Sow THESE PLANTS ONCE & HARVEST Them FOREVER! Part 9-CREATING a PERMACULTURE PARADISE & FOOD FOREST!

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  • Опубликовано: 25 апр 2024
  • There is nothing better than being able to harvest vegetables between late March and early May without having had to plant them that year! That's the idea of a food forest! Plant your perennial vegetables and herbs and fruit trees, and so on, ONCE, and harvest them forever! In today's video, I am going to show you those plants that will give you fresh greens from the garden in early spring (March to May!), maybe earlier in warmer climates! And I'm going to show you other uses these same plants have in your garden at the same time!

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  • @loganbutler2851
    @loganbutler2851 2 месяца назад +212

    I'm 20 years old. And I invest in my future by planting a permacultural paradise, I picked up another peach tree yesterday

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  2 месяца назад +31

      That’s fantastic! You’re also investing in the planet’s future! Planting a tree is a true act of faith in the future.

    • @mfr336
      @mfr336 2 месяца назад +23

      I'm 42 and have two kids your age. It's so cool to hear you're mind is on real things that are important!

    • @PrettyBlueSkyeEyes
      @PrettyBlueSkyeEyes 2 месяца назад +9

      Very good I wish I had started that young. I forage now working like he shows. I'm glad we exist. I hope it spreads where one day people are teaching it to their kids. It would be an amazing world

    • @juliechlarson9660
      @juliechlarson9660 Месяц назад +1

      L y

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад +12

      That is why I do these videos! I hope more and more people learn to live like this, in harmony with nature.@@PrettyBlueSkyeEyes

  • @plainsight1249
    @plainsight1249 2 месяца назад +134

    I've subsribed!! Great Tips...
    Synopsis:
    - Sorrel
    - Evening Primrose (harvest in spring)
    - Oregano
    - Rosemary
    - green onion (cut come again - don't take the main leaf- stop in June)
    - chives
    - Walking Onion - Egypt (July & August Harvest)
    - dandelion - is sweet before the flower shoots out. Powder the root and it will be a coffee drink but non caffeine - when flowers are fresh pick'em & stuff as many into a jar as you can fill with water and rest 24hrs - strain add some sugar and boil to reduce water = dandelion honey ❤
    - chicory root
    - comfrey
    - kale & lettuce
    - stinging nettle (cut it back & steep it, arthritis cure )
    - wormwood (tinctures & bug repellent)
    - Curly Dock ( little bitter to eat / rub on beestings - pain gone in 30 seconds)
    - lemon balm
    - mint
    - Rhubarb (cleans arteries)

  • @delmadehoyos1946
    @delmadehoyos1946 Месяц назад +10

    Love the succinct, calm manner in which you teach about permaculture....love the scenery and sound of the water. It's a joy to watch, learn, and be reminded in a way, to live a more sustainable, natural life, without sounding a doomsday alarm. I have subscribed. Thank you, from Texas 🤠

  • @freenewlife8
    @freenewlife8 Месяц назад +21

    16 years keeping my 1 acre Permaculture food forest, Zone 6 with very reliable rain region. I would recommend planting Rapini, a type of very hardy broccoli, produces small florettes, survives through winter, and produces abundant seeds to reseed itself year after year. Really enjoyed this video, big thanks! 🍎

  • @jillfarley520
    @jillfarley520 Месяц назад +8

    Tincture of Wormwood - Artemisia- heals and strengthens broken bones. It works.

  • @raddasra7084
    @raddasra7084 2 месяца назад +22

    Enjoyed the video. You have a cool teacher mentality, not taking everything to seriously. I hope to grow as wise as you :)

  • @yvesberube6067
    @yvesberube6067 Месяц назад +10

    Now this is the kind of garden video worth watching, one where you actually learn something. Many of us are in the learning stages and even though we may already have some knowledge, you’ve given my husband and I more tips and tricks. These days it’s extremely important to educate ourselves on home gardening and stay away from the grocery store food as much as possible. We really stretched our budget a few years ago and invested in a 20’x24’ greenhouse, best decision ever!
    Thank you from Rose Bay, N.S. ☀🇨🇦

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад

      Thank you for sharing, I'm glad you found the video useful! Yes, for us too, the greenhouse was a stretch this year! Well worth it! However, I went many many years without it!

