Billy you guys are doing great things for the community. Instead of talking about the sky falling in on us which it pretty much is. You are giving folks solutions to make life better. Keep up the good work and God bless you all
Great video Billy. We haven’t bought any fertilizer in forever and especially since we’ve met you guys here on RUclips and have learned so many new and natural productive ways of growing our food. Thanks for sharing.
Your Romans 8:28 tee shirt reminds me that we need to be ''rooted'' in hands-on knowledge and Spirit-fed knowledge. Your vids provide the hands-on....and the Word on your tee shirt opens doors to the Best. Thanks Billy.....regards from the Ozarks.
Yarrow is a great herb for stopping bleeding, historically it was used on battlefields. It’s not good during pregnancy though because it does something with hormones that isn’t good for pregnancy.
It's funny, I have something growing in the front yard that looks like Comfrey, but I thought it didn't look like the other Comfrey in pictures online. But the Comfrey growing in this video looks just the same.....I am very happy about that.
Good food for thought there Billy. I have struggled here in our semi desert arid region in South Africa. Been a serious drought for approx 8 years but have now been getting more rain than usual so am looking at getting ground covers in. I have Moringa trees that died away because of drought that decimated the plants. Struggled to find Comfrey but have some coming now that i will plant the roots in buckets to overwinter (we in Southern hemisphere but summer around 48°c high and winter -5° c frost low) so have the 2 extremes. The nitrogen fixers are a great idea and maybe the Moringa (tap root) next to the other trees will help fix nitrogen. Then to get the Comfrey in. You given me a whole bunch of ideas Thanks a stack. Blessings Keep on keeping on Heads up Eyes open No fear
Am new to your channel. LT @ AWK tipped us about you and he was right! You are BRILLIANT! I live in a townhome, so no yard, potted gardening is all I can do...Plus, I love learning...TY for sharing your wealth of knowledge! God Bless! 💞🇺🇸🏡🇺🇸💞
I wetted my roots in gardening/agriculture living in a townhouse, using primarily container gardening. It makes things tricky and simpler at the same time. The good part is the ability to manufacture the specific soil needs and sunlight requirements for each plant as it’s required. It can be a lot of work moving things around and coming up with a system that works, but the quality can be phenomenal. Much of everything overlaps, and the expense is actually pretty similar, when you consider that when people buy a farm, they too are buying dirt (just a bunch at once).
Awhile back l ordered comfrey from PPF & finally planted it about 2 weeks ago, worried I’d waited too long. But guess what? The comfrey is popping up & is so healthy!
We have a great crop of black locust trees coming up for delivery come fall - but yeah, I wouldn't recommend planting them in the same hole as a fruit tree. They're better for a perimeter hedge, where those sharp thorns become an asset 😉
3:16 the flaw in that plan is how the root system of the trees will intertwine and then as they grow they won’t have enough space to grow into mature trees… also the branch structure of the trees, so it matters how you trim them. Maybe we should chat with an arborist? Andrew Millison does ponds and trees I think.
7:27 How do you know when your “precipitation exceeds evaporation”? For those of us who live west of the rockies, that sounds like the majority of the growing season.
God Bless you , Mr.Billy and your wonderful family . My comfrey has come up all over our property that I purchased from yall last year , My husband has already harvested them several times and put all around different areas . Be safe out there & Thank you and your family for all you teach us , I truly appreciate yall so much . Big hugs . Oh boy Id love to purchase some freeze dried anything - Have yall thought about doing that in the future? We have bought some freeze dried items , But im looking into a dehydrator as they are cheaper and we love beef jerky . Just a thought about another business for yall . Mrs josette Tharp Montgomery County, Texas My husband brought me up on our deck a handful of blackberries yummy 😋.
I've neglected my mini food zone for the last couple weeks, have to focus on digging a hole to get our irrigation situation fixed (digging by hand). But I started planting some onion bulbs (hopefully cat's & chicken's have left it alone), a potato, tomato plant's, going to plant some more blueberry, 1 died I think. They're interplanted with some juniper (red cedar) tree's. I'm hoping to plant some flower's in there. Nothing had grown in this area, but the tree's a bit of grass. I've got some Russian Sage growing in the area. We have honey locust tree's (why would anyone voluntarily grow them) that I can't stand. They spread via long rope like roots & their bean shaped seed pods. I do love their sweet fragrance when they're in bloom. Which isn't long. And my goat's & cow's love eating them. I'm hoping to transplant some lilac suckered starts in the air as the wind rips thru in the winter. So I'm hoping to make this into an edible productive windbreak area soon. 🤷♂️ Keep up all the great thing's you guy's are doing. 🙏🙏😊
Billy you may want to experiment with planting Thornless Honeylocust as your nitrogen fixer instead of the Black Locust. It breaks down faster than Black Locust.
