Huge thanks to Alik for freely sharing his wisdom and experience with us! For many more images from each month on the farm (work, produce, meals), welcome to watch Alik’s nice short video/slideshow on his channel ua-cam.com/video/f679079gTuo/v-deo.htmlsi=K9EMKi2e76bmCpJN” 6 years ago, I was looking around the local bookstore, as the shopkeeper came up to me (without us knowing each other prior), put Alik's new book in my hands and said "I think you'd like it". At that time I was a student for agro-ecology. Needless to say, I bought it and was enchanted with enlightening writings which consist of Reflections on life and stories from Alik's journey to start his homestead, build the house and grow his food. I had no Idea that 6 years later I would combine my interests in agriculture, ecology, and content creation to help Alik's message reach people from all around the globe. I see this message to be so needed and relevant in a world where we have, to a huge degree, lost the know-how needed to live a life which is simple and in tune with the earth and the cycles. I believe that Reclaiming our birth-right for such a life is the unleashing from the shackles that bind us to a system that sees profit before life. Thank YOU for being here, and taking a part of this journey. If you wish to support me to create more films, you can buy me a coffee: buymeacoffee.com/eco_no_mads 🌍💗🕊much love to you.
@@Nahsorry Thank you! You are most welcome to visit anytime and chat and do some farm work and learn if you're up for it (I do not have the capacity to host wwoofers overnight), but if I were you, I'd wait a little for things to calm down before you plan a trip to the region.
Wait till Alik hears about "No dig"... That would save him another two hours of hard work and increase his yield. What an inspirational man Alik is. Thank you for posting
@@jackdammon4320 It is all returned to the field to be naturally composted (to return some of the nutrients to the soil). The same applies to dry bean hay and, in fact, to all organic waste on the farm that is not consumed as food.
Very detsiled video, much needed. I watched part 1 and just could not believe that this self sufficiency was possible. Now I am convinced that Alik had thought things through. Congratulations to both of you - the producer and film maker. As an owner of 2500 sq meters tending to be independent I have some ideas to implement 😊
Glad it was helpful! please feel free to share with us your plan and experience in a short video form. (our email is in the description) and perhaps I will create a video to showcase other peoples attempts and experience to achieve food sufficiency in different climates. cheers.
I just love this guy! I could listen to him all day!! Next idea for a video, maybe the food preservation? I see a lot of jars. Is canning an extensive procedure for everything he has to do?
Remember that if you live in a cold climate you will need much more than 750m2 as growing season is much shorter and you are able to produce less food per m2. Its also limited which foods you are able to grow due to lower temperatures. (Also make sure you include foods/suppliments to cover nutrients like B12, Choline, DHA etc).That being said - this is very inspirational for several reasons. Nice to see someone finding a way to produce food while still working a normal job. In other words - its possible to do a lot without having to spend all your time on food production. After watching the first video, every time I watch homesteading videos now I always ask myself what percentage of food are these people able to provide for themselves. So many spend all their time on vegetables that are low in calories and requires a LOT or work. Which is their choice of course, but seems like a waste of time in some ways. Thanks for the update! I have been looking forward to learning more.
I think this is not the case. Remember that I also grow only during one season (winter in my case) in 80% of the area (wheat, beans, olive trees). So, the difference only applies to the small vegetable garden section (140 m2). Here, as well, just like I make adjustments to grow during the summer by artificially irrigating this section, so in a cold climate, one can also make adjustments to grow in the winter, e.g., growing in a greenhouse.
In cold climates… people can their harvests for the winter and many have greenhouses … just got off a channel showcasing a greenhouse growing citrus in a super cold climate… it was being grown for market… I think the guy had about three or four greenhouses (simple ish hoop houses) they looked like they might have been about 12’ x 25’ plus or minus… he was getting a lot of citrus while it was cold … but the outstanding thing is that he was piling up wood chips along the bottom edges of the hoop house on the outside… probably about 4’ high at the structure
@@AlikPelman I live in Norway and commercial farmers here are able to grow less wheat per square meter compared to southern Europe for instance. This is because of the difference in temperature. And growing olive trees is of course not possible this far north. But things like fava beans and cabbage however might be able to produce the same amounts.
Thank you so much for doing this Alik and Eco-nomads ! This is a lesson in SELF SUFFICIENCY EFFICIENCY. Some of us may never have enough land but we can all learn from your thinking. It is a testament to growing native and climate appropriate crops that so much of your calorie intake is fuss free. It is also so clever that you pick just a handful of crops that do really well locally carob, wheat, olives and fava to cover your basics. Combine all your experience, keeping things simple, the native dryland crops, just the right degree of mechanization, and the laissez faire attitude to 'weeds' and you have achieved a miracle. Weeds often promote the growth of food plants, till they tower over them and cut off the sunshine. Its all a dance, knowing your plants and knowing how much weed presence they can handle. The weeds are feeding the soil and maintaining moisture, and sometimes this outweighs the competition for resources. I was also interested that you only irrigate your vegetables. In the Mediterranean climate one can lose so much from watering irregularly, just one busy day where you are otherwise occupied and your harvest is gone. It seems you BOTH sow seed and raise seedlings to plant out. How do you do that part of it ? Do you have a plant nursery ? You'll be taking on woofers next (ha ha), and I would gladly join the waiting list !
Thank you, @carolinekloppert5177! I have yet to have a nursery for growing seedlings; about one-third of the varieties of crops I grow are from seeds I save, one-third from seeds I buy, and one-third from seedlings I buy. When I use seeds, I sow them directly in the soil.
Wow! I recently watched the first material and was amazed at how simple and accessible Alik presented it. I love the scientific papers you included under the last video! I am motivated to try something similar in Poland's climatic conditions (hardiness zone 6). So far, I have focused mainly on growing vegetables, although dry beans were also present in my garden, I did not manage to collect enough of them to provide myself with a supply for the whole year. In my case, chicken eggs provide my protein needs during the summer season, but I would like to focus more on growing beans next year to have a supply for the winter when chickens don't lay eggs. Many thanks for this video. Alik, you are an amazing inspiration! I'm waiting for more videos on this channel! Greetings from Poland! 👨🌾
He is fantastic... Thank you for going back to him... Learnt a lot.. yeah would like to know bit more about variety of dishes he do from those produces
Fantastic. Great to hear more about the systems that have been developed and to clarify how much time is required. There are external inputs there, but not many - and an important for connecting with community anyway. Love the journey! Lots of ideas there for how to improve my own. To step up from ‘playing around’ to some serious production.
