2018 June Urban Garden / Edible Landscaping Tour + Plant & Book Ideas (Albopepper Walk-thru)
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
- Converting your entire property into a lush, edible landscape can be fun and rewarding. Of course, there may be design challenges to overcome. In this video, I show you some plants that I've placed on my small suburban lot in order to feature verdant greenery, while also creating some seclusion and privacy.
At least 90% of all plant species on my lot are edible or perhaps medicinal in some way. There are the usual berries and fruit trees, from Goumis to Persimmons. But also things that can be used as herbal medicine like St. John's Wort and Yarrow. New Jersey Tea, Chamomile and Sweet Woodruff can be used in teas. Some things love full sun. But some fruit bearing plants actually do well in shade, such as Jostaberries, Gooseberries and Currants.
If you are serious about digging in, I encourage you to check out some of the books featured in this vid:
Lee Reich:
- Landscaping with Fruit: amzn.to/2lMCSqd
- Grow Fruit Naturally: amzn.to/2NdBidi
- The Pruning Book: amzn.to/2tLtuaB
Michael Judd:
- Edible Landscaping w/ Permaculture Twist: amzn.to/2KzBVzA
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Edible landscaping just makes good sense. And as you've seen in this video, it certainly melds well with conventional gardening techniques too. On my property I have 3 sub-irrigated (self watering) beds that are used for my annual vegetable production. And there are some nice raised beds too!
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That is so beautiful and amazing. What a wonderful use of space! It sort of reminds me of my grandma Edith’s house. She had a little brick house with a small fenced-in yard smack-dab in the middle of the city limits but she made it like a farm, even had a little chicken coop with a couple hens (that would sit on her lap & watch TV with her at night LOL!). That was of course before it was a law to not have chickens if you live in the city limits. Anyways, this brought back some great memories & I love watching the progress of people’s gardens! Thanks for sharing :)
Now that is totally inspiring! I am in a middle age spurt of energy in my own garden in Bavaria Germany - planting a bee annual flower garden, extra beds, maybe a new greenhouse, My garden has been in a kind of rut for years but this year my creativity is soaring! Thanks for new ideas!
Wow! what an amazing garden- Thanks for sharing
This is absolutely beautiful! I love the functionality of all of your plants. I have been looking for edible plants that will tolerate a shady area of my Landscape And this was very helpful.
Hi Mary! Thank-you so much for your kind words. :) I appreciate your positive feedback!
Thank you for the tour of your amazing edible landscape. It completes all I need to know to transform my "yard" and complete the home of my dreams. I would add only one honorable mention to your fine video, that is the benefit to so much of the tiny ecosystem that makes it all possible. I can't wait to get started. I cannot afford custom raised beds and containers, so my plan is to repurpose anything that works for containers and focus on locating the plants correctly and ensuring water.
It's really inspiring & it's beautiful. Love it.😮😊
Beautiful. And I think you like berry so much
I love your emphasis with a book reference.
Just found your channel. Really cool. I love the edible landscape idea. Lots of great info. Thank you!!
This is fantastic. I did something very similar to what you did. I planted all my berry plants along my fenced in yard. 12 rapsberry plants of 4 varieties, 10 different blueberry, 2 apple trees. For the spring I ordered 2 elderberry, 2 honeyberry, 4 blueberry, red, white, pink currant, and 2 cherry bushes. These will all be planted along the fence by my garage. Since you mentioned that currant grows well in shade I can put those in the shady spots. If more people would stop saying I can't and really plan out their yard they can have many plants. There is nothing greater to me than eating the fruits of my labor from my own yard. I only have half an acre, but I try to make the most of it. Fresh raspberries right off the plant is just no comparison to buying from the store. Like I tell people the only thing holding you back is you. And for those with bad backs or limited mobility you should look at getting raised beds.
Fantastic video, thank you. This is the best video I've seen for showing how to build an edible landscape in the somewhat limited space you have around a house. I am still renting but have a lot of perennial edibles in pots and am looking forward to the day when I can give them a permanent home in the ground.
I am just seeing this video and love it. I too live in zone 6 with a smaller yard and this inspired me. Great job!
All of your hard work is definitely paying off.
I've had a lot of support from my family! Thank-you!!! ;-D
Amazing yard! I'm just starting to have my garden, thanks for sharing your videos!
