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  • Опубликовано: 9 июн 2024
  • 10 years of successes and... learning experiences. Lincoln is here to share what we've learned about forest gardening so far, and introduce you to some rock star plants growing at Forested. Ask us any forest garden questions in the comments and we'll try to answer!
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    --- CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO ---
    0:00 - The Young Forest
    1:43 - Build Soil with Plants
    4:29 - The Right People
    5:34 - The Importance of Paths
    6:53 - The Land Tells You What to Plant
    10:42 - A Very Special Tree: Persimmon
    13:13 - Vegetables in the Forest Garden
    15:24 - Native Plants Take On Invasives
    17:47 - Acorn Food
    22:33 - Scythe Maintenance
    24:31 - Chop & Drop Fertility
    25:18 - Grafting Invasive Pears
    27:02 - Growing Mushrooms
    28:53 - Extra Tasty Mulberries
    29:45 - Phasing a Forest Garden
    31:11 - Helpful Insects and Their Habitats
    36:36 - New Wetland Forest Garden
    40:42 - Community Garden
    41:39 - Forest Agroecology - Looking Ahead

Комментарии • 405

  • @rickershomesteadahobbyfarm3291
    @rickershomesteadahobbyfarm3291 2 года назад +436

    I came across a food forest channel on RUclips a few years ago and it was really interesting to me. I was in the process of buying my homestead but didn’t live on it yet. I watched videos and did a lot of research so I knew what I could grow when I did move onto it. I paid it off in February of 2019 and moved a mobile home onto it in June or July of 2019. I started planting my 1st trees around that time. I was excited. Now I have over 100 food producing trees,vines and bushes growing. It’s not even half way done yet.

    • @anacletwilliams8315
      @anacletwilliams8315 Год назад +10

      Wonderful!

    • @midwestribeye7820
      @midwestribeye7820 Год назад +12

      Wow! You are truly blessed! Good on you for making that dream happen!

    • @terracottaneemtree6697
      @terracottaneemtree6697 Год назад +1

      I think the Chanel is Robert Fuller, in England - his estate is beautiful, and he's so knowledgeable on plants and wildlife.

    • @terracottaneemtree6697
      @terracottaneemtree6697 Год назад

      I always enjoy watching P. Allen Smith's channel, fyi.

    • @terracottaneemtree6697
      @terracottaneemtree6697 Год назад +1

      Hmm, so he uses a scythe but doesn't till up the soil to disrupt unwanted roots? I enjoy learning these things.

  • @wandahughey2885
    @wandahughey2885 2 года назад +94

    As a food forest gardener, orchardist, flock keeper, I learned something new in every minute of your video. The inserted clips that demonstrated the concept discussed were so helpful, too! I hope you'll continue to give updates, show your brilliant care tips, and know you're helping many who seek the same goals! Thank you so much! Can't wait to enjoy the whole channel, brilliant!

    • @midwestribeye7820
      @midwestribeye7820 Год назад +1

      What state/country do you live in? Do you have a RUclips channel?

    • @silvesteinrmartin
      @silvesteinrmartin Год назад

      we need you to visit and pay us for helping you. donate to the wild

  • @eponaepona
    @eponaepona Год назад +9

    Hi you can make elderberry syrup. You will need 40 flowers, just opened or unopened; 3kg of sugar; 4 lemons; 5lit of water. No pasteurization needed. 36-48h and filter it before bottling.
    Pruned foliage of elderberry can help your potatoes you can use it for mulching and as raw food for the tubers

  • @mffmoniz2948
    @mffmoniz2948 Год назад +22

    I totally agree about the paths.
    If you can walk on a forest, you enjoy it more and are therefore more inclined to want to keep it.
    Also the paths provide an environment for some plants that need a little bit more sun, usually grass, bushes and they bring flowers, who bring insects.
    Paths help to enrich your forest.

  • @TheGggnome
    @TheGggnome 2 года назад +13

    Brother your Pragmatism is refreshing in a world full of Dogma!

  • @elisabettaepiney9896
    @elisabettaepiney9896 Год назад +4

    We make syrup in Switzerland out of elderberry…nice diluted in water with ice .. kids love it. Or over Prosecco for adults

  • @kellyeckley5829
    @kellyeckley5829 Год назад +42

    I accidentally stumbled onto this video and am so glad I did. 🤗
    I used to spend my summers in Bowie with my Aunt as a child. I remember my uncle being so mad about the building up of the area he lived in. It's so nice to see someone reclaiming some of the land in a positive way.
    Thank you for healing a little piece of the earth and for teaching others how important it is to do so. The land and the animals thank you. 😊

    • @ForestedVideo
      @ForestedVideo  Год назад +5

      Hi Kelly - that's so good to hear. I grew up in Bowie and was sad to see so many forests and fields get developed. I see forest gardening as one way that people and the forest can thrive together. If you're ever in Bowie please stop by the garden!

