Can’t find bones in the meat at the grocery store! It’s ridiculous! Even the chicken thighs are now boneless skinless. We have become so lazy to want the bones out of thigh meat and so disconnected with our food that bones and skin are “gross.” Billy, your response about the love pond was PERFECTION! 😂
Hey I’m new here. I’m a young 60 ! Army vet 87-92. Were in Arkansas Love the content! We garden, can meat as much as we can to utilize what the LORD gives us. Most of all THanks for NOT hiding your CHRISTIANITY!
I just found you guys this evening and watched 5 of your last 7 videos. Im liking what I see and am subscribing now. I've recently gotten interested in permaculture/food forest and anything I can pic up before putting sweat equity into the wrong places and having to start over the better I will be. Hopefully in a couple years I can be 20 - 40% self-sufficient. Fingers crossed. 😎
Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. I've been using cardboard as a weed barrier/ moisture retention for years. My neighbors think I'm crazy, I say they're behind on the learning curve.
Built 5 brooder barrel for the 150 chicks I am picking up Tuesday. Got some help from a 12 year old neighbor. Very smart, hard worker. He home schools and helps me for 4 hours a couple days a week.
@@Skashoon using a 55 gallon drum I set it on its side.drill a hole the diameter of the ceramic insulated of heat lamp. Then I cut a hole large enough for water and feeder. Then I use valcroe to secure. Then drill two pilot holes. One on each side of hatch. Install I screws for hanging water and feeder. Put a layer of wood chips, and drill some vent holes. I intend to place the brooders inside the chicken tractor then surround with electric fence. When the chicks are ready to leave the brooders I will rotate the barrels so the hatch is near the ground and they will self promote to the green grass
I wish I would have found this video last year. I planted over 40 trees last year and I like that cardboard around the base of the tree and then mulched over the top. I guess i can go back and do it this year.
I ordered bone sauce last fall and put it everywhere I needed it, just received my second order from you because I have expanded. It does go a long way. Have not seen deer near where I put it.
Comfrey root, infused in oil and applied (Via a soaked cotton pad) to a new blood blister, barked shin, hammered nail, cow steps on your foot..anything that will bruise or swell, will prevent the bruise, remove the blood blister, reduce the swelling and ease the pain. BAM!
I like turtles. 😁🌱🐢 I finally learned about bone sauce as a deer repellent. They are the bane of my fruit trees. They use all my trees as rub stations. God bless you and your family.
Thank you Billy! We planted our little 7 tree orchard last weekend and asked the Lord's blessing on it. Did a few things maybe wrong (didn't account for graft direction), but trees are blooming.
When he said the prime directive it made me immediately think of Star Trek bc sadly my husband watches it almost everyday, lol. Great information, and God bless!
Billy and Michelle (I hope I spelled the Missus name right) yep, I'm from the deep south.. But, thank you so very much for doing what y'all do. I went to a very prestigious (grants and scholarships) horticultural college back in the day and folks, you taught this old navy warhorse and hort guy some tips and tricks, I've never heard of nor thought of. THANK YOU!!!
Learnt alot thank you, most of all Love Love Love that you are a Prayerful Family, openly placing the Lord as the Head of the Homestead and acknowledging Him. I will suggest that seeing you Pray together over the tree would be inspirational not gratuitous and might even plant seeds in the spirit's of Viewers that may not know the Lord and refire those that know Him but aren't bringing Him into their day or resources. This Channel is definitely a Treasure. Exceeding Abundant Blessings!
Great stuff. in Texas, and other arid/semi-arid climates, we do need a much larger mulch ring as you said. It's wonderful how understanding the goal so often leads to proper application in permaculture. One thing you can do is age a compost pile uphill of small ponds that don't have fish in them to get some extra richness out of them - can grow and harvest algae in them as well if your area is warm enough.
I recently found out you can grow edible mushrooms in your garden that help improve the soil and feed your trees and garden crops. As we know the fungus transfers nutrients between trees and other plants.
I cant stress how much I am jealous of your climate right now. We have like 3 feet of snow on the ground right now and it was -22 celsius yesterday morning
Thoroughly enjoyed this one my friends. Very informative and anything to do with planting trees I’m all ears. I’m not near as educated as you guys are about Permaculture, BUT because of y’all’s constant teachings, knowledge and great examples I know much more about that I did before we met y’all. So thank you guys so much. 😇🙏🏻🙌🏻☀️👍🏻
Thank you for this great information! Trees are one of the first things I want to focus on when we find our land. May the good Lord bless you and your trees indeed!
