@@edibleacres I find it pretty reassuring, personally. I have two dogs that need space to run around, thus I am pretty against putting in squared away wood sided raised beds that would limit their ability to do that - so its nice to see how different areas develop with multiple functions without being the 'ideal suburban garden beds' I see with a lot of other youtube gardeners.
These water management videos are so helpful, thank you! We have pretty much the same initial situation here, except that our slope is a lot steeper and it’s a south-eastern slope. Everything is water logged and we have heavy clay soil, too! A couple of month ago I almost got a breakdown when we just moved here, it rained for weeks and all the water collected in our cellars. Now we go out it the rain, observe the waterflow, dig some trenches and wholes and slowly get an idea how we can make use out of it in designing our food garden. The smile finds it’s way back into my face… And… by the way: the cellar isn‘t flooded any more! ❤ I‘m sooo grateful! Thank you! 🙏🏻
Brilliant. Your micro-earthworks are genius! Love the compost tea ponds and strategic pond by the greenhouse. Perma-ninja style! Thanks for another inspiring video.
Wow, awesome job! I guess you observed where water went after the rains before determining paths snd 'wells' for the water? You must be proud of the work you've done! Thanks for the inspiration!
Finishing up side yard swale and semi-open drainage trench and ditch-really awesome video! You have a very intricate and well-planned water system-amazing! Thank you for a terrific share!
Thanks! Thats the whole idea. Most of what we're up to is actually very simple, it's just lots of doing and observing, doing and observing. The key hope to putting these videos out is people feel empowered to do and observe!
Very well planned. It make so much sense to utilize the water resources that you have to the fullest. Here in the Northwest we go into a drought every summer. The application of this concept would be very beneficial us.
These approaches are actually way more critical in places like you describe. Extended drought means the soil is very very slow to take on water, as you know... Having earth works to spread and slow the incoming water gives the dry soil so much more time to bring that precious water in... Hope some ideas here feel worth replicating and trying for yourself.
Your garden and this channel are magical! Thanks for making such informative thoughtful videos. My family and I are spending our first full year on our land, this year and Its a lot of work. Its great to see how all the hard work can pay off. Thank You!
great work! Your flat ground is a nice slow sink. I'm working on a slope garden right now and the water flow is a little more vigorous in flow. I'm very excited to take these small scale waterworks and implement them in a more Sep Holzer style.
The concepts are applicable and appropriate to most if not all sites... In general, the more slope you have the more important to work with the idea of swales and hugelmounds, and be thorough and thoughtful in how you work with water moving through. Have fun!
Liz C I am in california, the the desert actually and yes, I think permaculture concepts are just as important here. I have put branches, organic matter under all my beds, which has helped tremendously. Currently i have plans for even more digs to help my plants have moisture during our hot hot summers.
We are in zone 4 so I can't do the work during the winter. I will try to do the marking and observation during the winter and do the digging in the spring. We are mostly sandy so I don't know how a pond will hold but We will try. We have some very marshy area and I too hope to reclaim the marsh for a garden! Nice work.
Amazing camera work, we get to exactly what you're talking about. How do you prevent mosquitoes with all that stagnant water? Aren't there any in your area ?
I'm not sure how we have no real mosquito pressure except snakes and frogs/toads show up and there are lots of wild birds around, and I suspect that helps keep the population low enough that we don't have problems.
Hi Sean, it looks like the beds that in the summer were covered by a thick layer of straw or hay mulch are now covered by wood chips, although I can't really tell from the video. Could you comment on this change. As always, great videos.
This is absolutely amazing !! I'm so impressed. What a wonderful garden. It's a great use of water all over the garden. Can you tell me what you ment by underground heat souce with the small pond in the green house ?? How would that water give you heat ?? Thank you for taking your cold hands to show us your garden..👌 🍒 👍 ✌
Thanks for the comment and question... The idea with water in the greenhouse is more as a buffer or battery, something that can help smooth out temperature fluctuations and take on a 'charge' of warmth through the day to release at night. I will be developing this concept this winter and will certainly share ideas through youtube as they get worth sharing! Thanks again!
WOW. Beautiful pce of property. Are you concerned of your neighbors lawn that he may use roundup and chemical fertilizer that would end up in yurt water?
Your chickens look so plump and healthy here! was that still the first generation? As I'm watching through your library, I'm thoroughly enjoying the journey you're on. It gives me confidence that I can do a lot of this, as well. Small steps to get going, but take the steps!
Thats the beauty of doing it by hand... Dig it and see what it does! Every shovelful you take out is more raised bed waiting to happen, so the effort isn't lost!
Thank you. Really interesting video. Perhaps when you are on the move you could slow down the camera movement a bit. It was hard to watch at that point and so I has to miss the visual.
The leaves in the first shot? Apple! We have a pretty large apple in the backyard, it's great for the shade it casts on the house, and if ONLY the people who planted it put in an eating apple instead of an ornamental, we'd be just swimming in apples. Oh well. The birds like the little ones! :)
there seems to be a theme with people living this dream life, they have little if any stress, no job they hate that makes them crazy, no people around being jerks, satisfaction of doing things that matter, a purposeful life and no poison food making their body so toxic that the brain cant function correctly, all of which makes them chill and above all...HAPPY!
