Hi, I'm a newcomer to your channel and enjoy it very much. I find it encouraging as I am 76 years old and in a wheel chair or on my best days my walker. But, I love gardening and am hopeful that the wood chip method will keep me going in the garden. I will try to remember to add a comment occasionally to help others in my condition to keep gardening. Please keep posting your wonderful videos because they are really wonderful to watch.
I have a container garden. I am using some of these practices. I mulch with woodchips with crushed leaves. I am disabled. I have poor balance and a bad knee. I have other pain issues but I love to garden. I use a heafty wooden walking cane to help me balance.I appreciate your post. It inspires me. Please keep posting.
merada5555 yep I’m dealing with a bad knee and an even worse back, but I keep going! I’m 65 and my neighbors can’t believe some of the stuff I do like getting rid of ALL of my grass! I’m not mowing for free especially when I get older lol just keep on going! And I can’t wait to grow my own peaches! The ones in the store have no flavor at all might as well eat a box! 😂
9:59 "cause the fertility man" this man understands life but lowkey knows that he knows nothing but grows a garden because we exist so why not thank you so much for your videos and I love your energy
Thanks. Awesome video, editing and speed of content. I was laughing inside about how funny it would have been while you were standing in front of your neighbors fence and your neighbor popped up and said “slow down, I’m trying to write this all down!”. Well funny to me! Thanks again.
I love all the other channels i watch but this series is great because it's broken down and makes it make sense to a beginner, without a green thumb, ty
Hello from Northern Australia! I shift more wood chips with less effort by piling them onto a tarp that has a loop of soft rope tied to two corners and dragging it to the desired location. I'm a small finely built person and yet it's next to no effort to drag over 3 wheelbarrows worth the material in one go. I hope this helps. Cheers, ~D.
Just found your channel enjoyed watching gave a thumbs up and subscribed. You answered many questions and concerns I had about the fencing. I wish I had started a food forest years ago, but thanks to you I will now!!! I live in Central Florida, zone 9b so we don’t get many chill hours but luckily there are now quite a few fruit tree varieties available with low chill hour requirements that we can grow here in our warm, tropical, not extremely cold Winters like my favorite fruit, Peaches. Good job making your video, can’t wait to watch more of them. I thank you for your knowledge, time and effort required in making your videos to help your subscribers. Again THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I AM VERY EXCITED TO GET MY FOREST STARTED! Martin Ratliff in Frostproof, Florida.
This is what comes most naturally to me- researching and planning! That's why I'm here learning from whom I consider the very best! It's phase 1 and 2 and all of the manual labor ...ugh 😂 I also have "ground zero" level, whereby I have to take a machete, a Troy-Built bush cutter, and a Bobcat to remove all of the overgrown vegetation, old fencing, old plastic weed barriers, and rocks that the previous owner had and I couldn't take care of when I moved in! But it's getting done starting this fall, after leaves drop so I can see what I'm taking the loppers and saw to (without all of my dream tools)🤣
Your food forest is inspiring, and your enthusiasm for gardening is contagious! The little intro editing was a nice fun touch also. keep up the great work.
Note: Cover the figs cuz they can even die in southern TN but covered they should keep. Next to a house is best. Meyer lemons in a pot n bring in or put into a heated greenhouse.
What about planting different varieties to get as many weeks of fruit as possible? An early season, mid, and late variety to have fresh fruit for as much time as possible. Backyard orchard culture turned me on to the idea. Also like others have stated pruning determines fruit size. The cons to dwarf rootstock don't seem worth it vs semi and standard. Great content thanks for sharing!
I started watching your channel at phase one of the food forest build, and man that super man / Keanu reeves jump at the start caught me off guard 😂 I gotta learn how to do that
It looks good even in the winter! I'm excited to start working on converting our front yard garden into a more true food forest system, so I always like seeing yours for inspiration
I love you James. You are one of the best resources here on the internet. Fun, quick, expertise. And fun! Thank you so much. Starting a new perma bed. My husband is not thrilled but I'm doing it! Tell me about vole problems please. A real issue here.
Wonderful video. Very inspiring. When you say know your zone and lowest temperature does that mean wind chill factor coldness or temperature coldness? When purchasing fruit trees, should I be looking to purchase 1, 2, or 3 year bare root stock or isn’t that a consideration? If it is, how old were your new trees planted in the new food forest? How long does it take till the new trees fruit? Will they fruit the first year? Thanks for taking us through their initial pruning after you planted them. I hope you continue to show videos on the pruning of your trees in both forests, but for me, the new forest pruning will be of more interest. I’d like to see how the trees grew over the year and what needs pruning this year and why. Last. Just curious, what sizes are your two food forest gardens? 60’ x 30’? I look forward to receiving your replies to these questions.