Just found your channel and am glad I did. Great content. Thank you! I'm wondering if the bone sauce is effective against squirrels. Boy howdy do we have a lot of squirrels! If not, any suggestions? We're new to this property and this region and we are starting our first food forest/permaculture gardens. Needless to say, we are in a huge learning curve. I appreciated all your tips and wisdom. The way you cut the cardboard and the directional layout is genius. Thanks for explaining the why along with the how. Super helpful.
Thank you so much for the kind words! I’m not sure it works on squirrels but others have told me that it does. I’ve only ever tested it against deer and rabbits.
Good stuff. I planted an orchard on my property in 2008 but a flood wiped out some of the trees so I need to replant about 10. This will give the new ones a better chance
Thanks for this! I've got seven different apples trees to plant in the next couple of weeks and this (and your other videos) are helping me become confident in our new homestead adventure. Bone sauce ordered today!
Great information! Thank you! I am looking forward to planning fruit trees!!! I have been looking for good permaculture videos that explain it more in depth. The Lord will bless all you’re efforts.
I just found your channel yesterday and am glad I did. Me and my wife have our orchard coming in late April (5B) I'm going to be binge watching your channel until they get here. It is reassureing to watch your technique. I'll probably be ordering your repellant as we have loads of deer that didn't make it to be the freezer last fall. God bless you and your family. Thank you.
Dang Billy you had me Googling Syntropic lol I was like whoa whoa whoa slow down a minute I'm still trying to kick my recliner up lol . Good Video , I was wondering if you have ever got into Grafting ? I have a few peach trees that give Almonds, Plums , Nectarine and Apricots that I grafted . Its a good way for people who are limited in space to get a variety of fruit in their garden .
That’s phenomenal, I have hopes of doing that someday. Didn’t know you could graft almonds on peach trees. That’s very cool. In limited space it would be quite handy.
@@Skashoon yup you can graft almonds on a peach tree but make sure its the " All in one Almond tree scions " because they are self pollinating trees , if you go with another variety you will need a different cross pollinator Almond variety tree .
Hello, you quickly mentioned a book but it's really fast and I can't fully hear what you said. Something like Guys Garden? Please clarify? Thank you, JJ
I really love Mark Shepherd's S.T.U.N. method. Planting from trrees is a long game but epigenetics help them out.. Bonus if they are planted within the dripline of a mature specimen.
Fabulous video yall! I'll b planting just 5 fruit trees in my small yard. I pick them up 3/12. I need instructions from them aa to what to additional the hole. Yiyr planting instru tons were really great. I am in the frozen high desert, so I'm not sure when they'll tell me to plant. Weeks of teens and 20s°, a few 60°s, now back to 30°/40s. Blessings, julie
Trees are awesome at cranking out food. Didn't get any peaches last year. Found out the hard way that they need enough chill hours in the winter. Will be getting peaches this year though and added a bunch of new trees as well.
Very informative video, have 3 relatively new trees to "finish" planting. Had a dog that after being scolded went and chewed off, at the graft, a very expensive tricolor beech tree. Thankfully, he was neutered before I got him. Thank you for the video.
Thanks for this video! Made notes from start to finish. Even heard the most important step, praise God the Creator of all! And thanks for reminding His creatures to offer Him Thanksgiving!
Wow! I just love your channel, I recently found it, I too am turning my 3 acre property into permaculture. I’ve been working on it for the last 2 years. I never thought about using cardboard around the trees. Never heard of bone sauce either. I like the idea! Also using your shovel as a messing tool, Cool! Thank you so much! :-D
You missed the 2nd most important, pruning, in the digging at the nursery at digging, lots of roots got left behind, so to reduce stress, it NEEDS pruning to thrive. Planted 1000s in commercial and it's a must.
Planting fruit is a huge step in food security. I have a few apple and Italian plum trees. I just got a bare root grape to plant. It's a seedless, pink grape called Flame. Tag says good for making raisins.