    • @kellyeckley5829
      @kellyeckley5829 Год назад +1

      I definitely will 😊

    • @donnataylor8355
      @donnataylor8355 Год назад

      Great video

  • @rubioalvin
    @rubioalvin Год назад +7

    Your literally creating your own Garden of Eden 2.0 .. thats awesome 👌

  • @huikh2r
    @huikh2r 2 года назад +2

    This video is so underrated.

  • @vivalaleta
    @vivalaleta Год назад +2

    When we moved into our place it was full of mice. We put down a live trap and collected them. Then we took the lot to our town compost site where pumpkins and gourds had reseeded themselves. The compost heaps were warm in the middle. I felt such peace.

  • @kelliott7864
    @kelliott7864 Год назад +11

    Persimmon yogurt smoothies are my favorite way to use the fruit. The sweet/tart balance is amazing, and frozen persimmons work well.

  • @Infinitybein
    @Infinitybein 2 года назад +44

    Love seeing the forest so alive. The time lapse is amazing😍. Looking forward to seeing the next 10🧚🏿‍♀️

    • @ForestedVideo
      @ForestedVideo  2 года назад +7

      Thanks for bringing your capable, creative and supportive spirit to the garden!!

  • @mybootscamewithoutstraps
    @mybootscamewithoutstraps 11 месяцев назад +2

    I have my little urban food forest going at my home in the city and it's been able to produce a bit of food for me already. Many things won't produce for years to come, but once they do, I believe I'll have some pretty incredible foods that travel nowhere to get to my kitchen.
    I always hear people say they spend $500 to make $2 of lettuce, but it's far more than that. It's trucks not having to drive that lettuce. It's tractors and many other gas powered vehicles having to work towards growing them on a commercial farm. It's having produce that's grown in the exact environment that I live.

  • @Sonsie66
    @Sonsie66 Год назад +4

    This is what our government should be subsidizing.

  • @jarretv5438
    @jarretv5438 Год назад +2

    Acorns are difficult to process but! U can break them up between an old pare of jeans with a hammer or rock and feed a protein/fat Rich food to ur chickens because you don’t have to leach out the tannins for them (the bitter part)

  • @gtromble
    @gtromble 2 года назад +20

    Great to see the continuing evolution. My first trees and shrubs go in this spring. Hope they look as good as yours in 10 years.

  • @marlan5470
    @marlan5470 2 года назад +3

    I really like the footpaths being covered with grass. 🙂

  • @jeremystanton8302
    @jeremystanton8302 2 года назад +45

    Awesome video, Lincoln, really well done! I could watch this over and over and learn something new each time. And so great to see the garden looking so lush and green. Thank you for this inspiring video!

  • @jamep1
    @jamep1 Год назад +7

    The RUclips algorithm suggested this video to me, and I'm glad it did. I'm near Frederick, MD and in the process of converting my just over 2 acre property into a forest garden. Very cool stuff you're doing over in Bowie!

  • @mlindsay527
    @mlindsay527 2 года назад +21

    Lots of good insights! I’m working on my 4 acre silvopasture with fruit, nut, and legume trees along with sheep, chickens, a pig and one cow. Prunings become fodder for the animals and then the woody leftovers become biochar feedstock which then gets spread back on the silvopasture. Seems to be working well!

    • @chefboay
      @chefboay Год назад

      Sounds like an awesome system!

  • @davidsawyer1599
    @davidsawyer1599 2 года назад +2

    Usually the YT algorithm suggests videos that really miss the mark. Nice surprise. Thanks.

  • @KooroshJoon
    @KooroshJoon 2 года назад +17

    I hope to have a garden like yours one day. Thanks for sharing!

  • @TD-nf1qo
    @TD-nf1qo 2 года назад +6

    Holy moly, so glad youtube told me to watch this! I'm barely getting my food forest started (

  • @thepeopleplaceandnaturepod8344
    @thepeopleplaceandnaturepod8344 Год назад +3

    This video inspires me to spend my life growing nutritious food for my family and others while embracing a sustainable lifestyle connected to nature. It's amazing how fulfilling life becomes with this perspective.

