Family Growing 90% of Their Food on an Impressive Permaculture Homestead
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- Опубликовано: 25 дек 2023
- After only three years of homesteading, this family is already growing 90% of their food for a family of four on 2.3 acres, and most of it is grown in their front yard! They grow 150 varieties of fruits and vegetables using permaculture principles and they use a variety of methods to preserve their harvest, from drying and canning to freezing and fermenting.
You can follow and find out more about Willows Green Permaculture here:
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Some examples of the foods they grow:
- For grains, they grow wheat, sorghum, barley, rice and oats.
- For protein, they grow beans, hemp seeds and sunflower seeds, and they harvest wild mushrooms.
- For vegetables, they grow potatoes, carrots, onions, cabbage, squash, corn, spinach, okra, peppers, tomatoes, and more!
- For fruit, they grow elderberry, raspberry, goji berry, grapes, and more!
We hope you enjoyed meeting Stefan and Magali and seeing the abundant homestead they've created, as well as learning about the benefits and challenges of this impressive gardening project.
Thanks for watching!
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Thanks for watching! You can follow and find out more about Willows Green Permaculture here:
www.youtube.com/@WillowsGreenPermaculture
www.willowsgreenpermaculture.com/
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@@MarRange thank you for letting us know! We haven't seen this issue before (with the dot not being part of the link) but I've changed the link to the following and it seems to work:
www.youtube.com/@WillowsGreenPermaculture./videos
@@ExploringAlternatives thanks to your video they grow the channel by 2k subscribers. I feel like I had a little part in it ;)
Thank you , we are very grateful indeed to Exploring Alternatives, and thank you for this observation!@@MarRange
@WillowsGreenPermaculture. I was joking. Nothing would even happen without your great content and passion! I can't stop looking on the garden from the bird eye view. @@WillowsGreenPermaculture
this is a dream, what a lovely couple
Thank you!
It's hard to believe this garden is only 3 yrs young, they have done an amazing job. 😊😊
Thank you!
Truly inspiring 😊
Thank you!@@demetrajohnson2245
Thank you so much to Exploring Alternatives for coming to visit us and for sharing our passion, our story and our message. Being able to connect with so many people through the comments is just so wonderful! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Thank you for the inspiration. We're starting our little homestead in a small village in South Africa and sometimes it is just so overwhelming with all that needs to be done. Fantastic achievements in such a short space of time! I think I may just also grow my beard again 😆
Thank you!@@overberghomesteading
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This is such an amazing documentary on your wonderful project. 👏🏼👍🏼❤️
@@garrettpeters3438 merci Garrett!
It's wonderful how obvious it is that they were both teachers. From telling us exactly what they were going to do with every vegetable and herb, to how they processed them, even to a drawn representation of the farm, it's awesome! Such a beautiful video.
Thank you! ❤
I always get so excited when I see people growing their own food, using permaculture principles, learning how to work with the land and animals and "pests". I'm very happy to hear of this family right here in Ontario growing so much of their food in their front yard. Thanks for sharing this inspiring story! There is nothing so satisfying as eating what you have grown yourself!
Yes. This is my goal. Grow enough food of different types and raise animals to have my own food.
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@janinafisher101
Growing their own food and sharing the excess with those in need. Very nice people.
Thank you!
This is one of the best videos I've seen for raising your own! I'm 73 and disabled, but I can still DO something, just not as much as I used to do. Thanks for the inspiration ❤
Thank you!
@@WillowsGreenPermaculture i"m now a subscriber for your channel!
That's fantastic! Welcome to Willows Green Permaculture. Don't hesitate to ask questions in the comments! @@SpecialSP
@@WillowsGreenPermaculture I will ask, indeed! How else do I learn?
I saw this video and started bursting out happy crying after not crying for years. This is my new vision for my life.
That is absolutely wonderful!
That's why I like living in area surrounded by nature where you can grow your own food. It's peaceful and good for mental health.
I love your garden and your gentle and kind thoughts of providing extras for the animals and other people. You are a lovely couple with kind spirits. The world needs people like you. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
Thank you!
It's amazing to see people producing such a large percentage of their food without being in an area where year-round gardening is possible!
Yeah, I would take that 90% figure with a grain of salt. I grew up in a Romanian village and we were pretty self sufficient. But we were nowhere near 90%. You still have to trade or buy basics like bread and such.
@@Wordsalad69420 They are vegan and vegans are amazing gardeners~!
You can also use microclimate science to extend the growing season! Isn't that neat?
I LOVE THIS FAMILY! They even plant food for the wildlife 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🙏🏽
Thank you!
I loved what Magali said about creating a paradise on their own land. I have kept a vegetable garden on and off for many years. About 4 years ago we decided to Permaculture our property. We truly have created our own small Paradise here and we love it! We would never go back. To live in the middle of all this nature, while being able to grow almost all our own food is fabulous!