If you've never seen it before, look up videos on the "Ellen White Method" for planting trees. It's really interesting and a very good method for tree planting. I'm not sure if it's for all types of trees, but it's definitely used for planting fruit trees. There's charts/diagrams that show the layers of the hole that you dig for the tree (what she puts in each layer and why). They say you get amazing results from this method of planting fruit trees. (There's a layer of rocks/stones in the hole, among other layers).
The mulch I have available is very light in weight unlike the wood-chips everyone uses. I think for me if I put cardboard on top of mulch v/s bottom it will stay longer because we have monsoon season with heavy rains which causes all the mulch we add to run off. Any input appreciated. Btw, I love your content on insta as well as YT. Thank you
If I made the mistake and covered the graft union, can I take those starts and put them into water to root and make new little trees? Thanks for all that you do! 💙💛🙏
Good morning Mr. Billy and your Beautiful wife Michelle, Thank you for this great Content , We planted 3 peach trees last spring 2021 , wish I put down the cardboard then , we now added some and more mulch , What I m curious about , is horrible Sqrauls & what else can the bone sauce deter ? Especially roaming Cats , they walk through my Beds . Great point about Dogs ,. God bless you both & William. Mrs Josette Tharp Montgomery County, Texas 🙏🏻
The only thing I know for sure is that a deters deer and rabbits. Other people have told me that it has gone well on a number of other critters but I can’t confirm it.
Do you plant the daffodils, garlic and comfrey around the nitrogen-fixers, or just the fruit trees? I want more comfrey too, but need to save up a while. Stretching SSI is one of my greatest challenges. (Especially for the times when it’s 5 weeks until the next payment.) I like that you pray for blessings on each tree.
If you have 1 comfrey you can dig roots for new plants. I dug up roots last fall and started lots of little pots...half took. Look up a video. It's super easy and doesn't cost you anything.
Thank you!! I just ordered more Comfrey from you! I already have about 30 plants in the ground. Lol I have to fence my guilds in completely as I have two large, rambunctious dogs that play hard and run over my trees! 🙄
I like to fill a 5gal bucket full of forest floor material. I dig a 20 dollar hole for a 5 dollar plant. Mix it in as I back fill. Gotta break up the clay soil here in S.E. Ohio.
Curious. How important is it to not expose roots to the sun? A friend counseled me to be careful to keep dry roots covered with damp newspaper before quickly getting them in the soil. I was concerned how long the roots of your specimen was exposed to the direct sun. I hope it made it. And keep on planting trees. Lovely video! Clustered mountain mint around a tree is also a deer deterrent and great for pollinators too! Native to mid-Atlantic states; maybe yours too? Thx!
Thank you for this video. I wish I would have seen it before planting our fruit trees! We did not use cardboard. We are having to cutthe grass around it and it's tedious work. But will be planting the covers around it such as daffodils and comfrey. However, how far from the fruit tree should we plant the black locust? Thanks!
Michelle’s expressions are priceless.
Can’t find bones in the meat at the grocery store! It’s ridiculous! Even the chicken thighs are now boneless skinless. We have become so lazy to want the bones out of thigh meat and so disconnected with our food that bones and skin are “gross.” Billy, your response about the love pond was PERFECTION! 😂
Hey I’m new here. I’m a young 60 ! Army vet 87-92. Were in Arkansas Love the content! We garden, can meat as much as we can to utilize what the LORD gives us. Most of all THanks for NOT hiding your CHRISTIANITY!
Thank you so much for the kind response my friend! I’m going to continue to say it loud and say it proud.
Excellent!
From Arkansas too! Ozarks :)
God Bless The Perma Pastures Farm Family.
Thank you my friend!
Love the shovel trick. I forgot my grandpa used to do that. He marked 12, 24, 36 inches on each garden tool when he bought them.
People from way back had a lot of awesome tricks that have been lost.
GREAT IDEA!!
I just found you guys this evening and watched 5 of your last 7 videos. Im liking what I see and am subscribing now. I've recently gotten interested in permaculture/food forest and anything I can pic up before putting sweat equity into the wrong places and having to start over the better I will be. Hopefully in a couple years I can be 20 - 40% self-sufficient. Fingers crossed. 😎
Welcome to my friend! You definitely have the right attitude.
The bin laden comment has made me a life long subscriber. I needed that laugh so bad. Thank you. 😆
I love that you pray over what you plant. I do too. :D
Thanks a million!