  • @kittimcconnell2633
    @kittimcconnell2633 Год назад +2

    Maypop flowers are euphorics, too. Eat one and you may feel calm and happy, like everything will be OK.

  • @ThatBritishHomestead
    @ThatBritishHomestead Год назад +3

    I live the idea of a food forest. I planted one last year but it looks more like twigs than anything else!!!

  • @boblane7356
    @boblane7356 Год назад +1

    That is a great start to a plentiful food forest

  • @mikkeljylland9153
    @mikkeljylland9153 2 года назад +6

    Elderberries was a big deal for the Vikings. A symbol of fertility and the plant of Freja, the goddess of fertility and love.
    In the middle ages and later there was a lot of superstition surrounding it. Dont sleep under it! You will go cracy.
    And its bad luck to chop it down.
    Still today it is used for many kinds of food here in Denmark.

    • @ForestedVideo
      @ForestedVideo  2 года назад +2

      So cool! I love the old stories and special connections to plants from traditions around the world. And point well taken - I will make sure I don't sleep under my Elderberry bushes!

  • @Mulljackson
    @Mulljackson 2 года назад +3

    This is a really good video. no fluff and tons of good info.

  • @ginbean
    @ginbean 2 года назад +16

    This is awesome, Lincoln. Great video - thanks so much for all this experimenting and for sharing what you're learning!

  • @jaik9321
    @jaik9321 Месяц назад

    Congratulations 🎉,we need more such projects

  • @johnmcclung1568
    @johnmcclung1568 7 месяцев назад

    You changed my world! So yes rediscovering aNd sharing that earth and life are a paradise is real An example of a good person, gratitude

  • @erinwojcik4771
    @erinwojcik4771 Год назад +1

    Amen to feeding the world with forest gardening. Also, I loved watching your video. Is it weird that I could smell the differences between the shaded and sunny areas? I miss the forested yard and garden in which I spent my childhood. City living has it's perks, but home is where the soil is alive.

  • @debradykstra8703
    @debradykstra8703 11 месяцев назад +1

    I really enjoyed this tour. And I admire your dedication. You ARE changing the world. 🌞🌱 What you have accomplished moves out in ripples, touching more and more people as it goes.

  • @bfillip1
    @bfillip1 2 года назад +4

    Really cool to see it again, even if virtually. Thank you for the update.

  • @payel9619
    @payel9619 Год назад +1

    I love that.
    I'm a jobless and penniless person.
    I wish God to Bless me with some fortune to Have this type and amount of land where I could create my oasis.

  • @putiwang7679
    @putiwang7679 2 года назад +2

    That tree house is a great place for meditate.😊

    • @ForestedVideo
      @ForestedVideo  2 года назад +1

      Yeah - somehow I seem to find it easier to build places to meditate than to meditate in them, but whenever I do it's time well spent :-)

  • @itsgwenorsomething
    @itsgwenorsomething Год назад +1

    I love everything about this, thanks for giving us the tour!

  • @stewartthomas2642
    @stewartthomas2642 2 года назад +2

    Love your stuff kick on love it

  • @TiempoNuevo-ew7ty
    @TiempoNuevo-ew7ty Год назад

    All of the Food Forest videos are a learning adventure.

  • @rowenperry7345
    @rowenperry7345 2 года назад +3

    Awesome video Lincoln, thanks for sharing. Best wishes going forward

  • @daughterofTheLion
    @daughterofTheLion Год назад

    I am so impressed. Community and healthy food. The way it's meant to be.❤

  • @monicahyatt1850
    @monicahyatt1850 8 месяцев назад

    Lincoln and team, it is so fun to see where you are 10 years later. I have always loved walking the garden and seeing all progress you have made. Well done! Keep up the great work.

  • @Cavolfipriecapperi
    @Cavolfipriecapperi Год назад +1

    Can't wait for the next update on the swamp vetables next time in a few years. Good luck and good weather

  • @akairibbon4658
    @akairibbon4658 Год назад +2

    wonderful! You're amazing thank you for all your efforts in doing this

  • @nickyperryman2683
    @nickyperryman2683 Год назад +1

    Wonderfully inspiring! Thank you for sharing!

  • @williamhubel4643
    @williamhubel4643 2 года назад +2

    Can confirm that maypop leaves make some of the most relaxing, soporific tea to sip at the end of the day. Highly recommend

  • @ac-hh1pg
    @ac-hh1pg 2 года назад +1

    persimmons and maypops! Just wonderful!!

  • @farmervee_yt
    @farmervee_yt Год назад

    We appreciate your gift to the planet.