  • @violinmaker4271
    @violinmaker4271 18 дней назад +3

    So fun to be eating a sandwich with Sorrel from my garden and watching your video! 😊

  • @kirstypollock6811
    @kirstypollock6811 2 месяца назад +15

    I have about 50 billion dandelions on my property (maybe more!). I tried the dandelion "coffee" for the first time this year. It's delicious. I heard that cleavers (sticky willies) have caffeine, apparently you roast the seeds!! I also have lots of that. I'm in N Germany and similar climate to you, bit warmer this year I think. There's a kind of tea bush that has caffeine and will grow in my climate, but it's really hard to get. I'm on the waiting list in one place.
    I have the knack of getting nettles without gloves. Grab stem from underneath. I have plenty on my land, in fact I'll be trying to get some up in my new garden area I'm starting this year in my super sunny corner of my field.
    I would love some Walking onions...
    I have some dock growing in my pathway next to my pak choy. I've left it, because it has been ravaged by some bug or other ... But my pak choy, and the field beans opposite are untouched! I like letting Nature do its thing!

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  2 месяца назад

      Nettles spread easily. Be careful where you put them in the garden. We harvest heavily to keep them in check. Dock is great if you have it available all over the place. So with the dandelion coffee, did you roast and then grind the roots?

    • @growapairepaire7354
      @growapairepaire7354 Месяц назад +4

      Plant some evening primrose too. Every part of it is edible like dandelion but sweeter.

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад +1

      Check out this short about evening primrose:
      ruclips.net/user/shortsCaWzarH75UI?si=lTu7jQ_u3d7nv0jB
      @@growapairepaire7354

    • @growapairepaire7354
      @growapairepaire7354 Месяц назад +1

      @@WillowsGreenPermaculture thank you!

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад

      You're welcome!

  • @peterellis4262
    @peterellis4262 2 месяца назад +15

    One of my goals in developing our growing systems, whether in the food forest or the more conventional garden areas, is to get food plants to naturalize and proliferate, such that my "weeds" are all food ;)

  • @reginaldanglin4264
    @reginaldanglin4264 Месяц назад +5

    ❤ wow man. I live in zone 5 and 6 Chicago. I finally been bless with a 1/2 plot. Went over board in planting stuff. Too excited 😊 thank for video..

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад

      It's a pleasure. Yeah, I know about going overboard. Sometimes, you plant so much, nothing has any space. Spacing is important. That's the subject of the next video.

  • @spoolsandbobbins
    @spoolsandbobbins 2 месяца назад +20

    It never ceases to amaze me all the things God has provided. Yes! Let’s get back to the basics. VERY inspiring video. We homestead/learn at home with our 5 and grow many of these. You’re an excellent teacher. Blessings from Nova Scotia ❤

  • @pamelag.4417
    @pamelag.4417 Месяц назад +8

    Hi, love your video and your wisdom.
    Great attitude and gratitude. Gardens help us feel nurtured and happy.

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад

      Thank you so much Pamela! I am so grateful for so much! Gardens and nature do all of that and keep us healthy too!

  • @georgejennings9959
    @georgejennings9959 Месяц назад +11

    I'm in zone 5a and grow perennial tubers for survival sustenance. Skirrett is the most delicious root crop ive ever tasted, and the first year expect maybe 5-10 offsets per mother plant, so you quickly can get many beds going in only 1-2 years. Red and black courrants (after 5 years) and rhubarb gives a wonderful juice with huge amounts of vitamin C. Orange daylilly tubers are loaded with stored energy, you dont need to eat many. Jerusalem artichokes are absolutely delicious crunchy pickles brined for 1-2 weeks (1 tablespoon salt in canning jar of tubers) and the enzymes do the predigestion and if fermented long enough it loses the fartyness, youll be able to tell :). There is so much more to learn. Nodding onion and wild ramp like being in the woods. Blazing star and camassia quamash are great dividers, they were used by the indians as a food source. Forage for solomons seal in the woods, you can break the root in half and replant it and keep the larger half so you dont diminish your food supply. Garlic is just great also, potatoes are great, you can leave them in the ground, and no matter how well I harvest them, I get volunteers next year. Pokeweed leaves/stalks when young are one of my favorite foodsources, just as good as asparagus which absolutely needs full sun; pokeweed does not.