I planted the comfrey I got from Renewed Homestead, weeds aside from tomato plant leaves I stuff them in a bucket, fill with water then let it soak for two weeks and water my garden with it. Stinks like manure pits. My theory is this, cows eat green, utilize all the minerals and protein etc and people use the manure. So all the nutrients cows would use are still in the ferment and goes straight into the ground around my plants. The growth is amazing. I do have a question, cal-max is pretty pricey, what could I use as a replacement. Learned something today as I always do watching your videos.
Do you ever have just a simple wooden handle (no milk paint) on the rice knives available in your store? Love the paint colors, but would rather have plain wood
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 I just planted some I bought from Pete Kanaris. Hoping for good results! The comfrey I got from you guys is doing pretty well. Waiting for it to really establish. Also, congrats on the kid! We’re expecting our first in the new year as well
It’s a great pollinator attractor; especially for monarch butterflies migrating south in the fall here in PA. Hummingbirds and many bees love it! Nice to hear that it contributes to soil life when it’s finished after frost. I’ll be sure to chop it and leave it in the garden. Thanks for the tip!
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 do you know what the variety is? They are so big and productive. I’m growing June bearing for years as ground cover under fruit trees and they never produced like that.
He must not know the variety. They may have planted multiple varieties of June bearing strawberries and he doesn’t know what they all are? Michelle probably knows.
I have to replace 2 peach trees and we want to expand by adding 2 cherries and potentially 2 mulberries to our orchard... is Mimosa good as a "same hole" nitrogen fixer?
@@priestesslucy It's invasive here... my neighbor has several as "ornamentals" and they pop up in my yard all the time. I'm thinking I make use of them if they will work.
@kelly yes, the bocking 4 is also non-invasive in that, it won’t spread by seed or root sprouts. However, once you plant it, it’s there to stay because even tiny pieces of root left in the soil will sprout new plants. That’s how you can multiply it; dig it & cut up roots and plant each piece.
Bunnies, horses and other herbivores like "weeds" as much as vegetables. Think of dandelions, chicory, clover, grasses etc. As free pet food. You can also toss weeds in the worm bins and convert them to worm castings. I also let some weeds stick around so that they will accumulate nutrients instead of letting them to wash downhill.
Billy you guys are doing great things for the community. Instead of talking about the sky falling in on us which it pretty much is. You are giving folks solutions to make life better. Keep up the good work and God bless you all
Appreciate it my friend. God bless you!
Great video Billy. We haven’t bought any fertilizer in forever and especially since we’ve met you guys here on RUclips and have learned so many new and natural productive ways of growing our food. Thanks for sharing.
That is awesome!
Your Romans 8:28 tee shirt reminds me that we need to be ''rooted'' in hands-on knowledge and Spirit-fed knowledge. Your vids provide the hands-on....and the Word on your tee shirt opens doors to the Best. Thanks Billy.....regards from the Ozarks.
Of course my friend. Thanks for watching!
Yarrow is a great herb for stopping bleeding, historically it was used on battlefields. It’s not good during pregnancy though because it does something with hormones that isn’t good for pregnancy.
Be sure to stay away from Queen Ann’s Lace during pregnancy as well, an often confused lookalike.
It's funny, I have something growing in the front yard that looks like Comfrey, but I thought it didn't look like the other Comfrey in pictures online. But the Comfrey growing in this video looks just the same.....I am very happy about that.
Good food for thought there Billy. I have struggled here in our semi desert arid region in South Africa. Been a serious drought for approx 8 years but have now been getting more rain than usual so am looking at getting ground covers in. I have Moringa trees that died away because of drought that decimated the plants. Struggled to find Comfrey but have some coming now that i will plant the roots in buckets to overwinter (we in Southern hemisphere but summer around 48°c high and winter -5° c frost low) so have the 2 extremes. The nitrogen fixers are a great idea and maybe the Moringa (tap root) next to the other trees will help fix nitrogen. Then to get the Comfrey in.
