We grow a lot of stick trees at our place, along with rocks and clay. Our nitrogen fixers do great along with our comfry. The rest is a struggle. Fixing to do some more soil testing to see what's off.
Great video, as usual! One of the lessons I've learned in the past few years is not to remove the "dead" trees the first year. In my experience, about 60ish percent come back from the root the following season. It seems to happen semi frequently with young Saskatoon (service berry) saplings.
SUPER happy that some of the strawberries and hazelnuts I planted last year are still alive at my remote cabin site. planted 1 comfrey a couple of years ago, it is still kicking. now there are 2 comfrey in that rocky soil. some of the sun chokes appear to be doing well also. not sure they will be able to spread much in the "soil" that is similar to a neglected gravel parking lot. I'll be contacting a local stable to see if I can get a load of horse manure.....yes, I know....."ALL THE DEWORMER AND MEDICATIONS" I bet things will grow better in that than in gravel.
I need to learn what Nitrogen fixers I can use here in Western WA zone 8b. For now I just plant green beans and peas near the trees but I want some shrubs or trees that are. I'm expanding my Grocery Row Garden every year. Next year I'm adding stone fruits like nectarines, peaches and maybe apricots. Rainier and Bing Cherries as well as more blueberries, gooseberries, red currants, Oregon grapes (basically blue berries) and even cranberries in the lower area closest to our pond. Where the shade is mostly there. So excited for what my future looks like thanks to you guys and so many others I follow on RUclips for the inspiration to go big with little effort.
Made 2 trips to my local tree guy this weekend and got 16 buckets of FREE woodchips. My little quarter acre property is going to be a SPONGE in a couple years!!
I have 3.5 acres in southeast Tennessee that I really need to get started on. I just have no idea where to start. So in my confusion I’m just going to have people dump wood chips and spread it all over the place. I figure at the very least that might help me gain some soil and fungi.
My property was an old farm but there is a lot of compacted soil and a very thin layer of actual soil above clay. Very few trees on the property so not much mulching has gone on over the years. That’s why I figure I’ll just keep letting the hay grow out and then cut it and leave it to compost and dump wood chips wherever and whenever I can. I also have a bunch of those pesky pear trees on my property and I’m thinking I can probably graft apple onto them. I figure why cut them down when I can use that prolific root system. But hey at least I have a couple free range leghorns roaming around and pooping. One step at a time indeed.
Right now I am in the process of transplanting everything I have in the ground in pots in preparation for the big move. What move? So glad you asked... Father let me know it is time, and I have said good buy to this installment of Yard Farm here in the middle of Tucson, AZ. We do not know when or where we are going, but that is on His desk; not ours. The fun part is this. I have simply covered my soil with yard waste (my wife's yardwork company saves on dump fees!) and woodchips for a few years now. I raked the mulch aside to get soil to use in my pots. I transplanted (one of the many that day) with soil from my front yard here in the hot Sonoran Desert, and the very next day I came out to see 4 beautiful mushrooms standing up a few inches! You know I was happy!
Billy, I overestimated how many pawpaw seeds I could plant. I have extras, and they are supposed to have superior genetics. They are supposed to be understory trees. If you want some, and/or if your son wants some, the price is right. I just want them to have a good home. 😁
id like some! similar growing zone to perma pastures here. our local paw paw patch took some damage and fresh new genetics are just what the doctor ordered. hmm lmk how can i reach out to discuss further❤
This one was especially for me to learn a bit more about tactical planting. I have never thought that way other than to say I don't want passersby to take my apples.
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 You are right. Just imagine what we won't need in Heaven. Not only no tactical planting but no Band-Aids, no cops, auditors, no thought police, and the list goes on!
Billy, thanks! This is one of my favorite videos from you. What a great reminder that plants die sometimes, but its not the end of the world, mistakes can be corrected, doing something good now is better than waiting for perfect, and to always keep plant multitasking and the big pictures in mind. All things that are figuring prominently in my tasks for this month!
PIMP Master Billy, awesome video showing people that success is built from failure too. I'm continuing plugging away at the homestead, and slowly things are taking shape. In the back of my mind I keep hearing the words of a great perma culturist, the battle is won in inches not miles. God Bless from TN.
😃 What was that word Billie? Anthosione??? that was funny.I had to go look it up...Anthocyanins (from Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos) 'flower', and κυάνεος/κυανοῦς (kuáneos/kuanoûs) 'dark blue'), also called anthocyans, are water-soluble vacuolar pigments that, depending on their pH, may appear red, purple, blue, or black. You guys are awesome!
I've stuck out on cherries at lower elevations. Above 3900 ft. ,I've had far less problems. They have sufferer lot's of neglect relative to my high producers. Pound for pound, gooseberries outproduce everything here.
