Nice progress after 2 years. And yes it only gets better year after year with consistent mulching. Going into year 5 for us and it's truly remarkable how it keeps improving. Companion planting will add another level of success. I'm going to go out on a limb and predict about 20 more trees in the next couple years. The addiction is real.
Right on, it's so cool to see more people in the AZ. getting these videos out. We are headed in a great direction by growing our own food. Thanks for sharing what you have growing on bro!
Your daughter is doing an excellent job on the camera! Nice panning and zooms and she centered on you. I just watched a different video where the bounciness actually made me feel queasy, and that doesn’t normally happen. By contrast, your daughter’s work really impressed me - her movement between plants was very smooth. Great work!
If you have a spot in the yard that gets shade after 3:30 to 4 pm you will get fantastic Cucumbers. Mine are shaded after 4 pm and I get loads of them, I grow Marketmore and Armenian cuke's.
Thank you, I appreciate the tip. My garden is set up on the west side of the yard and it gets shade after 4:00. I will try the Marketmore as I already grow the Armenian cukes and they are amazing. Are the marketmore much like a traditional cucumber?
Dude, you are Florida Arizona HOT! Nice. Great video and good job on the peaches and mulberries!! Love the video. Perfect tree leaves. Do you leaf feed? If you taste a Black Spanish Mission fig, you'll dig that Brown Turkey up and replace it. With figs, it's Italian White or Spanish Black. Take a taste test. You'll agree. IF you discover a nitrogen drain from the wood chips, which is to be expected as they compost, add crushed leaves as an equal depth layer on top and spray with NPK spray, organic if you must.
Thank you. I will have to try that fig variety in the future. This is just the second year for the fig tree. I do not foliage feed. Organic kitchen scraps and granular feeding in the late winter and then just liquid kelp and fish the rest of the year.
@@thedolfinishangri-la2181 The brown turkey has its perks. It's the hardiest and it produces endless bounty once it gets happy. It simply lacks the syrupy sweetness of the other two. Don't forget paper, cardboard, those junk mail readers can also go under the woodchips and become soil as well. Your place looks amazing!! Great you have family helping out as well.
What a lovely yard, I can’t wait to see how it develops. Hopefully you will add more and more, and things will get fertile. Will you be adding more under growth around your trees? Like little groupings or guilds? Or are you leaving it more like an orchard?
I have already had some success growing potatoes under the trees and I would like to expand on that. I have planted a few butternut squash plants under a few trees and I would like to get to a point where we have other plants growing under the food forest. Maybe strawberries next year.
@@thedolfinishangri-la2181 Get some sweet potatoes growing. They grow like weeds out here and if you plant them near the tree base, you wont need to water them:)
@@thedolfinishangri-la2181 They definitely will. I have woodchips all over my yard as well and I planted them in the soil. Just move the woodchips out of the way until the vines get long enough and then just rake the woodchips around the vine as they grow. Once you do this, they crawl all over the ground on top of the chips. The leaves are edible as well which is a plus.
Your daughter did a great job on the filming! Thanks for the inspiration. Starting my own little orchard/food forest in Southeastern AZ. Are you planning to plant anything under your trees?
Thank you, she does the editing for me too. She is very good at that stuff. The mulch is so thick right now it is tough to grow anything under most of the trees. I did grow potatoes under three trees last year and I grew a tomato plant under my grapefruit tree. It popped up on its own from the mulch bin.
@@thedolfinishangri-la2181 Thank you. I signed up for it last week not knowing what to expect. It sound great though we live in Morristown so hopefully they will come out here. I have plenty of room if they do. Great job and Thanks.
Right on, good luck. Let me know how the drop goes. If you don't get a delivery offer up the $20. I noticed I got my last drop within 24 hours because I offered the $20.
I think we have many great options RSI has provided me with a couple of nice trees but I also had 2 die on me. Shamus O’Leary has a great place and there are some great online options. I also have quite a few that have had success that I got from Costco and Lowe’s.
I have had success and failure with RSI, big box stores and even online nurseries. I did have two trees die from RSI and two die from Moon Valley Nursery. Shamus is the only one that I have not had a tree die from. My three most successful trees right now are a peach from RSI, a grapefruit from Costco and an apple from Lowe’s. Looks like I will be adding a mulberry from Shamus to the success list real soon.
Great video. Thanks for the tips. Amazing backyard 😍
Great Video! Lots of good AZ info. Great job on the video Savannah!
Nice progress after 2 years. And yes it only gets better year after year with consistent mulching. Going into year 5 for us and it's truly remarkable how it keeps improving. Companion planting will add another level of success. I'm going to go out on a limb and predict about 20 more trees in the next couple years. The addiction is real.
Right on, it's so cool to see more people in the AZ. getting these videos out. We are headed in a great direction by growing our own food. Thanks for sharing what you have growing on bro!
Thanks brother, what you got growing on?
Your daughter is doing an excellent job on the camera! Nice panning and zooms and she centered on you. I just watched a different video where the bounciness actually made me feel queasy, and that doesn’t normally happen. By contrast, your daughter’s work really impressed me - her movement between plants was very smooth. Great work!
She's says thank you. We appreciate the kind words.