May all beings be free from suffering! 🙏
I have no disagreement on the score my friend!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. I've been using cardboard as a weed barrier/ moisture retention for years. My neighbors think I'm crazy, I say they're behind on the learning curve.
I totally agree with you my friend
Tab. 👍 Me too! It’s awesome!
This planting and prayer (afterwards) was better and more pure than most churches I've been to
Sadly, I have to agree with you my friend
You going to the incorrect church. I do agree with you.
The good Lord is still being manifested.
😂 Clearly she loves that name
Thanks for the easy to follow video on permaculture.
Thank you for checking it out my friend
Built 5 brooder barrel for the 150 chicks I am picking up Tuesday. Got some help from a 12 year old neighbor. Very smart, hard worker. He home schools and helps me for 4 hours a couple days a week.
Brooder barrel? What a great idea. I’d be interested in the details.
That is awesome you letting your neighbor come work n learn. Bless you for teaching him.
@@Skashoon using a 55 gallon drum I set it on its side.drill a hole the diameter of the ceramic insulated of heat lamp. Then I cut a hole large enough for water and feeder. Then I use valcroe to secure. Then drill two pilot holes. One on each side of hatch. Install I screws for hanging water and feeder. Put a layer of wood chips, and drill some vent holes. I intend to place the brooders inside the chicken tractor then surround with electric fence. When the chicks are ready to leave the brooders I will rotate the barrels so the hatch is near the ground and they will self promote to the green grass
I can’t begin to tell you the joy I get knowing that a 12-year-old is learning the craft
Another great video! Love the detailed attention to wind and water direction. Never thought of that.
Thank you my friend
I wish I would have found this video last year. I planted over 40 trees last year and I like that cardboard around the base of the tree and then mulched over the top. I guess i can go back and do it this year.
You can indeed
I do that every yr. Around bushes too!
I saw two passions displayed here, one for permaculture and the other for the missus - who is worthy of it! Many blessings to y’all BOTH!
Thank you so much for noticing my friend
Another good video on permaculture.
Thank you my friend
I just found ya'll and I am obsessed! Finally, I found another couple that prays over their plantings! Man. God bless ya'll.
I ordered bone sauce last fall and put it everywhere I needed it, just received my second order from you because I have expanded. It does go a long way. Have not seen deer near where I put it.
I never get tired of hearing wonderful stories like that
Comfrey root, infused in oil and applied (Via a soaked cotton pad) to a new blood blister, barked shin, hammered nail, cow steps on your foot..anything that will bruise or swell, will prevent the bruise, remove the blood blister, reduce the swelling and ease the pain. BAM!
I really don’t think we know the full extent of what comfrey does. What a magnificent plant
I like turtles. 😁🌱🐢
I finally learned about bone sauce as a deer repellent. They are the bane of my fruit trees. They use all my trees as rub stations.
God bless you and your family.
Nothing works as well my friend!
Thank you for the step by step instructions. This really helps the visual learners.
It makes my day to know that people benefit from this information!
Thank you Billy! We planted our little 7 tree orchard last weekend and asked the Lord's blessing on it. Did a few things maybe wrong (didn't account for graft direction), but trees are blooming.
The graft direction isn’t absolutely critical. The most important thing is that you put a tree in the ground my friend!
When he said the prime directive it made me immediately think of Star Trek bc sadly my husband watches it almost everyday, lol. Great information, and God bless!
Thank you and blessings to you and yours my friend
Thanks Billy and Michele! I liked the reminder to water your new tree with non-chlorinated water. 💕from Ky.
That’s the only way we roll
Trees are my favorite thing to grow and plant!
I’m right there with you my friend!
So happy to see Michelle in the video with you. Very thorough, thanks, take care and God Bless.
I would love to get her in every video but it’s like pulling teeth.
Billy and Michelle (I hope I spelled the Missus name right) yep, I'm from the deep south.. But, thank you so very much for doing what y'all do. I went to a very prestigious (grants and scholarships) horticultural college back in the day and folks, you taught this old navy warhorse and hort guy some tips and tricks, I've never heard of nor thought of. THANK YOU!!!
Learnt alot thank you, most of all Love Love Love that you are a Prayerful Family, openly placing the Lord as the Head of the Homestead and acknowledging Him. I will suggest that seeing you Pray together over the tree would be inspirational not gratuitous and might even plant seeds in the spirit's of Viewers that may not know the Lord and refire those that know Him but aren't bringing Him into their day or resources. This Channel is definitely a Treasure. Exceeding Abundant Blessings!