Windchill doesn't count, it's just how fast you cool to the actual temperature. Probably won't fruit the first year. Depends on your climate, soil, site, and tree for how long until they start yielding good. What tree size to buy is probably just budget. Small trees little slower start.
Jason B thanks. I was in the process of starting a food forest due to your inspiration but now I’m not sure if I can. I have a huge plot and had free wood chips brought in and just finished laying them out when a neighbor came over and inquired what I was doing. She was excited for me and told me the reason my soil was so black was because it’s not normal soil but Muck soil. I’ve been trying to research this type of soil and found out it is not a mineral type soil and that it is always wet; not just because it has been raining so much here. Do you know of anyone who has been able to successfully garden in this type of soil using the Back to Eden method you use? At the moment I am so sad as I had the plot all planned out with the fruit trees I wanted to plant and the berries and veggies. Please say you do know someone so I can contact them through their UA-cam channel. Apparently the only thing this type of soil is good for growing is carrots, onions, garlic and lettuce.
@@CuriousinNY you can plant trees that love wet conditions. And for the ones that don't you'd want to make raised beds or mounds. Here's an example ua-cam.com/video/v2nI0k79Ec0/v-deo.html
I'm. Catching up to you . I found you a while back trying to see it all. You have great energy. God bless you for showing this. Trust in God brother best wishes from Maine
I just started watching your videos this past year..... It is really cool to go back an view these old ones! What an amazing journey. I am starting mine this year!....... well, technically last year! lol
Love this journey you are taking us on! I am thinking the same thing about regional and zonal planning, I pick the worst case longest winter(s) and shortest summer(s), as well as, drought and pest infestations to narrow down planting stock selection. Thanks James
Thank you James for the tips and I am in zone 5b, apple trees this year, peaches in last year. I love your genuine enthusiasm! I pruned my first apple tree 2 days ago and all that reading paid off. Wasnt that hard so now I am going to attempt to bring back an 80 year old orchard one tree at a time! Thanks James for all your vids! All the best, Catherine
Rule of thumb I go by for choosing plants, is one up and one down. I am in zone 8a, so I plant for those that can handle the Winters of zone 7 and the heat of zone 9. I do occasionally get a plant that is border-line in my zone, but they don't fare well here.
Thank you for the clear path to figure out for sure my exact USDA zone....I had looked at those little maps and it was hard to see for sure, but now I know. I am more relaxed. I like your advice to buy a variety that is suited to a USDA zone that is one zone colder than mine in order to make sure the plant will live. I have bought Liberty Apples at the store here where I live in Portland, Oregon. I like them very much. They are crisp and tangy. They are sweet, but not too sweet. They have deep red skins. I love them and I predict that you will as well! Blessings :)
I’ve been planning my food forest lately and i was going all dwarf but after a bunch of research I’m going full size apple and peach and adding summer pruning for size control.
I had to go back and watch all of these phases to see how you started your food forest. Glad i did. We have apple trees. One is new to us this year. We bought the two that twine together? One didn't leaf out so we are taking it back and choosing a single tree. We have two green apple trees so hoping to find a red one this time. Thank you for the information. Oh..and I have only lived here in Idaho for a year now and thought I was in zone 6 B... I used that site you told me and found out that i am actually in zone 7A so ty for that information, Too! :))
Hi James thank you for showing a practical way of achieving a food forest, specially one situate in a temperate zone I live in the UK the south East similar temperature to yours. We get snow frost and wet summers sometimes. My interest in permaculture started 4 years ago. Love your videos
Awesome video James! Jammed full of great information, logically and extensively laid out so even complete beginners like me can understand. Thank you James. Great job.
I live in Maryland and visit NJ often to get fruits and vegetables I would love to visit your forest. I’m gathering my equipment so I can start my mini forest
Such great tips James! I love how you clearly map out all the steps to achieve success. This tip of doing research is very demanding in time and attention so thank you for pointing out the things to look out for. I have been doing such research as to what I'd like to plant in our small urban yard for our mini forest. When looking into incorporating nitrogen fixing trees I found Sea Buckthorn (the citrus of the North) to be amazingly great for my zone and will provide us with super nutrition and healing properties that I will not be able to find at the stores. Of course I ordered a few of them, male and females for pollination. Along those I will plant this summer what fruit trees that will hopefully fit in our forest and I will also spread wood chips soon, I hope. It is still too freezing here in the North (Ontario) so that will have to wait a bit but I know who will bring them and I have construction paper all ready waiting.
I'm at 4100 feet on a southern slope in the appalachians. I would not be harvesting scoppernongs yearly if I hadn't taken chances. Just my experience. Btw minus 20 some winters
I’ve been watching your channel for a few weeks now, been wanting to grow fruit trees for a while and found the information and motivation from this video so helpful “Let’s Goooo”
I know this is a very late comment. I notice that You have the hated, "BOSTON IVY," hanging over Your neighbors fence. I also notice the cut-off ivy stocks in the tree next to Your neighbors. GOOD LUCK keeping that out of Your food forest. I have seen a similar food forest growing in San Francisco. There, he grew semi-dwarf trees and kept them trimmed to the highest point he could reach. That gave him 2 things. 1: He didn't have to climb a ladder to pick his fruit. 2: By trimming the trees below the height of his neighbors, thee birds tended to stay away better.
