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Axe & Root Homestead®️, Permaculture Made Simple
United States
Приєднався 15 лис 2019
Certified permaculturist through Cornell. Axe & Root Homestead®️ is a six-acre plant-based permaculture farm based in central New Jersey.
Our goal is to grow as much of our own food as possible while mimicking patterns in nature. We strive to give more back to the land than what we're taking. We use ducks and geese, guineas, honeybee hives, draft horses, and sheep in our permaculture ecosystem.
Find our online classes and tutorials at axeandroothomestead.thinkific.com
Find us on Instagram @AxeAndRootHomestead
Our goal is to grow as much of our own food as possible while mimicking patterns in nature. We strive to give more back to the land than what we're taking. We use ducks and geese, guineas, honeybee hives, draft horses, and sheep in our permaculture ecosystem.
Find our online classes and tutorials at axeandroothomestead.thinkific.com
Find us on Instagram @AxeAndRootHomestead
COLD vs HOT COMPOSTING: Not the same process or product / permaculture homesteading
Hot composting and cold composting. Totally different processes and end products. One kills weed seeds, pathogens and parasites. One does not. The product you are looking for and how you intend to use it will determine the process.
HOT COMPOSTING
- You will 2/3 carbon (brown) + 1/3 nitrogen (green) ingredients.
- Balance of nitrogen, carbon, aeration, moisture by tarping to trap heat and turning as needed.
- Can be ready in a few months
- Perfect for growing spaces, vegetable gardens, and pastures as pathogens, parasites and seeds die off when exposed to 140-150°F (see sources below)
“Within a week, temperatures in a properly constructed compost pile will reach 130 degrees Fahrenheit. That quickly kills many seeds and stabilizes the composted material. But it takes 30 days of exposure to temperatures of 145 degrees or more to kill seeds from tougher weed species.”
Source: wssa.net/2009/04/want-to-keep-your-compost-weed-free/#:~:text=But%20it%20takes%2030%20days,seeds%20from%20tougher%20weed%20species.
“Most species of microorganisms cannot survive at temperatures above 60-65°C, (140-150°F).”
Source: compost.css.cornell.edu/physics.html#:~:text=Regulations%20by%20the%20U.S.%20Environmental,four%20hours%20of%20this%20period.
COLD COMPOSTING
- You will 2/3 carbon (brown) + 1/3 nitrogen (green) ingredients.
- Usually ready after 9-12 months+ depending on ingredient type and size
- No turning, no trapping heat, no monitoring moisture
- Super flexible system
- Great for adding to orchards or spaces where weeds can sprout
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My Books:
The Sustainable Homestead: a.co/d/aJiktEc
The Little Homesteader, Spring: a.co/d/81clkYB
The Little Homesteader, Summer: a.co/d/1Dcqgvx
The Little Homesteader, Fall: a.co/d/4NVXWcO
The Little Homesteader, Winter: a.co/d/hpQ8x7s
The Harvest Table Cookbook: a.co/d/00rW3uq
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Welcome to Axe & Root Homestead®! I'm a first generation, self-taught permaculture farmer in Central New Jersey. If you're looking for information on gardening, homesteading, canning, animal care, working with your land, or regenerative farming practices, I have lots of info to share:
Instagram: axeandroothomestead
Blog: www.axeandroothomestead.com/blog
Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/homesteaducation/id1593301801
HOT COMPOSTING
- You will 2/3 carbon (brown) + 1/3 nitrogen (green) ingredients.
- Balance of nitrogen, carbon, aeration, moisture by tarping to trap heat and turning as needed.
- Can be ready in a few months
- Perfect for growing spaces, vegetable gardens, and pastures as pathogens, parasites and seeds die off when exposed to 140-150°F (see sources below)
“Within a week, temperatures in a properly constructed compost pile will reach 130 degrees Fahrenheit. That quickly kills many seeds and stabilizes the composted material. But it takes 30 days of exposure to temperatures of 145 degrees or more to kill seeds from tougher weed species.”
Source: wssa.net/2009/04/want-to-keep-your-compost-weed-free/#:~:text=But%20it%20takes%2030%20days,seeds%20from%20tougher%20weed%20species.
“Most species of microorganisms cannot survive at temperatures above 60-65°C, (140-150°F).”
Source: compost.css.cornell.edu/physics.html#:~:text=Regulations%20by%20the%20U.S.%20Environmental,four%20hours%20of%20this%20period.
COLD COMPOSTING
- You will 2/3 carbon (brown) + 1/3 nitrogen (green) ingredients.