Thank you so much for the kind words! I went back-and-forth about praying on camera and decided that I would rather do it on a live stream.
Great stuff. in Texas, and other arid/semi-arid climates, we do need a much larger mulch ring as you said. It's wonderful how understanding the goal so often leads to proper application in permaculture.
One thing you can do is age a compost pile uphill of small ponds that don't have fish in them to get some extra richness out of them - can grow and harvest algae in them as well if your area is warm enough.
Superb techniques for sure!
I recently found out you can grow edible mushrooms in your garden that help improve the soil and feed your trees and garden crops. As we know the fungus transfers nutrients between trees and other plants.
We’ve done several videos on that very thing. How cool is nature!
My husband calls your marks on the shovel handle a "story stick." It tells a story of what you've done before.
Love it
I cant stress how much I am jealous of your climate right now. We have like 3 feet of snow on the ground right now and it was -22 celsius yesterday morning
I am so sorry to hear that my friend
I learned something new about daffodils! Thank yall :) -Ash
Right on!
Stefan is a good man. You are as well. Hard to find good men but it's a little easier in this "business"
To add to tree sources, many states have a nursery where you can order local ecotypes, it's usually under the Dept of natural resources
Great point! Local universities do the same.
Always enjoy your videos and the podcast! May God continue to bless your family!
Thank you for your information and enthusiasm. Its contagious in a good way.
Thank you so much my friend!
Thoroughly enjoyed this one my friends. Very informative and anything to do with planting trees I’m all ears. I’m not near as educated as you guys are about Permaculture, BUT because of y’all’s constant teachings, knowledge and great examples I know much more about that I did before we met y’all. So thank you guys so much. 😇🙏🏻🙌🏻☀️👍🏻
Thank you so much for the kind words my friend! I hope to turn everyone into an orchardist before it’s all said and done.
Ok, y'all have convinced me I need to grow Comfrey.
You probably wouldn’t regret it
We just got some bare roots apple trees. 10 of them. 🔥🔥🔥 good info. Thank you
That’s what I’m talking about
Thank you for this great information! Trees are one of the first things I want to focus on when we find our land.
May the good Lord bless you and your trees indeed!
Thank you and blessings to you and yours my friend
Just found your channel and am glad I did. Great content. Thank you!
I'm wondering if the bone sauce is effective against squirrels. Boy howdy do we have a lot of squirrels! If not, any suggestions? We're new to this property and this region and we are starting our first food forest/permaculture gardens. Needless to say, we are in a huge learning curve.
I appreciated all your tips and wisdom. The way you cut the cardboard and the directional layout is genius. Thanks for explaining the why along with the how. Super helpful.
Thank you so much for the kind words! I’m not sure it works on squirrels but others have told me that it does. I’ve only ever tested it against deer and rabbits.
Good stuff. I planted an orchard on my property in 2008 but a flood wiped out some of the trees so I need to replant about 10. This will give the new ones a better chance
I hope this information helps!
Yes, I 1st ran across Stefone ouy of Qubec. Almost 1 yr ago, the bug bit me, I put out 8 fruit trees with some fruit schrubs...on the existing swale.
Now that’s interesting your the 1st time that I heard about facing your root stock against the wind. I learned to face it on the shaded side.
I mark my shovel at 2ft from tip for post holes or larger tree transplant no tape measure needed
That’s what I’m talking about
I love the stewardship aspects of permaculture. Awesome stuff thank you guys!
Thank you my friend
I wish I saw this sooner. Thanks for the content. The cardboard cut to place the daffodils 🌼 was an AHA moment for me.
Stephan had amazing content for sure, as do you guys. Just found the channel and I have to say everything I've watched has been right on the money.
Thanks a million my friend!
Thanks for this! I've got seven different apples trees to plant in the next couple of weeks and this (and your other videos) are helping me become confident in our new homestead adventure. Bone sauce ordered today!
Awesome! Thank you so much for your support my friend!
Great information! Thank you! I am looking forward to planning fruit trees!!! I have been looking for good permaculture videos that explain it more in depth. The Lord will bless all you’re efforts.
