REVOLUTIONARY FARMS #1: Queen of Self-Sufficient Backyard Gardening | Nairobi, Kenya

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  • Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
  • Join me on a tour of Alice's super productive self-sufficient garden and get inspired by easy to implement and free ecological gardening for beginners tips and practices (like compost, mulching, intercropping, polycultures, container gardening, food forestry, integrating chicken and rabbits etc.). Alice has tended this Nairobi garden since 2015 and in five years has created a beautiful natural ecosystem that provides abundant family for her family of four. She's a Kenyan permaculture expert and consultant with a wealth of knowledge that she shares with us freely here.

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  • @anneterwitte7959
    @anneterwitte7959 3 года назад +24

    i could watch garden tours all day long. feel free to produce more! thank you!

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 года назад +2

      More to come! Got some plans for meeting awesome gardeners and nature lovers in and around Nairobi in the coming weeks.

  • @faithgichuru3617
    @faithgichuru3617 3 года назад +19

    Hi Alice. Yours is a most beautiful garden I am working on making my garden a food forest . I am so inspired by your garden I can't wait to see how mine look like in a few years. Would love to visit your garden.....incredibly beautiful. 😍😍😍😍😍😍

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 года назад +2

      Looking forward to visiting your garden food forest one day!

    • @charitykimotho9840
      @charitykimotho9840 2 года назад +1

      Would like to visit ur garden how do we make this possible

    • @sokilillian4829
      @sokilillian4829 2 года назад

      @@GrowingSmall I want the contact information of nkoile Selina I would like to visit Kenya to learn from her on pharmculture farming or any farmers in Kenya in December ..how can I get in touch with you poeple....am in northern Uganda

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  2 года назад

      @@sokilillian4829 Write me an email at jaterw@gmail.com and I can send you some contacts to people I know.

  • @lifeinthecountrysidehome
    @lifeinthecountrysidehome 2 года назад +2

    Her garden is so green and lush. She also has amazing skin. Eating organic is better and more beneficial for the body as a whole.

  • @CJ-vt9eu
    @CJ-vt9eu 2 года назад +3

    Garden of Eden...God's wish for humanity...beautiful!

  • @LifeIsMessyImLearningAsIGrow
    @LifeIsMessyImLearningAsIGrow 2 года назад +3

    🌻🐝☀️🌺👨‍🌾 I love your garden!! It’s a great inspiration to me as I am also a gardener and RUclips creator. You put a lot of work and love into growing your garden! All the hard work is worth it to me to get to see the new growth everyday it brings me so much joy! l’m just harvesting my first fruits and veggies. I still have so much to learn and I appreciate all of m your tips, tricks that you share! Please Keep sharing! I would love to learn more about gardening from each other.

  • @grovermartin6874
    @grovermartin6874 3 года назад +3

    Alice, your garden is lush. I have never before wished to live in the tropics, but now...How magical! (Even though it took years of hard work and never-ending intelligent analysis, I know.)

  • @kennedynthiwa5100
    @kennedynthiwa5100 Год назад

    Beautiful and inspirational garden. Whatever you are doing is working wonders. Well done and God Bless

  • @virginiaseedsskogen2038
    @virginiaseedsskogen2038 Год назад +1

    Alice, you have a beautiful permaculture garden, so much variety, a farmer's market all around, and so nice that the neighbors like to share their fruits and veggies.

  • @DragonflyenAmber
    @DragonflyenAmber 3 года назад +3

    Wow, what an amazing garden in a small space! So much variety of fruits and veggies that I wish I could grow here.

    • @kennedyotachi9310
      @kennedyotachi9310 2 года назад

      your garden is so inspiring and Iam doing the same. Yours has motivated me especially in soil covering. would u share your email for inquiries of seedlings for fruits and trees? Thank you. Ken

  • @ForageGardener
    @ForageGardener 3 года назад +7

    Absolutely incredible :0
    I shared a few of your videos around in some garden groups I'm in, everyone seemed to find them helpful and FASCINATING :).

