These are some of the best 16 minutes I've seen on RUclips! Personally, there was nothing new for me in this video, but you summed it all up so well that I've now finally found a video I can share with people to whom I want to explain the benefits of permaculture,mulching, polyculture, and forest gardens. Bravo!
As some one who cooks, gardens and makes videos/photography... the depth, quality, cohesiveness and value of this video BLOWS ME AWAY... WOW! What a wonderfully produced film that has made me re-think my plot of land. I believe that we all have inner knowledge and truth. Your presentation resonated with me and I feel deeply that this is a continuation of square foot and no dig.
We tend to challenge the way nature works thinking we came up with something clever, only to realize years later that we messed things up! Mono-culture makes planting and harvesting on a large scale efficient for machines to increase productivity, but it disregards the implications this has on our planet’s resources Great video, very inspiring 👍
See, I've been shoving too many plants into a small space forever. Who knew I was a pioneer? I just love the explosion of all sorts of things growing all together and bonus is no room for weeds.
If every house has a polyculture garden in their backyard, we don't require too much of anything else except for grains. I guess this will help in rejuvinating the environment, thus reducing ozone layer depletion.
Everybody I know has a bit of a home garden. It is possible. It is not the value of many current societies, but if it were... even cutting commercial agriculture by a little bit will help the earth and we can all live and eat better. Pluses!
An easy fix to the crops stunting others, is to plant your forest in zones. Only mix the plants that "get along" so to speak. Plants that fill different niches, and do not compete. You can still grow competing plants, but plant them in a different area in your forest. This is just a theory though, haven't tried it yet.
Great information. I remember studying this in grade school and it stayed with me all these years. I don't add additional chemicals to my garden, but use plant and animal waste to build my soil up. Underneath it all is pure sand. I love growing flowers amongst my vegetables because they draw in the pollinators and beautify my garden. Thanks for sharing your experience.
I feel like I’ve discovered a treasure in finding this channel. Thank you so much for this beautiful illustration of your thoughts , experiences & explanation of the differences between polyculture and monoculture.
Great video! Personally I believe that whether polyculture is a good fit really depends on your climate and the end goal. If resources are available and biomass to build soil is the goal then polyculture wins hands down. With studies I've read showing total biomass increasing up to a species diversity of about 32 and that it's a linear increase up to about 8 species. Suggesting to me you may need about 8 diverse species in time or space to make soil nutrient cycling productive and manitain soil fertility without external inputs. I've also learned that plant available resources play a large role in that total biomass and potential planting density, particularly water. As you state plants are mostly hydrogen, oxygen, carbon and nitrogen, of which both carbon and nitrogen in the atmosphere can be dissolved in rainwater. So it's no coincidence then that soil carbon, the calling card of life, basically follows rainfall. And I believe regular rainfall matters most for polyculture density as soil microbe nutrient cycling efficiency increases with consistant soil moistures, thereby making dissolved organic carbon compounds readily available to plants and microbes. And therefore sporadic rainfall, tilled, eroded and degraded lands just don't have what it takes to sucessfully grow many polycultures when people try. Part of the reason is that the higher order carbon lifeforms such as eukaryotic mycorrhizal fungi and other soil microbiota that colonise and extend plant roots to extract and share nutrients like phosphorus requires higher carbon soils to do their work and have enough to share around. In eukaryotic fungi case they need approximately three times as much carbon as prokaryotic bacteria. Also, due to competition for resources and differing plant species strategies, yield for individual plants are likely to suffer when species are most similar to one another in polycultures, the same happens if similar species follow one another in monoculture crop rotation. So getting climate conditions right and understanding species diversity in space and in time can be why finding the sweet spot to produce high multicrop yield can be so difficult. An example is the "Three Sisters" gardening technique that a lot of people fail to successfully grow. This is why I believe polycultures work best with fertile high carbon soils, regular rainfall, and plant and microbial species diversity. Also that the type of polyculture, dense or sparse, woody or soft, that is most suitable for an environment really depends on the succession of that environment. The following study sheds some light on the species diversity complexity. "Greater similarity in root microbiomes between hosts leads to negative effects on plant performance through soil feedback, with specific microbial taxa in the endosphere and rhizosphere potentially affecting competitive interactions among plant species." www.pnas.org/content/115/6/E1157
You deserve an award for such a thoughtful comment, Craig. I had to digest it slowly. I feel that you synthesized much of the complexity of this issue. Thanks for providing this valuable feedback.
You do really nice work and i enjoyed watching this video. But our problem is that we need to feed more mouthes than we can. This is why most farmers using chemicals, nutrition and selected plants our clons. They dont do this to increase their own money. I am also farmer and the actual price for 1kg of onion is 6 eurocent, potatoes 8 eurocent (in the netherlands). I wont let you know what they pay for 1 kg of wheat, because you will cry. 2nd problem are the supermarkets, they refuse to buy veggis or fruit wich hasnt a perfect shape or colour, also it must be big. This year i have a friend he is also farmer and he is making plums. Because it was very dry this year and his plums were 2mm to small so any supermarket wanted to buy his fruit and he was forced to throw away 50.000 kg of nice plums. So if fruit or veggis arent nice or big enough they wont appear in the stores which is in my eyes a much bigger problem than chemical farming. Because chemical farming is the result of the supermarktes demandings. If you want to change something, dont buy things in the supermarket or store, if you can buy it at your local farmer. He will be pleased and you too. Help the farmers survive, than you will help nature survive. I tell you, as a farmer by myself, why do and try everything to be nice to nature, using fungi and bacteria or other non-chemical solutions. Trust me, we do our best but we also want to survive. And if the supermarkts start paying fair prices and dont claim perfect fruit or vegs (nature isnt perfect, sometimes cucumber isnt straight and appels arent round. Look at us humans) we are able to farm without any chemicals. Cheers
Consumers and producers are both becoming interested in re-localizing food production. There is so much waste in our current food system, for all sorts of reasons - like your friend with his plums. That's a tragedy. Where consumers can connect directly with the farmers, both benefit.
Yeah, the stores have really destroyed farming, but also the consumers, that only buys those perfect fruits and vegetables. I wish we could just buy straight from the farmers, but it is so regulated, that if someone tries to sell their "waste" products, they're fined.. If we could cut one chain of, then farmers could get more of the money, and consumers still pay the same price as in the store. We have enough food for everyone, but we aren't distributing it equally.