That is a reasonable concern. Our neighbors seem to just mow once in a while and never be outside. I have never observed them spraying anything and hope that that is actually the case. But a good point and worth keeping an eye on. Thanks for that.
I loved this all except that water piped to the chicken yard, which makes it more likely for the manure to eventually run off into the watershed. Maybe you could divert the water around that part.
I hear you on this. I've changed that a bit to have most of the water run down into another area. But the water that does go into the chicken yard, when it crests the holding capacity for the ponds and such that are there, bleeds out into a large amount of soil and mulch and then works its way to a bank of 3 rows of trees that have been planted. I don't think we're letting any excess nutrient out of the system...
That's good. As long as it doesn't get into any ditches, right? I'm glad that you take the time to do these videos. I find them very interesting and not too long because there is no filler. You have so much going on at your property.
If all permaculture gardens looked like yours, it would "catch on" in a instant. Beautiful, productive, and sustainable!
Four years later, its still so nice to see the evolution of a working garden that isn't perfect - but still highly functional.
It's fun to go back a few years sometimes and see where things were...
@@edibleacres I find it pretty reassuring, personally. I have two dogs that need space to run around, thus I am pretty against putting in squared away wood sided raised beds that would limit their ability to do that - so its nice to see how different areas develop with multiple functions without being the 'ideal suburban garden beds' I see with a lot of other youtube gardeners.
These water management videos are so helpful, thank you! We have pretty much the same initial situation here, except that our slope is a lot steeper and it’s a south-eastern slope. Everything is water logged and we have heavy clay soil, too!
A couple of month ago I almost got a breakdown when we just moved here, it rained for weeks and all the water collected in our cellars. Now we go out it the rain, observe the waterflow, dig some trenches and wholes and slowly get an idea how we can make use out of it in designing our food garden. The smile finds it’s way back into my face…
And… by the way: the cellar isn‘t flooded any more!
❤ I‘m sooo grateful! Thank you! 🙏🏻
Brilliant. Your micro-earthworks are genius! Love the compost tea ponds and strategic pond by the greenhouse. Perma-ninja style! Thanks for another inspiring video.
Superb water work design my friend. Carrying leeching nutrients from the compost pile downstream to your plants, thats genius! No lost resources!
Thanks for the kind words! It's a really fun project!
Wow, awesome job! I guess you observed where water went after the rains before determining paths snd 'wells' for the water? You must be proud of the work you've done! Thanks for the inspiration!
Your commentaries are pure ASMR bliss.
Finishing up side yard swale and semi-open drainage trench and ditch-really awesome video! You have a very intricate and well-planned water system-amazing! Thank you for a terrific share!
Great video. Well done on the design. Great to see when a design works like it should. Thank you for posting the video and giving details.
Always glad to see EdibleAcres video pup out, relaxing and beautiful as always. Thanks!
Beautiful, creative, respectful, gentle, well thought out garden. This is absolutely a labor of love.
Wow. Such reward for your efforts. Thanks for sharing this and God Bless.
So beautiful friend. You've encouraged me so much by your videos and given me so many ideas too.
Thanks! Thats the whole idea. Most of what we're up to is actually very simple, it's just lots of doing and observing, doing and observing. The key hope to putting these videos out is people feel empowered to do and observe!
great video, and beautiful landscape. thank you for sharing!
I'm grateful to see your yard as an example because my yard is similar. We have lots of clay too and in spring and fall we get lots of water 💦 too!
Very well planned. It make so much sense to utilize the water resources that you have to the fullest. Here in the Northwest we go into a drought every summer. The application of this concept would be very beneficial us.
These approaches are actually way more critical in places like you describe. Extended drought means the soil is very very slow to take on water, as you know... Having earth works to spread and slow the incoming water gives the dry soil so much more time to bring that precious water in... Hope some ideas here feel worth replicating and trying for yourself.
Your garden and this channel are magical! Thanks for making such informative thoughtful videos. My family and I are spending our first full year on our land, this year and Its a lot of work. Its great to see how all the hard work can pay off. Thank You!
You are very welcome
Awesome keep the garden tour videos coming! U gotta lot growing on!
great work! Your flat ground is a nice slow sink. I'm working on a slope garden right now and the water flow is a little more vigorous in flow. I'm very excited to take these small scale waterworks and implement them in a more Sep Holzer style.
The concepts are applicable and appropriate to most if not all sites... In general, the more slope you have the more important to work with the idea of swales and hugelmounds, and be thorough and thoughtful in how you work with water moving through. Have fun!
Liz C I am in california, the the desert actually and yes, I think permaculture concepts are just as important here. I have put branches, organic matter under all my beds, which has helped tremendously. Currently i have plans for even more digs to help my plants have moisture during our hot hot summers.