- Usually ready after 9-12 months+ depending on ingredient type and size
- No turning, no trapping heat, no monitoring moisture
- Super flexible system
- Great for adding to orchards or spaces where weeds can sprout
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My Books:
The Sustainable Homestead: a.co/d/aJiktEc
The Little Homesteader, Spring: a.co/d/81clkYB
The Little Homesteader, Summer: a.co/d/1Dcqgvx
The Little Homesteader, Fall: a.co/d/4NVXWcO
The Little Homesteader, Winter: a.co/d/hpQ8x7s
The Harvest Table Cookbook: a.co/d/00rW3uq
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Welcome to Axe & Root Homestead®! I'm a first generation, self-taught permaculture farmer in Central New Jersey. If you're looking for information on gardening, homesteading, canning, animal care, working with your land, or regenerative farming practices, I have lots of info to share:
Instagram: axeandroothomestead
Blog: www.axeandroothomestead.com/blog
Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/homesteaducation/id1593301801
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I'm gradually starting to grow food for my livestock. I've got an area where I might get 2 or 3 regular fruit trees, but can get multiple Cordon style trees 2 to 3 feet apart. Would you still put a guild right around the trees or spread them out throughout the trees? I will be planting dwarf trees near the back and doing exactly what your doing, but with plants native to tge Kootenays in S.E. British Columbia
That's awesome, thank you!
Thank you for watching!!!
Where csn I buy the seed or the Safrron but from? Also can I grow it in Arizona?
Hi! Yes you can! I get mine from ShesRootedHome.com. She grows in the Mojave Desert!
I've seen these and wondered. Maybe you could expound on an upcoming video. The results don't look like compost - does it use heat? What kind of scraps can you use? Will the resulting compost attract animals if you sprinkle it on plants? etc If you like them, I'm intrigued!
Hi! These are good questions! I’ve been using mine for almost a month. It does require a small learning curve to get compost texture results. For example, all food scraps in the karfo yields a moist paste-like result. Just like composting outdoors, we want a balance of carbon and nitrogen ingredients. So when I add in newspaper or leaves, I get a more earthy, compost-like result. The high level of heat this reaches produces the finished product in just 5 hours (2.5 on the express cycle) so I’m not sure about the integrity of any my mychorrizae or microbes. But still, I’m excited to have another way to keep food waste out of landfills. I hope that helps!!
Interesting. Didn't know you could add carbon components and get closer to a hot compost. And as you say, so fast is very useful. Great info - thank you!
Cool!! They look like pequin peppers!!😅
beautiful!!
Thank you! I think is what I'm going to go for with about the same size in my front yard. I might be able to pull off a small solar pump, but that's not guaranteed to work all the time/etc., so this makes sense. What I've dug out so far (with no lineer) is cracked clay now in draught-stricken SE Oklahoma, but it's a "wet" area in the yard (I've found crawdads while digging!) so it might work. One rather large concern I have is that the PVC water pipe to my home goes directly through this someday pond. Is that bad? It would be exposed under the water.
I compost everything pretty much. I even had a chicken that died of heat stroke get composted and it slow cooked, when I turned the pile the chicken actually smelt like cooked chicken. My compost gets pretty hot though cause of all the chicken poo I add to it and I have to turn it daily to keep the heat down.
Good stuff. Learned something new. ❤❤❤ Thank you.
Thanks for watching!!
I raised my geese separately to other poultry, but they seem to be fascinated by the idea of smaller species existing around them. During breeding season my geese would feverishly guard groups of chicks in the pasture, like the chickens were, uh, their pets of sorts.
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Thank you for making things approachable!
Of course! Thank you for watching!!
so the rock was layed on dirt? because we had weed fabric barrier [plastic] put down and its trash..weeds are crazy..i want to pull barrier out and just lay rock
Hi! Yes, after removing the fabric I moved the rock back over the condensed ground/clay. I hope that helps!
Great video! May I ask where you purchased your saffron bud? Thank you!
Thanks for watching! I got mine from shesrootedhome.com
Finally someone said this!! Thank you. It works!!
Can you show us the results?… everyone has an idea, but I’d like to see your jar full of moths, or are they attracted to your tree?.
You are my rockstar 🤩
You're sweet! Thanks for watching.
Where do I get the seed
❤❤❤ i love them all. thank you.
Thanks for watching 🖤
Any suggestions where I can buy some of the flowers or seed❤
Hi! I get mine from ShesRootedHome.com 🖤
Thanks for the info
In Bangladesh we call it Zafran.
My favorite rice for one...
This is extremely interesting to me!! What is it used for though?
I use it in rice dishes, like paella 🖤
@@AxeAndRootHomestead I never heard of it lol, I'm really digging finding out all the things nature gives you that I and most people don't even know about or how to use or eat
You can buy saffron at the store and you make yellow rice with it. You crush it before using it.
It's a spice, great for fish, rice and in baked goods. It's actually very well-known and popular, just not so much in the United States. It's also famously expensive, because you have to hand-pick it like this and the labor cost really adds up.
It’s used as a spice, medicine, and dye!
Thank you I will try that
I have a question? I planted two Apple trees last Fall. Mid Summer one of the trees leaves started to curl and turn brown and some of them had little pin holes in them. The shop I bought them from said to use BT spray. I had asked specifically for something Organic. i bought the BT spray , but when I got it I read the back and didn't want to use it. Can you give me some recommendations? I plan on putting a Guild around it. Thank you.