A lot of this in the US is because of massive subsidies to industrial agriculture that make it artificially cheap and further hide the true costs to the ecosystems that ultimately support us. There is no shortage of food, it's how that food is distributed, as you mention 40% of food is thrown away in the US and worldwide 200 species a day go extinct. We need to end subsidies for industrial agriculture and instead subsidize small scale organic agriculture which the UN said in a 2006 report is not only best for the environment but ultimately the most productive method for producing food.
i find it weird how you are so misinformed, while you're living in the worlds biggest and most advanced garden called the netherlands (we export more crops than any other country by a long shot when comparing surface area with produce). I'm also dutch and i study applied biology in the netherlands. You are talking about "chemical farming" as if it's bad, and this concerns me because you're a farmer, and should know that this process is 1 not bad for anything, and 2 it's basically the same that nature does, only then a little more efficient. You also talk about produce not being used? This is also very weird to me, cuz you, as a farmer, should know this is not the case. Sure the produce might not be available in the stores as raw produce, but for example potatoes that are undersized will be used for the ready made freezer fries you can buy. And lastly: you and the video maker should know about basic law of preservation of energy. The reason forests don't need to be resupplied in nutrients is because the nutrients don't leave. berries get eaten by bird, bird poops it out, goes back into soil, and goes back to plants. In farming this is not the case, you take the plant out but don't return anything, this is why you supply the soil with firtelizer, to resupply nutrients, and this by the way is a over simplification of what actually goes on. In the real farming world you send soil specimens to labs, which analyse which nutrients are missing, and how you should resupply them. There is also a thing called crop rotation, this is to preserve the micro bioligical life in the ground which breaks down organic material into nutrients for the plants. It concerns me that you as a farmer don't know about these basic principals. And also that you and the video producer believe we are losing soil.
@@DerangedM8 : from another Dutch person , but it seems like you missed some important points but i don't want to start that discussion as it is long proven that agriculture like we do it in Holland is very very bad for both the soil and the people who live near agricultural areas , i come from Noord Brabant were there is mostly just agriculture and i have seen the destruction that our system of agriculture does to about everything including nature , chemical farming is driven by profits , that is all , every other explanation is just finding exuses for the shit that is caused by it , BUT the problem is that the profits do not go to the farmers so they can produce in a decent manner , but it goes to the supermarkets and from there to the stock markets , and therein lies the big problem , trow in some politicians and you have the perfect mix to fuck the world up , Understand one thing very good my friend , most business people and politicians are very smart in getting what they want but they are not so wise as to know what to do and what not to do , chemicals in the way they are used now are a big NO , but please do not believe me or what you think you know and investigate for yourself , and find some new ways of gathering info as clearly your current sources of info seem to be a bit coloured and outdated. I currently live in Portugal and therefor can compare a bit between different ways of doing agriculture , Portugal is in many ways far behind Holland and for some cases that is for the better but in this particular case it shows that they have no idea what they are doing here with all the chemicals , hardly any law , no knowledge and little control from the governement , AND THEY ARE KILLING IT!! and normaly that is a positive thing but here you can see the damage that all the chemicals are doing much better that in Holland as we have a lot of "nature" here so it shows realy clear what the damages are to nature , and it is bad. That is all about nature , that is dying from it , but next we sell it to people to eat and still wonder why everybody gets sick around us , wich is normal if you get poisend right? , but like i said , go and research for yourself , talk to farmers who switched back to organic farming , and it is happening all over the world, and yes , switch back as that was the original way , before we all got poisend by lust for cash and other economic advantages and i hope that what you will find just doesn't scare you too much. Much love my friend .
It is refreshing to see a very polished gardening video. You obviously spent a good amount of time researching the content and conceptualizing how it would filmed, how you would frame the shots, etc. and your efforts are not wasted as many people not only stick around to watch them but are also educated/inspired by them. More power to you!
CONGRATULATIONS!! you know the secret! 😸 You have a beautiful farm! Lovely to see. I'm doing permacultura here in Algarve, Portugal. You've been a great help! Thank you so much 😊🇵🇹👍
I love how everything is incorporated and used from your garden. It's very inspiring for someone, like me, who is just starting on this polyculture journey! Thank you for your videos!
Well Siloe this is refreshing. So good to see that you take 7 months off then make a new video and get such a great response to it. You really were missed. And of course another great video too. The garden community needs your insight and videos.
Enjoyed this. A lot of gardening channels are giving out bad advice and blagging stuff they don't know, but you're not afraid to admit that you don't know certain stuff and are experimenting.
If you haven’t already, grow your own fennel for the seeds. I let them dry on the stems then remove them and store them. My fennel has come back for 3 years now and keeps me in fennel seed. The feathery leaves are also a host for black swallowtail butterfly caterpillars!
thank you for bringing polyculture to me, I was thinking of having my own vegetable patch but when you brought this to mind, I always wondered why we had such a problem with soil nutrition loss. I am going to give it a go myself after doing some more research into it.
This video was incredible. I appreciate your attention to detail, your editing, and so much more! I recently acquired some gardens that had been half monoculture and half polyculture, and this video was extremely helpful in solidifying those two different ideas in my mind, as I have a physical representation in front of me every time I decide to garden! So pleased to see this video in my feed today, and it couldn't have been more a more perfect topic for me!
Loved this video, Siloe - truly inspiring that so many plants can be grown together. And eye opening fact that soil is smart enough to replenish itself with nutrients.
I enjoyed your video! I only grow herbs in my tiny garden and shade loving plants. I grow all my plants in compost as I have less soil. I have always grown different things together even in small comtainers. It has always worked well for me.
Excellent vid. We have a very limited urban lot to garden in, so I've been using polyculture for years. It's a very productive way to get a lot of production if you choose plants of different heights to plant together. For instance, I have a 3x4 plot with sweet corn, pole beans, cucumbers, leeks, pot marigolds, and oregano all planted together, closer than package spacing. Based on my past experience, this should out-produce just corn, beans, or cukes planted in rows or even square foot gardening blocks. It also reduces pest pressure.
I can't tell you how much i appreciate you coming back! My heart broke for you when i watched your last video. You're such a good person. I know there is much more to you than gardening. You're a man of many talents. I hope you have joy in whatever you choose to share with us. Blessings to you and your family♡👍
Thanks you guys! I need the break. I decided to focus on making what I would love to see and what you guys like, forgetting about the whole youtube thing.
The green part of carrot and beets is edible, the corn "hears" are edible too, raw or slightly cooked in a plate. The corn hairs are infusionable and this beverage is extremely healthy and tasty.
So glad to see you back. Your quiet, confident manner is quite an inspiration and even a blood pressure reducer for many of us. Thank you for being you.
I was just rewatching the videos on your channel last night, wondering if you were done with videos. You have to imagine how surprised I was to see a NEW video from you today! It's great to have you back, we all appreciate it. You have such an honest channel with real advice, and it's very relaxing to watch your videos, please know that you have a unique channel that I haven't found in other gardening channels.
Thanks Joseph! I have to say that seeing the support from you all made me believe again that there is a niche for what I'm doing. All I want to do is inspire people to pick up a trowel and get connect with the ground. I want to inspire people to live more peacefully. Thanks for hanging in there.
I was so happy to see this video, I thought it was just an older video of yours being recommended to me. So worth the wait, your videos are always so beautiful and you can see all the effort you must have put into them. Welcome back and happy gardening!
I prefer quality over quantity. I did wish that youtube would be able to discern that better, but alas. I am very happy that people like you value the content and waited for a long time :-)
Thank you for sharing your garden and knowledge with us. I’m a RUclips gardener too. It’s my 3rd year as a gardener and I’m still learning as I grow. This year I’m trying to add companion plants to my garden. This is very helpful and I am so happy I found your channel because it has so much to offer. I hope we can learn more from each other as we grow our gardens and our channels!