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 года назад

      Thanks for sharing the videos with others, have definitely noticed an uptick in views/subscribers the last couple of days!

  • @chantaltulliez8066
    @chantaltulliez8066 3 года назад +4

    Greetings from subtropical Australia ...congratulations for creating a little piece of sustainable paradise...I have started my food forest 6 months ago and am looking forward to see it grow beautifully like yours...like yourself I will have to create some shade for my vegetables as the sun is relentless in this part of the world like you in Kenya...thank you for sharing...

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 года назад

      So glad you found this. Good luck growing your food forest!

    • @sokilillian4829
      @sokilillian4829 2 года назад

      Me too Chantal I want to start my own Garden

  • @positiveorientationone
    @positiveorientationone 2 года назад +2

    I so much loved this, it's really organic thanks for sharing this my sister,

  • @isaackorir861
    @isaackorir861 2 года назад +1

    Wow. In sync with nature.

  • @telemachus7732
    @telemachus7732 2 года назад +1

    Her garden is beautiful,also!

  • @Afiajustifiee
    @Afiajustifiee 3 года назад +1

    Subscribed. The concept is very sustainable and worthy of all efforts.

  • @jeromeclaessen3921
    @jeromeclaessen3921 2 года назад

    Love the organised chaos

  • @maimericks80
    @maimericks80 2 года назад +1

    Excellent channel! Love watching farming videos and living off grid.

  • @elpix
    @elpix Год назад

    Beautiful garden. I like to see things that look more like what we have here (Mexico) , its a bit dryer here in my town, but sun is plentiful and we have to use shadows. Thank you

  • @Stoffmonster467
    @Stoffmonster467 2 года назад +1

    This is a really beautiful garden Eden

  • @joprent6727
    @joprent6727 2 года назад

    I love your very productive garden. Thanks for sharing your knowledge...

  • @MsWambz
    @MsWambz Год назад

    This is such a lovely garden, this is so inspiring. I am working on a food forest garden.

  • @nogodsnomasters6963
    @nogodsnomasters6963 3 года назад +4

    Beautiful and very inspiring

  • @raysonnia2590
    @raysonnia2590 Месяц назад

    Great.

  • @mjawolfe1
    @mjawolfe1 Год назад

    Excellent.

  • @edzakete.3700
    @edzakete.3700 2 года назад

    Perfect harmony, inspired.

  • @mayaciza8337
    @mayaciza8337 3 года назад +1

    J'adore !❤️

  • @TheDMTLover
    @TheDMTLover Год назад

    Wonderful

  • @wanguindungurecheal
    @wanguindungurecheal 2 года назад

    I like, love farming hoping one day i will manage it ,keep going my sister

  • @tzunammi
    @tzunammi 2 года назад

    I truly appreciate your time... You've inspired me 💯, if I ever get married again? Your the model and example... 🇬🇭 Five acers and fish pond. Still searching. 👸🏾

  • @RascalEd-hw6yw
    @RascalEd-hw6yw 2 года назад

    Such an impressive garden,keep it up. Some informative content 💯

  • @juliewest7966
    @juliewest7966 2 года назад

    Very beautiful. Thank you for sharing/

  • @muemamusyoka6970
    @muemamusyoka6970 3 года назад +2

    Very inspiring work,

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 года назад

      Absolutely! Thanks you for commenting!

    • @grovermartin6874
      @grovermartin6874 3 года назад

      @@GrowingSmall Making these videos is an uplifting contribution to us all, thank you so much!

  • @kenyancookingabroad
    @kenyancookingabroad 2 года назад +16

    You can actually tell from her skin and hair that she has a very healthy glowy garden life.

  • @ewaoconnor7978
    @ewaoconnor7978 2 года назад

    Thank you for sharing 🥰

  • @davidcupples7622
    @davidcupples7622 4 месяца назад

    Xlnt!