  • @ayelean9397
    @ayelean9397 6 месяцев назад

    This is hands down one of the best food forest videos I have ever seen… and I have seen a lot! Very inspiring and informative. Thank you for sharing

  • @markd.9042
    @markd.9042 Год назад +1

    This is a healthy and upright video. Thank you for teaching me about these.

  • @jabroni860
    @jabroni860 Год назад +1

    Thank you for this very informative video! You've clearly learned so much from growing for ten years, and sharing knowledge like this is really powerful. I really hope to cultivate my own forest garden one day.

  • @annharlan8926
    @annharlan8926 Год назад +1

    What an absolutely lovely and enlightening video. Thank you. I have a permaculture yard in NC and got a lot of good information from you. Thank you.

  • @LoneHawk
    @LoneHawk Год назад +1

    This is so cool. I want to grow a forest now.

  • @user-pi1nn7cf8g
    @user-pi1nn7cf8g 10 месяцев назад

    You got heaven on earth.

  • @l_alvarez_1k
    @l_alvarez_1k Год назад +1

    Very informative and insightful video. Love to see the prosperity in other people's vision come full circle. Creating a garden to build a community...never fails. ❤ from California's Central Valley

  • @EmilyRoseMurray-ch8ny
    @EmilyRoseMurray-ch8ny Год назад +1

    This is truly amazing what you've done. Thank you for sharing :)

  • @anacletwilliams8315
    @anacletwilliams8315 Год назад +1

    What a pleasure watching your video. Congrats on your work.

  • @MyFoodForest
    @MyFoodForest 2 года назад +7

    Beautiful , beautiful food forest!!! Thanks ,a lot of good information in this video . I have a small food forest around my house in South India and this is an inspiring video! I just planted a mulberry tree- and looking forward to see the fruits

  • @outingsforoldladieswhoaren7664
    @outingsforoldladieswhoaren7664 Год назад +1

    I am so impressed. Amazing site and amazing people.

  • @davetoth9767
    @davetoth9767 Год назад +1

    Really impressive presentation. Thank you so much!

  • @jessicayates87
    @jessicayates87 2 года назад +6

    I have a TON of yaupon holly, dewberries and maypop that grow wild in my back yard. I didn't know you could eat the flowers on the maypop! They are very pretty but I never thought to try and eat them. I live in East Texas on 1 acre but the surrounding 20 acres belong to my parents so I have pretty free access to a lot of wooded area and pasture.
    A lot of the times, I feel that native plants get treated as weeds to get rid of in yards and I think that's kinda sad.. I am trying to learn more about native plants in my area especially ones that were important to the Native American Caddo who lived here before.

    • @ForestedVideo
      @ForestedVideo  2 года назад +2

      Great points! We certainly seem to ignore the wealth of useful plants all around us - something I keep finding new examples of. Like right now here in Bowie, MD, anytime the snow melts, I find tons of sweet delicious nutritious chickweed growing. But for some reason I tend to eat lettuce instead. Crazy!
      Your land sounds beautiful and productive! All the best to you.

  • @TheUltimateAcres
    @TheUltimateAcres Год назад +2

    What a great show! Thank you for your contributions. #Keepupthegreatwork

  • @christiankelley4145
    @christiankelley4145 2 года назад +1

    You're doing a great job!

  • @littlehomesteadbythebeach
    @littlehomesteadbythebeach 2 года назад +1

    Very nice video. Full of ideas that everyone can apply wherever they are!

  • @92ben111
    @92ben111 2 года назад +2

    Pickerel Weed stalks can be cured and weave into very nice basket and mats.

  • @jarretv5438
    @jarretv5438 Год назад +2

    I think a mulch path would save you a lot of time and money. While also increasing organic matter

  • @Coorong
    @Coorong Год назад

    a lot of knowledge being learned in this place! congrats

  • @katiegreene3960
    @katiegreene3960 2 года назад +2

    Cool place

  • @ainabearfarm8075
    @ainabearfarm8075 2 года назад +5

    Aloha Lincoln! This is Joe Ludes watching from Hawaii. Everything looks incredible; so grown up since the last time I saw it. Entering year 3 of our 4 acre food forest here and it’s been amazing. Stuff grows so fast but I do sometimes miss having a down season. Good to “see” you. Keep up the amazing work. 🤙

    • @ForestedVideo
      @ForestedVideo  2 года назад +3

      Hi Joe good to hear from you! Yeah I do look forward to the winter here for things like sharpening tools and editing video ;-) I'd love to visit Hawaii and see your place and meanwhile it looks great in your videos!