Hey what's good? I have a question. I remembered watching one of your videos where you were starting a new back to eden garden. You put something down before the woodchips but I forgot what it was.
Really good video. Now always looking forward to the next. I have several bare root trees ordered for our zone, so as the spring comes, these videos will very interesting.
Howdy I've been watching for some time . I'm up in Maine I have a half acre garden . Your videos are very enjoyable and informative. Here's an idea. Fighting fungus naturally fighting diseases etc. Teach about neem oil and other stuff. You asked so I thought I'd give you some ideas. Also how to use the greenhouses all year even during the hot parts of summer. Corn planting I notice you don't do as of yet square foot planting maybe also I have a ton of ideas for ya. I am subscribing today. I watch on television and my UA-cam app is outdated so I haven't subbed in but I will on my phone. I've enjoyed what you do and haven't seen all your vids so you may have covered this. I watch you and the guy in australia. I'm pushing some things here they say won't do well but our temps are better these days. In fact 2 weeks ago the ground still wasn't frozen but it's frozen deep now about 6 weeks of hard ground this year. I'm 62 and you've taught me some things I've grown gardens so full you couldn't walk in them but they produce better your way I'm expanding this year. Good luck and God bless you. Mark
Good stuff. I also do back to eden and will be more than doubling my garden this year. It really can be difficult planning where to put fruit trees. I change my mind often before I finally make my dig. I started two new Apple trees in the fall and already ordered another based on Pauls comments (King David ). I will also be doing two pare trees and possibly a persimmons because of your video. I have have two varieties of raspberries already and might add a couple more as well. I have about 20 blueberries brushes that produced beyond my expectations last seasons. I'm in CT. Thanks for all your videos.
I am new to your videos trying to catch up but I cant found Phase 4 I like to see your garden from start don't want to hop all over lots of information spot on thanks
do you have a sun room bro? you should build one ot turn a room in your house into one so you can grow all the tropical fruits aswel they just need to be brought in and left alone in winter
No, I do have a greenhouse I built. I never thought about a sunroom, could be really cool though 🤔 The only issue is it would have to be on the west side of my 2 story house, but I’m sure I could work it out. It could help to keep the heat bill down in the winter. And building a rocket mass heater in there sure would be fun... I like the idea 👌
the thing with a greenhouse is yea it requires its own heating system, but a sun room is generally a big room in the house thats on the sun facing side with windows on all sides and sometimes with an attatched balcony if its second story that generally gets enough residual heat from your house heating system that it doesnt freeze in there so if you cant fruit your citrus outside in winter you can atleast bring it in and put it by a window that gets some sun and still ripen your fruits and keep your plants green and alive, if you add a hid lighting system in to the west room they throw off alot of heat and are the best grow lights out there you could basically forget about winter ;) do you watch rays voodoo garden? hes got a banana and a papaya tree down in his basement with a whole bunch of plants growing just under a 150w cfl or somethin lol i cant believe it works so well if i was you id go for a 1000w mh lighting system and run it at night, thats if you want fruit production (like in a room with no sun) :)
I heard the opposite that a full size and keeping them trimmed shorter gives you a healthier stronger root system to handle weather changes and not die, rather than using dwarf root stock.
Question for anyone who might know...We have an acre but it's covered mostly with beautiful live oaks. There is only really one area that will be practical for our food forest. About 20/30 ft away is our water softener pipe that spits out the metals that it removes from the hard well water. My question is will this cause issues with our soil? I would hate to invest hundreds of dollars on plants only to find out the soil isn't good due to the softener system. I don't think we could do without the softener as it helps save appliance life. Any advice or wisdom is appreciated!!
I live in South Africa Gauteng spacificly and I have noticed that any fruit tree in the rose family (apple, cherry, peach) grow really well here plus mulberry trees are extremely common Id like to know if the mulberry trees would mess with a food forest since they attract silk worms they dont seem to harm the mulberry too much but Im not sure if they would affect the other plants
I live in the Caribbean that all year is good to go but the heat and the sun are too intense and burn plants dead. Basically, most people buy a block sun block tarp to ease the sun on the plants. Any hints? Another problem is humidity and fungi or mold on the trees. I manage to get an almond tree but I don't know how to help it become fatter.
Once you put on the foot of wood chips, do you also then add compost in some way at times? Or just add compost before the wood chips to get the soil going on it's own, and then the wood chips to protect it, but no longer add a layer of compost after that? Or if you do then add compost and/or worm castings, just add them right around new plant starts when planting them?