  • @angel21991
    @angel21991 2 года назад

    raspberry growing at the equator ??? :O wow ! what is your secret !

  • @bosiboriboyaniyoutube
    @bosiboriboyaniyoutube 2 года назад

    Wow i would love to visit.

  • @tinglima4942
    @tinglima4942 3 года назад

    Very beautiful!

  • @taniaalencar9228
    @taniaalencar9228 3 года назад

    Amazing...

  • @lorelletyler7806
    @lorelletyler7806 3 года назад +1

    Love your garden what do you for pests on plants.

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 года назад +1

      Alice has a HUGE amount of knowledge and experience concerning natural pest management. Hopefully I'll get back to visit her one day and I can do a video just focusing on her various strategies and concoctions.

  • @mr.potatohead6138
    @mr.potatohead6138 Год назад

    She puts western women to shame. She's fabulous

  • @missdigioia
    @missdigioia 2 года назад

    Truly inspiring

  • @mosimosi630
    @mosimosi630 Год назад

    Man how I miss African fruits

  • @yrimucollectionartanddesig2016
    @yrimucollectionartanddesig2016 2 года назад

    Your videos are very informative. How do I get in touch with Alice please?

  • @GideonOOkumu
    @GideonOOkumu 3 года назад +2

    Where is this garden...I think I should learn more from it

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 года назад +1

      Nairobi, Kabete Fortsmith. It's a really wonderful example of what's possible even in relatively small spaces!

    • @GideonOOkumu
      @GideonOOkumu 3 года назад

      How can I reach you....? Contact please I can call

  • @beak3958
    @beak3958 3 года назад +1

    What isnrhe Name of the Local perennial Bean and also the Medicinal Tree? You mention them but leave use nameless

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 года назад +1

      Don't know the name of the perennial bean, there's many around. Contact Alice directly to find out. The tree is called "Warburgia Ugandensis".

  • @simp2662
    @simp2662 2 года назад

    She has a German shepherd dog.

  • @jonanderson4280
    @jonanderson4280 2 года назад +1

    What's that purplish fruit at 10:17?

  • @annkamau2760
    @annkamau2760 2 года назад

    Alice tuongea unisaidia Na shamba yangu

  • @aichaoubelkheir7143
    @aichaoubelkheir7143 3 года назад

    Bravo merci de votre Amour unevirsell pour la planète terre Mer est ces enfants merci beaucoup

  • @williamkiarie8945
    @williamkiarie8945 3 года назад +7

    Very good garden! Where in Kenya is this garden?

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 года назад +3

      Thanks William glad you enjoyed the tour. It's around Kabete Fortsmith in Nairobi.

  • @tarquinbristow
    @tarquinbristow 2 года назад +5

    I love the diversity and the production.Beautiful. I also have things all growing together in layers and mixtures, and mulching rather than digging. People think I'm mad and when they visit my garden they always step in the beds and crush the plants saying they cant see where to walk, like they're in the jungle or something. Nice also to see someone else that grows nightshade, one of my favourite all-rounders.

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  2 года назад +1

      Awesome, well done you and thanks for sharing!

  • @thiongogachie2517
    @thiongogachie2517 3 года назад +6

    Hillside Urban Garden, impressed by the progress 1 year later

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 года назад

      The system is really "popping" as they call it!

  • @petermcfadden9426
    @petermcfadden9426 Год назад +2

    What a lovely productive garden. Greetings from north Wales, UK.

  • @xue5767
    @xue5767 3 года назад +6

    Impressive garden!!

  • @tonic_1
    @tonic_1 3 года назад +5

    very talented, love the production quality on this one !

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 года назад

      Much appreciated! Glad you're noticing the small improvements in production quality :)

  • @harrypapas1465
    @harrypapas1465 2 года назад +2

    Beautiful garden, beautiful lady gardener..