"We're going to see if mustard is an aquatic plant... I'm guessing not" Lol that gave me a good chuckle
meandring. Lovely and peacful:)
Beautiful areas, and ideas.
We are in zone 4 so I can't do the work during the winter. I will try to do the marking and observation during the winter and do the digging in the spring. We are mostly sandy so I don't know how a pond will hold but We will try. We have some very marshy area and I too hope to reclaim the marsh for a garden! Nice work.
amazing video!!! bravo! from GREECE.
just sub'd thanks for the peek i love seein other gardens
Very nice!!
Awsome, thank you for sharing!
amazing! I've lots to learn still.
So do we all!
Amazing camera work, we get to exactly what you're talking about.
How do you prevent mosquitoes with all that stagnant water? Aren't there any in your area ?
I'm not sure how we have no real mosquito pressure except snakes and frogs/toads show up and there are lots of wild birds around, and I suspect that helps keep the population low enough that we don't have problems.
Hi Sean, it looks like the beds that in the summer were covered by a thick layer of straw or hay mulch are now covered by wood chips, although I can't really tell from the video. Could you comment on this change. As always, great videos.
WOW i
m gonna try this thanks
This is absolutely amazing !! I'm so impressed. What a wonderful garden. It's a great use of water all over the garden. Can you tell me what you ment by underground heat souce with the small pond in the green house ?? How would that water give you heat ?? Thank you for taking your cold hands to show us your garden..👌 🍒 👍 ✌
Thanks for the comment and question... The idea with water in the greenhouse is more as a buffer or battery, something that can help smooth out temperature fluctuations and take on a 'charge' of warmth through the day to release at night. I will be developing this concept this winter and will certainly share ideas through youtube as they get worth sharing! Thanks again!
WOW. Beautiful pce of property. Are you concerned of your neighbors lawn that he may use roundup and chemical fertilizer that would end up in yurt water?
It is a concern, but we know the neighbors up slope of us a little bit and they don't seem like the type. I'm hoping that is true...
I have sandy soil, quite flat, but I am digging a swale to catch water in my front yard.
That is great!
Your chickens look so plump and healthy here! was that still the first generation?
As I'm watching through your library, I'm thoroughly enjoying the journey you're on. It gives me confidence that I can do a lot of this, as well. Small steps to get going, but take the steps!
Many of the black chickens are from the first round we brought in in 2015!
That's really good, well done! I really like your small pond, I'd love to get one too but I don't quite know how it will work in our climate.
Thats the beauty of doing it by hand... Dig it and see what it does! Every shovelful you take out is more raised bed waiting to happen, so the effort isn't lost!
That's true actually. I think it will be something we'll look into after the frost season has passed, next spring.
Love your videos , very smart , if you don't mind , what zone are you in?
What are your mosquitos like with the ponds and ecosystems?
Thank you. Really interesting video. Perhaps when you are on the move you could slow down the camera movement a bit. It was hard to watch at that point and so I has to miss the visual.
liked, shared, subscribed Btw, ,where are you located ?.
We're in NY state, Finger Lakes Area
what tree dropped those leaves?
The leaves in the first shot? Apple! We have a pretty large apple in the backyard, it's great for the shade it casts on the house, and if ONLY the people who planted it put in an eating apple instead of an ornamental, we'd be just swimming in apples. Oh well. The birds like the little ones! :)
did the mustard survived?
I believe so, although it wasn't happy!
Love it
you could be a yoga or meditation instructor or something... very calming to listen to.
there seems to be a theme with people living this dream life, they have little if any stress, no job they hate that makes them crazy, no people around being jerks, satisfaction of doing things that matter, a purposeful life and no poison food making their body so toxic that the brain cant function correctly, all of which makes them chill and above all...HAPPY!
sorry for mistakes, i do not know the language...
👍ty
Camera not focusing. Moving camera too fast. Dizzy making!
Sorry about that. Hoping over time the quality has improved.
I know it's over 4 yrs but man, so out of focus on the video. Anyway, good info. Thanks.
Got the focus worked out since then :)
@@edibleacres Awesome
do you ever worry that your neighbors use chemicals on their lawn that drains into your garden?
That is a reasonable concern. Our neighbors seem to just mow once in a while and never be outside. I have never observed them spraying anything and hope that that is actually the case. But a good point and worth keeping an eye on. Thanks for that.
I loved this all except that water piped to the chicken yard, which makes it more likely for the manure to eventually run off into the watershed. Maybe you could divert the water around that part.
I hear you on this. I've changed that a bit to have most of the water run down into another area. But the water that does go into the chicken yard, when it crests the holding capacity for the ponds and such that are there, bleeds out into a large amount of soil and mulch and then works its way to a bank of 3 rows of trees that have been planted. I don't think we're letting any excess nutrient out of the system...
That's good. As long as it doesn't get into any ditches, right?
I'm glad that you take the time to do these videos. I find them very interesting and not too long because there is no filler. You have so much going on at your property.
video is a little fuzzy choppy. not clear
camera work making me dizzy
Sorry about that
Ploof!