There are many very good gardening and cooking channels on RUclips, but I have never seen anything like your channel. I'm adding my voice and gratitude to the plethora of well wishes, you are duly receiving. Thank you (Don)
You've done the impossible synthesizing elegant language, practical know-how, historical analysis, and progressive thinking. You lay out the argument for soil health and permaculture perfectly!
i just read a book called never out of season, it has a similar style to your storytelling. weaving a narrative from the history of agriculture. highly recommend
@@suburbanhomestead Soil nutrients are easily replendish, Grab all of your food wastes,( no meat or bone ), egg shells included, and agriculture wastes, ("no SEEDS"), also live leafs from trees or bushes, cover your soil with them, then use dry leaves, hay, old wood sticks, and cover the food wastes ! cover it well for it not to attrack flies ! from time to time put holes for the biomass to breath ! if flies apear close the holes and keep repeating the process ! your soil will never loose its nutrients this way, i guaranty it! Polyculture is always an ally of this method i just recommended, but plants need space to eat properly, and produce properly ! when ever you need to plant, put a hole in your coverage, and place your plant their, it also prevents the growth of unwanted herbs.
I like this way of growing vegetables, I've very recently moved into a little place with a small garden, It's not big enough to concentrate on substantial amounts of one or two things but I could get a few good meals by growing a variety of produce. Like it. Thanks
I love how you covered the subject of polyculture. When I studied with Ernst Gotsche at his farm in Bahia, all he planted was polyculture... He tended to plant about 1 acre sites at a time, introducing dozens of fruit trees as well as many dozens of supporting species, specifically to synthesize the nutrition the fruits needed, delivered via chop and drop. Ernst doesn't care for veggies, but does plant them sometimes to please his wife... He just makes beds in the forest, usually in an area freshly exposed by a chop and drop trim.
Omfg😭 I was so upset that you may not come back... But here you are!🙇. I'm 17 years old and I was truly inspired by your videos to start gardening. Thank you so much!! So happy that you're back🙋🤗
I know exactly what you mean! I'm 18 and love this idea of sustainable food microclimates. I believe it is so important especially with global warming around the corner we need a way to self-sustain and detach from the monoculture system as it will not sustain us consistency without making things worse. I have a quarter acre backyard and have decided I want to garden.
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Thankyou for a very stimulating video. Its very refreshing to see someone who is somewhat anti artificial backing up what they say with research. I personally do compost , dont do much digging if it can be avoided but also do use synthetic fertilizer. I can double or triple my yields with it , the worms happily make their way through my soil , popping their heads up into the pea straw and wood chips the fertilizer seems to do no harm to the non plant systems in my garden.
I love this concept. I think I was heading toward this understanding, and RUclips must've known as well, which is why they recommended this video to me. On my other channel, I do more gardening videos. We have a small urban farm in our backyard. When I showed the vegetable plots on video, a viewer suggested I thin them out . Like you, I hate to do that. Plus, what I'd realized is that -- how is it that God plants his vegetables close in nature, and everything finds room to grow and produce? Our pepper plants are all super close and I'm harvesting about 5-10 lbs/week which is more than enough for us. Our spinach and lettuce do well, they don't stop or stifle when close together. I thought our onions needed more room, turned out they didn't. And our cucumbers always do well. God let's his vegetables bolt, then they drop seed. Peppers ripen, and fall, dropping seed. As someone mentioned, birds eat and drop seed, as well. And it OFTEN drops on the same area where ut was birthed. And it has no problem growing again. So I'm happy to see your success in the matter! Thank you.
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I have reserved a section of land to experiment with this myself, I look forward to witnessing this for myself. Very informative and well researched. Thank you for your time and knowledge. Namaste 🙏🏼
@@mohit5496 it is a process for sure but I have 3 fruit tree guilds now and it requires less maintenance on my part. Food production isn’t as high as in my raised beds or bio intensively planted earth beds but those take a lot of soil amendments and complete seasonal plantings. It really depends on your goal.
Absolutely loved your layout and talk on the whole history of what’s going on in our food and how it is systemized. Then how you meandered about your beautiful and luscious garden. Then when you made your stir fry I can’t believe after all these years how I learned how to actually do it right. You made it look so delicious I could almost taste and smell it. I resonate so much with all of what you went over. It was truly amazing.
I'm so glad you are back and I'm looking forward to seeing your new content. Even if it is old footage. I absolutely love your creative style. I'm also looking forward to trying out your method for planting carrots this week. Thanks for a great tip. I had ordered salsify a few weeks ago, but didn't know how to grow it and had never see in a garden. I clicked on your video and was hooked. Thanks for producing lovely and informative videos.
U have auch a beautiful house inside and out, you have a lot of style and class with how you take care of everything... plz don't stop showing us your home and garden I really feel inspired
My dad used to (sort of) do this... He always planted pole beans alongside his corn, and used the corn to “climb.” Not until after he passed away did I learn about adding squash to the beans and corn... Wish I’d been able to tell him about that (or seen if he had ever heard of it). Love your vids!
@@TinyGiantLifeStyle not just that they root deep draw up minerals, cleanse the soil. They are big in eastern Europe since they absorb radioactive minerals die, and keep it trapped.
I found your channel right around the time you made your last video. Your videos are absolutely gorgeous and informative as well. Glad to see you are still around. Take care.
@@suburbanhomestead I saw your efforts at stir-frying your harvested vegies. May I suggest your trying out "Mama Sita's Chop Suey/Pancit Canton Stir-Fry Mix" available at Amazon.com or Walmart,com or at Asian supermarkets (US $ 2.50 per packet)? I'm sure you will enjoy the new "Chinese food" flavor of your sliced vegies!
Thank you again! This is reminding me of a very old book I had on companion planting. Written 100 plus years ago! I had a good collection of very old books that only had one very small printing. Some had very odd subjects. But they were all about plants, animals and food for ailments. I am sad to say they were taken with all of my real(old) very large collection of cobalt glass and a few rare sets of dishes and oddities and fun I had collected. I so wish I new more about the book. If i had it, I would send it to you to barrow for research and fun! Life goes on. You friend G.
Great information with good examples Imagine even 30% of big cities grown vegetables & herbs in their Garden, terrace ,balcony Less load on transportation. Amount trucks entering in city will reduced and less pollution and traffic on streets And you get fresh . Pesticide free veggie
Quality video. Very comprehensive from germination in preparation if the spring, garden theory, and progressive experimentation, to culinary recipe. Beautiful.
Oh my word! You're back. I'm so happy. This video is not only your best, its possibly one of the best I have ever seen. The information is voluminous and changes ones gardening misconceptions. This could become a movie. It's really entertaining, enlightening and beautiful. Thank You
@elijah mikle yes Indeed! I just subscribed and found him myself, especially after reading all the amazing comments. I love channels that send a peaceful informative message.
I'd love not to till or break up the soil in some way, but it's mostly clay, so even with a couple of decades of throwing in organic material each year, when the rain stops the earth compacts heavily and you can't plant without breaking it up. As I have many large beds, I simply don't have enough organic material to go no dig, despite I compost everything, weeds and all. The clay does hold onto a lot of nutrients and the vegetables and fruit all come up well - just requires a bit more work, and it's easier to raise the plants in a tunnel and plant out. I also throw all my leftovers into a single spare bed, and let them do battle. I hate throwing away healthy plants!