Hey Marisa! I'm looking to support families that care for their health through organic ingredients, the things that aren't the easiest to grow ourselves. Would you mind to share some of the things that would be great to pick up at a central location near home? For instance, not having access to oceans, we would need to have a reliable source for natural salt! I'm looking to help educate and provide these to communities throughout the world, anything you're comfortable with sharing will be valued!
@@camerondavis2565 I am keen to hear more about this. Looking to do this in Kenya
This Video isn't just about gardening, but also about life
Thank you! This means very much to us! ❤
Beautiful couple on a beautiful homestead doing beautiful things.
Thank you!
I think it would be SO wonderful for his previous students to be able to visit his homestead as a fieldtrip to learn more from their teacher about gardening and permaculture! imagine his knowledge being passed on for future generations to keep up these skills!
Those visits would be welcome, and we have sent out invitations. Definitely something in the works.
This couple and their shared vision are SO INSPIRING! Teachers and permaculturalists. I would love to have neighbours like you. All in 3 years!
Thank you!
I’m inspired by this, and there was one important thing I think I needed to hear. I have a “black thumb”, and hearing that the collective unconscious of my ancestors means that I can do this because my body, brain, and DNA already understand how, is a motivator!! I keep trying, with poor results in my containers. I already plan on putting herbs around my house in the spring, as a way to cull things I will use, and increase confidence.
It is for you and others like you that I focus many of my efforts. You can do it. I try to simplify as much as possible. I use nature as guide so nature does the work for you. You start by getting to know a little the plants you grow. What do they need? Do they like always damps soil, or the soil to dry out? Do they like lots of sun, or some shade, and so on. Start one plant at a time, and eventually you will know all that you need! Keep watching the videos, you will see you can do it.
Living the dream, amazing work.
Thank you for the insight.
You're very welcome! Thanks for your comment, happy you enjoyed checking out this amazing homestead :)
This is absolutely amazing! Thank you all so much for bringing it to us.
Thanks you, we were so happy to share their homesteading story :)
This was tremendously inspiring! It was fascinating to discover the vision of Magali, Stefan and their family. Their combination of tenacity and intelligence impressed, but it was their determination to observe their environment and seek out natural solutions that was most sympathetic. More power to them, bravo!
Thank you!
He has more energy than me because I'm not healthy. More money as well.
But, after 8 years, my garden is starting to meet all my plant based food needs.
You'd be surprised what can be achieved on a low budget. Living guided by nature, nature guides you, you channel nature, and nature multiplies your abundance. You start with seeds, soil, sun, shade and water, knowing each plant, one at a time, what are their needs. No need for machinery and fuel - that is what is expensive. I've researched how it was done for millennia using our hands and our creativity. I've done this on a balcony, I've done it in a patio garden, on a postage stamp, in school yards. To achieve your dream, all you need is to keep focusing on your dream, keep seeing what you want to achieve. And getting community on board with you. Help other people to see your vision. Teamwork makes dreams come true, and vision, creativity, perserverence, courage, humility and a good sense of humour.
Wow, they bought the property in 2019 - absolutely sitting pretty when the pandemic came! The amount of work they do is tremendous. It's also incredible to see how he looks at her - the light and love absolutely shines out from him onto her! That's true partnership, beautiful.
Thank you!
Not only it’s genius, it’s beautifully laid out and you made gardening enjoyable
Thank you! ❤
we're at about 25% of our food but I want this! thank you for posting this!
Amazing what they have done in 3.5 years!!!
This is highly impressive. A true labor of love. I cannot believe how much they have done in three short years.
Thank you!
This is such a wholesome corner of the internet
I love these folks. There are so many useful lessons they're giving us. God bless them.
Thank you! ❤
The meals you make from your gardens must be incredible 🙂
Yes! 😊
Stefan and Magali are totally INSPIRATIONAL! Thank you, Exploring Alternatives for sharing their story, 👍and greetings from central Mexico.
¡Muchísimas gracias! ¡Saludos de Ontario! ¡Viví en Oaxaca mucho tiempo!
I love it, so proud of you guy's 🇨🇦🙏☮️🌄
Thank you!
Thank you for showing the world how to be self-sufficient I love that idea great job
I was an elementary school teacher for 25 years, 20 of them at one school. 10 of those years I was my school's Science Lab Teacher.
For the last few years there, I got a grant for and installed a raised bed garden in an unused area of the grounds. We had tomatoes, bell peppers, squash, eggplant, zucchini, onions, green beans, basil, and blueberries. I also planted marigolds to act as an insect repellent for the garden.
The garden was mostly for the Kindergarten and 1st Grade kids because they study plants (and animals) more than the other grades. In fact, those kids helped me plant the seedlings into the raised beds. But the garden wasn't just for them.