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад +2

      Thank you for all of this George! I have never heard of skirrett. I'm going to look it up. I'm still waiting for my daylillies, nodding onions and sunchokes to appear to do a video about them. I forgot to show our ramps. Thank you for the info on fermenting the sunchokes. I love them, but do they ever give me gas! I'm going to try that. I also am not familiar with camassia quamash. I'm going to look it up. Glad to know about the blazing star being easily dividable, thank you! I didn't know they were edible, same for the solomons seal - I'm going to look both up! We've got both here! Our potatoes volunteer all the time too! It's something I didn't know until it happened! I'm going to look for getting some pokeweed. I don't think we have any. Thank you for this detailed comment!

    • @bettynickelson779
      @bettynickelson779 Месяц назад +1

      Thank you for info just learning

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад

      It's a pleasure! Thank you for sharing!@@bettynickelson779

    • @narveenaryaputri9759
      @narveenaryaputri9759 Месяц назад +1

      An easy and great way to eliminate ' fartyness' is to cook with Aesofotedia ..available at your local India grocery store. It does smell odd when uncooked, but when cooked has a delicious shallots plus garlic flavor.
      You need just 1/4 tsp or so. Put it in the oil before sauting whatever you r cooking. Healthy too.
      I lived in zone 5a and Solomon Seal were always random. I cd never get to transplant them.
      I love the Burdock. And how their leaves turn upwards before the rain.

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад

      Thank you for the recipe! I'll look for the aesofotedia next time I'm in town.

  • @alwayswanderingart
    @alwayswanderingart 2 месяца назад +6

    I enjoyed the video, thank you! We are harvesting dandelions, walking onions, chives, Miner’s Lettuce, chickweed, sorrel, and some kale and tatsoi, which overwintered. Great fun!

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  2 месяца назад

      That’s great! Tatsoi is one I’d like to do. I’m not familiar with chickweed. I’ll have to give it a try. And thank you for the comment!

  • @rebeccakirian5455
    @rebeccakirian5455 Месяц назад +10

    When it comes to gardening I can listen all day. Lots of good info.

  • @loves2spin2
    @loves2spin2 Месяц назад +2

    Thank you so much for this encouraging video. I've been gardening ever since 1976. I'm still learning.

  • @loreleycalvo
    @loreleycalvo 2 месяца назад +5

    Qué bueno que llegué para ver el en vivo. Saludos Familia !!!!

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  2 месяца назад +1

      Gracias. Hola! Disculpa. No pude estar. La pila de mi cellular se descargó. Apenas llegué a casa.

  • @wendyrussell4191
    @wendyrussell4191 25 дней назад +1

    Thank you for your wonderful experience of plants with guidance. Learning everyday

  • @colleenfromnh5860
    @colleenfromnh5860 Месяц назад +2

    Dandelion flower fritters are delicious.

  • @Peachy08
    @Peachy08 2 месяца назад +5

    I have just discovered your channel and subscribed. Myself and my husband are doing the same thing on a half acre. We live on the edge of a wooded area. We have chickens and quarter acre garden. I left the trees and use no chemicals. We are retired so it is just the two of us. We are in N. Georgia. Looking forward to watching your videos! They say wirmwood is good for cancer.

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you! Welcome to Willows Green Permaculture! That’s fantastic - all the best with your garden and chickens! I would like to learn how to safely use wormwood. So far, I have not found a lot of info. I have tons of wormwood. For now, I simply enjoy brushing on the plant as I go by, it acts as a repellent and we use it also as a structurally visual plant to frame otherwise empty areas because it grows big and you can shape it easily.

    • @judybroshears7974
      @judybroshears7974 Месяц назад +1

      I subscribed. Very informative. Thank you.

    • @theurbanthirdhomestead
      @theurbanthirdhomestead Месяц назад

      It's good for cancer because it's an anti-parasitic. 😊

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад

      Thank you! Welcome to Willows Green Permaculture!@@judybroshears7974

  • @growapairepaire7354
    @growapairepaire7354 Месяц назад +6

    Stinging nettle and potato soup is delicious!

  • @rachel18809
    @rachel18809 2 дня назад +1

    I'll be planting dandelion now thanks to your information, awesome.