TL;DR: My solution might work for you. I also have heavy clay soil and same big problem - no matter how much well rotten manure I put into the ground by next year ~80% is gone and I have to do all the heavy lifting from scratch. For a long time I was thinking there must be a better way. My first solution was to do cover crops but it's a PITA and often doesn't work because I have a garden with random things growing in random places whereas cover crops are designed for large surfaces and to be planted and terminated by a tractor. So I mostly gave up on cover crops. This year I had a lot of corn stover leftover from my neighbor so I turned a lot of it into biochar. Biochar shouldn't be put straight into soil, it should be charged/inoculated first, but I didn't have patience to wait till next year and already this year in some places I put raw biochar (uncharged) along with lots of green grass to compensate for the nutrients (mostly the nitrogen) that uncharged biochar will initially absorb. So I planted 2 things into soil amended with biochar: tomatoes and zucchini. Both grew (and continue growing) very well. The tomatoes with biochar (plus green grass as I said before) and without any manure or compost are growing much better than the tomatoes that grow in soil with 50% rotten manure and no biochar. The zucchinis as well - one of them got sick (some spots on the leaves) but it quickly overcame the issue and is growing very well. Now on details: I added about 10-20% biochar by volume about 1.5 feet deep (45 cm) and mixed well with the soil. It's important to mix it well with the soil because biochar is first and foremost a changer of the structure of the soil, not a decaying fertilizer that you might throw in in lumps and cover up with soil in hope it will percolate down deeper with the rain. And this is the beauty of the biochar - it doesn't decay, it takes between 100 to 3000 years to decay! From now on I will never have to amend the soil that was once amended with biochar. But of course common sense still applies - you should also use mulch if you have dry hot summers, because while biochar is wonderful and also helps with moisture retention it's still not pure magic and has its limits. I have a few wacky low quality videos but none of them documented the introduction of biochar into areas where I was planning to grow (already growing) tomatoes and zucchini.
@@georgecarlin2656- Thank you for the long and detailed reply George. It came at an interesting time, because I've been cooking a lot on an outdoor wood burning stove, and so have a good collection of charcoal along with the ash, and have considered inoculating it for use in the vegetable garden. I believe the Amazonians did it centuries ago to bring fertility to the soil. Will check out your videos. ;)
It definitely is , your garden is amazing!! I love the mix of flowers with the veggies ! I’m trying that too and my husbands bees are going crazy making so much honey, Is fantastic ! I still haven’t reached your level yet 😊
Great video, very inspiring! I agree, Vegetable stir fry is the best way to enjoy fresh veggies! First, one can be very creative with this dish, using different spices and herbs for a different end result. Secondly, this cooking style keeps a lot of vitamins and minerals within the vegetable.
I just don't have words to describe the beauty of your your garden,its such a blessing and as always your style of making videos is so unique and beautiful !! Thanks Siloe your an inspiration !!
These are some of the best 16 minutes I've seen on RUclips! Personally, there was nothing new for me in this video, but you summed it all up so well that I've now finally found a video I can share with people to whom I want to explain the benefits of permaculture,mulching, polyculture, and forest gardens. Bravo!
So happy to hear that!
As some one who cooks, gardens and makes videos/photography... the depth, quality, cohesiveness and value of this video BLOWS ME AWAY... WOW! What a wonderfully produced film that has made me re-think my plot of land. I believe that we all have inner knowledge and truth. Your presentation resonated with me and I feel deeply that this is a continuation of square foot and no dig.
We tend to challenge the way nature works thinking we came up with something clever, only to realize years later that we messed things up!
Mono-culture makes planting and harvesting on a large scale efficient for machines to increase productivity, but it disregards the implications this has on our planet’s resources
Great video, very inspiring 👍
See, I've been shoving too many plants into a small space forever. Who knew I was a pioneer? I just love the explosion of all sorts of things growing all together and bonus is no room for weeds.
I've always wondered how the roots find room
I would love to see a video on which plants do well when planted together. This is a very interesting idea!
Loved the ending...cooking a stirfry with polyculture grown veggies picked that day...awesome.
This video is absolutely phenomenal in every single way possible. Thank you.
Yes, agree. Really surprise about the production of the video and the honesty of the person. Super!!!
That's cool of you to share. And very true.
If every house has a polyculture garden in their backyard, we don't require too much of anything else except for grains. I guess this will help in rejuvinating the environment, thus reducing ozone layer depletion.
That would be an ideal world!
Everybody I know has a bit of a home garden. It is possible. It is not the value of many current societies, but if it were... even cutting commercial agriculture by a little bit will help the earth and we can all live and eat better. Pluses!
@@yeevita everybody you know? You must not be from the suburbs lol
That would be really good. Also all the plastic that would be saved. Almost every vegetables come in plastic.
@@helenalaney depends what city I guess. Ngl though, I guess, feasibly, maybe people could grow certain crops indoors.
An easy fix to the crops stunting others, is to plant your forest in zones. Only mix the plants that "get along" so to speak. Plants that fill different niches, and do not compete. You can still grow competing plants, but plant them in a different area in your forest. This is just a theory though, haven't tried it yet.
Great information. I remember studying this in grade school and it stayed with me all these years. I don't add additional chemicals to my garden, but use plant and animal waste to build my soil up. Underneath it all is pure sand. I love growing flowers amongst my vegetables because they draw in the pollinators and beautify my garden. Thanks for sharing your experience.
It is incredible to see that even sand can be turned into fertile soil
I feel like I’ve discovered a treasure in finding this channel. Thank you so much for this beautiful illustration of your thoughts , experiences & explanation of the differences between polyculture and monoculture.
Every time i watch your youtube channel make me go out play with dirt. Thank you.
That is great
Great video! Personally I believe that whether polyculture is a good fit really depends on your climate and the end goal. If resources are available and biomass to build soil is the goal then polyculture wins hands down. With studies I've read showing total biomass increasing up to a species diversity of about 32 and that it's a linear increase up to about 8 species. Suggesting to me you may need about 8 diverse species in time or space to make soil nutrient cycling productive and manitain soil fertility without external inputs. I've also learned that plant available resources play a large role in that total biomass and potential planting density, particularly water. As you state plants are mostly hydrogen, oxygen, carbon and nitrogen, of which both carbon and nitrogen in the atmosphere can be dissolved in rainwater. So it's no coincidence then that soil carbon, the calling card of life, basically follows rainfall. And I believe regular rainfall matters most for polyculture density as soil microbe nutrient cycling efficiency increases with consistant soil moistures, thereby making dissolved organic carbon compounds readily available to plants and microbes. And therefore sporadic rainfall, tilled, eroded and degraded lands just don't have what it takes to sucessfully grow many polycultures when people try.
Part of the reason is that the higher order carbon lifeforms such as eukaryotic mycorrhizal fungi and other soil microbiota that colonise and extend plant roots to extract and share nutrients like phosphorus requires higher carbon soils to do their work and have enough to share around. In eukaryotic fungi case they need approximately three times as much carbon as prokaryotic bacteria.