I gave all of the teachers ideas about how they could use the garden for their students: to teach measurement (as the plants grow), to write stories about the plants and insects, to learn how farmers grow food to sell (as well as for their own families), different plant groups/families, to learn how raw fruits and vegetables become the foods they're familiar with (ketchup, salsa, pickles, green bean casserole, etc.), etc.
I also arranged for a dairy cow to visit the school every other year so that Kindergarten and 1st Grade could see how cows are milked. The cow came in a trailer with a miniature milking machine. The kids were thrilled to be able to check out a real cow and ask questions about her.
I did this because kids today think food comes from stores, without realizing that it originally comes from farms.
What a great idea - more elementary schools should consider these kind of initiatives. It's so good to teach kids not just the origin of the food they eat, but also to inspire a deeper connection to the environment and the climate they live in, not to mention the health benefits of gardening. There are so many benefits.
I do training conferences for teachers and school administrators so they can learn how to teach all subjects and set up stimulating interactive hands on rich learning experiences using nature as the classroom.
@@WillowsGreenPermaculture
That's what my Science Lab was all about: hands-on activities.
It was like PE, Music, and Art. The classes (K-5) would come to my Lab about once a week for about 45 minutes for those hands-on activities. That included the garden.
I learned about gardening from books, magazines (like Grit and Mother Earth News), working in my mother's garden every year, and some practice in my own container garden.
WOW this is impressive!!
I am disabled & no longer able to work. And not able to do a lot. But our son made me some raised beds, so I will be able to grow somethings this coming spring.
You both are a fantastic inspiration to me. My husband is still working full time. So he can only help on his days off.
For decades, while I worked full time, the garden was a real stress reliever and soul healer.
@@WillowsGreenPermaculture I believe that. It has helped me so much.
Nature regenerates us in so many ways@@georgeingridirwin6180
Completely in love with her accent.
This would be my long term goal is achieving a high percentage of self produced food
Wonderful! It's amazing how much food we can grow in a modest-sized garden. 👍😎🇨🇦🕊🌎 Thanks for this video.
Amazing! I've been slowly developing a tiny backyard garden with raised beds (our land is terrible, it's all clay) and it's a LOT OF WORK. I've been learning so much from fellow gardeners on youtube and in books that have tried and true methods such as companion planting that helps naturally deter pests. It's a wonderful feeling to harvest and eat your first couple crops and notice what a difference all of your attentive care makes in the end product. Most of my most vital learning experiences has been preventing issues before they hit your garden and decimate the plants, very important.
That's fantastic!
Such an adorable couple. So very happy for them. 💜
Thank you!
Thank you for posting this, its great to see fellow Canadians ( in Ontario) making this lifestyle work.
I'm so happy you enjoyed this video about Willow's Green Permaculture!! And yes it is pretty neat that they are doing all this in Ontario! Thanks for your comment :)
Thank you!
Thank you for showing us that we can do this..
Thanks for checking out the video! We were also very impressed with what they accomplished on their property and we're so happy to share their work :)
Thank you!
Stefan and Magali have created one epic property here I am so impressed with what they can produce on their property for fruits and veggies . Id love to learn about permaculture. So happy they are here in Ontario.. Thanks for introducing us to these folks i am impressed. watching from Ontario, Canada .
Thank you!
Outstanding !
What a wonderful garden!
Thank you!
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Thanks so much, all the best to you and thanks for watching :)
Love this channel as well🇰🇪
Thank you!@@perpetuaomare6588
Im so glad they are offering knowledge for us on how to do this!!!! Thank you for highlighting them. 💚💚💚
You are so welcome! Thanks for checking out the video :)
It's the kind of work that I desire to do. It's wonderful.
This is true freedom...no bills, no mortgage, food security...Lord help me and my husband is acquire these blessings as soon as well
This is exactly what I've been trying to build at home and encourage others to do! With this we can become a community again. Let automation do the jobs we dont like, let humans enjoy being creative, ambitious and curious, and get rid of money
Just great detailed work, working on the same in Birmingham Alabama
Such an inspiration for gardeners and food security.
Thank you!
I would love to live with these ppl for a year. If they would allow it and if I could bring my kids old enough to learn. How amazing they are!
Thank you! Maybe one day in the near future we’ll be set up for this. In the meantime, we do videos! Here’s the latest one.
Sow THESE PLANTS ONCE & HARVEST Them FOREVER! Part 9-CREATING a PERMACULTURE PARADISE & FOOD FOREST!
ruclips.net/video/_IITFMOiGu4/видео.html
Truly amazing. Lovely people.
Thank you!
Stefan, im so.gpad you passed this precious knowledge to the younger greenstone before you retired!
Thank you!