  • @sharlenec7289
    @sharlenec7289 2 месяца назад +16

    Always enjoy your videos. We are receiving some much needed rain here in the Ozarks. Been enjoying the first strawberries and asparagus of the season. The walking onions have fallen over and started walking. I started a wine cap mushroom bed.Thanks for the information you provided. Best wishes

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  2 месяца назад +2

      Wow! You’re walking onions put out their onion tops early! Mine don’t put them out till July. Of course that’s probably because I harvest the greens until early June, then let them do their thing.

    • @onestar1017
      @onestar1017 2 месяца назад +1

      Grew up in Dodd city Arkansas way better growing season then where I live now.

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  2 месяца назад

      @@onestar1017 what is your climate zone?

    • @ladawilson9265
      @ladawilson9265 Месяц назад +1

      We live in Mt Grove so not too far from your area. How and where did you get your wine caps . I haven't researched them but I would love to try to grow them. Thank you

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад

      Do you mean the black cap raspberries? I looked up wine caps and found a type of mushroom we don't have.@@ladawilson9265

  • @maidenayoung
    @maidenayoung Месяц назад +2

    Dandelion root is great to roast and make a tea. Great for UTI’s, bladder and kidney health. It’s a diuretic so expect to urinate often.

  • @cherylehret9926
    @cherylehret9926 Месяц назад +2

    What a great video. I learned a great deal. Thank you!!!

  • @shaneoconnor6565
    @shaneoconnor6565 2 месяца назад +3

    Awesome 🙌

  • @cheaputhyvan4705
    @cheaputhyvan4705 2 месяца назад +2

    Thanks for sharing

  • @parry3231
    @parry3231 2 месяца назад +4

    Yippee ❤
    Gardening is a great blessing and resource for the best of everything. Exercise, bountiful harvests, learning and transformational energies in alignment with love and harmony with respect for the Earth. All good things ❤
    Thanks for sharing your time and expertise with us ❤

  • @mandarinmelon
    @mandarinmelon 2 месяца назад +3

    Love videos like this. Please keep us posted on your methods

  • @tamaracross9
    @tamaracross9 2 месяца назад +4

    Dandelion roots and leaves are medicinal also, you can dry the leave and use it as a tea ,and dry the root and tincture it. It helps the kidney's and bladder. Dandelion is a natura diuretic and it help with stomach issues like upset stomach and things like that.

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  2 месяца назад +3

      Thank you! It’s so important to share this info so people can learn to appreciate the dandelions that are all around us anyway!

    • @tamaracross9
      @tamaracross9 2 месяца назад +2

      @@WillowsGreenPermaculture your welcome sir.

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  25 дней назад

      😊

  • @redblueyellowlight_brigh91956
    @redblueyellowlight_brigh91956 2 месяца назад +3

    Thanks for the lovely information

  • @karenporter3156
    @karenporter3156 2 месяца назад +2

    Thank you! Great video.

  • @rhino478
    @rhino478 19 дней назад +1

    I didn't know about the curly dock being good for stings! I always use plantain. Thank you!

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  19 дней назад

      It's great to have choices! You can also use burdock! Some people have said they use jewelweed - I haven't yet tried it for a bee sting. It does work for mosquitoes though!

  • @ryloncross6207
    @ryloncross6207 Месяц назад +1

    Thank you sir

  • @MrDanrn999
    @MrDanrn999 Месяц назад +2

    Thank you, for making this video.

  • @AnitaLusty
    @AnitaLusty Месяц назад +1

    Love your work

  • @verasohnikratochwill6314
    @verasohnikratochwill6314 2 месяца назад +2

    Love your video. Thank you so much. Be well.

  • @nikkidavis4701
    @nikkidavis4701 2 месяца назад +2

    Absolutely wonderful great info

  • @peacefulgarden
    @peacefulgarden Месяц назад +1

    Just found you my friends. I am always on the look out for Canadian gardeners, particularly permaculture. Great content, perfectly presented. Can't wait to hit the "Recipe Zone" next! 😁
    Thank you for your hard work ❤❤❤

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад +1

      Thank you! Welcome to Willows Green Permaculture! We have some recipe videos and a few in the making.

  • @lorrainelewandowski8737
    @lorrainelewandowski8737 Месяц назад +2

    Love the knowledge thank you for sharing

  • @domenicscarfo1866
    @domenicscarfo1866 Месяц назад +1

    Great video thank you.

  • @suzannehildbrandtsjs
    @suzannehildbrandtsjs Месяц назад +2

    Thank you for sharing about the early greens in forest garden! I have planted lots of berry shrubs, etc. But didn't think of the greens! I enjoyed watching and will be back again to learn more!