Another amazing interview with Alik! I'm 60+ and as long as I can remember wanted to do what Alik is doing but for many reasons never moved to a more favorable climate/land. So I've struggled to do a bit similar but have struggled here for years as the land I'm on is not at all conducive for growing what I've wanted to grow. If I was half my age I would seriously consider moving to the Med. The weather here changing even more, and less and less conducive for this but I'll continue to work hard and try-rather than have land in a better place and work less :) Alik...you are brilliant! thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much for doing this video - it was so useful and very encouraging - thanks Alik for being willing to help total strangers learn from your 12+ years of practice!!
This is fantastic. I watched his other videos, and thnk you so much. Your clear explanation of everything is amazing. The numbers and facts are great. Its a lifestyle that good for you and the planet.
Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful store of knowledge! Such an inspiration for those of us who want to get started on this journey. Alik is a phenomenal person.
one more thing-Alik I what you said about the chickens is very thoughtful and makes a lot of sense. Thank you so much for sharing your time and wisdom with us.
Well done! Your lifestile it's an inspiration for everyone who wants to live self suficient and off grid. Thank you for sharing this experience. And about fruits, don't you like to eat fruits?
Very much so. In recent years, I planted quite a few fruit trees, but most have yet to bear fruit. Currently, there are many grapes, some figs, pomegranates, and grapefruit. However, in terms of macronutrients, fruits’ main contribution is carbs, just like wheat, so any consumption of fruit should come at the expense of wheat. Which in a way is good news because then you can use less land (trees don't take up much land as you can grow crops all the way to the trees’ trunk).
He says he can't imagine the work time getting shorter, but he could change to no-till. It might take years for the soil to get used to it once it switched over but it would eventually cut down the work time, maybe even reduce (or eliminate) the need to weed, the soil would get healthier in the long run, and the food would be more nutritious. This is a great video, thank you Alik!
Yeah, no-dig and no-till is the hype now, but looking at some farms around me that practice it, I was discouraged from adopting it due to the immense input of purchased compost that has to be applied, for three reasons: 1. it would make me much more reliant on external inputs (and in many cases, on the beef and dairy industry), as I would never have enough organic waste on-site to produce so much compost - very far from it; I already compost all organic waste on-site; 2. Buying so much compost does not save labour; you outsource it to the compost factory; and 3. Growing crops in purchased compost, in fact, means building a large pot of vegetables, completely ignoring the soil underneath. It is as if one wanted to grow in a parking lot. But maybe I need to better understand the whole concept and learn more.
Yeah, tilling is dumb, hampers soil development. Wasted energy. Charles Dowding proved he got consistently higher yields from his no-dig beds over the dug beds. Slightly more, but consistent, with much less effort.
@@AlikPelmanYou can source leaves and chips for free and compost them. I don't see the point in using finished compost unless you have slug problems and are growing a crop slugs love, like brassicas. I use leaves on the beds and chips on the paths, works good, free. Charles Dowding still makes money from buying bulk mushroom compost because he sells profitable crops like cut salad greens, but I like free better. On site composting is easier and works fine except for the boost in slugs.
@@AlikPelman Maybe the Ruth Stout method work work for you. No buying compost just use the what stalk, grass clippings etc for mulch which will compost naturally on your beds and should help retain moisture for your veg plants = less watering. And the original film of her is great to watch 🙂
Keep in simple, really . Both of you. Alik with his experience and his words. You with your work of sharing Alik's words with us. I deeply appreciate your channel friend, I hope you bring us more nutritious information. Greetings from Córdoba, Argentina
Thank you! So much experience being shared here, I appreciate the sequel. It seems much more real now with the little details, the few external inputs and services, the failures, the thought process, the evolution etc. Congratulations!
Thank you Alik Pelman, this is very inspirational! Ignoring the wheat and beans (which us mere mortals can purchase in bulk), the management of the veg was very interesting! Hope there will be more in the future, e.g. more info on the veg itself, how it is planted, what is planted, a walk-though, how much weeding (or none?) etc... Thank you!
I have been searching for ways to achieve food sovereignty and see this content as highly beneficial for achieving that goal so thank you Alik and Eco-no-mads for sharing this! I think the 50 cubic meters of water needed to irrigate the garden annually could be reduced through the use of water conservation techniques including the use of swales, shade, plenty of organic matter in the soil, and a keyline design of the land to catch and hold the rainwater in the soil.
Very inspiring content. I come from southern Greece where the climate, landscape, nature and culture are quite similar and I can really relate. Thank you for providing so straightforward, practical and realistic information. Looking forward to watching more relevant videos.
Thank you so much Alik and Eco! I was waiting so much for the second part and it was amazing! Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge! As many other says lets make a 3. part as a cooking show and cooking ideas sharing.......😜 everyone would love it for sure!
That is awesome! If you can, please make a short video of you explaining this and showing the land. I might do a video about peoples attempts from around the world.
Many thanks for the two parts. I'm interestet in how he builds his home, materials, rooms, kompost toilet ect... It's good to see such people like you, doing it in the right way, thank you. Many greetings from germany Heiko
To begin with, here's a link to an old slideshow that will give you a good sense of the materials and building process. It has somewhat developed since, though. bengreenfieldlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/IsraelHomestead.pdf
@Eco-No-Mads Does Alik use the same machine for Fava beans that he uses for the wheat? Thanks (I'm setting a place up in europe soon and this video is just what I need to aid my plans)
This is great. On another Chanel the person had animals and they complained about having all night sessions birthing the goats and cows. She was exhausted and needed help. This way with no animals is much better.
That's cool. I have a similar sized block of land and grow some legumes but my place is far too steep and rocky for growing grain. I can grow potatoes all year round though so I am focusing more on roots and fruit for carbs.
Thank you :) please feel free to share with us your plan and experience in a short video form. (our email is in the description) and perhaps I will create a video to showcase other peoples attempts and experience to achieve food sufficiency in different climates. cheers.