Love watching these videos. I’m in the same zone so I know what you have I could grow if I wanted. Right now I’m in an apartment so I don’t have much room. I do have some berry bushes in pots though... hoping to buy a place with a yard so I can start my own food forest someday.
Excellent advice brother. I try to bury the grafts and allow the scion to root itself but that just depends on space though too. You really got those chips out fast man
Yup!! I actually have two planted on the side of my house. They are still small but I’m hoping they have a good year 😁 Great idea though, any other suggestions are appreciated 👌
James what site or company to you order your dwarf rootstock from? Also, do you have a video on saving vegetable seeds and how that process goes. Thanks buddy
I love that you are in Z-6b. I am too. I love C. Downing …Hu Richards; but their climate perspective doesn’t apply to me as perfectly as you. Love the inspiration and the energy. Peace.
Love your videos, James! I haven't' seen it yet, but do you have any videos on pruning fruit trees? I have watched some videos, but I always feel more confused after than I did before I watched. My trees never look like the ones being pruned, and I'm afraid that I will cut the wrong branches! You have a way of making things clear that I really appreciate.
Hi James! I have a big back yard about 1/3 of an acre and I want to put wood chips down and start a garden. I saw you used contractor's paper down before laying the wood chips in a previous episode. Is it always necessary when you have grass or can it be skipped? I am thinking it cost a lot for the paper if it is necessary. Thank you
Hello buddy. You are wonderful and tireless. Thank you. I am at zero +1. I have been around for a year when I began to use wood, straw and other organic materials in my garden. I want to ask you if I can put dried clover along with the straw? Goodnight from Greece.
HI, I am so excited about starting a food forest. You offer so much detailed information that makes me sure I can do this. Thank you! I have found that many other Chanels/youTube Gardners leave out information important to me and the way my brain works. Stuff others may not need to know, but you cover it all. I'm so glad I stumbled across your channel! You mentioned something about sponsoring you through Amazon purchases. As we are still in the pandemic of the century we order so many things from there. How can I help you through my ordering with Amazon?
Hi, I'm a newcomer to your channel and enjoy it very much. I find it encouraging as I am 76 years old and in a wheel chair or on my best days my walker. But, I love gardening and am hopeful that the wood chip method will keep me going in the garden. I will try to remember to add a comment occasionally to help others in my condition to keep gardening. Please keep posting your wonderful videos because they are really wonderful to watch.
Thank you so much for your kind words! Welcome to the channel!
You're just as inspirational as James.
I have a container garden. I am using some of these practices. I mulch with woodchips with crushed leaves. I am disabled. I have poor balance and a bad knee. I have other pain issues but I love to garden. I use a heafty wooden walking cane to help me balance.I appreciate your post. It inspires me. Please keep posting.
merada5555 yep I’m dealing with a bad knee and an even worse back, but I keep going! I’m 65 and my neighbors can’t believe some of the stuff I do like getting rid of ALL of my grass! I’m not mowing for free especially when I get older lol just keep on going! And I can’t wait to grow my own peaches! The ones in the store have no flavor at all might as well eat a box! 😂
@@davidphan6499 I agree
Your enthusiasm is contagious. I'm even more excited about starting my food forest . Let's do this!
You are so passionate, gentle with your plants and dog, and knowledgeable! So impressed and thankful!
9:59 "cause the fertility man"
this man understands life but lowkey knows that he knows nothing but grows a garden because we exist so why not thank you so much for your videos and I love your energy
I want to think about what the words ment but apparently to the portal for a great day and then I will try to be a try to be able to there is FLOODED
Thanks. Awesome video, editing and speed of content. I was laughing inside about how funny it would have been while you were standing in front of your neighbors fence and your neighbor popped up and said “slow down, I’m trying to write this all down!”. Well funny to me! Thanks again.
I love all the other channels i watch but this series is great because it's broken down and makes it make sense to a beginner, without a green thumb, ty
You can keep any tree, standard or semi drawf..you can choose the size and height by pruning..
Move over Macklemore it's GardenMore
I really appreciate how info packed your vids are. No pauses and slow talking. Just straight to the point 👏
I will grow mango, rose apple, guava, rambutans, mangosteen, pineapple and longan in my garden
Local conservation club has a spring sale of fruit trees and they are 4-6ft. for $20. I bought 20.
Hello from Northern Australia! I shift more wood chips with less effort by piling them onto a tarp that has a loop of soft rope tied to two corners and dragging it to the desired location. I'm a small finely built person and yet it's next to no effort to drag over 3 wheelbarrows worth the material in one go. I hope this helps. Cheers, ~D.
Dione. C. I'm going to try this! Thanks for the idea! From south of Sydney, NSW.
this is v helpful, cheer dione!