I wish I could grow Aronia out here. My area in Arizona is too hot in the summer and they cannot take it. I would love to buy some Aronia berries from you guys if you sell them though. I am buying them now from an online seller. I would also like currants which I cannot grow.
I have 6 cherry trees 3 of them died They are also the only cherry trees that I have comfrey planted under. Do you think it’s just coincidence or could comfrey have some effect on cherry trees.
In your opinion, would it be best (in zones 3/4), to use 2+ yr old high fungal tree trimming chips (origionally dumped green) for next years planting beds or just the paths. Tarp for winter or not?
IMO, ANY nasty, thorny plant, especially one that produces edible/usable crops of any kind, can be a good perimeter plant. Bramble fruits and roses? 👍😁
I’ve learned so much from you Billy,thank you for sharing your hard earned knowledge
I’m glad it’s been a help to you, John!
Hey Billy! Please look into Korean natural farming. It is a rabbit hole you will LOVE to go down.
We grow a lot of stick trees at our place, along with rocks and clay. Our nitrogen fixers do great along with our comfry. The rest is a struggle. Fixing to do some more soil testing to see what's off.
Keep at it my friend!
Great video, as usual!
One of the lessons I've learned in the past few years is not to remove the "dead" trees the first year. In my experience, about 60ish percent come back from the root the following season. It seems to happen semi frequently with young Saskatoon (service berry) saplings.
I totally agree with you, Gordon! I wish I would’ve thought of adding that to the video
SUPER happy that some of the strawberries and hazelnuts I planted last year are still alive at my remote cabin site. planted 1 comfrey a couple of years ago, it is still kicking. now there are 2 comfrey in that rocky soil. some of the sun chokes appear to be doing well also. not sure they will be able to spread much in the "soil" that is similar to a neglected gravel parking lot. I'll be contacting a local stable to see if I can get a load of horse manure.....yes, I know....."ALL THE DEWORMER AND MEDICATIONS" I bet things will grow better in that than in gravel.
That horse manure is likely better than any chemical solution.
Super Foods! What a great video!
I need to learn what Nitrogen fixers I can use here in Western WA zone 8b. For now I just plant green beans and peas near the trees but I want some shrubs or trees that are. I'm expanding my Grocery Row Garden every year. Next year I'm adding stone fruits like nectarines, peaches and maybe apricots. Rainier and Bing Cherries as well as more blueberries, gooseberries, red currants, Oregon grapes (basically blue berries) and even cranberries in the lower area closest to our pond. Where the shade is mostly there. So excited for what my future looks like thanks to you guys and so many others I follow on RUclips for the inspiration to go big with little effort.
Your local Permaculture group out there should have a pretty comprehensive list of nitrogen fixtures that do well.
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 I don't even know who that would be. Maybe Washington State University. They are an agriculture school.
Great message to give viewers that plants don't always work out. But having a diversity of plants and replacing with new things is 'natural'.
Absolutely!
Made 2 trips to my local tree guy this weekend and got 16 buckets of FREE woodchips. My little quarter acre property is going to be a SPONGE in a couple years!!
Now that’s the spirit!
Thats what i like about yall Billy, smart thinking, great ideas, and the energy to execute and put it to work! 🙏❤️🙂
Thank you so much for the kind words Linda!
I have 3.5 acres in southeast Tennessee that I really need to get started on. I just have no idea where to start. So in my confusion I’m just going to have people dump wood chips and spread it all over the place. I figure at the very least that might help me gain some soil and fungi.
Do anything, even if it turns out to be wrong down the line.
How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
My property was an old farm but there is a lot of compacted soil and a very thin layer of actual soil above clay. Very few trees on the property so not much mulching has gone on over the years. That’s why I figure I’ll just keep letting the hay grow out and then cut it and leave it to compost and dump wood chips wherever and whenever I can. I also have a bunch of those pesky pear trees on my property and I’m thinking I can probably graft apple onto them. I figure why cut them down when I can use that prolific root system. But hey at least I have a couple free range leghorns roaming around and pooping. One step at a time indeed.
You might enlist a consultant, my friend
Right now I am in the process of transplanting everything I have in the ground in pots in preparation for the big move. What move? So glad you asked...
Father let me know it is time, and I have said good buy to this installment of Yard Farm here in the middle of Tucson, AZ. We do not know when or where we are going, but that is on His desk; not ours.
The fun part is this. I have simply covered my soil with yard waste (my wife's yardwork company saves on dump fees!) and woodchips for a few years now. I raked the mulch aside to get soil to use in my pots. I transplanted (one of the many that day) with soil from my front yard here in the hot Sonoran Desert, and the very next day I came out to see 4 beautiful mushrooms standing up a few inches!