Really awesome video which I can learn from. I just recently bought a piece of land with an old cob house on it. The garden however needs a total recovery and nurrishments, coz nothing has been done for over 30 years and it's full of thistle. Any ideas how I can get them out and prevent from growing again? Thank you ❤
It is such an inspiring story. Thank You so much. What made You go self-sufficient? Lack of money, poor quality food in a supermarket? You are my hero. Thanks for inspiration.
Wow, this is SUCH a useful follow up! Thanks so much for sharing all this information. I'm wondering a few things? First, I suppose he directly sows all his vegetables into the garden, not starting them in little trays to transplant later as this would take a lot more time I think, right? So I'm curious how densely he seeds his vegetables and has to then thin them or anything like that? Also curious why he only sows fava beans and no others for variety? Also, does he save seed for his vegetables or buy all his vegetable seeds? If he buys them are they from local companies or? I guess that's it. Very interesting and informative! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Thank you, @carolewarner101! I have yet to have a nursery for growing seedlings; about one-third of the varieties of crops I grow are from seeds I save, one-third from seeds I buy, and one-third from seedlings I buy. When I use seeds, I sow them directly in the soil. I sow them slightly denser than recommended because not all germinate well, and at any rate, I can always thin the sprouts later to allow enough room for each plant. As for legumes, I also tried chickpeas and lentils but had little success. The yield of fava is incomparable, and I learned to like it and cook many dishes with it, so I stick to it and feel no need for more variety, at least so far. I may retry other legumes in the future, though.
@@AlikPelman Hi Alik, thanks for responding. After posting my question I found the two papers about the studies done on you and your farm in the description and really appreciate having the details on paper. My husband and I are building a home on a bit of land to round out our years on a homestead, and one of the first projects we plan to take on when we move in it growing all our own food. So this video and the first one about you and your method were very inspiring to us! With some modifications to our own area and climate we're confident we too will be able to provide all of our own calories. Thanks for leading the way.
Thank you! Very interesting and inspiring. All well explained logically and humanly. I'd like to see more of that. Q- The vegetables seeds are bought? Q - How does he choos which to grow? and is there a method for planting locations for them?
Thanks! I have yet to have a nursery, so only 1/3 of the crops are from my saved (heirloom) seeds, 1/3 from bought (hybrid) seeds and 1/3 from bought seedlings. There are 9 beds (each bed with 3 rows of vegetables), so I designed a 9-year crop-rotation plan that I follow: Each year, each crop is planted on another bed in the garden and only returns to the same bed after 9 years. The choice of plants is very simple: summer veg in the summer and winter veg in the winter :) (no poly-tunnels, shading nets, etc., simply plant seasonally) - Winter: lettuce, broccoli, radish, cauliflower, rocket, spinach, Chard, beetroot, cabbage, turnip, kohlrabi, parsley, fennel, celery, dill, coriander, carrot, onion, leek, spring onion, garlic. Summer: tomato, eggplant, bell pepper, potato, basil, corn, okra, sweet potato, beans, watermelon, melon, cucumber, armenian cucumber, squash, zucchini.
This is great.. Thank you much from India.. Lot of food for thought.. I am from South India and Wheat is not an option for our climate.. but there are summer paddy varieties.. should try legumes with summer paddy and see if there is any fruitful harvest of both.. Since the videos get expanded based on youtube comments.. It was interesting comment on using the aquafava into baking / mayonnaise.. would like to understand this bit more.. any specific steps to get the right concentrations that you can share for this please.. that will be helpful.. also olive oil is very costly around here and so I am in also search for a neutral oil for mayonnaise that is also healthy.. just putting it out there if anyone has tried an alternate version without olive oil for mayonnaise..
Hello. I'm watching this for a second time it's so good! Alik, you might consider hunting one or two of those wild boars, even if you're Jewish, which you very well could be. But if you did so this would accomplish many things. Not only would it make the heard think twice about coming to your farm again in the near future, it would also thin their numbers. In addition it would provide very tasty meat to give you another source of delicious protein and quite a bit of lard (rendered fat) to augment your oil stores, or to gift to others who need the food if you are in fact Jewish. Lard (properly rendered) is extremely shelf stable unlike olive oil which can start to go rancid as your year progresses, so lard can keep for some years just stored in jars anywhere in your house or root cellar. You could preserve the meat through various processes of curing and drying it, etc. such that it doesn't need to be kept refrigerated. Perhaps you'd need to construct an earth bermmed storage room that will remain cool in the hot summers there to store the meat in its cured and/or dried forms, I honestly have no expertise in the area so I don't know. But it's a thought, and a way to get back something for what they took and to give them pause the next time they are in your area. Perhaps they'll decide it's not worth the risk and move along!
@@AlikPelman Well then, pork would not be on your pantry list. But in defense of your wheat and fava crop, you could contribute to the pantry of others in your community by giving them the results of your hunt. I am REALLY getting value and inspiration from your research articles. Particularly the life cycle approach article. I have so many ideas for further research and analysis. For example, I would wager that the supposed higher nutritional score per fixed land area would be substantially erased by a more in depth nutritional analysis of the crops which included a much broader spectrum of nutrients such as additional vitamins, micro nutrients & minerals, fiber content, bioflavinoid variety & content, etc. In addition, imagine analyzing the content of any toxic compounds in the crops as a result of the various herbicides & pesticides applied. Basically, rounding out the definition of the nutritional score to include these factors are, I would argue, KEY to determining future prospects of health vs desease potential in the long term given the first world diseases of aging, etc. I could go on with so many ideas... Anyway, I'm so grateful to have stumble on these two videos. As a retired naturopathic physician and Chinese medicine prectitioner, I've seen first hand that dramatic impact dietary make up as well as the quality of those whole food diets (organic/biodynamic/regeneratively produced foods vs conventional) have had on the health and reversal of serious, life threatening disease in patients over the years. Results that would be considered medical miracles in some cases even, but most certainly transfornative in the health and lives of my patients. Such research is badly needed yet not subsidized as it should be given the gravity of the situation with global climate change and deteriorating human health worldwide, particularly in "first world" nations. Sharing your findings is a huge contribution that is just the tip of the iceburg!