WOW🌲🌲🌲Absolutely stunning work🌲🌲🌲
You should be very proud of your family heritage❣️❣️❣️
You will cherish these videos of your Dad in years to come❤️❤️❤️
Thanks so much for watching Jeanne! I appreciate your kind words and your support on my channel! :)
Beautiful garden!!🍅🌽🍆💕💕💕🌼🌺🌻HAPPY gardening!!
Excellent tour. I watched every second. Thank you.
Oh my god 😍 im speechless this is so beautiful
Thank-you for watching! :-)
Your set up is awesome, thanks for all of the inspiration.
Your edible garden is AWESOME, especially @ 4:21. WOW, You've got a golden thumb. 👍
Thanks for watching Max! I appreciate your kind words. :-D
AlboPepper - Drought Proof Urban Gardening - ANYTIME LEMON LIME ! You always make me smile. 😀 Keep up all the inspirational work.
Great t-shirt!
Nice garden tour...The books look very interesting 👍🏽
What a great work., very pleased to watch your garden. Enjoy it.
Thanks for watching Dritan! :-)
Nice garden , congratulations
I subscribed as soon as I saw the mustache lol love it! Great video too!
Happy gardening indeed! God bless you
Haven’t been on your channel in a very long time yard looks fantastic cheers happy 4th
You gave me some great ideas!
Also have you tried going your corn the 3 sisters way? It’s how the native Americans grew corn, beans and squash. The corn serve as a trellis for the beans, the beans bring nitrogen into the soil for the corn, and the squash serves as a ground cover for the corn and beans.
Love your content Al!
Just subscribed. Wow you have so much excellent content. Looking forward to watching your videos.
Loved the book list!
Great tour, great garden !
Thank you sooooooo much for sharing maaaaaate! 😍😍😍😍
Such beautiful gardens! :)
Thank-you so much! :-D
Inspirational! Thanks for sharing
Another winning video !!! Thank you !!!
Thanks for watching Uncle!!! xD
Great looking garden!
Thanks for watching!!! :-D
Excellent work👍
Thanks for watching!
Look at all that edible cleavers in the first 20 seconds of the video!! Great liver tonic, early spring blood cleanser, and is delicious!
😍 Thanks for this! 😍 💜 😍
I'm so jelly of your giant zucchini! I would love to see what you're feeding your plants.
Thanks for watching Kendall! I used Espoma Garden Tone organic fertilizer. :-D
Awesome, thank you! I love seeing your garden!
What a nice permaculture backyard setup! I wonder how those haskap or honeyberries work out for you, mine aren't doing great in zone 8a with our dry summers. Growth is minimal and the leaves are already turning orange. I think they might actually prefer cool and wet summers. Maybe I should substitute them with thornless blackberries or yet more gooseberry bushes.
Your yard has come a long way
A little at a time. When I dig up my old photos, I can barely believe it used to look so different!
Impressive - so much to love. Resources/recommendations on how to espalier. The pear tree seems to be planted very close to the wall
great videos!! what zone or region is this?
I would love to grow all those berries. I have a few, but not enough room for as much as you have.
Very nice 👍🏻
BEUTIFULL VID
Thanks for watching! :)
Please share tips on creating rich soil that must support your amazing plant collection. What do you use to fertilize or amend your soil?
Hi! I've used natural wood mulch which slowly breaks down and turns into soil. In some areas I also applied wood chips, inoculated with mushroom spawn. I've also used compost from my tumbler. And sometimes I'll use organic fertilizer like Espoma Plant-tone or Garden-tone. I've also used Jobe's fertilizer spikes on some of my shrubs. I don't fertilize my stone fruits because they already have more than enough vigor.
what is your ground cover? looks amazingly lush and a nice texture with the edible landscape
On board with most everything, but please reconsider the Air Potato. It will reseed and take over property that is not yours, very invasive. A grape vine would do well on your stretch of naked fence at 9:30. Where are you located ?
Fortunately, they're not THOSE kinds of air potatoes. These ones are no more invasive than any other plant in the landscape, especially in here in Zone 6. Also, I now have 2 new grape vines! :) Thanks for watching!!!
What an excellent job you have done with your limited resources! Where are you at...climate wise?