You know I was happy!
Now that is an awesome Permaculture solution, my friend!
Hello, another banging video! Where do you get your discount plants/trees? 🙌
I use the Farm Connection in Marshall North Carolina.
Billy, I overestimated how many pawpaw seeds I could plant. I have extras, and they are supposed to have superior genetics. They are supposed to be understory trees. If you want some, and/or if your son wants some, the price is right. I just want them to have a good home. 😁
Shady spots around town?
If you have lots of extras I would be interested in a few. I am in central WV, so I know they will grow here.
@@judyrose7828 How many? I could send you a few dozen. Not a joke.
Thank you for the kind offer, but I have plenty.
id like some! similar growing zone to perma pastures here. our local paw paw patch took some damage and fresh new genetics are just what the doctor ordered. hmm lmk how can i reach out to discuss further❤
This one was especially for me to learn a bit more about tactical planting. I have never thought that way other than to say I don't want passersby to take my apples.
It’s honestly a sad state of affairs that we should even have to think this way Dwight.
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 You are right. Just imagine what we won't need in Heaven. Not only no tactical planting but no Band-Aids, no cops, auditors, no thought police, and the list goes on!
Like you say, it’s a game of inches
It is indeed!
Billy, thanks! This is one of my favorite videos from you. What a great reminder that plants die sometimes, but its not the end of the world, mistakes can be corrected, doing something good now is better than waiting for perfect, and to always keep plant multitasking and the big pictures in mind. All things that are figuring prominently in my tasks for this month!
I couldn’t agree more, Judy!
PIMP Master Billy, awesome video showing people that success is built from failure too. I'm continuing plugging away at the homestead, and slowly things are taking shape. In the back of my mind I keep hearing the words of a great perma culturist, the battle is won in inches not miles. God Bless from TN.
Glad to hear things are moving along Bill!
😃 What was that word Billie? Anthosione??? that was funny.I had to go look it up...Anthocyanins (from Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos) 'flower', and κυάνεος/κυανοῦς (kuáneos/kuanoûs) 'dark blue'), also called anthocyans, are water-soluble vacuolar pigments that, depending on their pH, may appear red, purple, blue, or black. You guys are awesome!
I've stuck out on cherries at lower elevations. Above 3900 ft. ,I've had far less problems. They have sufferer lot's of neglect relative to my high producers. Pound for pound, gooseberries outproduce everything here.
IM about 3900 and montmorency cherries seem to like it here with very little work on my part
I would love to get some gooseberries around here… If only I could remember to plant them on the north side of things.
Thank you Billy!😊
Thank you, my friend!
I wish I could grow Aronia out here. My area in Arizona is too hot in the summer and they cannot take it. I would love to buy some Aronia berries from you guys if you sell them though. I am buying them now from an online seller. I would also like currants which I cannot grow.
If you’re able to dig deep. You can dig circular holes to shade and hide the plants from most heat and sunlight
It’s definitely gonna be a whole variety of different things out there.
I plant in all 12 months. Cover the ground and you can do it.
I love the way you roll busker!
Problem IS Solution ‼️💞👏👏👏👏👏🥰
That’s what I’m talking about!
Always looking for a bargain!! O'yea
That’s the only way to roll these days!
I lost my only store bought cherry tree. Apple's are struggling.
Keep adding mulch, my friend!
I have 6 cherry trees 3 of them died
They are also the only cherry trees that I have comfrey planted under. Do you think it’s just coincidence or could comfrey have some effect on cherry trees.
That’s highly unlikely. Cherries are just picky sometimes.
In your opinion, would it be best (in zones 3/4), to use 2+ yr old high fungal tree trimming chips (origionally dumped green) for next years planting beds or just the paths. Tarp for winter or not?
I would go with the first option. I am definitely no fan of tarps.
Where is the link to buy this T-shirt? ?? Loving it.
I wish I had one John. I’m usually wearing someone else’s stuff.
IMO, ANY nasty, thorny plant, especially one that produces edible/usable crops of any kind, can be a good perimeter plant. Bramble fruits and roses? 👍😁
Natural "fences" 👍
I am in full agreement with you, my friend!
What is this Stephen guys channel?
Stefan Sobkowiak
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 thank you!
How can my groundhog become a positive? I think it would make good compost, but he's got a family to fill in behind him.
Stew meat
Ground hog is supposed to be pretty tasty. Like rabbit.
And all honesty, I’ve never tried working with groundhogs. I usually add them to thecompost heap.
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 Me too
If you want 3, plant 5:)
That’s what I’m talking about!
Wild cherries conflict with domestic cherries. They are not friends.
They are definitely making that evident!
"Sweating like Joe Biden at a debate"! Hilarious.
Just keeping it real, Joshua!