Been following you for some time now and I must say.... you would be a kick ass permaculture rapper.... :P
Loved watching and learning, your excitement is contagious.
Aw some Brigitte! I’m glad you enjoyed it, I had a blast making it
James I ordered from the nursery you ordered and checked them out online and they have much better reviews than any other bare root shippers.
Just found your channel enjoyed watching gave a thumbs up and subscribed. You answered many questions and concerns I had about the fencing. I wish I had started a food forest years ago, but thanks to you I will now!!! I live in Central Florida, zone 9b so we don’t get many chill hours but luckily there are now quite a few fruit tree varieties available with low chill hour requirements that we can grow here in our warm, tropical, not extremely cold Winters like my favorite fruit, Peaches. Good job making your video, can’t wait to watch more of them. I thank you for your knowledge, time and effort required in making your videos to help your subscribers. Again THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I AM VERY EXCITED TO GET MY FOREST STARTED! Martin Ratliff in Frostproof, Florida.
This is what comes most naturally to me- researching and planning! That's why I'm here learning from whom I consider the very best! It's phase 1 and 2 and all of the manual labor ...ugh 😂 I also have "ground zero" level, whereby I have to take a machete, a Troy-Built bush cutter, and a Bobcat to remove all of the overgrown vegetation, old fencing, old plastic weed barriers, and rocks that the previous owner had and I couldn't take care of when I moved in! But it's getting done starting this fall, after leaves drop so I can see what I'm taking the loppers and saw to (without all of my dream tools)🤣
Your food forest is inspiring, and your enthusiasm for gardening is contagious! The little intro editing was a nice fun touch also. keep up the great work.
Note: Cover the figs cuz they can even die in southern TN but covered they should keep. Next to a house is best.
Meyer lemons in a pot n bring in or put into a heated greenhouse.
Don't forget nut trees! They provide a lot of good protein and healthy oils. Almonds and hazel nut trees would work in your area.
What about planting different varieties to get as many weeks of fruit as possible? An early season, mid, and late variety to have fresh fruit for as much time as possible. Backyard orchard culture turned me on to the idea. Also like others have stated pruning determines fruit size. The cons to dwarf rootstock don't seem worth it vs semi and standard.
Great content thanks for sharing!
good day to you James !! awesome update today, apple and peaches are my favorite fruit too
Stark Bros is the best to find out hardiness zone and pollenators for any given area and type of plants.
Thanks for the reference Justin I’ll check that out. I always love a good resource 😁
You eat so healthy foods from your garden you can fly like super man.
That was so frickin' awesome how you grabbed the wood chips and took off!!! The thumbnail is sweet too! Reminds me of Big Trouble in Little China.
Nice!! Glad you liked it my friend. Haha, it does 🤣
Oh man, that was an awesome movie!!!
I started watching your channel at phase one of the food forest build, and man that super man / Keanu reeves jump at the start caught me off guard 😂 I gotta learn how to do that
It looks good even in the winter! I'm excited to start working on converting our front yard garden into a more true food forest system, so I always like seeing yours for inspiration
I love you James. You are one of the best resources here on the internet. Fun, quick, expertise. And fun! Thank you so much. Starting a new perma bed. My husband is not thrilled but I'm doing it! Tell me about vole problems please. A real issue here.
Wonderful video. Very inspiring. When you say know your zone and lowest temperature does that mean wind chill factor coldness or temperature coldness?
When purchasing fruit trees, should I be looking to purchase 1, 2, or 3 year bare root stock or isn’t that a consideration? If it is, how old were your new trees planted in the new food forest? How long does it take till the new trees fruit? Will they fruit the first year? Thanks for taking us through their initial pruning after you planted them. I hope you continue to show videos on the pruning of your trees in both forests, but for me, the new forest pruning will be of more interest. I’d like to see how the trees grew over the year and what needs pruning this year and why.
Last. Just curious, what sizes are your two food forest gardens? 60’ x 30’?
I look forward to receiving your replies to these questions.
Windchill doesn't count, it's just how fast you cool to the actual temperature.
Probably won't fruit the first year. Depends on your climate, soil, site, and tree for how long until they start yielding good.
What tree size to buy is probably just budget. Small trees little slower start.
Jason B thanks. I was in the process of starting a food forest due to your inspiration but now I’m not sure if I can. I have a huge plot and had free wood chips brought in and just finished laying them out when a neighbor came over and inquired what I was doing. She was excited for me and told me the reason my soil was so black was because it’s not normal soil but Muck soil. I’ve been trying to research this type of soil and found out it is not a mineral type soil and that it is always wet; not just because it has been raining so much here. Do you know of anyone who has been able to successfully garden in this type of soil using the Back to Eden method you use? At the moment I am so sad as I had the plot all planned out with the fruit trees I wanted to plant and the berries and veggies. Please say you do know someone so I can contact them through their UA-cam channel. Apparently the only thing this type of soil is good for growing is carrots, onions, garlic and lettuce.