Also, due to competition for resources and differing plant species strategies, yield for individual plants are likely to suffer when species are most similar to one another in polycultures, the same happens if similar species follow one another in monoculture crop rotation. So getting climate conditions right and understanding species diversity in space and in time can be why finding the sweet spot to produce high multicrop yield can be so difficult. An example is the "Three Sisters" gardening technique that a lot of people fail to successfully grow. This is why I believe polycultures work best with fertile high carbon soils, regular rainfall, and plant and microbial species diversity. Also that the type of polyculture, dense or sparse, woody or soft, that is most suitable for an environment really depends on the succession of that environment.
The following study sheds some light on the species diversity complexity.
"Greater similarity in root microbiomes between hosts leads to negative effects on plant performance through soil feedback, with specific microbial taxa in the endosphere and rhizosphere potentially affecting competitive interactions among plant species." www.pnas.org/content/115/6/E1157
You deserve an award for such a thoughtful comment, Craig. I had to digest it slowly. I feel that you synthesized much of the complexity of this issue. Thanks for providing this valuable feedback.
One of the most amazing video I have ever seen (feels like I am watching a good movie with extremely beautiful story telling)
You do really nice work and i enjoyed watching this video. But our problem is that we need to feed more mouthes than we can. This is why most farmers using chemicals, nutrition and selected plants our clons. They dont do this to increase their own money. I am also farmer and the actual price for 1kg of onion is 6 eurocent, potatoes 8 eurocent (in the netherlands). I wont let you know what they pay for 1 kg of wheat, because you will cry.
2nd problem are the supermarkets, they refuse to buy veggis or fruit wich hasnt a perfect shape or colour, also it must be big. This year i have a friend he is also farmer and he is making plums. Because it was very dry this year and his plums were 2mm to small so any supermarket wanted to buy his fruit and he was forced to throw away 50.000 kg of nice plums.
So if fruit or veggis arent nice or big enough they wont appear in the stores which is in my eyes a much bigger problem than chemical farming. Because chemical farming is the result of the supermarktes demandings.
If you want to change something, dont buy things in the supermarket or store, if you can buy it at your local farmer. He will be pleased and you too.
Help the farmers survive, than you will help nature survive.
I tell you, as a farmer by myself, why do and try everything to be nice to nature, using fungi and bacteria or other non-chemical solutions. Trust me, we do our best but we also want to survive. And if the supermarkts start paying fair prices and dont claim perfect fruit or vegs (nature isnt perfect, sometimes cucumber isnt straight and appels arent round. Look at us humans) we are able to farm without any chemicals.
Cheers
Consumers and producers are both becoming interested in re-localizing food production. There is so much waste in our current food system, for all sorts of reasons - like your friend with his plums. That's a tragedy. Where consumers can connect directly with the farmers, both benefit.
Yeah, the stores have really destroyed farming, but also the consumers, that only buys those perfect fruits and vegetables.
I wish we could just buy straight from the farmers, but it is so regulated, that if someone tries to sell their "waste" products, they're fined..
If we could cut one chain of, then farmers could get more of the money, and consumers still pay the same price as in the store.
We have enough food for everyone, but we aren't distributing it equally.
A lot of this in the US is because of massive subsidies to industrial agriculture that make it artificially cheap and further hide the true costs to the ecosystems that ultimately support us. There is no shortage of food, it's how that food is distributed, as you mention 40% of food is thrown away in the US and worldwide 200 species a day go extinct. We need to end subsidies for industrial agriculture and instead subsidize small scale organic agriculture which the UN said in a 2006 report is not only best for the environment but ultimately the most productive method for producing food.
i find it weird how you are so misinformed, while you're living in the worlds biggest and most advanced garden called the netherlands (we export more crops than any other country by a long shot when comparing surface area with produce). I'm also dutch and i study applied biology in the netherlands. You are talking about "chemical farming" as if it's bad, and this concerns me because you're a farmer, and should know that this process is 1 not bad for anything, and 2 it's basically the same that nature does, only then a little more efficient. You also talk about produce not being used? This is also very weird to me, cuz you, as a farmer, should know this is not the case. Sure the produce might not be available in the stores as raw produce, but for example potatoes that are undersized will be used for the ready made freezer fries you can buy.
And lastly: you and the video maker should know about basic law of preservation of energy. The reason forests don't need to be resupplied in nutrients is because the nutrients don't leave. berries get eaten by bird, bird poops it out, goes back into soil, and goes back to plants. In farming this is not the case, you take the plant out but don't return anything, this is why you supply the soil with firtelizer, to resupply nutrients, and this by the way is a over simplification of what actually goes on. In the real farming world you send soil specimens to labs, which analyse which nutrients are missing, and how you should resupply them. There is also a thing called crop rotation, this is to preserve the micro bioligical life in the ground which breaks down organic material into nutrients for the plants. It concerns me that you as a farmer don't know about these basic principals. And also that you and the video producer believe we are losing soil.
@@DerangedM8 : from another Dutch person , but it seems like you missed some important points but i don't want to start that discussion as it is long proven that agriculture like we do it in Holland is very very bad for both the soil and the people who live near agricultural areas , i come from Noord Brabant were there is mostly just agriculture and i have seen the destruction that our system of agriculture does to about everything including nature , chemical farming is driven by profits , that is all , every other explanation is just finding exuses for the shit that is caused by it , BUT the problem is that the profits do not go to the farmers so they can produce in a decent manner , but it goes to the supermarkets and from there to the stock markets , and therein lies the big problem , trow in some politicians and you have the perfect mix to fuck the world up , Understand one thing very good my friend , most business people and politicians are very smart in getting what they want but they are not so wise as to know what to do and what not to do , chemicals in the way they are used now are a big NO , but please do not believe me or what you think you know and investigate for yourself , and find some new ways of gathering info as clearly your current sources of info seem to be a bit coloured and outdated.
I currently live in Portugal and therefor can compare a bit between different ways of doing agriculture , Portugal is in many ways far behind Holland and for some cases that is for the better but in this particular case it shows that they have no idea what they are doing here with all the chemicals , hardly any law , no knowledge and little control from the governement , AND THEY ARE KILLING IT!! and normaly that is a positive thing but here you can see the damage that all the chemicals are doing much better that in Holland as we have a lot of "nature" here so it shows realy clear what the damages are to nature , and it is bad.
That is all about nature , that is dying from it , but next we sell it to people to eat and still wonder why everybody gets sick around us , wich is normal if you get poisend right? , but like i said , go and research for yourself , talk to farmers who switched back to organic farming , and it is happening all over the world, and yes , switch back as that was the original way , before we all got poisend by lust for cash and other economic advantages and i hope that what you will find just doesn't scare you too much.
Much love my friend .
It is refreshing to see a very polished gardening video. You obviously spent a good amount of time researching the content and conceptualizing how it would filmed, how you would frame the shots, etc. and your efforts are not wasted as many people not only stick around to watch them but are also educated/inspired by them. More power to you!
Thanks. I'm trying to make videos that have true lasting value. That people can come back to them and watch again if they choose
CONGRATULATIONS!! you know the secret! 😸
You have a beautiful farm! Lovely to see.
I'm doing permacultura here in Algarve, Portugal. You've been a great help! Thank you so much
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Whoah what a good wholesome video! We get a lesson in soil biology, farming, and then cooking recipe!!