Oh, and in case you haven't been cultiving these two seeds, may I suggest you consider adding both poppy & sesame seeds to your crop rotations. Both are quite high in calcium and I believe grow well in your area. In addition to potentially resolving the calcium deficiency in your crop production, they would no doubt add welcome additions to the flavors and recipe options available to you. And poppies are sooo beautiful as well!
@@carolewarner101 Mmm, sesame=tahini and gomasio, super useful and tasty and high in calcium. Collard greens are also very high in calcium, they're the best way to get a lot of it because they aren't high in calories or omega 6 fatty acids.
Consider "training" the boar with the electric fence where you put a bait on a wire so the boar will hit his nose on the wire initially and fear the shock and associate the fence with the shock.
Конспект: (Summary in Russian) По началу плантация овощей будет забирать много времени, но за 13 лет он свел и урезал процедуры до 8 часов необходимых в месяц. К началу засева четверть площади обривается и засыпается компостом. Система полива сделана вынимаемой и убирается на период обработки поля. Поле смачивается водой, чтобы легче пахалось. Компостированное поле вспахивается (Юзает мотоблок) Вспаханное поле выглядит как рыхлый шоколадный пирог. Обрабатывает землю граблями. Засеивает культуры овощей. Удобрение происходит раз в год к засеванию, объемы определяет площадь и культуры. 1/4 компоста - туалетные отходы 3/4 Компост от фермы грибов неподалеку. Компост от рогатого скота - лучше, Но лучше основываться на доступном источнике, чем полагаться на животный источник чьих то ферм. Каждый месяц он тратит на свои объемы по 8 часов на обработку и засев и повторяет цикл на каждую 1/4 каждый месяц, в течении 8 месяцев в его климате - самые холодные и самые горячие климаты он не занимается возделыванием. Садит так, чтобы сорняк не мешал, если сорняк вырос быстрее чем растения и из него торчат овощи, то значит он сделал что-то не так. Он убирает сорняк. Если сорняк мелкий и под овощами растет, то он его не трогает, экономит время силы и помогает почве насыщаться микроэлементами благодаря сорняку. 1/5 Всех общих посевов это овощи которые он ротирует по этой системе. Зерно, Бобы, Масла Оливки он собирает к осени, продолжает сажать овощи и травы, и собирает оливки. Использует электроинструмент. 9 деревьев имеет оливковых Собирает путем сбивания их на подстеленный материал. Далее в пакеты и к концу дня он собирает 200 КГ. И везет их на выжимку масла в ближайшую деревню с техникой. Получает около 50 Кг масел - чего хватает сверх по калориям в рамках года Деревья у него уже были вместе с землей и он считает что двух больших деревьев в целом ему бы хватило. Каждый второй год он подрезает деревья. Обрезки использует на топку. В первые сезоны дождей он дает им пролиться - всходят сорняки, трава. Он приглашает трактор для вспахивания земель под посадки зерновых/бобовых Как трактор вскапывает первый раз он сразу за ним засеивает часть зерновых, часть бобовых, отдельно. Трактор делает второй круг по земле замешивая семена с почвой. Компостирует он только деревья и овощные посадки, посадки пшена и бобов он не компостирует, за 12 лет все работало ровно. Он частично садит свои семена, частично докупает новых. Иногда полностью нужно докупать новые, Советуют обновлять вид, чтобы не вырождался. Электрический забор помогает ему защищать землю от диких кабанов. Но ему это не помогла в последний год, толпа диких кабанов прорвалась и поела посадки. Необходимо адаптироваться относительно диких животных региона в отношении способов защиты. Засадку семян он делает с помощью ручной машины ровно разбрасывающей семя. Машинка была изобретена для синтетического удобрителя, но была адаптирована. Сбор урожая пшеницы и бобов (Бобы Фава) он делает вручную, каждый день по чуть-чуть собирая в свободный час-два перед работой, используя серпик. Справляется с полем он за 1.5-2 недели в таком темпе. Если пересчитывать на дни, то тратится пару дней плотной работы, но распределено на 2 недели. Адаптированный азиатский аппарат используется для автоматического отделения зерен со зрелой пшеницы. Машина заполняется в ручную и отделяет. Еще пару дней уделяется переработке в зерна всего урожая и размещение на хранение. Время от посадки до сбора и хранения в году занимает у него всего 4 дня. Его объемы , выращиваемые на 4/5 земли от 750 Кв. м участка - 50 Кг Пшеницы 90 Кг Фава Бобов - достаточно на весь год еды для него. Овощи - 1 день в месяц (8 дней в году) и автоматический полив - дают объем и 15% годовых калорий, а так же витамины. Зерна и бобы - 4 дня в году - основной источник калорий и белка. Масла - 1-2 дня в год. Итого 14 дней в году он уделяет ферме по самообеспечению пищей.
Сахар он берет из местного рожкового дерева, собирая его плода и перемалывая семена. Вымачивает их на ночь и сахара выходят в воду. Уваривает получившуюся жидкость до густоты чуть меньшей чем кленовый сироп. Или мед. Наваривает 10 Кг и использует его как сахарный агент меньше килограмма в месяц. Чай, хлеб, десерты, торты, всё с ним. Хранится как мёд. Насекомые в основном атакуют овощи, предположительно, по причинам того что остальные культуры зерновые, бобовые и масленичные у него в основном местные и хорошо сопротивляются. Принцип, чтобы не оставаться в нехватке на потерях от вредителей и не использовать химию - растить на 20-30 процентов больше чем тебе необходимо. Потери овощей приходят от тли, в частности брокколи, капуста. Так же вредят ему кроты. Отношение к вредителям: Это мой налог. Крот съел морковь? - Значит такова моя плата. Выгнав его придет другой на его место. Ротация растений и увлажнение ровно по потребности растений дают нужную защиту от повреждения. Повышенная влажность привлекает множество вредителей. Одна грядка засаживается травами, привлекающими больших насекомых, которые помогают против мелких вредителей типа тли. Шалфей, Розмарин, Лаванда и др. Его не беспокоят мелкие повреждения на овощах что он ест. Хранение. Масло хранится в бидонах с кранами. Бобы и зерна хранятся в мешках помещенных в баррели. Овощи ротационно поедаются свежими и полагаю хранятся разными методами. Куриц он пробовал держать, но в один момент их всех уничтожила лиса, после этого он решили не полагаться на это. Замену яицам нашел в воде остающейся после готовки бобовых культур. Он уваривает её до нужной густоты похожей на яичную и использует как связующее, заместо яиц. Содержание животных это большое количество забот, они заточены в клетки, хочется делать их счастливыми. Помимо куриц появляются петушки, они начинают драться и они страдают от совместного заточения либо забивают друг друга, с этим необходимо разбираться. Таков его опыт.