LIKE! Nice.
Thank-you! :-D
Nice garden
Thanks!
It would be cool to se what this looks like currently, 5 years later.
Wow. I love this, but for a first time gardener, it seems almost overwhelming, especially thinking of the cost of all these plants. Could you do something on how to begin? How much would you start with the first year? What things should I pick?
You certainly have unitized all your property well, the way issues have surfaced with chemicals used on our food you are doing yourself a big
favour. I have started but far from ours but learning to pay more attention to food source and less on my flowers. Can I ask what zone you are in?Thanks for sharing. 👍❤️😊
Thanks! Zone 6 Western PA.
This is so wonderful!! Do you have problems with whiteflies, mites or aphids? If so, how do you control the pests?
I am inspired to keep trying. Alot if problems with tomatoes though
How did the compact cantalope do? What variety is it? Who supplied the seed? Great ideas in this vid. Thanks
Thanks for all your very informative videos. Do you start your plants from seed or buy them from a nursery? Which nursery if I may ask.
Thanks for watching Cindy! I start my garden annuals from seed. I buy most of my perennials from nurseries, often online. I'm working on a video about that which should be out this March.
Just wondering what do you do with your potted trees during the winter months? Do you bring them inside? I have a poor clay soil and I would love to pot them, but then I am not sure what to do for winter. We are in zone 5, gets pretty cold.
Beautiful Video.
I hope you have here information about agriculture under UV rays
I often fail
Hi. First time gardener here. I am currently planning to build a pair of your SIP grow boxes and noticed that its not in your garden anymore. Did you replace them in favor of the SIP raised beds? And if so, why? I kind of like the idea of growing at waist high and not having to worry about as much ground contact of the wood (just the legs). The only thing I can think of to worry about is temperature of a raised planter versus something much closer in the ground. I am in zone 8 (Texas) with very hard clay soil. Would you still recommend building the grow box planter, or would you recommend building a raised bed for me?
Great video! Yours is the second one I’ve watched that mentions goumi berries. Where can I get one?
Love your landscape. Did you grow all the edible bushes, berries and all or you bought them?
Thanks for watching! I grew a few herbaceous things from seed, including my air potatoes. Also all of my annual veggies. However, many of the perennials were from nurseries, some local, some mail order. :-D
What did you use To paint tour peach tress??
Wow, this is fantastic! What zone are you in?
Amazing edible landscape. What is the name of the thornless container raspberry you have?
Thanks Edelina! Try doing a search for: "Bushel and Berry Raspberry Shortcake". It took a couple years for them to get really established, but they are doing quite well now! Keep them well watered, especially if they're in containers.
I have been using 22 Gemstones Powder - Nutrients for plants. My peppers are 40% thicker; and spray me when I cut them. Would you be willing to try some and review it?
Thank you! Very informative!! What zone are you?
Thanks for watching! Zone 6 Western PA. :-)
I plant thorn varieties under my windows. No one's getting in without bleeding
LOL! I love it. I agree with your strategy 100%!!!
What zone are you in?
How do you grow your Blueberries? Any recommendations? I have had much trouble growing blueberries
They like acidic soil. Have you checked the soil pH?
@@Albopepper I tested the soil and it’s not acidic enough. Have you had to to lower the PH for your soil? Or is your soil naturally acidic. If it’s not naturally acidic, what have you done?
Hi Mailet! I use this to lower the pH: www.espoma.com/product/soil-acidifier/ And I use this to feed the plants: www.espoma.com/product/holly-tone/ You can also start out by mixing peat moss into the native soil. But peat moss can be a pain if it gets bone dry. It makes it harder to re-hydrate. Adding some vermiculite along with it might be an option.
I grow them in containers. Go to Dave Wilson nursery web site and they show exactly how to grow them and the proper way to mix the soil they like for yourself. It's pretty easy.
How on earth do you water all of that?
LOL, the sub-irrigated planters help! :-D
its-a-me Luigi !
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love your videos :)
day lilies are yummy
Thanks for watching! Apparently the deer like them too. I ended up removing them because of over browsing... 😞
Is all your plants perennials?
What Zone pls?
Zone 6 Western PA
Are you located in Southern CA?
Hi! I'm in western PA.