Thank you
I love how everything is incorporated and used from your garden. It's very inspiring for someone, like me, who is just starting on this polyculture journey! Thank you for your videos!
As always, great video. Thanks for sharing.
Your realism is surreal. A contradictory hyperbole, but necessary. Wonderful work!
A lot of work putting this video together but so worth it!! Beautifully done!! Thanks!!!!
Thanks!
Well Siloe this is refreshing. So good to see that you take 7 months off then make a new video and get such a great response to it. You really were missed. And of course another great video too. The garden community needs your insight and videos.
Enoch, I was taken back by the response. I really see that the core subscribers really care.
Enjoyed this. A lot of gardening channels are giving out bad advice and blagging stuff they don't know, but you're not afraid to admit that you don't know certain stuff and are experimenting.
I'm glad you are enjoying my approach. I want to foremost inspire people to get out there and experiment and experience nature for themselves.
This is so professionally made! Loved every minute of it :)
Thanks Jim!
I agree totally 💯
If you haven’t already, grow your own fennel for the seeds. I let them dry on the stems then remove them and store them. My fennel has come back for 3 years now and keeps me in fennel seed. The feathery leaves are also a host for black swallowtail butterfly caterpillars!
thank you for bringing polyculture to me, I was thinking of having my own vegetable patch but when you brought this to mind, I always wondered why we had such a problem with soil nutrition loss. I am going to give it a go myself after doing some more research into it.
Beautiful video and lots of information!
This video was incredible. I appreciate your attention to detail, your editing, and so much more! I recently acquired some gardens that had been half monoculture and half polyculture, and this video was extremely helpful in solidifying those two different ideas in my mind, as I have a physical representation in front of me every time I decide to garden!
So pleased to see this video in my feed today, and it couldn't have been more a more perfect topic for me!
I'm glad I could be of service!
Loved this video, Siloe - truly inspiring that so many plants can be grown together. And eye opening fact that soil is smart enough to replenish itself with nutrients.
Yes, it is an intelligent system. Incredible.
Don't forget foraging. So much food out there that people don't know about - it's insane
It is lost and forgotten knowledge/wisdom. We need mentors and to have the shared experience of foraging, for sure.
11:15 lmao
13:05
@@aquarianfirehorse667 squash
I've been curious about this but have no idea where to start 😕.
What a bliss and joy to cook and eat from your own garden harvest. It is a blessing!
It is!
I enjoyed your video! I only grow herbs in my tiny garden and shade loving plants. I grow all my plants in compost as I have less soil. I have always grown different things together even in small comtainers. It has always worked well for me.
Great video. Lovely music. ❤️
You are a very talented film maker and gardener. Thank you for posting 🤗
Thanks!
Excellent vid. We have a very limited urban lot to garden in, so I've been using polyculture for years. It's a very productive way to get a lot of production if you choose plants of different heights to plant together. For instance, I have a 3x4 plot with sweet corn, pole beans, cucumbers, leeks, pot marigolds, and oregano all planted together, closer than package spacing. Based on my past experience, this should out-produce just corn, beans, or cukes planted in rows or even square foot gardening blocks. It also reduces pest pressure.
I can't tell you how much i appreciate you coming back! My heart broke for you when i watched your last video. You're such a good person. I know there is much more to you than gardening. You're a man of many talents. I hope you have joy in whatever you choose to share with us. Blessings to you and your family♡👍
P. C. It was heartbreaking to see him stop. A lot of us understood. Yes, whatever he can happily post should, from evidence of all past efforts,
P. C. Be very much appreciated!
Thanks you guys! I need the break. I decided to focus on making what I would love to see and what you guys like, forgetting about the whole youtube thing.
Nancy Sue Leske thank you Nancy :-) Have a great week!
I totally felt the same way, P.C.!
Amazing! I’ve subscribed 🙏🏻
The green part of carrot and beets is edible, the corn "hears" are edible too, raw or slightly cooked in a plate.
The corn hairs are infusionable and this beverage is extremely healthy and tasty.
Corn "silk" is a diuretic and can help flush kidneys for stones
So glad to see you back. Your quiet, confident manner is quite an inspiration and even a blood pressure reducer for many of us. Thank you for being you.
A youtube prescription: that's a new one. Thanks!
I was just rewatching the videos on your channel last night, wondering if you were done with videos. You have to imagine how surprised I was to see a NEW video from you today! It's great to have you back, we all appreciate it. You have such an honest channel with real advice, and it's very relaxing to watch your videos, please know that you have a unique channel that I haven't found in other gardening channels.
Thanks Joseph! I have to say that seeing the support from you all made me believe again that there is a niche for what I'm doing. All I want to do is inspire people to pick up a trowel and get connect with the ground. I want to inspire people to live more peacefully. Thanks for hanging in there.
Native Americans used to grow corn, beans and squash together. We have tried the Three Sisters technique and it worked fairly well.
I was so happy to see this video, I thought it was just an older video of yours being recommended to me. So worth the wait, your videos are always so beautiful and you can see all the effort you must have put into them. Welcome back and happy gardening!
I prefer quality over quantity. I did wish that youtube would be able to discern that better, but alas. I am very happy that people like you value the content and waited for a long time :-)
Thank you for sharing your garden and knowledge with us. I’m a RUclips gardener too. It’s my 3rd year as a gardener and I’m still learning as I grow. This year I’m trying to add companion plants to my garden. This is very helpful and I am so happy I found your channel because it has so much to offer. I hope we can learn more from each other as we grow our gardens and our channels!
Adorable, this is how I want to live my life.
There are many very good gardening and cooking channels on RUclips, but I have never seen anything like your channel. I'm adding my voice and gratitude to the plethora of well wishes, you are duly receiving. Thank you (Don)
Thanks Don. The amount of well wishes has solidified why I need to continue.
I appreciate tithe care you take to explain your subjects. Was happy to see a new video from you!
Thanks Dale. I decided to just do what I love.
So very thankful to see more of your content Siloé. Thank you very much for your time, effort, and energy you put into making this production.
Thanks Tim for being a faithful viewer!
Oh, I haven't even hit play yet - but thank you so much for a garden upload. It is the perfect touch to a lovely weekend in my own garden.
I'm glad I could brighten you day!
Thank you very much for sharing you experiences. God bless!
Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge!
You've done the impossible synthesizing elegant language, practical know-how, historical analysis, and progressive thinking. You lay out the argument for soil health and permaculture perfectly!
I'm glad you have enjoyed the video!
i just read a book called never out of season, it has a similar style to your storytelling. weaving a narrative from the history of agriculture. highly recommend
That sounds cools. Thanks for the recommendation.
Thanks, I'll have a look into that :)
@@suburbanhomestead Soil nutrients are easily replendish, Grab all of your food wastes,( no meat or bone ), egg shells included, and agriculture wastes, ("no SEEDS"), also live leafs from trees or bushes, cover your soil with them,
then use dry leaves, hay, old wood sticks, and cover the food wastes !
cover it well for it not to attrack flies !
from time to time put holes for the biomass to breath !
if flies apear close the holes and keep repeating the process !
your soil will never loose its nutrients this way, i guaranty it!
Polyculture is always an ally of this method i just recommended,
but plants need space to eat properly, and produce properly !
when ever you need to plant, put a hole in your coverage, and place your plant their,
it also prevents the growth of unwanted herbs.