It would be interesting to find out more about Alik's composting method for the contents of his compost toilet. Does this involve treating urine and faeces separately? I would expect that in the case of a plant based diet, the composting method is more straightforward. Is this true? This video is so inspiring.
Shalom there is a teaching to Moses about how we are only supposed to work the land for 6years and rest the land in the 7th year ; u are promised a triple harvest in the 6th year. Plus lots of other benefits
Great video! Could you find someone from a northern climate who is doing the same?! Would love to see what it would look like in a colder or otherwise more challenging environment.
Of course. But at this stage too young to yield significant amounts. Some figs, some grapes, some pomegranates, some mulberries, and some citrus over the winter. Once there is more fruit, I can grow less wheat since both mainly contain carbs (as far as nutrients go). This would save farmland areas.
Really good step in the right direction. Read the study and was disappointed to see they only measured 4 micronutrients, that's silly. They need to do a much more complete micronutrient analysis of him. Better yet start with normal unhealthy modern people, get full health and mixronutrient analysis and then take more readings over time to demonstrate overall improvement.
The study actually includes 13 micro-nutrients - dietary fibre, saturated fat, calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, sodium, zinc, vitamin A re, vitamin A iu, vitamin E, vitamin C, and folate - all details are in the dataset, available on the paper's webpage. The 4 micro-nutrients in the main text are those permitted to us by the peer-reviewers... Here's a direct link to the dataset file (look up the tab "yearly farm nutrient production") github.com/alonshepon/agroecological_farm/raw/refs/heads/main/AGRO_farm_dataset_2023-10-20.xlsx
Such a concise video thanks! I am curious, do you have many pests and native animals that eat your vegetables? I have a lot here in Mid-north-east coast of Australia and not sure how to get the vege yield like you, without having to put it under cover (in poly tents or green house type structures). So you have any thoughts on this you'd be willing to share?
Oh! Tractor? I love my farmers & the supermarket! I can shop for 2 hours once a month & get myself everything. And the rest of the month I cook, clean, read, & do so many other things. 😊😊 Am gone.
O man.... i wanna talk with this man. He has EXACT the same situation as i have. Also with the boars. The olive trees, the compost, the temprature etc etc. How can i get in contact with him?
Great follow up video! A few questions 1: For the carob syrup - was it 10kg of syrup you make or 10kg of carob you harvest? I'm wondering if there is a good alternative in the uk- syrup from apples or pears? 2: You have two periods when you don't sow things, in the uk we have one long period (Nov-Feb) where there is no point sowing seeds. I wondering whether growing leafy perennials for late winter would cover the gap as well as storing more vegetables for winter? 3: For your perennial fruit are you planting it in the wheat/fava bean area? Thanks!
Hi! 1. It's 10 kg of syrup. Of course, you can make fruit concentrate, which is even more effortless in the case of apples and pears, as you don't have to go through the overnight phase. 2. For the "hungry season," canning, pickling, and drying are definitely a must. I'd read about traditional farming and homesteading in the UK to get ideas about the most efficient way to be food self-sufficient in this climate. 3. When I arrived, the olive trees were already inside the plot. I planted the fruit trees around the plot's perimeter so they would not be in the way. Anyway, I sow the grain seeds all the way to the trees' trunks to maximise the use of the farmland.
Another great video. Thank you. A question if I may. If planting say broccoli or carrots which could take anywhere from 50-100 days to harvest, how do you keep the weeds down if each of the 4 vegetable beds are planted each month? You would still have vegetables growing in say vegetable plots 1 and 2 whilst having moved onto plot 3 etc
In September, I sow carrots on the first quarter of the carrots row, and the same goes for broccoli (and all other winter crops). Then, in October, I sow more carrots in the second quarter of the same carrots row, and the same goes for broccoli (and all other winter crops). By this time, the carrot plants in the first quarter of the row are one month old. Then, in November, I do the same in the third quarter, and now the ones in the first quarter are already 2 months old. Then, in February, I sow the last carrots for this year in the fourth quarter of the same row. By now, the carrots in the first quarter of this row are already 5 months old and are ready to harvest and eat. Then, in March, when I finish harvesting all carrots in this first quarter of the carrots row, I replant this same quarter with some summer crop, say cucumber, but then the carrots in the second quarter of the row are already five months old and are ready to harvest. In April, the same applies to the third quarter of the row, etc. Overall, each place in the vegetable garden is being replanted only six months after the previous time it was planted (as you can see in the carrots example). I remind you that I do not plant in January-February and July-August, so you have plenty of time to let the plants mature and be ready to harvest.
@AlikPelman, thank you so much time for taking the time to write such a detailed response. I appreciate it. Thank you again for sharing your experience and wisdom and being such an inspiration. I spent some time working on a kibbutz in Israel (Bet Shaen) many years ago and your video clips bring back many fond memories.
So the only input is compost? And a few seeds? I wonder what the total cost is per year for this production between his fee inputs and gas / rental for equipment and oil press factory?
I estimate that it is somewhat profitable, but that is entirely not the reason for this project. The reasons are, environmental responsibility, social responsibility, personal development, health, and desired lifestyle. However, I agree that it would also be interesting to make a financial appraisal of this operation.
It would be interesting to research this. I would suspect that you could find local verieties of wheat/barley as cereal, and some kind of local bean also. (Corn could work but i think would be less ressilient as it's not local) For oil I've also heard rapeseed could be the choice. In your area, its opposite to the mediterranean - you grow in summer and store for winter.