@@CuriousinNY you can plant trees that love wet conditions. And for the ones that don't you'd want to make raised beds or mounds. Here's an example ua-cam.com/video/v2nI0k79Ec0/v-deo.html
I love yourorganic growing practices and natural growing habits. A bee hive would be an awesome addition to your Eden.
I just found your channel tonight. I love it! I binge watched. Thank you so much for the information! I am so inspired!
Same
i keep waiting for slim to bust a flow.
Haha! Already did one a few weeks ago. It was just a test run, maybe another one in the future. 🔥 😂
josephtastic lol!
All in...the Grouch. Fresh like ol James
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I'm. Catching up to you . I found you a while back trying to see it all. You have great energy. God bless you for showing this. Trust in God brother best wishes from Maine
Can't wait til you order and plant your trees! Will be watching closely. Thanks, JP
i live in a 5b zone, thank you for the inspiration, didnt think i could grow much here but now i know i can
I'm recapping. I'm leaving my illinois food forest to (prayerfully) a new family. We are going to south AZ to start over.
I just started watching your videos this past year..... It is really cool to go back an view these old ones! What an amazing journey. I am starting mine this year!....... well, technically last year! lol
Zone 4b. Just starting it this fall. Mostly berries and such. Thanks for making this series
Love this journey you are taking us on! I am thinking the same thing about regional and zonal planning, I pick the worst case longest winter(s) and shortest summer(s), as well as, drought and pest infestations to narrow down planting stock selection. Thanks James
Thank you James for the tips and I am in zone 5b, apple trees this year, peaches in last year. I love your genuine enthusiasm! I pruned my first apple tree 2 days ago and all that reading paid off. Wasnt that hard so now I am going to attempt to bring back an 80 year old orchard one tree at a time! Thanks James for all your vids! All the best, Catherine
Forgot to ask where do you purchase your bare root stock (fruit trees) from?
Rule of thumb I go by for choosing plants, is one up and one down. I am in zone 8a, so I plant for those that can handle the Winters of zone 7 and the heat of zone 9. I do occasionally get a plant that is border-line in my zone, but they don't fare well here.
Lol, you actually took flight! Love it! Starting a food forest this year so your videos are excellent for me!
epic quality video and education as ALWAYS
My husband and I love watching your u-tube videos...we bought two apple trees this year and want to start our own food forest!
Thank you for the clear path to figure out for sure my exact USDA zone....I had looked at those little maps and it was hard to see for sure, but now I know. I am more relaxed. I like your advice to buy a variety that is suited to a USDA zone that is one zone colder than mine in order to make sure the plant will live. I have bought Liberty Apples at the store here where I live in Portland, Oregon. I like them very much. They are crisp and tangy. They are sweet, but not too sweet. They have deep red skins. I love them and I predict that you will as well! Blessings :)
I’ve been planning my food forest lately and i was going all dwarf but after a bunch of research I’m going full size apple and peach and adding summer pruning for size control.
I had to go back and watch all of these phases to see how you started your food forest. Glad i did. We have apple trees. One is new to us this year. We bought the two that twine together? One didn't leaf out so we are taking it back and choosing a single tree. We have two green apple trees so hoping to find a red one this time. Thank you for the information. Oh..and I have only lived here in Idaho for a year now and thought I was in zone 6 B... I used that site you told me and found out that i am actually in zone 7A so ty for that information, Too! :))
Hi James thank you for showing a practical way of achieving a food forest, specially one situate in a temperate zone I live in the UK the south East similar temperature to yours. We get snow frost and wet summers sometimes. My interest in permaculture started 4 years ago. Love your videos
Awesome video James! Jammed full of great information, logically and extensively laid out so even complete beginners like me can understand. Thank you James. Great job.
I live in Maryland and visit NJ often to get fruits and vegetables I would love to visit your forest. I’m gathering my equipment so I can start my mini forest
Such great tips James! I love how you clearly map out all the steps to achieve success. This tip of doing research is very demanding in time and attention so thank you for pointing out the things to look out for. I have been doing such research as to what I'd like to plant in our small urban yard for our mini forest. When looking into incorporating nitrogen fixing trees I found Sea Buckthorn (the citrus of the North) to be amazingly great for my zone and will provide us with super nutrition and healing properties that I will not be able to find at the stores. Of course I ordered a few of them, male and females for pollination. Along those I will plant this summer what fruit trees that will hopefully fit in our forest and I will also spread wood chips soon, I hope. It is still too freezing here in the North (Ontario) so that will have to wait a bit but I know who will bring them and I have construction paper all ready waiting.
Excellent info! Keep them videos coming
Thanks Aaron! I will
My friend 😁
Can you make Tuck launch up in the air too?
YES!!!! I should do that.
OlafGodredsson Super hero Move love it.