Amazing
Thanks for watching :)
For some reason, I just weep at your beautiful story! xo I am also trying to assist those in my own community, turning small-scale city plots into small food forests with a creative vision and some sweat equity, such a gift to all~~~ keep up the great work/mission/vision & education. Earth needs YOU xo
Thank you!
So fun to watch and it gives us so many ideas to put in the garden, and around the house. It has been my full focus on my homestead, to be more sufficient for my family. As my garden in my video is big, I tried to put everything that I needed and I thought I could pull off. Not easy, but so worth to try! Thank you for that video !
Wow! This is amazing!
I love the set up the circular pattern really makes me happy. 👍🏻
Thank you. I find gardening is a bit like painting, woodchips, compost and mulch are the paint brush and the plants are the paint! We love to integrate shapes while imitating nature at the same time.
I love this!! Beautiful and incredibly productive!
Thank you!
What a beautiful family and a marvellous homestead! You can really see the passion oozing out of each word, wish them much success!
Thank you!
It’s beautiful, I pray to have a garden like this so I can source my own food.
Beautiful and inspirational. Think I'll go work in the garden.
WOW!!! What an amazing lifestyle and homestead!! Thank you for sharing. So inspiring.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for checking out the homestead :)
i love the idea of permaculture, also bless this family.
Thank you!
You both have created what I wish to achieve in a community of 1200 ~ approx. the pattern you have is the design I have envisioned. Thankyou to others that have made comments for other design inspirations.
I hope to provide an area for those that cannot create this in their own space to be able to engage and provide knowledge…..
Thankyou so much for showing your achievement.
All the best from Australia.
🤟🎄☮️😎🇦🇺👍 Joel
Wonderful job and lifestyle together. Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful homestead with all of us.
Thank you!
This was excellent. Our goal for our new 5 acres. Hello fellow Ontarians. 🌱💚 Incredible work you have done and are doing.
Thank you!
You guys are living our dream! It is our goal to live like you guys! Will surely subscribe to your channel.
Thank you!
Always nice to see more people growing their own foods.. Hopefully most will go back to this. A 100 years ago this was daily life for the average family. Sure we have refrigerators, freezers, and different amenities now. But i believe this is the way God intended for us to live. Makes you appreciate more and thankful for what God has provided.
Thank you!
How very GREEN is Ontario? Beautiful place, and people! I am trying to create this right now. It has been 3 years on 27 acres, and my garden looks NOTHING like this...yet! Incredible work, as well!
Thank you!
That was inspiring. I am slowly working towards that. I grow a lot of our food but hope someday to grow a lot more if possible.
A beautiful place. Thank you
just lovely
So inspiring!
I love this and I’m looking forward to growing my own food as well.
Thank you! You can do it!
Beautiful. ❤
90%? That's awesome.
Thanks for sharing.
Very inspiring to to get out of your comfort zone and find a new piece of property
Thank you!
Not my usual preference, but there’s something very pleasing about the design of their front food garden. A feast for the eyes as well as the belly & soul.
Thank you!
These Family is really rich ❤
Being from Southern Ontario, this video has inspired me a lot. I'd love to learn more from this couple. ❤
Thank you!
They are truly amazing and and inspiration!
Thank you!
Really admire your large farm with a variety of vegetables, fruits and flowers. I am very impressed with the large cabbage plants in your garden. In this large garden, I also saw plants that can be used to make medicine, which is wonderful. Your gardening tools are as diverse as the plants in your garden 👍
Thank you!
I thoroughly enjoyed this!!!! 😊
I love the lifestyle you guys doing you live in a paradise you get to live the life that you guys wants to live on the nature, gardening it’s fantastic.❤❤❤
Winning! Absolutely delightful. What a fine example to todays youth. Thanks so much for sharing. I found the topic/ idea of permaculture about 5 yrs ago. Justin Rhodes. Prob spelled that wrong. Ooops. It is amaaaaazing. 😊
Thank you! ❤
Beautiful to see, when your own vision comes to fruition! They achieved so much in only 3 years. It's so inspiring! Thank you🙏
Thank you!
Great job working with the land and growing as much food as possible for the family organically!🌿
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Beautifully made
Thank you!
beautiful!
You are an amazing couple! Thank you for sharing your ideas about Permaculture methods.
Thank you!
Such a beautiful family!
Thank you! ❤
Well done, your still teaching. I have learned much from your example. Blessings to you both. Cheers
Thank you!
So Amazing and Good Family Homestead
Danke für diese wertvollen Informationen. Ein schönes & erfolgreiches 2024 für Dich & deine Lieben
Danke schön! Gleichfalls!
Sweet couple!
What an inspiration! Thank you
Thank you!
Now that's a dream I would love to live. So amazing, much love and respect to you both
Thank you!
@@WillowsGreenPermaculture You are very welcome 😊
No matter what personality n career professional was. Always Keep clean n tidy not only on our body. But also surrounding ❤
lovely couple and a lovely lifestyle!