Hi Rebeca! vegetables I grow: Winter: lettuce, broccoli, radish, cauliflower, rocket, spinach, Chard, beetroot, cabbage, turnip, kohlrabi, parsley, fennel, celery, dill, coriander, carrot, onion, leek, spring onion, garlic. Summer: tomato, eggplant, bell pepper, potato, basil, corn, okra, sweet potato, beans, mulukhiyah, watermelon, melon, cucumber, armenian cucumber, squash, zucchini. For dishes, have a look at my channel, and especially this short video/slideshow: ua-cam.com/video/f679079gTuo/v-deo.htmlsi=cjeWMZhmuwZs6RDV. Hope this helps.
A standard loaf of bread weighs about 750 gr, of which 500 gr is wheat flour. So 50 kg is about 100 loaves, or 2 loaves per week on average, which is reasonable and not too much.
@@AlikPelman oh I thought it was more than I made my first loaf of bread 🍞 a couple weeks ago! You're an inspiration mate! Much blessings from Australia 🌏🦘
Huge thanks to Alik for freely sharing his wisdom and experience with us!
For many more images from each month on the farm (work, produce, meals), welcome to watch Alik’s nice short video/slideshow on his channel
ua-cam.com/video/f679079gTuo/v-deo.htmlsi=K9EMKi2e76bmCpJN”
6 years ago, I was looking around the local bookstore, as the shopkeeper came up to me (without us knowing each other prior), put Alik's new book in my hands and said "I think you'd like it".
At that time I was a student for agro-ecology.
Needless to say, I bought it and was enchanted with enlightening writings which consist of Reflections on life and stories from Alik's journey to start his homestead, build the house and grow his food.
I had no Idea that 6 years later I would combine my interests in agriculture, ecology, and content creation to help Alik's message reach people from all around the globe.
I see this message to be so needed and relevant in a world where we have, to a huge degree, lost the know-how needed to live a life which is simple and in tune with the earth and the cycles. I believe that Reclaiming our birth-right for such a life is the unleashing from the shackles that bind us to a system that sees profit before life.
Thank YOU for being here, and taking a part of this journey.
If you wish to support me to create more films, you can buy me a coffee:
buymeacoffee.com/eco_no_mads
🌍💗🕊much love to you.
I'm not clear: does he plant the wheat and fava beans at the same time or are the beans planted at a later date?
@@suzyq6767 Same time. Also harvested at the same time and threshed at the same time.
@@AlikPelmanare you open to wwoofers/visitors if they are anti-zionist?
@@AlikPelmanare you open to wwoofers/visitors if they are anti-zionist?
@@Nahsorry Thank you! You are most welcome to visit anytime and chat and do some farm work and learn if you're up for it (I do not have the capacity to host wwoofers overnight), but if I were you, I'd wait a little for things to calm down before you plan a trip to the region.
Wait till Alik hears about "No dig"... That would save him another two hours of hard work and increase his yield. What an inspirational man Alik is. Thank you for posting
I really enjoyed this so much. Alik seems like such a good and ethical soul, and I appreciate that so much as well. 🙏💚🕊️
What a masterclass! Thanks for sharing your knowledge Mr. Pelman!
I just have a question - what will happen to the wheat hay after all the grains are removed? Thanks.
@@jackdammon4320 It is all returned to the field to be naturally composted (to return some of the nutrients to the soil). The same applies to dry bean hay and, in fact, to all organic waste on the farm that is not consumed as food.
Very detsiled video, much needed. I watched part 1 and just could not believe that this self sufficiency was possible. Now I am convinced that Alik had thought things through. Congratulations to both of you - the producer and film maker. As an owner of 2500 sq meters tending to be independent I have some ideas to implement 😊
Glad it was helpful! please feel free to share with us your plan and experience in a short video form. (our email is in the description) and perhaps I will create a video to showcase other peoples attempts and experience to achieve food sufficiency in different climates. cheers.
@@Eco-No-MadsThat would be very interesting 🙏
I just love this guy! I could listen to him all day!!
Next idea for a video, maybe the food preservation? I see a lot of jars. Is canning an extensive procedure for everything he has to do?
I can't believe its here. Thank you Aviv from the bottom of my heart 🙏💖🙏
Remember that if you live in a cold climate you will need much more than 750m2 as growing season is much shorter and you are able to produce less food per m2. Its also limited which foods you are able to grow due to lower temperatures. (Also make sure you include foods/suppliments to cover nutrients like B12, Choline, DHA etc).That being said - this is very inspirational for several reasons. Nice to see someone finding a way to produce food while still working a normal job. In other words - its possible to do a lot without having to spend all your time on food production. After watching the first video, every time I watch homesteading videos now I always ask myself what percentage of food are these people able to provide for themselves. So many spend all their time on vegetables that are low in calories and requires a LOT or work. Which is their choice of course, but seems like a waste of time in some ways. Thanks for the update! I have been looking forward to learning more.
I think this is not the case. Remember that I also grow only during one season (winter in my case) in 80% of the area (wheat, beans, olive trees). So, the difference only applies to the small vegetable garden section (140 m2). Here, as well, just like I make adjustments to grow during the summer by artificially irrigating this section, so in a cold climate, one can also make adjustments to grow in the winter, e.g., growing in a greenhouse.
In cold climates… people can their harvests for the winter and many have greenhouses … just got off a channel showcasing a greenhouse growing citrus in a super cold climate… it was being grown for market… I think the guy had about three or four greenhouses (simple ish hoop houses) they looked like they might have been about 12’ x 25’ plus or minus… he was getting a lot of citrus while it was cold … but the outstanding thing is that he was piling up wood chips along the bottom edges of the hoop house on the outside… probably about 4’ high at the structure
@@AlikPelman I live in Norway and commercial farmers here are able to grow less wheat per square meter compared to southern Europe for instance. This is because of the difference in temperature. And growing olive trees is of course not possible this far north. But things like fava beans and cabbage however might be able to produce the same amounts.