I like this way of growing vegetables, I've very recently moved into a little place with a small garden, It's not big enough to concentrate on substantial amounts of one or two things but I could get a few good meals by growing a variety of produce. Like it. Thanks
Beautifully done! Amazing substance! Thank you so much for putting this information out there for everyone to Learn from.
I love how you covered the subject of polyculture. When I studied with Ernst Gotsche at his farm in Bahia, all he planted was polyculture... He tended to plant about 1 acre sites at a time, introducing dozens of fruit trees as well as many dozens of supporting species, specifically to synthesize the nutrition the fruits needed, delivered via chop and drop. Ernst doesn't care for veggies, but does plant them sometimes to please his wife... He just makes beds in the forest, usually in an area freshly exposed by a chop and drop trim.
Oooh! I loved the presentation, and the background music is the bomb!
Please,do foi know the name of the song?
my mouth is watering when i see your harvest... it has to be the sweetest right after you harvest those crops. i wish i could munch it raw right away!
Omfg😭 I was so upset that you may not come back... But here you are!🙇.
I'm 17 years old and I was truly inspired by your videos to start gardening. Thank you so much!! So happy that you're back🙋🤗
I returned because of many people like you who have been inspired. That means a lot to me. It makes the whole numbers thing insignificant.
I know exactly what you mean! I'm 18 and love this idea of sustainable food microclimates. I believe it is so important especially with global warming around the corner we need a way to self-sustain and detach from the monoculture system as it will not sustain us consistency without making things worse. I have a quarter acre backyard and have decided I want to garden.
"Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you." 1 Peter 5:6-7 (KJV)
“Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.” Ephesians 5:14 (KJV)
Wake up! There is salvation from this present evil world, and from all the pains you go through in your life; however, if you do not have Jesus Christ, if you neglect so great salvation, then you are in darkness and on your way to everlasting flames of fire, where the smoke of your TORMENT will ascendeth up for ever and ever (Revelation 14:11, KJV).
"He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him." John 3:36 (KJV)
"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." Romans 10:9 (KJV)
Only if you repent and receive Jesus Christ will you be saved from the judgement to come (John 3:15-18; John 8:24, KJV). Jesus paid the price of our sins so we wouldn't have to (1 Peter 2:24, KJV). Receive His free gift of eternal life--only through Jesus can you be saved, it is not of our own works, lest any man should boast (Ephesians 2:9, KJV).
Do not oppose yourself, let Jesus save you! Let go of your pride, self-righteousness and the foolish wisdom of the world and call upon the name of the Lord and be saved (Romans 10:13, KJV). There's so much more ahead of us for those of us who are truly saved and born again (1 Corinthians 2:9, KJV).
Am 38 and I really love when teens or kids love nature and garden stuff for me it's rare.. God bless you..
So how is your garden going?
Thankyou for a very stimulating video. Its very refreshing to see someone who is somewhat anti artificial backing up what they say with research. I personally do compost , dont do much digging if it can be avoided but also do use synthetic fertilizer. I can double or triple my yields with it , the worms happily make their way through my soil , popping their heads up into the pea straw and wood chips the fertilizer seems to do no harm to the non plant systems in my garden.
So happy to see you creating again!!! Exquisite bokeh throughout the video....beautifully shot!
Thanks. I have to admit I'm a bit weak for shallow depth of field :-)
I love this concept.
I think I was heading toward this understanding, and RUclips must've known as well, which is why they recommended this video to me.
On my other channel, I do more gardening videos.
We have a small urban farm in our backyard.
When I showed the vegetable plots on video, a viewer suggested I thin them out . Like you, I hate to do that.
Plus, what I'd realized is that -- how is it that God plants his vegetables close in nature, and everything finds room to grow and produce?
Our pepper plants are all super close and I'm harvesting about 5-10 lbs/week which is more than enough for us. Our spinach and lettuce do well, they don't stop or stifle when close together. I thought our onions needed more room, turned out they didn't.
And our cucumbers always do well.
God let's his vegetables bolt, then they drop seed. Peppers ripen, and fall, dropping seed. As someone mentioned, birds eat and drop seed, as well. And it OFTEN drops on the same area where ut was birthed.
And it has no problem growing again.
So I'm happy to see your success in the matter!
Thank you.
very good Siloe!! Congratulations!!! welcome back!!!! hugs
Thanks Lilian
You probably dont give a shit but if you guys are stoned like me atm then you can watch all of the latest movies on InstaFlixxer. Been streaming with my brother during the lockdown xD
@Turner Corey definitely, been watching on InstaFlixxer for months myself :)
@Turner Corey Yup, have been watching on instaflixxer for years myself :D
Thank you. From seed to table, I appreciate your beautiful efforts.
Welcome back. Always feel calm and peaceful watching your video
Thanks! That's my goal!
I love this! Thanks for loving our mother earth.
I have reserved a section of land to experiment with this myself, I look forward to witnessing this for myself. Very informative and well researched. Thank you for your time and knowledge. Namaste 🙏🏼
how did it go ?
@@mohit5496 it is a process for sure but I have 3 fruit tree guilds now and it requires less maintenance on my part. Food production isn’t as high as in my raised beds or bio intensively planted earth beds but those take a lot of soil amendments and complete seasonal plantings. It really depends on your goal.
Absolutely loved your layout and talk on the whole history of what’s going on in our food and how it is systemized. Then how you meandered about your beautiful and luscious garden. Then when you made your stir fry I can’t believe after all these years how I learned how to actually do it right. You made it look so delicious I could almost taste and smell it. I resonate so much with all of what you went over. It was truly amazing.
I'm so glad you are back and I'm looking forward to seeing your new content. Even if it is old footage. I absolutely love your creative style. I'm also looking forward to trying out your method for planting carrots this week. Thanks for a great tip.
I had ordered salsify a few weeks ago, but didn't know how to grow it and had never see in a garden. I clicked on your video and was hooked. Thanks for producing lovely and informative videos.
I hope to continue to share my gardening journey! Thanks for being a faithful viewer!
U have auch a beautiful house inside and out, you have a lot of style and class with how you take care of everything... plz don't stop showing us your home and garden I really feel inspired
Look up 4 sisters gardening. Indigenous Americans have grown food like this for millennia. Most importantly the south west.
It is a great system
My dad used to (sort of) do this... He always planted pole beans alongside his corn, and used the corn to “climb.” Not until after he passed away did I learn about adding squash to the beans and corn... Wish I’d been able to tell him about that (or seen if he had ever heard of it). Love your vids!
phacedup 007 3 sisters
The fourth sister is sunflower. They draw in good bugs and the bad bugs like to focus on it.
@@TinyGiantLifeStyle not just that they root deep draw up minerals, cleanse the soil. They are big in eastern Europe since they absorb radioactive minerals die, and keep it trapped.
Thank you for contributing to the growing volume of material on this! I gathered a lot from your descriptions of how to handle polyculture..
I found your channel right around the time you made your last video. Your videos are absolutely gorgeous and informative as well. Glad to see you are still around. Take care.
Thanks! Hope you enjoyed the video
Very interesting video, and informative too. Love your garden!