I'm at 4100 feet on a southern slope in the appalachians. I would not be harvesting scoppernongs yearly if I hadn't taken chances. Just my experience. Btw minus 20 some winters
I’ve been watching your channel for a few weeks now, been wanting to grow fruit trees for a while and found the information and motivation from this video so helpful “Let’s Goooo”
Can you do this style of gardening on a sloped hillside? I'm in NE. TN. with rolling hills, slow draining clay soils, and lots of rain.
Commenting so that I can know the answer as well. I and also in TN.
Lol, that intro was so awesome James. Call you Rocketman of Food Forests
Thanks for this video, it very informative and gives good direction on what to research when planting fruit trees.
I'm loving these vids, good stuff, thank you for your efforts.
Hi James.. You give people sutch an inspiration.. Thank you.. I wonder, can the tree plants to be plant before multching?
I know this is a very late comment.
I notice that You have the hated, "BOSTON IVY," hanging over Your neighbors fence. I also notice the cut-off ivy stocks in the tree next to Your neighbors. GOOD LUCK keeping that out of Your food forest.
I have seen a similar food forest growing in San Francisco. There, he grew semi-dwarf trees and kept them trimmed to the highest point he could reach.
That gave him 2 things. 1: He didn't have to climb a ladder to pick his fruit. 2: By trimming the trees below the height of his neighbors, thee birds tended to stay away better.
Hey what's good? I have a question. I remembered watching one of your videos where you were starting a new back to eden garden. You put something down before the woodchips but I forgot what it was.
@Old chunk of coal. thank you!
Really good video. Now always looking forward to the next. I have several bare root trees ordered for our zone, so as the spring comes, these videos will very interesting.
I've been binging too. 'Love what what you are teaching us... this is wonderful!
Phenomenal as always. Keep up the rocket ship!
Thanks Skot. Haha, will do my friend 😁
Also from Jersey. Doing the research now and hopefully can start my own garden by next year
Lots of good common sense info, thank you. Looking forward to seeing how your new food forest shapes up. I'm planning what to plant now.
Great intro. You can fly. Loved it. Well done. Oh ya the rest of the video was good too. Have a great weekend. Best wishes Bob.
Howdy I've been watching for some time . I'm up in Maine I have a half acre garden . Your videos are very enjoyable and informative. Here's an idea. Fighting fungus naturally fighting diseases etc. Teach about neem oil and other stuff. You asked so I thought I'd give you some ideas. Also how to use the greenhouses all year even during the hot parts of summer. Corn planting I notice you don't do as of yet square foot planting maybe also I have a ton of ideas for ya. I am subscribing today. I watch on television and my UA-cam app is outdated so I haven't subbed in but I will on my phone. I've enjoyed what you do and haven't seen all your vids so you may have covered this. I watch you and the guy in australia. I'm pushing some things here they say won't do well but our temps are better these days. In fact 2 weeks ago the ground still wasn't frozen but it's frozen deep now about 6 weeks of hard ground this year. I'm 62 and you've taught me some things I've grown gardens so full you couldn't walk in them but they produce better your way I'm expanding this year. Good luck and God bless you. Mark
Good stuff. I also do back to eden and will be more than doubling my garden this year. It really can be difficult planning where to put fruit trees. I change my mind often before I finally make my dig. I started two new Apple trees in the fall and already ordered another based on Pauls comments (King David ). I will also be doing two pare trees and possibly a persimmons because of your video. I have have two varieties of raspberries already and might add a couple more as well. I have about 20 blueberries brushes that produced beyond my expectations last seasons. I'm in CT. Thanks for all your videos.
Dave's Journey try a pawpaw tree, a great investment! A tropical like snack in a temperate zone!
I've been on the fence with that one.. I've got plenty of space, so what do i have to lose.. Ok!
tx I live in a suburb of Cleveland. I started this year in my front yard. I have black walnut trees. I am winging it! Song
Also, observe where your worst neighbours are. Then plant a vigorous evergreen hedge between you and them (Leylandii) ;-p
Hahah!! That’s always a good idea too 😂
I am new to your videos trying to catch up but I cant found Phase 4 I like to see your garden from start don't want to hop all over lots of information spot on thanks
do you have a sun room bro? you should build one ot turn a room in your house into one so you can grow all the tropical fruits aswel they just need to be brought in and left alone in winter
No, I do have a greenhouse I built. I never thought about a sunroom, could be really cool though 🤔
The only issue is it would have to be on the west side of my 2 story house, but I’m sure I could work it out. It could help to keep the heat bill down in the winter. And building a rocket mass heater in there sure would be fun...