Thank you so much for doing this Alik and Eco-nomads ! This is a lesson in SELF SUFFICIENCY EFFICIENCY. Some of us may never have enough land but we can all learn from your thinking. It is a testament to growing native and climate appropriate crops that so much of your calorie intake is fuss free. It is also so clever that you pick just a handful of crops that do really well locally carob, wheat, olives and fava to cover your basics. Combine all your experience, keeping things simple, the native dryland crops, just the right degree of mechanization, and the laissez faire attitude to 'weeds' and you have achieved a miracle. Weeds often promote the growth of food plants, till they tower over them and cut off the sunshine. Its all a dance, knowing your plants and knowing how much weed presence they can handle. The weeds are feeding the soil and maintaining moisture, and sometimes this outweighs the competition for resources. I was also interested that you only irrigate your vegetables. In the Mediterranean climate one can lose so much from watering irregularly, just one busy day where you are otherwise occupied and your harvest is gone. It seems you BOTH sow seed and raise seedlings to plant out. How do you do that part of it ? Do you have a plant nursery ? You'll be taking on woofers next (ha ha), and I would gladly join the waiting list !
Thank you, @carolinekloppert5177! I have yet to have a nursery for growing seedlings; about one-third of the varieties of crops I grow are from seeds I save, one-third from seeds I buy, and one-third from seedlings I buy. When I use seeds, I sow them directly in the soil.
@@AlikPelman Thank you I wish you all success
Wow! I recently watched the first material and was amazed at how simple and accessible Alik presented it. I love the scientific papers you included under the last video!
I am motivated to try something similar in Poland's climatic conditions (hardiness zone 6). So far, I have focused mainly on growing vegetables, although dry beans were also present in my garden, I did not manage to collect enough of them to provide myself with a supply for the whole year. In my case, chicken eggs provide my protein needs during the summer season, but I would like to focus more on growing beans next year to have a supply for the winter when chickens don't lay eggs.
Many thanks for this video.
Alik, you are an amazing inspiration!
I'm waiting for more videos on this channel!
Greetings from Poland! 👨🌾
He is fantastic... Thank you for going back to him... Learnt a lot.. yeah would like to know bit more about variety of dishes he do from those produces
you can see a nice summary of year-round dishes on the farm here ua-cam.com/video/f679079gTuo/v-deo.htmlsi=K9EMKi2e76bmCpJN”
Guys, I just wanna say... really nice Job you are doing. Keep it up and real !
Much Love for you all
Thank you 😊 much love back ☀️🙌
I was just rewatching your last video of Alik today!! Thank you!
Wow!!! - Thank you for filming and sharing and thanks a lot to Alik! What a likeable person! Fantastic!
Wonderful information and tips. Thanks from NY where our growing season is unfortunately much shorter than yours.
Fantastic. Great to hear more about the systems that have been developed and to clarify how much time is required. There are external inputs there, but not many - and an important for connecting with community anyway. Love the journey! Lots of ideas there for how to improve my own. To step up from ‘playing around’ to some serious production.
Another amazing interview with Alik! I'm 60+ and as long as I can remember wanted to do what Alik is doing but for many reasons never moved to a more favorable climate/land. So I've struggled to do a bit similar but have struggled here for years as the land I'm on is not at all conducive for growing what I've wanted to grow. If I was half my age I would seriously consider moving to the Med. The weather here changing even more, and less and less conducive for this but I'll continue to work hard and try-rather than have land in a better place and work less :) Alik...you are brilliant! thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much for doing this video - it was so useful and very encouraging - thanks Alik for being willing to help total strangers learn from your 12+ years of practice!!
This is fantastic. I watched his other videos, and thnk you so much. Your clear explanation of everything is amazing. The numbers and facts are great. Its a lifestyle that good for you and the planet.
Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful store of knowledge! Such an inspiration for those of us who want to get started on this journey. Alik is a phenomenal person.
one more thing-Alik I what you said about the chickens is very thoughtful and makes a lot of sense. Thank you so much for sharing your time and wisdom with us.
And kind how he didn't want the roosters fighting, with no way to run away.
You are doing a great job Alik. You made peace with the soil and got nice results. Keep sharing your experience. It's inspiring.
I love love love his approach with "pests" 😁
Would love to see him cook a meal!
He has a channel where he cooked a few meals years back.
here's a link to my UA-cam channel ua-cam.com/channels/s_ABCXVYzMQFwGnvx-jRMQ.html
We might do an ep.3 as a cooking show as some suggested ❤
@@Eco-No-Madsyes please!!!
Cooking would be really interesting!
much thanks for sharing the invaluable knowledge and wisdom that you have gathered over the years and for the inspiration towards self sufficiency.
Well done! Your lifestile it's an inspiration for everyone who wants to live self suficient and off grid. Thank you for sharing this experience.
And about fruits, don't you like to eat fruits?
Very much so. In recent years, I planted quite a few fruit trees, but most have yet to bear fruit. Currently, there are many grapes, some figs, pomegranates, and grapefruit. However, in terms of macronutrients, fruits’ main contribution is carbs, just like wheat, so any consumption of fruit should come at the expense of wheat. Which in a way is good news because then you can use less land (trees don't take up much land as you can grow crops all the way to the trees’ trunk).
He says he can't imagine the work time getting shorter, but he could change to no-till. It might take years for the soil to get used to it once it switched over but it would eventually cut down the work time, maybe even reduce (or eliminate) the need to weed, the soil would get healthier in the long run, and the food would be more nutritious. This is a great video, thank you Alik!
Yeah, no-dig and no-till is the hype now, but looking at some farms around me that practice it, I was discouraged from adopting it due to the immense input of purchased compost that has to be applied, for three reasons: 1. it would make me much more reliant on external inputs (and in many cases, on the beef and dairy industry), as I would never have enough organic waste on-site to produce so much compost - very far from it; I already compost all organic waste on-site; 2. Buying so much compost does not save labour; you outsource it to the compost factory; and 3. Growing crops in purchased compost, in fact, means building a large pot of vegetables, completely ignoring the soil underneath. It is as if one wanted to grow in a parking lot. But maybe I need to better understand the whole concept and learn more.
Yeah, tilling is dumb, hampers soil development. Wasted energy. Charles Dowding proved he got consistently higher yields from his no-dig beds over the dug beds. Slightly more, but consistent, with much less effort.
@@AlikPelmanYou can source leaves and chips for free and compost them. I don't see the point in using finished compost unless you have slug problems and are growing a crop slugs love, like brassicas. I use leaves on the beds and chips on the paths, works good, free. Charles Dowding still makes money from buying bulk mushroom compost because he sells profitable crops like cut salad greens, but I like free better. On site composting is easier and works fine except for the boost in slugs.