    • @ainabearfarm8075
      @ainabearfarm8075 2 года назад +2

      @@ForestedVideo would love to have you visit. You are welcome anytime.

  • @pang-ngiavang1956
    @pang-ngiavang1956 Год назад +1

    Thank you for what you are doing! Beautiful food forest in the states!

  • @beckyisabell4324
    @beckyisabell4324 4 месяца назад

    I loved this video so much thanks.

  • @CarlosianBigWang
    @CarlosianBigWang Год назад

    Hehe I was just your 6,000th subscriber my friend. Beautiful work you are doing here

  • @enriquetagarcia860
    @enriquetagarcia860 Год назад

    What a noble job! Keep it up!

  • @Farida-A.R.
    @Farida-A.R. 2 года назад +2

    Amazing information about plants, thanks for sharing.

  • @tessblog3384
    @tessblog3384 2 года назад +2

    Awesome scenery beautiful and green great job❤️

  • @wedhimd
    @wedhimd Год назад

    one like not enough!
    I really admire your work, especially the community thing. keep it up

  • @margaretburnham5683
    @margaretburnham5683 Год назад +1

    What a terrific video. Would love to see this property in person

  • @TemplarX2
    @TemplarX2 Год назад

    Turning a negative into a positive. You are brilliant.

  • @KingOsirismindprogramming8888
    @KingOsirismindprogramming8888 Год назад

    THIS IS MY VIBRATION 🏝️🌍😇THANK YOU

  • @NotASnowflake
    @NotASnowflake Год назад +1

    That is good stewardship, well done.

  • @boneman1982
    @boneman1982 Год назад

    That Bradford pear tip is crazy. Great thinking.

  • @Chris-it1km
    @Chris-it1km 6 месяцев назад

    Great mission. I really like your mission where social as well as economical aspects are addressed! More of it :-) Proud member

  • @jinjisooul2065
    @jinjisooul2065 2 года назад +1

    Wow this is amazing!

  • @benjaminbrewer2569
    @benjaminbrewer2569 Год назад +1

    You are living my dream.

  • @execontini
    @execontini 11 месяцев назад

    As argentinian i drink lots of mate every day, and i find amazing having your own caffeinated species in the garden i would love to taste them

  • @lyssasletters3232
    @lyssasletters3232 Год назад

    Thank you for sharing❤

  • @arabellalunkes4532
    @arabellalunkes4532 Год назад +1

    Yum!! Love me some persimmons! Lucky duck just grazing t/ o the garden! I love doing that! Great video! Ty!

  • @jowljawjean1
    @jowljawjean1 Месяц назад

    Fantastic video ❤

  • @svensebastianhorner
    @svensebastianhorner 8 месяцев назад

    Awesome how your pushing on the acorns!
    The part about the american groundnut growing along the non-native plants is great demonstration of the permaculture principle 'observe and interact' + 'obtain a yield' / 'catch and store energy'.
    And there is many more great examples in this video.
    Love to see the principles heavily in use.

  • @foodforestretirement2799
    @foodforestretirement2799 2 года назад +1

    Really nice! Thanks 😊

  • @computermech
    @computermech Год назад +1

    Your project is amazing. All North Americans need to be educated about going green.

  • @bugsea54
    @bugsea54 Год назад +1

    Thank you for letting me look at gardening in a different light. I am planning on hitting my swamp for some stinging nettle, which is very nutritient

  • @monicalynnjames
    @monicalynnjames Год назад +1

    Thank you, this was so inspirational and information. I had no idea about Youpon Holly, and replacing coffee makes this an even better plant.

  • @mawi1172
    @mawi1172 Год назад

    I love you! This is a GREAT TOPIC. I want to listen to you! 🥰🥰🥰 Maybe not do! But watch! ✌️✌️✌️

  • @happyvillagelife94
    @happyvillagelife94 Год назад +1

    Beautiful🌹 zabardast sharing

  • @Pnett424
    @Pnett424 Год назад +2

    Hey Lincoln, I stumbled across your video and loved it. We moved to our country place here in Texas...within the last two years... goal is to have a food forest. The climate changes are very extreme these last years. We get very cold and also very hot

  • @fuxleo
    @fuxleo 2 года назад +1

    you have a new sub for that awsome work!very impressive😍

  • @sinceremoose
    @sinceremoose Год назад +1

    Pear grafting! I love the idea!

  • @markblix6880
    @markblix6880 Год назад +1

    Very good presentation.