  • @busisiwendlovu4628
    @busisiwendlovu4628 Год назад +1

    I'm only at the beginning of my journey and watching your garden is such a blessing and inspiration. Blessings from South Africa❤

  • @Globally1201
    @Globally1201 Год назад

    YOU HAVE A NICE VARIETY OF VEGETABLES AND FRUIT TREES GROWING TOGETHER VERY HEALTHILY!!;😃👍🌳🌳🌳🙋🔥🙏👑➕📖🔥

  • @akinyicolang69
    @akinyicolang69 Год назад

    Wonderful shamba,wonderful owners.A whole new learning experience .

  • @missm5238
    @missm5238 3 года назад +2

    What a lovely garden!

  • @olivernjoku3110
    @olivernjoku3110 3 года назад +1

    Are natural seed difficult to get? I would like to purchase some online. Thanks for feedback

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 года назад +2

      Try contacting local organic gardeners, many of them would probably be able to help you out. Otherwise there's online groups and whatsapp groups that share seeds. Finally, get in touch with Seed Savers Network Kenya- they can help you out as well.

    • @olivernjoku3110
      @olivernjoku3110 3 года назад

      @@GrowingSmall Thank you for the info

  • @ForageGardener
    @ForageGardener 3 года назад +6

    This channel is such an inspiration.

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 года назад +1

      Thank you!! Trying to put out content that I myself find relevant and inspiring :)

  • @sophiandethiu2721
    @sophiandethiu2721 2 года назад +1

    Alice this is lovely. Very inspiring. Where is your garden?

  • @soinda87
    @soinda87 Год назад +1

    This exactly how my grandpa did. He had various crops and fruits and vegetables and other things were available all year round. There was less tilling of the soil. He even managed to build a posho mill powered by water which is still working since 1947. I miss him.

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  Год назад

      Thank you, I appreciate your heartfelt comment and salute your grandpa.

  • @livefromplanetearth
    @livefromplanetearth 2 года назад +1

    bless up alice 💒

  • @trueyokefellow3576
    @trueyokefellow3576 3 года назад +2

    Goals 💕 Very beautiful.

  • @mikelongwith6922
    @mikelongwith6922 Год назад

    Nice garden good job

  • @mercykiambi3066
    @mercykiambi3066 3 года назад +2

    Very inspiring ! Keep up the good work

  • @yvettekinchking8838
    @yvettekinchking8838 Год назад

    I am addicted to this

  • @thiongothomas7479
    @thiongothomas7479 2 года назад

    Wooow this great

  • @paraxuas
    @paraxuas Год назад

    gracias❤

  • @barazamoshiri1440
    @barazamoshiri1440 Год назад

    A very organized garden. How can i get some fig seedlings ?

    • @AliceHoG
      @AliceHoG Год назад

      We have you can call us

  • @olivernjoku3110
    @olivernjoku3110 3 года назад

    People like you will save the world ...

  • @SupremeFamilyGarden
    @SupremeFamilyGarden 3 года назад

    New sub here thanks for sharing

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 года назад

      Thanks for the sub! Looking forward to exploring your channel as well!

  • @camnnnr
    @camnnnr 3 года назад

    New subcriber here, just love your channel

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  3 года назад

      Thanks for subbing! So glad you found my channel, keen on sharing with you some exciting new videos in the coming weeks and months :)

  • @mandandi
    @mandandi 3 года назад

    Amazing.

  • @maranathayall
    @maranathayall 2 года назад

    Beautiful garden!

  • @ebbykerubo95
    @ebbykerubo95 2 года назад

    Very educative program. How can one reach you pls

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  2 года назад

      awmwangi@gmail.com Write her an email!

  • @theswahilimom
    @theswahilimom 2 года назад

    Love your channel, how do we get in contact with you or Alice?

    • @GrowingSmall
      @GrowingSmall  2 года назад

      Drop me a line at jaterw@gmail.com and tell me a bit about your gardening activities. I can also share Alice's contacts with you if you'd like.

    • @livefromplanetearth
      @livefromplanetearth 2 года назад +1

      alice need a youtube channel!