Hi! That’s a good question! Little holes are often caused by caterpillars or worms eating the foliage. The brown and curling leaves could certainly be a result of that, or of a type of blight. You might reach out to your county extension office as location and environmental factors are important when diagnosing these things. As for BT, I wouldn’t spray it either. Guilds, cleaning up fallen fruit, apple maggot and coddling moth traps, attracting birds, and foliar sprays to build up the tree’s immune system are all worth the effort, in my opinion. Check out The Holistic Orchard by Michael Phillips. It’s my favorite.
@@AxeAndRootHomestead thank you very much! I will look into these things:)
What might some corrections look like? My gelding bullies my mare to no end
These kinds of videos I greatly appreciate and hope they will prepare me with a garden-full future. Awesome
Can you please share more about this?
Sure! Stay tuned for spring planting. 🖤 Thank you for watching.
Fast and furious 😂😂😂
I find it incredible that you haven’t got thousands of comments! I’m watching and thoroughly enjoying your videos that seem very well researched. Have you done a degree in this?
You’re very kind. Thank you and thanks for watching! I’ve been practicing for over a decade now. I was largely self taught until I went to Cornell for permaculture to make sure I was doing the right things. 🖤
I can’t find that cover crops chart.. I find the page on cover crops but not the chart. Am I being dim?!❤
No worries! Here you go friend: rodaleinstitute.org/science/articles/choosing-the-best-cover-crops-for-your-organic-no-till-vegetable-system/
@@AxeAndRootHomestead Thank you!!
Really interesting and what we want to do here in Ireland ❤
🖤🖤🖤🖤
What's the need for arrowroot powder?
When I add baking soda the deodorant becomes gritty
I love hearing "I don't like bits for horses" while you're dealing with a previously fearful horse. Especially when you have that kind of tack on. It's absolutely obvious how much time, care, and love you've put into this adorable, gorgeous animal.❤
I appreciate your comment very much. Thank you for being kind! 🖤
Do you cut them down mid summer?
Hi! I don’t 😊
I have probs with slugs chomping em. Any tips?
We have a lot of slugs and snails which is why we have ducks here at the homestead. They love to seek them out!
They look gorgeous
Thank you!
Thank u for this video! We have cedar beds and have grass walkways but the torpedo grass w rhizomes are coming up from under the beds and it’s costing me so much time and money having to completely dig the beds up! Did u have that problem and did the gravel work? Any other ideas? Thank u
I’m currently trying to grow my own apple tree from a seed and it’s a bit older than 1 year old. Do you have any tips? Also, those sparrow house are really neat!
What’s the molasses and water do? I’m a newbie. Thank u!
Hi! Thanks for being here! It’s a lure for Apple maggots and coddling moths!
That could’ve all been trees you could’ve planted on Valentine’s Day Mrs. I’m so smart
She don’t know what she’s talking about If you do it her way you won’t get any food at all You will have a whole bunch of rodents living there She think’s she’s smart But she is not because she doesn’t get to play with all the soil underneath of her Her plants will get hot from the cardboard overheating the soil She can’t even show you her garden because there isn’t one Just get some chemicals spray it all over the area kill everything Wait then till it into the ground and start new growth again Remember your plan for duplication is saving the seeds and growing them as soon as you can and making more plants and trees
I invented Hydrotilling to be able to help you in your garden 🪴 to be able to give you the power of water 💧 to protect you to establish new land and preserve what you have🌼🌸🍑
^^ Sweet set up
Thank you!
Tuffiom landscape fabric and preen have entered the chat...lol ua-cam.com/video/V_I6XbZaLlo/v-deo.html
It also dose wonders ontop of Georgia red clay. That's my yard full of rocks and so hard too dig this way softens and nurtures that clay for growing I do t understand it but it's been working for me as well for 4yrs
Love that! Studies have shown that when you add organic matter and soil (and compost) to even sand or clay, decomposers and mychorrizae move in, creating soil where there wasn’t any before. Dirt to Soil by Gabe Brown is an incredible book on this.
If you actually tried this method, you would not be saying any of this. Sorry.
I've been struggling with the exact same thing and I'm going to try this. My question is, did you weed out the gravel before doing this or how did you avoid pushing the weeds back into the freshly landscape fabric removed area? Thanks!
Hi! I typically weed weekly. But the crabgrass stuck in the fabric simply wouldn’t budge. It came right up with the fabric. Does that answer your question?
It's soil dirt is what you sweep under the rug
No, dirt is what you order by the ton and dump on top of cardboard in order to improve soil into which you intend to plant a garden.
How long does it take to break down and ready to plant?
Hi! I plant immediately into the new garden area. The plants can begin to grow while the cardboard decomposes. Timing of decomposition depends on how thick the cardboard is stacked, how much water is applied, and a number of other factors. But typically, a few months. 🖤
@@AxeAndRootHomestead Thank you.
@@AxeAndRootHomestead what time of year should you lay the cardboard and dirt? Should I wait until after last frost and plant directly or should I do it before last frost to allow enough time for the cardboard to break down? Thanks for the help!
Capsaicin doesn’t affect birds
🤣 throwing out all that scientific evidence, huh?