He already is my friend! Blessings to you and yours
I just found your channel yesterday and am glad I did. Me and my wife have our orchard coming in late April (5B) I'm going to be binge watching your channel until they get here. It is reassureing to watch your technique. I'll probably be ordering your repellant as we have loads of deer that didn't make it to be the freezer last fall. God bless you and your family. Thank you.
All this time I thought your Bone Sauce was a barbeque sauce!🤣😁
Dang Billy you had me Googling Syntropic lol I was like whoa whoa whoa slow down a minute I'm still trying to kick my recliner up lol . Good Video , I was wondering if you have ever got into Grafting ? I have a few peach trees that give Almonds, Plums , Nectarine and Apricots that I grafted . Its a good way for people who are limited in space to get a variety of fruit in their garden .
That’s phenomenal, I have hopes of doing that someday. Didn’t know you could graft almonds on peach trees. That’s very cool. In limited space it would be quite handy.
@@Skashoon yup you can graft almonds on a peach tree but make sure its the " All in one Almond tree scions " because they are self pollinating trees , if you go with another variety you will need a different cross pollinator Almond variety tree .
We grafted apple and pear about two years ago and they’re doing pretty well. We intend to start doing it again
Same here Not Interested in regards to Syntropic 😆 Do you have any grafting videos? Your work sounds Amazing!
@@Calypso4me I dont but here is a link to a guy I watch on youtube ruclips.net/video/tFWvZzMv2Io/видео.html
Hello, you quickly mentioned a book but it's really fast and I can't fully hear what you said. Something like Guys Garden? Please clarify? Thank you, JJ
Excellent video, I didn’t think of some of the things that were mentioned .
I’m glad it was a blessing to you my friend!
I really love Mark Shepherd's S.T.U.N. method. Planting from trrees is a long game but epigenetics help them out.. Bonus if they are planted within the dripline of a mature specimen.
Fabulous video yall! I'll b planting just 5 fruit trees in my small yard. I pick them up 3/12. I need instructions from them aa to what to additional the hole. Yiyr planting instru tons were really great. I am in the frozen high desert, so I'm not sure when they'll tell me to plant. Weeks of teens and 20s°, a few 60°s, now back to 30°/40s.
Blessings, julie
Best wishes on your planting my friend!
Trees are awesome at cranking out food. Didn't get any peaches last year. Found out the hard way that they need enough chill hours in the winter. Will be getting peaches this year though and added a bunch of new trees as well.
Very informative video, have 3 relatively new trees to "finish" planting.
Had a dog that after being scolded went and chewed off, at the graft, a very expensive tricolor beech tree. Thankfully, he was neutered before I got him. Thank you for the video.
Thank you so much for reaching out my friend!
I just discovered you guys, you have a great attitude and keep up the great work! I am also learning a few things.
How awesome is that! Welcome aboard my friend
Great info, I'm getting ready to plant a some trees. Love the St Lawrence tshirt.
Thanks for this video! Made notes from start to finish. Even heard the most important step, praise God the Creator of all! And thanks for reminding His creatures to offer Him Thanksgiving!
Amen to that
Michael you ore a very good .
Thank you for the lessons you teach. I appreciate it. Thanks again. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️
Thank you so much
Thanks! That's a whole lot of useful info about planting trees. Gotta get me some of your bone sauce soon!
It kicks Buck!
I stumbled on this channel, been binge watching your videos. Love your energy and the vibe.👍
Great ideal! Giving tools multiple uses.
I’m a big fan of Alton Brown!
That is so cute.. homestead honey. I love it.
Interesting information about planting bare root tree. Mahalo.
Thank you my friend
Love your comfrey, need to water more but great stuff
Thanks for these videos! Love your permaculture passion. Helpful to me as a new, wanna-be permaculturist.
This is awesome. Hope to come visit the farm soon!
Wow! I just love your channel, I recently found it, I too am turning my 3 acre property into permaculture. I’ve been working on it for the last 2 years. I never thought about using cardboard around the trees. Never heard of bone sauce either. I like the idea! Also using your shovel as a messing tool, Cool! Thank you so much! :-D
You missed the 2nd most important, pruning, in the digging at the nursery at digging, lots of roots got left behind, so to reduce stress, it NEEDS pruning to thrive. Planted 1000s in commercial and it's a must.
I totally agree. I completely forgot to add that in there. Thank you for pointing that out to me and my friend!