  • @45valk
    @45valk Месяц назад +1

    The white milky substance that comes out of dandelion stems is great for putting on stings and scraps and such

  • @meghanafer
    @meghanafer 2 месяца назад +3

    Loved your video, stumbled on it today

  • @shelleypilcher3812
    @shelleypilcher3812 2 месяца назад +3

    Oh , your so sweet. I love the peace that comes from your pace....movement. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be negative. It was a great video. I'm just being impatient. In other words it's me ,not you. You had so much good information
    And thank you for sharing all your wisdom and experience!

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you Shelley. And thank you for taking the time to share your comments.

  • @miniatureshipyard
    @miniatureshipyard 18 дней назад +1

    Thank you I now have 3 more to add appreciate your video 👍

  • @mariamosher5053
    @mariamosher5053 29 дней назад +1

    Thank you Sr. For your great information. Amazing 🩷👍

  • @jennyd623
    @jennyd623 2 месяца назад +3

    Thank you so much for the video and knowledge! I found your channel today and I am just getting started on my homesteading/food forest journey in North Carolina (Zone 7b).
    Still very much a beginner but am excited to learn and slowly scale my home toward self-sustainability!

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  2 месяца назад +1

      That’s fantastic! Welcome to Willows Green Permaculture! I hope our videos are helpful!

  • @The_coming_storm
    @The_coming_storm Месяц назад +1

    Awesome video. Very informative. Thank you. God bless

  • @frederickorcutt9112
    @frederickorcutt9112 2 месяца назад +3

    I love this video!
    I have been studying permaculture and beekeeping casually for a while now. This year I invested a lot of time and money to increase my properties production.
    I'm also trying to work with the weeds not against them. I made my first dandelion tea last week and it was good. I'll have to try the honey idea!

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  2 месяца назад +1

      That’s fantastic! And thank you! In part of my next video, I will be harvesting dandelion flowers and making the honey.

  • @theBigLookmagnifier
    @theBigLookmagnifier 2 месяца назад +2

    I also just found you today!! Thank you so much for all the wonderful information.
    I’m grateful and encouraged to try this ♥️♥️♥️

  • @pamelag.4417
    @pamelag.4417 Месяц назад +2

    Love the music and the video at the end. Wonderful! Love it! ✌️

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад +1

      Thank you! I'm glad you took the time to watch all the way to the end. I like ending my videos with something peaceful, meditative and beautiful, after all the talk! 😊

  • @TinMan445
    @TinMan445 2 месяца назад +2

    Very informative. Enjoy the rain, looks like it will be followed by some warm sunny weather

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  2 месяца назад

      Thank you! Yes you were correct. Sun these past few days. But now another several days of rain. A very spring like spring this year!

  • @marleenkerri2408
    @marleenkerri2408 2 месяца назад +3

    Thank you for all your knowledge! This was very helpful and I learned some new things. The stuff you weren't sure about is definitely catnip 🙂

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you Marleen. I found our lemon balm. I knew I had some somewhere (we have catnip all over the place on the other hand). I found the lemon balm at the foot of the raspberries beside the bee hive.

  • @StevenWilson-nq6cz
    @StevenWilson-nq6cz Месяц назад +3

    Dude your voice makes me sleepy so calming lol

  • @barbsoddznendz1896
    @barbsoddznendz1896 Месяц назад +2

    Great video!

  • @francallahan3697
    @francallahan3697 2 месяца назад +3

    Wow, I am so much smarter after watching this video! Thank you.

  • @monicamayer977
    @monicamayer977 Месяц назад +2

    Useful stakes

  • @ronigoodmanart4459
    @ronigoodmanart4459 Месяц назад +1

    I love your videos and style of growing with permaculture and observations but feels very approachable and not too intense! The exact style I’m trying and going for! Look forward to more content and continuing to learn from you!

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад

      Thank you! I think it is an approach that truly allows people to learn with confidence. I also just enjoy doing it that way.

  • @bethmartof1262
    @bethmartof1262 Месяц назад +1

    Thank you. I learned a lot. Loved it! 😊

  • @pastryshack551
    @pastryshack551 7 дней назад +1

    The coffee is very good, i tried it great. I made wine with the flowers once great also

  • @karengrice2303
    @karengrice2303 Месяц назад +2

    Thanks for all the great tips. That’s great that you utilize your dandelions. I have started drinking dandelion tea as well. It is a natural detoxifier for the liver and kidneys. I hadn’t heard of the lemon sorrel plant you talked about. I will have to give that a try.

