Diversity in the garden: abundance and resilience!!

Learn about the 10th Principle of permaculture: “use and value diversity” and how it has made my garden more beautiful, healthier, more interesting for people and wildlife, and more resilient.

[@workwillfreeyou]

I love your posts. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@h3v3nlei]

I've never had honeyberry, goumi berry, currants, josta berry, tayberry, pawpaw, aronia berry, gooseberry, fresh goji berry, and plout prior to growing it myself. Found out I love plout and other fruits and berries, with the exception of goji (did not like them) and black currant (maybe because I was eating it fresh). After a few research, I found it was best for process. So this year, I will making wine and jam. But I have no regrets planting anything.

[@theresemitchell4180]

I just started watching you about a week ago and I love your videos. I lived in Parkrose for about 21 years. I look forward to your videos.

[@FoodForestPermaculture]

Just watching now . Looks fantastic ! Howie

[@summerhill_homestead]

So beautiful and informative as always. Thank you.💗

[@dancingcedar]

Thank you :)

[@cliffnzombato6144]

am using this in my permaculture clas, thanks for sharing

[@tinuvianna]

I'd love to hear you talk about the overall spacing and pruning of your fruit trees to be able to fit 42 fruit trees on your property. My place has a lot more space than yours, I'm pretty sure, and I can't see how I could fit close to that many trees, although I'd really like to.

[@aslfdjalskjflkajs134]

i didn't know cardinals weren't on the west coast. thanks for sharing your thoughts about this. it always seems risky to plant fruit you don't already love, but i guess it's worth a try!

[@ParkrosePermaculture]

I agree it definitely Can be risky to plant something if you don’t know you like eating it. At the time I planted goumi berries I didn’t have any where locally I could go taste them. I was able to find dried jujubes at the local Asian market and try them but I had never had fresh ones before I planted them. Same for Goji berries I had had them dry but never fresh when I planted them years ago.

[@ParkrosePermaculture]

I will say I don’t plant apples or grapes or most things without trying them first. I attend the Home Orchard Society fruit tasting in the fall and take notes on what varieties I like and don’t like and then I look up their disease resistance and other issues and then I decide if I want to graft them in the spring.

[@aslfdjalskjflkajs134]

@@ParkrosePermaculture That is a really good idea! I think if I plant things the birds will like too, it will be OK if I don't end up liking everything. So I just have to research that when I can't taste things. Thanks for sharing your experience / wisdom here!