Awesome video! Can’t wait for more to come out!! I really want to try a mulberry
Oh, you will in time, just stay healthy and the mulberries will be here.
If you have a spot in the yard that gets shade after 3:30 to 4 pm you will get fantastic Cucumbers. Mine are shaded after 4 pm and I get loads of them, I grow Marketmore and Armenian cuke's.
Thank you, I appreciate the tip. My garden is set up on the west side of the yard and it gets shade after 4:00. I will try the Marketmore as I already grow the Armenian cukes and they are amazing. Are the marketmore much like a traditional cucumber?
Dude, you are Florida Arizona HOT! Nice. Great video and good job on the peaches and mulberries!! Love the video. Perfect tree leaves. Do you leaf feed? If you taste a Black Spanish Mission fig, you'll dig that Brown Turkey up and replace it. With figs, it's Italian White or Spanish Black. Take a taste test. You'll agree. IF you discover a nitrogen drain from the wood chips, which is to be expected as they compost, add crushed leaves as an equal depth layer on top and spray with NPK spray, organic if you must.
Thank you. I will have to try that fig variety in the future. This is just the second year for the fig tree. I do not foliage feed. Organic kitchen scraps and granular feeding in the late winter and then just liquid kelp and fish the rest of the year.
@@thedolfinishangri-la2181 The brown turkey has its perks. It's the hardiest and it produces endless bounty once it gets happy. It simply lacks the syrupy sweetness of the other two. Don't forget paper, cardboard, those junk mail readers can also go under the woodchips and become soil as well. Your place looks amazing!! Great you have family helping out as well.
Nice Job!
Please tell your daughter that, evidently, she is an amazing cinematographer.
Ha ha, I will let her know. Thank you!
What a lovely yard, I can’t wait to see how it develops. Hopefully you will add more and more, and things will get fertile. Will you be adding more under growth around your trees? Like little groupings or guilds? Or are you leaving it more like an orchard?
I have already had some success growing potatoes under the trees and I would like to expand on that. I have planted a few butternut squash plants under a few trees and I would like to get to a point where we have other plants growing under the food forest. Maybe strawberries next year.
@@thedolfinishangri-la2181 Get some sweet potatoes growing. They grow like weeds out here and if you plant them near the tree base, you wont need to water them:)
@@azgardener79 Great idea, do you think they will grow if planted under 6 to 8 inches of wood chips?
@@thedolfinishangri-la2181 They definitely will. I have woodchips all over my yard as well and I planted them in the soil. Just move the woodchips out of the way until the vines get long enough and then just rake the woodchips around the vine as they grow. Once you do this, they crawl all over the ground on top of the chips. The leaves are edible as well which is a plus.
@@azgardener79 great, thanks. Did you just use sweet potatoes from the grocery store?
Suggest Cara Cara orange. Got mine from Richard's garden center, good stuff 👌🏼
How is the Cara Cara doing?
@@thedolfinishangri-la2181 Doing great! 3 to 4 times its size since put in ground. Currently has around a dozen oranges compared to 3 in first season.
@@andres3614152 nice, sounds great man.
You got this!
Try putting more water bath and you will have less bird's eating the fruit.
Your daughter did a great job on the filming! Thanks for the inspiration. Starting my own little orchard/food forest in Southeastern AZ. Are you planning to plant anything under your trees?
Thank you, she does the editing for me too. She is very good at that stuff. The mulch is so thick right now it is tough to grow anything under most of the trees. I did grow potatoes under three trees last year and I grew a tomato plant under my grapefruit tree. It popped up on its own from the mulch bin.
Great vid. Thanks. Wood chips ? Where do you get them ? What kind ?
Thanks, it’s getchipdrop.com. Be prepared to get a lot and all wood chips work. Mulch is mulch, don’t be misguided. All wood breaks down safely.
@@thedolfinishangri-la2181 Thank you. I signed up for it last week not knowing what to expect. It sound great though we live in Morristown so hopefully they will come out here. I have plenty of room if they do. Great job and Thanks.
Right on, good luck. Let me know how the drop goes. If you don't get a delivery offer up the $20. I noticed I got my last drop within 24 hours because I offered the $20.
@@thedolfinishangri-la2181 Thanks Ill get on there and add that to mine. Appreciate the help. Keep up the great vids.
RSI growers is the only place to go.
I think we have many great options RSI has provided me with a couple of nice trees but I also had 2 die on me. Shamus O’Leary has a great place and there are some great online options. I also have quite a few that have had success that I got from Costco and Lowe’s.
I have had success and failure with RSI, big box stores and even online nurseries. I did have two trees die from RSI and two die from Moon Valley Nursery. Shamus is the only one that I have not had a tree die from. My three most successful trees right now are a peach from RSI, a grapefruit from Costco and an apple from Lowe’s. Looks like I will be adding a mulberry from Shamus to the success list real soon.
@@thedolfinishangri-la2181 get a cutting from me. I don't support Don Olson. You can have as many as you want for free. I live in North Phoenix.
@@thedolfinishangri-la2181 I have 3 varieties.
@@DOC_AZ Right on what varieties do you have? I only have two Pakistan black right now.