @1975CEES 4 дня назад

    Permaculture is like a toolbox, different tools you can use.

  • @Will_Forge
    @Will_Forge 4 дня назад +1

    Wish I caught this live!
    I'm one of the commenters asking if you've considered the crescent holes from the great green wall (not a troll, though. lol), though my suggestions and questions are from a novice not anyone with 8 years experience like yourself. I don't say you should, but just asking if you've considered it. This can be seen by me already forgetting what they're called just moments after you said the name. I'm clearly not a master. lmao
    So yeah, don't sweat my comments when you see them if I'm completely wrong. I'm an enthusiast that lives in a swamp and will bring up anything I learn about with hopes of maybe the off chance it helps. Comes from the ADHD. So does lack of brevity. So yeah even if I paragraph dump on you, trust me, I know I don't know as much as you, and my comments are all about the slim chance I heard about something you hadn't yet for you to consider. 😆

    • @Will_Forge
      @Will_Forge 4 дня назад +1

      This was GREAT sort of "checkpoint" with you along the watching journey here, by the way.

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  4 дня назад +1

      You're all good my friend, I was more getting at the ones that comment from a stance of know-it-allism... I appreciate your comments and where they come from!💚👌🏾✌🏾👍🏾

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  4 дня назад +1

      That's awesome, I may do multiple lives in a week here on the regular!?😅✌🏾

    • @Will_Forge
      @Will_Forge 4 дня назад +1

      @@GrowTreeOrganics Sounds dope! 😄

  • @srantoniomatos
    @srantoniomatos 4 дня назад

    For most online dreamers (experts) somehow money x work x time isnt part of the equation. In reality its the baseline of everything.

  • @kudude48
    @kudude48 2 дня назад

    who would make negative comments?

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  2 дня назад +1

      You don't wanna to know!😲😅✌🏾

    • @kudude48
      @kudude48 День назад

      @@GrowTreeOrganics i enjoy your videos.

  • @RMCluff
    @RMCluff 4 дня назад

    You, on the other hand are working toward greeing the desert with all its trees and plants and to save the water that is there to make all elements thrive. The sort of life one leads as long as he/shes is following the needs of his property has nothing to do with his work and goals, and developing what seems the most important to him!

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  4 дня назад

      Appreciate your kind words. Just doing what I love doing and sharing what I know and have learned!✌🏾💚

  • @JulianVaughan-Jackson-os2bq
    @JulianVaughan-Jackson-os2bq День назад

    You are Enebriated by the exuberance of your own verbosity. So many words,many longer than they needed to be,in the cause of stating the obvious about permaculture. Remember the KISS principle:- keep it simple Stu…

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  День назад

      Thanks Im glad you noticed! Always appreciate your compliments!👍🏾

  • @conorpp1
    @conorpp1 4 дня назад

    Honestly, Im pretty into what you are doing. But saying that you arnt using certain techniques because other people are using them and they are boring is a little silly. Still, keep up the good work

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  4 дня назад

      No, I was more saying that using only one technique is boring, we're actually using most techniques people are suggesting, but because I label them different it's not always apparent. I don't discriminate against techniques! Appreciate your support of the channel though, thank you!✌🏾💚

  • @frictionhitch
    @frictionhitch 3 дня назад

    Stewardship of land is Permaculture. You're either doing it or not. You guys are doing it. You will make mistakes and learn from them. That's part of the process. Don't worry too much about people who want to put you down before they get back to their Xbox. We are facing extreme climate change this decade as well as peak energy this decade. Anyone nagging you needs to get their butt out in their garden before them and their family starves. That is the honest state of the world. I wish more people were like you because I don't want to have to be the person who has to turn people away. The UN estimates that by 2050 80% of the world's topsoil will be depleted. Our oceans will lack fish. The Amazon rainforest may become a savannah. While all that is happening there will be less commercial fertilizer and less oil. Thank you for doing your part Brandon.

    • @frictionhitch
      @frictionhitch 3 дня назад

      Anyone who thinks that's harsh should watch the news. Get your lazy butts into gear. Do something. It doesn't have to be perfect. It just has to be better than nothing

    • @frictionhitch
      @frictionhitch 3 дня назад

      On our property we've spent the first year hiking. There is no climate data available. We didn't know exactly what was here. Now we do and we've seen it in all four seasons. Now we are ready to act. I think that the observation point of what you are saying cannot be emphasized enough. When does it rain how much does it snow where does it flow? What species and how much abundance do I have? How can I be self-sustainable here and not just have a small impact on wildlife but have a positive impact on wildlife? What can that wildlife do for me to help me support my family? I think if you want to become a proper Steward for your land you need to sleep under her stars, go on walks with her, admire her beauty, and then Court her properly. When your land becomes your lover you will surely love her and treat her right.

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  3 дня назад

      Well said there!✌🏾💚

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  3 дня назад

      💯 agree! Thank you for your support on this overall Greening project and for the channel!💚✌🏾

    • @frictionhitch
      @frictionhitch 3 дня назад

      @@GrowTreeOrganics I've got a new neighbor. I shared your channel with him. You guys truly are an inspiration to us all. If most people were doing what you are doing we would be ok.

  • @frictionhitch
    @frictionhitch 3 дня назад

    What would Bill Mollison say?
    ruclips.net/video/6RD1GW-vOHg/видео.htmlsi=CIagW8tYQ7QrW_yf

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  3 дня назад

      Hopefully positive criticism!😅✌🏾

    • @frictionhitch
      @frictionhitch 3 дня назад

      @GrowTreeOrganics our planet is dying. The time for pontification is over. It is time for each and every one of us to take action now. Thank you for taking action. We can't fix it from our keyboards. We can from our gardens.

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  День назад

      Thank you!💚✌🏾

  • @srantoniomatos
    @srantoniomatos 4 дня назад

    You are over complicating..."whatever works" my friend.

    • @GrowTreeOrganics
      @GrowTreeOrganics  4 дня назад

      It can get complicated, depending on the person. "Whatever works" is different for everyone!✌🏾