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад +1

      You're welcome! Thank you for sharing! Sorrel is something good to add to meals for those few weeks in the spring when things are just getting started, but definitely not meant to be a staple. It's healthier to boil or steam it, but we also eat it raw.

  • @redders6858
    @redders6858 Месяц назад +1

    Loved your video ❤ I wish I’d learnt all this many years ago but better late than never. I’ve made careful notes and added other plants to the list that can be treated like broccoli’s 2 year initial planting cycle. Very excited. I need more land. Subscribed. ❤

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад +1

      Thank you! You can do all of this in small areas too! Welcome to Willows Green Permaculture!

  • @potagermalo
    @potagermalo 2 месяца назад +3

    Formidable vidéo bravo 😊
    A bientôt

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  2 месяца назад +1

      Merci beaucoup! Un plaisir de recevoir un commentaire de vous! Je suis désolé que dernièrement il y a moins de vidéos en français. Avec le printemps et le travail dans le jardin, il y a moins de temps pour toutes les vidéos.

  • @janetholley1004
    @janetholley1004 Месяц назад +2

    Boiling sting nettle takes the sting out? I boiled and poured off the water of polk salad 3 times but never ate stinging nettle, just always tried to stay away from it when riding horses in pastures lol!

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад +2

      When my daughter was 5 years old, biking with me along a trail, she biked right into a thicket of stinging nettle. Got it all over her legs and arms. Luckily there was a huge burdock plant next to it (which is often the case). I grabbed a couple of leaves, and rubbed all the areas down, and she was better in less than a minute, but she was crying with pain when it happened.

  • @narveenaryaputri9759
    @narveenaryaputri9759 Месяц назад +1

    This is a wonderful channel. Thank you

  • @rogerkenworthy6380
    @rogerkenworthy6380 29 дней назад +1

    Great content - I learned so much from your words. Thanks! R

  • @wraith313
    @wraith313 2 месяца назад +3

    I was about to.comment about chicory after your dandelion but you beat me to it. Great video, enjoyed it. Thanks!

  • @TungLam1996
    @TungLam1996 26 дней назад +1

    Ông rất ấm hiểu về cây cỏ chúc ông thật nhiều sức khỏe ❤

  • @romans8286
    @romans8286 Месяц назад +1

    I drink dandy lion root. It is very good. I drink it hot like coffee and I also use one teaspoon and make it like iced tea. It is very good both ways.

  • @junebug5883
    @junebug5883 Месяц назад +7

    Well until I get out of this city/apt living, I am growing my beard as long as yours😂🎉

  • @MonicaMoveMIRealty
    @MonicaMoveMIRealty Месяц назад +1

    Hi from Mid-Michigan 👋

  • @ArtforTranquility
    @ArtforTranquility Месяц назад +1

    Thank you for this very informative video! I have started a food forest in Eastern Nova Scotia. In terms of perennial vegetables we have rhubarb, walking onions, dandelions(galore, asparagus and oregano. You have inspired me to find some sorrel, and try the red lettuce and Russian Kale. I’m watching in late May, and staring at loads of yellow dandelions! I may try the honey! I’ve subscribed and look forward to learning more! Much appreciated!

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад

      Thank you! Welcome to Willows Green Permaculture! Let me know how the honey goes! I did a video in which I prepared the honey. Here it is: ruclips.net/video/TmS8caww7A8/видео.htmlsi=URlkt-x_VfG1FBqM

  • @alexhoward9684
    @alexhoward9684 Месяц назад +1

    Try planting Callaloo and a green called spigariello. I prefer the non-hirsute for salads. But both are delicious steamed and prolific. I broad cast the fine seed then steam the thinnings. Beet greens too. Enjoyed your video! Many thanks.

  • @user-oi2ux7be1f
    @user-oi2ux7be1f Месяц назад +1

    Hello Canada! My grandmother and mother always planted food that lived basically forever

  • @rachelcasarez4364
    @rachelcasarez4364 Месяц назад +1

    I enjoyed your video. I have lots of wild flowers also the dandelion and the purselane. I’m still learning.