Planting fruit is a huge step in food security. I have a few apple and Italian plum trees. I just got a bare root grape to plant. It's a seedless, pink grape called Flame. Tag says good for making raisins.
Raisins keep extremely well!
Hunnelle: Michelle is adorable.
Awww shucks!
Nice video. I’ll have to try your bone sauce. My biggest problem is rubbing bucks in the rut. Thank you.
Bones sauce should put an end to all of that.
If you've never seen it before, look up videos on the "Ellen White Method" for planting trees. It's really interesting and a very good method for tree planting. I'm not sure if it's for all types of trees, but it's definitely used for planting fruit trees. There's charts/diagrams that show the layers of the hole that you dig for the tree (what she puts in each layer and why). They say you get amazing results from this method of planting fruit trees. (There's a layer of rocks/stones in the hole, among other layers).
I am aware of her method that I’ve never tried it
Good vid, brother.
Many thanks my friend!
got my worms last week. soo bummed raised beds aren't up tho. so gee worns, chicks and seedlings in dining room. 2' snow and ice outside
So sorry to hear that my friend
Solid tips and ideas. Keep them coming!
Thank you my friend. I hope they help!
The mulch I have available is very light in weight unlike the wood-chips everyone uses. I think for me if I put cardboard on top of mulch v/s bottom it will stay longer because we have monsoon season with heavy rains which causes all the mulch we add to run off. Any input appreciated. Btw, I love your content on insta as well as YT. Thank you
If I made the mistake and covered the graft union, can I take those starts and put them into water to root and make new little trees? Thanks for all that you do! 💙💛🙏
No volcano yes donut!
That’s the ticket
Good morning Mr. Billy and your Beautiful wife Michelle,
Thank you for this great Content ,
We planted 3 peach trees last spring 2021 , wish I put down the cardboard then , we now added some and more mulch ,
What I m curious about , is horrible Sqrauls & what else can the bone sauce deter ? Especially roaming Cats , they walk through my Beds .
Great point about Dogs ,.
God bless you both & William.
Mrs Josette Tharp
Montgomery County, Texas 🙏🏻
The only thing I know for sure is that a deters deer and rabbits. Other people have told me that it has gone well on a number of other critters but I can’t confirm it.
You are so down to earth.yall.love it..do you plant fruit trees the same way.ive seen rocks used under roots.ty
Thank you so much!
Do you plant the daffodils, garlic and comfrey around the nitrogen-fixers, or just the fruit trees?
I want more comfrey too, but need to save up a while. Stretching SSI is one of my greatest challenges. (Especially for the times when it’s 5 weeks until the next payment.) I like that you pray for blessings on each tree.
We don’t typically plant them around the nitrogen fixers but we should.
If you have 1 comfrey you can dig roots for new plants. I dug up roots last fall and started lots of little pots...half took. Look up a video. It's super easy and doesn't cost you anything.
Thank you!! I just ordered more Comfrey from you! I already have about 30 plants in the ground. Lol I have to fence my guilds in completely as I have two large, rambunctious dogs that play hard and run over my trees! 🙄
I like to fill a 5gal bucket full of forest floor material. I dig a 20 dollar hole for a 5 dollar plant. Mix it in as I back fill. Gotta break up the clay soil here in S.E. Ohio.
Billy could you explain the difference between permaculture orchard and food forest?
Perfect timing. I'm looking at getting some fruit tree's, so far outrageous on price, so it may just be 1. Lol
That’s a good start my friend.
Curious. How important is it to not expose roots to the sun? A friend counseled me to be careful to keep dry roots covered with damp newspaper before quickly getting them in the soil. I was concerned how long the roots of your specimen was exposed to the direct sun. I hope it made it. And keep on planting trees. Lovely video! Clustered mountain mint around a tree is also a deer deterrent and great for pollinators too! Native to mid-Atlantic states; maybe yours too? Thx!
As always a great video thanks for sharing your knowledge and skills!
Thank you for taking the time to watch and respond my friend
I just put in about 20 of these. Let's see how they go.
Thank you for this video. I wish I would have seen it before planting our fruit trees! We did not use cardboard. We are having to cutthe grass around it and it's tedious work. But will be planting the covers around it such as daffodils and comfrey. However, how far from the fruit tree should we plant the black locust? Thanks!
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Good stuff very informative, thanks
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