I like the idea 👌
the thing with a greenhouse is yea it requires its own heating system, but a sun room is generally a big room in the house thats on the sun facing side with windows on all sides and sometimes with an attatched balcony if its second story that generally gets enough residual heat from your house heating system that it doesnt freeze in there so if you cant fruit your citrus outside in winter you can atleast bring it in and put it by a window that gets some sun and still ripen your fruits and keep your plants green and alive, if you add a hid lighting system in to the west room they throw off alot of heat and are the best grow lights out there you could basically forget about winter ;) do you watch rays voodoo garden? hes got a banana and a papaya tree down in his basement with a whole bunch of plants growing just under a 150w cfl or somethin lol i cant believe it works so well if i was you id go for a 1000w mh lighting system and run it at night, thats if you want fruit production (like in a room with no sun) :)
I heard the opposite that a full size and keeping them trimmed shorter gives you a healthier stronger root system to handle weather changes and not die, rather than using dwarf root stock.
Question for anyone who might know...We have an acre but it's covered mostly with beautiful live oaks. There is only really one area that will be practical for our food forest. About 20/30 ft away is our water softener pipe that spits out the metals that it removes from the hard well water. My question is will this cause issues with our soil? I would hate to invest hundreds of dollars on plants only to find out the soil isn't good due to the softener system. I don't think we could do without the softener as it helps save appliance life. Any advice or wisdom is appreciated!!
So much to learn. Thanks for your videos
Love the delivery. Very passionate!
I live in South Africa Gauteng spacificly and I have noticed that any fruit tree in the rose family (apple, cherry, peach) grow really well here plus mulberry trees are extremely common Id like to know if the mulberry trees would mess with a food forest since they attract silk worms they dont seem to harm the mulberry too much but Im not sure if they would affect the other plants
Do you grow any plum trees? Just wondered how they will do. I'm in the same zone as you. Thanks.
I live in the Caribbean that all year is good to go but the heat and the sun are too intense and burn plants dead. Basically, most people buy a block sun block tarp to ease the sun on the plants. Any hints?
Another problem is humidity and fungi or mold on the trees. I manage to get an almond tree but I don't know how to help it become fatter.
We need a way to bookmark this video. Great.
Once you put on the foot of wood chips, do you also then add compost in some way at times? Or just add compost before the wood chips to get the soil going on it's own, and then the wood chips to protect it, but no longer add a layer of compost after that? Or if you do then add compost and/or worm castings, just add them right around new plant starts when planting them?
Love watching these videos. I’m in the same zone so I know what you have I could grow if I wanted. Right now I’m in an apartment so I don’t have much room. I do have some berry bushes in pots though... hoping to buy a place with a yard so I can start my own food forest someday.
Excellent advice brother. I try to bury the grafts and allow the scion to root itself but that just depends on space though too. You really got those chips out fast man
Appreciate this series!
Have u considered the jujube tree? They are delicious and cold hardy.
Yup!! I actually have two planted on the side of my house. They are still small but I’m hoping they have a good year 😁
Great idea though, any other suggestions are appreciated 👌
You are awesome 😉
James what site or company to you order your dwarf rootstock from? Also, do you have a video on saving vegetable seeds and how that process goes. Thanks buddy
thank you for all your information ideas and rips!!!
I need a lot of chill hours, or I get grumpy with the people around me. Maybe I should have been an apple tree.
I love that you are in Z-6b. I am too. I love C. Downing …Hu Richards; but their climate perspective doesn’t apply to me as perfectly as you. Love the inspiration and the energy. Peace.
I get 5 months of chill ours I have planted an orchestra
Love your videos, James! I haven't' seen it yet, but do you have any videos on pruning fruit trees? I have watched some videos, but I always feel more confused after than I did before I watched. My trees never look like the ones being pruned, and I'm afraid that I will cut the wrong branches! You have a way of making things clear that I really appreciate.
Where do you order your fruit trees James?
Hi James! I have a big back yard about 1/3 of an acre and I want to put wood chips down and start a garden. I saw you used contractor's paper down before laying the wood chips in a previous episode. Is it always necessary when you have grass or can it be skipped? I am thinking it cost a lot for the paper if it is necessary. Thank you
Hello buddy. You are wonderful and tireless. Thank you. I am at zero +1. I have been around for a year when I began to use wood, straw and other organic materials in my garden. I want to ask you if I can put dried clover along with the straw? Goodnight from Greece.
pretty sweet special effects! my kiddo just made me watch your beginning blast-off six times in a row! :D
where do you order your fruit trees? any companies or websites you would recommend?
HI, I am so excited about starting a food forest. You offer so much detailed information that makes me sure I can do this. Thank you! I have found that many other Chanels/youTube Gardners leave out information important to me and the way my brain works. Stuff others may not need to know, but you cover it all. I'm so glad I stumbled across your channel! You mentioned something about sponsoring you through Amazon purchases. As we are still in the pandemic of the century we order so many things from there. How can I help you through my ordering with Amazon?
Dude you are intense. Love the passion. I got my mulch down 5 weeks ago