  • @len4338
    @len4338 Месяц назад +2

    I'm new to your channel and glad that I've found it. I'm a city dweller right now and finishing up a long career but i have lots of relatives that are mostly rural and have had the privilege of growing their own foods. My mistake is that I felt that there would be no way for me to grow most of what I eat so year to year i would try growing a handful of things like, tomatoes, pickles, cucumber, Brussel sprouts, zucchini, peppers red and green, onions, jalapeños, green onions, carrots and the list goes on. Not all at once just a few each year and some of those that I mentioned didn't do well at all. I didn't let that stop me and i hope to someday soon move to a location where I have a little more space and resources (like neighbors such as yourself that have an abundance of knowledge on how to grow) I enjoyed your video and information as well as the encouragement. Thank you for sharing of you knowledge and I wish you much happiness.

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад +1

      Thank you Len! It sounds like you’re halfway there with your experience. You can definitely do it. Today’s video talks about how you can maximize space (so you can apply it to your city garden)! Thank you for sharing, it means so much to me. All the best!

  • @sauce8420
    @sauce8420 Месяц назад +1

    I enjoyed this video so much I subscribed! I hope I get to enjoy many more videos about food forests and specific plants you use Jin your permaculture system ❤️

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад

      Thank you! Welcome to Willows Green Permaculture! 😊 Yes, I’m just getting started! Finally, the growing season is here and there will be so much to show and share!

  • @gabriellehumphreys1179
    @gabriellehumphreys1179 2 месяца назад +8

    Using rubber gloves under your garden gloves, it stops your hands getting stung.

  • @DarkHorseDaze
    @DarkHorseDaze 2 месяца назад +3

    ❤ 👨🏻‍🌾 This is such a great video, that I've just subscribed. This is one of the most informative videos I've ever seen. And, I love your philosophy, calmness and kindness. Thank you for all your advice 🙏🏻👩🏻‍🌾

  • @lisbethkelly4480
    @lisbethkelly4480 29 дней назад +1

    Dandelion root tea is really good. I thought fall was the best time to harvest for coffee.

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  29 дней назад +1

      You’re right. Fall, yes. Or early spring before they bud out to flower. In the fall, they’re probably fresher and better than in the early spring. However,, sometimes roots are sweeter because of the cold winter, but I don’t know if that applies to dandelions it applies to things like carrots.

  • @growapairepaire7354
    @growapairepaire7354 Месяц назад +1

    Thank you, i did not know that dandelion leaves get bitter when they start to flower! I have always only picked them during and post flowering periods. My go to was evening primrose as it is a sweeter eating plant.

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад +1

      It’s a pleasure. I love evening primrose root! This year I am going to try the leaves.

  • @roberthollinshead2325
    @roberthollinshead2325 Месяц назад +2

    I've grown over 100 rhubarb plants from seed, the first year they need to be babied, they are huge full sized plants by year 3.

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад +1

      That’s great to know! Thank you! I’ve never grown them from seed. Next year, I am going to let one of my plants go to seed and give it a try!

  • @barid302
    @barid302 Месяц назад +1

    The whole soril plant is Edible.

  • @RokkTheRock
    @RokkTheRock Месяц назад +2

    hostas are another perennial plant that is edible. good replacement for asparagus, lettuce, or spinach if needed and tastes good imo. flowers edible garnish, leaves can be wraps, shoots good.

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад

      Thank you! Also if you plant them far from the garden, you might steer the deer away from the garden, because they like them too, apparently.

  • @nancyhaywood6486
    @nancyhaywood6486 2 месяца назад +2

    new subscriber, very informative video. will be watching more i hope

  • @monicamayer977
    @monicamayer977 Месяц назад +3

    Pick, pick ,pick

  • @jac1797
    @jac1797 Месяц назад +1

    I think curly Doc is a companion to stinging nettle. Once I got into stinging nettle in France and the woman grabbed Doc and rubbed it on and the stinging stopped immediately

  • @45valk
    @45valk Месяц назад +1

    Sorrel Volare or lemon spinach. I just ordered some

  • @MrDilley777
    @MrDilley777 Месяц назад +1

    Permaculture is the way to go folks😊😊😊!!!