Awesome video. Thank God you are back 😊
I love you videos. Hope there is more.
Thanks, There should be more.
I am soooo happy to know you are back to sharring your awesome videos and knowlede that I have watched this video a few times already lol...🤗
Thank you Siloe! We have missed your wonderful contributions.
THANK YOU :)
You are welcome!
So happy you are back! I always love your cooking segments.
Thanks. I want to do more of that in the future.
@@suburbanhomestead I saw your efforts at stir-frying your harvested vegies. May I suggest your trying out "Mama Sita's Chop Suey/Pancit Canton Stir-Fry Mix" available at Amazon.com or Walmart,com or at Asian supermarkets (US $ 2.50 per packet)? I'm sure you will enjoy the new "Chinese food" flavor of your sliced vegies!
Such a beautiful garden and amazing video.. so informational
Welcome back! So nice to see your videos again!
Thanks! I appreciate it.
Thank you again! This is reminding me of a very old book I had on companion planting. Written 100 plus years ago! I had a good collection of very old books that only had one very small printing. Some had very odd subjects. But they were all about plants, animals and food for ailments. I am sad to say they were taken with all of my real(old) very large collection of cobalt glass and a few rare sets of dishes and oddities and fun I had collected. I so wish I new more about the book. If i had it, I would send it to you to barrow for research and fun!
Life goes on. You friend G.
So nice garden 👍💗
My best regards from Paris .
Louis 🙏
Great information with good examples
Imagine even 30% of big cities grown vegetables & herbs in their Garden, terrace ,balcony
Less load on transportation. Amount trucks entering in city will reduced and less pollution and traffic on streets
And you get fresh . Pesticide free veggie
So nice to see you back again love your vids!
Thanks Carol. I hope you enjoy it.
Quality video. Very comprehensive from germination in preparation if the spring, garden theory, and progressive experimentation, to culinary recipe. Beautiful.
I could watch you for hours. Great editing and music.
11:20 Radish pods. Thank you for showing radish pods in the garden and how to cook them. :) Very happy to see a new video from Suburban Homestead. :)
It's always nice to find something new to try
I'm a quiet viewer. So happy to see you back. 🙌 I really wish my garden could look like yours. 😊
Thanks for taking time to let me know you value the videos!
Oh my word! You're back. I'm so happy. This video is not only your best, its possibly one of the best I have ever seen. The information is voluminous and changes ones gardening misconceptions. This could become a movie. It's really entertaining, enlightening and beautiful. Thank You
I'm really glad to see you have enjoyed it so much! I want to produce videos that have more content and quality.
VERY GOOD INFORMATION
thanks!
@elijah mikle yes Indeed! I just subscribed and found him myself, especially after reading all the amazing comments. I love channels that send a peaceful informative message.
I'd love not to till or break up the soil in some way, but it's mostly clay, so even with a couple of decades of throwing in organic material each year, when the rain stops the earth compacts heavily and you can't plant without breaking it up. As I have many large beds, I simply don't have enough organic material to go no dig, despite I compost everything, weeds and all. The clay does hold onto a lot of nutrients and the vegetables and fruit all come up well - just requires a bit more work, and it's easier to raise the plants in a tunnel and plant out.
I also throw all my leftovers into a single spare bed, and let them do battle. I hate throwing away healthy plants!
TL;DR: My solution might work for you.
I also have heavy clay soil and same big problem - no matter how much well rotten manure I put into the ground by next year ~80% is gone and I have to do all the heavy lifting from scratch. For a long time I was thinking there must be a better way. My first solution was to do cover crops but it's a PITA and often doesn't work because I have a garden with random things growing in random places whereas cover crops are designed for large surfaces and to be planted and terminated by a tractor. So I mostly gave up on cover crops.
This year I had a lot of corn stover leftover from my neighbor so I turned a lot of it into biochar. Biochar shouldn't be put straight into soil, it should be charged/inoculated first, but I didn't have patience to wait till next year and already this year in some places I put raw biochar (uncharged) along with lots of green grass to compensate for the nutrients (mostly the nitrogen) that uncharged biochar will initially absorb.
So I planted 2 things into soil amended with biochar: tomatoes and zucchini. Both grew (and continue growing) very well. The tomatoes with biochar (plus green grass as I said before) and without any manure or compost are growing much better than the tomatoes that grow in soil with 50% rotten manure and no biochar. The zucchinis as well - one of them got sick (some spots on the leaves) but it quickly overcame the issue and is growing very well.
Now on details: I added about 10-20% biochar by volume about 1.5 feet deep (45 cm) and mixed well with the soil. It's important to mix it well with the soil because biochar is first and foremost a changer of the structure of the soil, not a decaying fertilizer that you might throw in in lumps and cover up with soil in hope it will percolate down deeper with the rain.
And this is the beauty of the biochar - it doesn't decay, it takes between 100 to 3000 years to decay! From now on I will never have to amend the soil that was once amended with biochar.
But of course common sense still applies - you should also use mulch if you have dry hot summers, because while biochar is wonderful and also helps with moisture retention it's still not pure magic and has its limits.
I have a few wacky low quality videos but none of them documented the introduction of biochar into areas where I was planning to grow (already growing) tomatoes and zucchini.
@@georgecarlin2656- Thank you for the long and detailed reply George. It came at an interesting time, because I've been cooking a lot on an outdoor wood burning stove, and so have a good collection of charcoal along with the ash, and have considered inoculating it for use in the vegetable garden. I believe the Amazonians did it centuries ago to bring fertility to the soil. Will check out your videos. ;)
This is one of my dreams. I wanna live my life like this.
Carmella I wish you success on that journey 🙏🏼 Namaste
@@Just-Nikki Thanks. Many blessing to you.
Siloe, I'm impressed by your polyculture garden and thanks for taking us along on your adventure.
Woohoo!!! So happy to see you back! I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw the notification. Wonderful video.
Thanks! And thanks for insisting that I should be back. It made a difference!
It’s time we started thinking for ourselves. Thanks for the inspiration
Your videos are so great--so thoughtful and intelligent 😀
Thanks Helen! It's great to know there are people like you who value this content!
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Captivating storytelling about one of my favorite topics . . .gardening
Glad to see you back! You're the person to blame for all my plates of seeds in the living room :)
I have to say that made me laugh. I hope this method works well for you:-)
It works way too well. I have a jungle in my garden (but a beautiful one in my humble opinion) !!!
I've got to say that it is hard to know at times if what I'm doing is bearing fruit.
It definitely is , your garden is amazing!! I love the mix of flowers with the veggies ! I’m trying that too and my husbands bees are going crazy making so much honey, Is fantastic ! I still haven’t reached your level yet 😊
Great video, very inspiring! I agree, Vegetable stir fry is the best way to enjoy fresh veggies! First, one can be very creative with this dish, using different spices and herbs for a different end result. Secondly, this cooking style keeps a lot of vitamins and minerals within the vegetable.
I've often seen cucumbers or squash grow towards another plant. The seem to prefer to grow together.
I just don't have words to describe the beauty of your your garden,its such a blessing and as always your style of making videos is so unique and beautiful !! Thanks Siloe your an inspiration !!
Thank you. Nature does 99% of the work :-)