You given me a whole bunch of ideas
Thanks a stack.
Blessings
Keep on keeping on
Heads up
Eyes open
No fear
Am new to your channel. LT @ AWK tipped us about you and he was right! You are BRILLIANT!
I live in a townhome, so no yard, potted gardening is all I can do...Plus, I love learning...TY for sharing your wealth of knowledge! God Bless! 💞🇺🇸🏡🇺🇸💞
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I wetted my roots in gardening/agriculture living in a townhouse, using primarily container gardening. It makes things tricky and simpler at the same time. The good part is the ability to manufacture the specific soil needs and sunlight requirements for each plant as it’s required. It can be a lot of work moving things around and coming up with a system that works, but the quality can be phenomenal. Much of everything overlaps, and the expense is actually pretty similar, when you consider that when people buy a farm, they too are buying dirt (just a bunch at once).
Thank you for sharing this important information listening from Bangs Texas my comfrey that I got from PermaPastures farm is doing great! Thanks!
Love to hear it my friend. Thanks for your support!
I could watch these videos all day! Your garden is beautiful 🤩
Awhile back l ordered comfrey from PPF & finally planted it about 2 weeks ago, worried I’d waited too long. But guess what? The comfrey is popping up & is so healthy!
We learn so much from your videos and the PIMP cast. Thank you for sharing and God bless!
We have a great crop of black locust trees coming up for delivery come fall - but yeah, I wouldn't recommend planting them in the same hole as a fruit tree. They're better for a perimeter hedge, where those sharp thorns become an asset 😉
3:16 the flaw in that plan is how the root system of the trees will intertwine and then as they grow they won’t have enough space to grow into mature trees… also the branch structure of the trees, so it matters how you trim them. Maybe we should chat with an arborist? Andrew Millison does ponds and trees I think.
You are killing it with these videos. Thank you.
Very cool Billy! I'd like to have some invasive strawberries 😅
7:27
How do you know when your “precipitation exceeds evaporation”?
For those of us who live west of the rockies, that sounds like the majority of the growing season.
Basically, it’s your rainy season
God Bless you , Mr.Billy and your wonderful family .
My comfrey has come up all over our property that I purchased from yall last year , My husband has already harvested them several times and put all around different areas .
Be safe out there & Thank you and your family for all you teach us ,
I truly appreciate yall so much .
Big hugs .
Oh boy Id love to purchase some freeze dried anything -
Have yall thought about doing that in the future?
We have bought some freeze dried items ,
But im looking into a dehydrator as they are cheaper and we love beef jerky .
Just a thought about another business for yall .
Mrs josette Tharp
Montgomery County, Texas
My husband brought me up on our deck a handful of blackberries yummy 😋.
Thanks for the kind words and the support my friend!
I've neglected my mini food zone for the last couple weeks, have to focus on digging a hole to get our irrigation situation fixed (digging by hand). But I started planting some onion bulbs (hopefully cat's & chicken's have left it alone), a potato, tomato plant's, going to plant some more blueberry, 1 died I think. They're interplanted with some juniper (red cedar) tree's. I'm hoping to plant some flower's in there. Nothing had grown in this area, but the tree's a bit of grass. I've got some Russian Sage growing in the area. We have honey locust tree's (why would anyone voluntarily grow them) that I can't stand. They spread via long rope like roots & their bean shaped seed pods. I do love their sweet fragrance when they're in bloom. Which isn't long. And my goat's & cow's love eating them.
I'm hoping to transplant some lilac suckered starts in the air as the wind rips thru in the winter. So I'm hoping to make this into an edible productive windbreak area soon. 🤷♂️
Keep up all the great thing's you guy's are doing. 🙏🙏😊
Great information!
I love LT! ❤
Glad you enjoyed the video my friend!
Like Viktor Schauberger said, “Comprehend and Copy nature”!
My blueberries are almost ready to pick
Billy you may want to experiment with planting Thornless Honeylocust as your nitrogen fixer instead of the Black Locust. It breaks down faster than Black Locust.
Love the shirt! AWK is awesome
I like your shirt!
It's my goto fertilizer now i have lots of comfrey a great perennial
love the information, keeping how I want to keep my farm when I get it
Wow you are so knowledgeable!! Love it!!