  • @sharonritchie6365
    @sharonritchie6365 Месяц назад +1

    I live in Alberta and I’m just starting my permaculture gardens around a farm we’ve inherited. I’m finding that it’s extremely difficult to find many perennial plants which are known to be beneficial. Sunchoke, horse radish and Egyptian Onion. All very difficult to source. On the positive side, there’s a business opportunity out there!
    Thanks for the info! My list is growing exponentially ☺️

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад +1

      A subscriber told me Mapple Farm in New Brunswick sells them. The mini onions could probably be sent by mail. I suppose I could do the same. Ours are ready in August. Contact me then if you haven't found someone. I first got mine from a friend. Are you part of any local gardening social networks. There might be a gardener close to you who has them, the sunchokes, horse radish and so much else. Also, try to search for native plant nurseries in Alberta. They will have the native fruiting plantings that would do well in Alberta, for example.

    • @sharonritchie6365
      @sharonritchie6365 Месяц назад +2

      @@WillowsGreenPermaculture thank you for the response! I’m just starting out and finding that it’s not as easy to find things as I thought it would be. Once I find growers/suppliers I’ll spread the word. You’re very inspiring!

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад

      Thank you! Yes, finding good suppliers was our priority, especially of native plants, but also of vegetables seeds, until we could build up our own seed collection.

  • @christophersherratt7299
    @christophersherratt7299 Месяц назад +1

    Try wild nettles one of the best wild plants for vitamins

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад

      Thank you for your comment! I talk about stinging nettle in this video. It is the same thing as wild nettles.

  • @doinacampean9132
    @doinacampean9132 25 дней назад +1

    13:15 - roots are actually best harvested in late fall, when the plant dies back and all the good stuff gets stored in the root. Fresh leaves, of course, early spring, before the flower forms. Although, I have to wonder, wouldn't the bitter dandelion leaves be beneficial for the gallbladder (like a number of other bitter medicinal plants are)?

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  25 дней назад

      You are correct. Sometimes, with some roots, you get a certain sweetness due to the winter freezing. However, for the most beneficial properties, late fall is better.

  • @doinacampean9132
    @doinacampean9132 25 дней назад +1

    17:52 - if you grow stinging nettles in a shaded area, you'll be able to harvest till mid-June.

  • @gayedawn1
    @gayedawn1 Месяц назад +1

    So curly dock and plantain both good for stings.

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад +1

      Yes. And burdock which I will show when it grows is good for stinging nettle sting.

    • @ElizabethCasey-sg4rl
      @ElizabethCasey-sg4rl Месяц назад +1

      @@WillowsGreenPermaculture Stinging nettle is great for arthritis. You actually lightly hit the area that hurts with the plant. Stinging nettle tea is good for seasonal allergies. I've never done it, but I understand that nettle fibers can be used for weaving cloth.

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад

      That's really interesting about the arthritis. It doesn't surprise me that something so powerful, like the sting of a plant, would carry with it healing powers. We just had stinging nettle soup today. It was delicious!

  • @xikano8573
    @xikano8573 Месяц назад +1

    Whoa, you could literally be Mr Stephen Jenkinson's doppelganger! 🙏🏽

  • @justesaint-louis864
    @justesaint-louis864 23 дня назад +1

    Hi, great informative video. I suggest you add 'hostas' somewhere in your garde. the shoots in Spring are eddible like asparagus (an other one that regrow each year)

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  23 дня назад +1

      Thank you! I do have them. They’re just not in the garden. They’re much further away. I use them to attract deer away from the garden. Deer love hostas!

    • @justesaint-louis864
      @justesaint-louis864 23 дня назад +1

      @@WillowsGreenPermaculture Aaaah! yeah? Oh no...I've just put them kind of at the entrance of my garden!!!!!!!!! hahahaha...

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  21 день назад

      @@justesaint-louis864 Well, maybe they'll leave the garden alone then! If you can, put some yarrow or purple coneflower around them. Dear don't like those two plants.

  • @jonathanlloyd2371
    @jonathanlloyd2371 27 дней назад +1

    Kind if remind me of the voice of that guy from the Red Green Show.

  • @raulvelez2125
    @raulvelez2125 Месяц назад +2

    I'd like to take a closer look at the plants to recognize them, I think ignorantly we stomp on some of them and don't take advantage of them

    • @WillowsGreenPermaculture
      @WillowsGreenPermaculture  Месяц назад

      I’ll do a better job at getting visuals of plants in upcoming videos. Thank you.