I planted the comfrey I got from Renewed Homestead, weeds aside from tomato plant leaves I stuff them in a bucket, fill with water then let it soak for two weeks and water my garden with it. Stinks like manure pits. My theory is this, cows eat green, utilize all the minerals and protein etc and people use the manure. So all the nutrients cows would use are still in the ferment and goes straight into the ground around my plants. The growth is amazing. I do have a question, cal-max is pretty pricey, what could I use as a replacement. Learned something today as I always do watching your videos.
Hello Billy, you say black locust is a nitrogen fixer. I have 100s of
Do you ever have just a simple wooden handle (no milk paint) on the rice knives available in your store? Love the paint colors, but would rather have plain wood
Have y’all heard of Mexican sunflower? I’ve heard it’s pound for pound as good as chicken manure
I have now, thanks for the tip 😘
I’ve heard great things about it. I’ve never used it though.
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 I just planted some I bought from Pete Kanaris. Hoping for good results! The comfrey I got from you guys is doing pretty well. Waiting for it to really establish. Also, congrats on the kid! We’re expecting our first in the new year as well
It’s a great pollinator attractor; especially for monarch butterflies migrating south in the fall here in PA. Hummingbirds and many bees love it! Nice to hear that it contributes to soil life when it’s finished after frost. I’ll be sure to chop it and leave it in the garden. Thanks for the tip!
I have to comfrey first, grow
What variety of strawberries are you growing?
June bearing
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 do you know what the variety is? They are so big and productive. I’m growing June bearing for years as ground cover under fruit trees and they never produced like that.
Where can i find a step by step guide for getting my soil right to grow in. I don’t have access to wood chips but what else can i do
I would start with a Permaculture design certificate
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 Do you have any recommendations on where?
Thanks,Billy! how many strawberry plant You started to propagate to got so much cover crops?
Great video
Can you retrofit an existing orchard by just planting nitrogen fixers really close?
I don’t know why not. Many of these things Billy does are his own experiments. Try it and see if it works and then share what happens
Hey Billy, Do you spray anything on your trees for bugs? Are you near Ashville by chance?
Billy, what variety of strawberry is that?
June bearing
He must not know the variety. They may have planted multiple varieties of June bearing strawberries and he doesn’t know what they all are? Michelle probably knows.
Gonna buy my rice knife in a minute. Didn’t you say Mimosa s a nitrogen fixer? Do they break down quick?
Mimosa is definitely a nitrogen, fixer, and they break down super quick when they are young.
I have to replace 2 peach trees and we want to expand by adding 2 cherries and potentially 2 mulberries to our orchard... is Mimosa good as a "same hole" nitrogen fixer?
Only if it's already there. Mimosa has a reputation for being invasive.
What's your climate?
@@priestesslucy It's invasive here... my neighbor has several as "ornamentals" and they pop up in my yard all the time. I'm thinking I make use of them if they will work.
I’ve use mimosa many times for that very purpose. I never let it get too tall though.
@@jeas4980 might as well roll with it since it's there 👍
I wouldn't sell those berries either!
QUESTION: IS THE COMFREY THE BOCKING 14 VARIETY, WHICH IS THE LESS INVASIVE KUND??
We use bocking number four
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 QUESTION: HOW INVASIVE IS BOCKING NUMBER 4 VARIETY?
@kelly yes, the bocking 4 is also non-invasive in that, it won’t spread by seed or root sprouts. However, once you plant it, it’s there to stay because even tiny pieces of root left in the soil will sprout new plants. That’s how you can multiply it; dig it & cut up roots and plant each piece.
What variety of Strawberry are you growing?
June bearing
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 thank you!
Any advice on mulberries? Have four trees I’m gonna plant.
The most trouble free tree on the planet!
How do you deal with unwanted vegetation/weeds amongst all the beneficial plants? 📖 ✝️ 🙏🏼☝🏻🛡
Bunnies, horses and other herbivores like "weeds" as much as vegetables. Think of dandelions, chicory, clover, grasses etc. As free pet food. You can also toss weeds in the worm bins and convert them to worm castings.
I also let some weeds stick around so that they will accumulate nutrients instead of letting them to wash downhill.
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@thegrowfamilynetwork put me on to comfrey but you guys showed me how to use it ❤.