@@AlikPelman Maybe the Ruth Stout method work work for you. No buying compost just use the what stalk, grass clippings etc for mulch which will compost naturally on your beds and should help retain moisture for your veg plants = less watering. And the original film of her is great to watch 🙂
@@deniseallen5379 That's a great movie - thank you!! I didn't know about her. The naked gardener :))
Great content. A great big thank you, from Texas, to everyone involved in this production.
Keep in simple, really . Both of you. Alik with his experience and his words.
You with your work of sharing Alik's words with us.
I deeply appreciate your channel friend, I hope you bring us more nutritious information.
Greetings from Córdoba, Argentina
Very amazing path .. 750m2 amazing . Thanks for sharing.
I have so enjoyed the videos with Alik Pelman... amazing information. From Georgia, USA
Thank you! So much experience being shared here, I appreciate the sequel. It seems much more real now with the little details, the few external inputs and services, the failures, the thought process, the evolution etc. Congratulations!
For more visuals, you're welcome to watch my ua-cam.com/video/f679079gTuo/v-deo.htmlsi=K9EMKi2e76bmCpJN
Excellent sequel Aviv!! Alik is a great inspiration :)
Wonderful! I can’t wait to try it out :-) ❤
Thank you Alik Pelman, this is very inspirational! Ignoring the wheat and beans (which us mere mortals can purchase in bulk), the management of the veg was very interesting! Hope there will be more in the future, e.g. more info on the veg itself, how it is planted, what is planted, a walk-though, how much weeding (or none?) etc... Thank you!
Ich mag es sehr, immer wieder Leute zu sehen die es noch einfacher machen, sich gut mit eigenen Lebensmitteln zu versorgen😂❤
I have been searching for ways to achieve food sovereignty and see this content as highly beneficial for achieving that goal so thank you Alik and Eco-no-mads for sharing this! I think the 50 cubic meters of water needed to irrigate the garden annually could be reduced through the use of water conservation techniques including the use of swales, shade, plenty of organic matter in the soil, and a keyline design of the land to catch and hold the rainwater in the soil.
Shalom thanks to u earth keepers one way; milk and honey.
Can’t eat the money
Blessed
That was so interesting to hear and to watch, thank you 🙂
Very inspiring content. I come from southern Greece where the climate, landscape, nature and culture are quite similar and I can really relate. Thank you for providing so straightforward, practical and realistic information. Looking forward to watching more relevant videos.
Great wisdom, dankeschön 😊
❤❤Thank you so much. This is so fantastic.😊
Thank you so much Alik and Eco!
I was waiting so much for the second part and it was amazing!
Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge!
As many other says lets make a 3. part as a cooking show and cooking ideas sharing.......😜 everyone would love it for sure!
Very excited to watch that ❤ hope it talks about his house too
The last video inspired me to plant a 20 x 20 plot of emmer. I'm digging up my yard today!
That is awesome! If you can, please make a short video of you explaining this and showing the land. I might do a video about peoples attempts from around the world.
Alik, ur a legend! I kept waiting for you to break out into song, "In the name of love, one more.." Seriously, Bonoculture.. Unoculture. Amazing.
Many thanks for the two parts. I'm interestet in how he builds his home, materials, rooms, kompost toilet ect...
It's good to see such people like you, doing it in the right way, thank you.
Many greetings from germany
Heiko
To begin with, here's a link to an old slideshow that will give you a good sense of the materials and building process. It has somewhat developed since, though. bengreenfieldlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/IsraelHomestead.pdf
So glad to see you're safe
Thank you. This is very helpful to my future plans. I wish I had that climate, but a greenhouse would fix the problem.
Thank you for the video 😊
Fascinating!
Many thanks, keep going!
Incredible thank you so much for this release
Thanks for tuning in 🙏
@Eco-No-Mads Does Alik use the same machine for Fava beans that he uses for the wheat? Thanks (I'm setting a place up in europe soon and this video is just what I need to aid my plans)
@@wolfaestheticsltdyes same threshing machine
@@AlikPelman amazing thank you
Gracias, muy interesante y muy util,
Very interesting! Greets from Munich 🤗
beuatiful compost from mushroom farm... have the best produce...
great videos, both of them, congratulations!
Glad you like them!
This is great. On another Chanel the person had animals and they complained about having all night sessions birthing the goats and cows. She was exhausted and needed help. This way with no animals is much better.
Really nice interview.
Lovely story!
Thank you!❤
This is lovely!
would love to see a cooking show with Alik
That's cool. I have a similar sized block of land and grow some legumes but my place is far too steep and rocky for growing grain. I can grow potatoes all year round though so I am focusing more on roots and fruit for carbs.
Thank you :) please feel free to share with us your plan and experience in a short video form. (our email is in the description) and perhaps I will create a video to showcase other peoples attempts and experience to achieve food sufficiency in different climates. cheers.
Really awesome video which I can learn from.
I just recently bought a piece of land with an old cob house on it.
The garden however needs a total recovery and nurrishments, coz nothing has been done for over 30 years and it's full of thistle.
Any ideas how I can get them out and prevent from growing again?
Thank you ❤
It is such an inspiring story. Thank You so much. What made You go self-sufficient? Lack of money, poor quality food in a supermarket? You are my hero. Thanks for inspiration.
This he answered in the previous video
Wow, this is SUCH a useful follow up! Thanks so much for sharing all this information. I'm wondering a few things? First, I suppose he directly sows all his vegetables into the garden, not starting them in little trays to transplant later as this would take a lot more time I think, right? So I'm curious how densely he seeds his vegetables and has to then thin them or anything like that? Also curious why he only sows fava beans and no others for variety? Also, does he save seed for his vegetables or buy all his vegetable seeds? If he buys them are they from local companies or? I guess that's it. Very interesting and informative! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Thank you, @carolewarner101! I have yet to have a nursery for growing seedlings; about one-third of the varieties of crops I grow are from seeds I save, one-third from seeds I buy, and one-third from seedlings I buy. When I use seeds, I sow them directly in the soil. I sow them slightly denser than recommended because not all germinate well, and at any rate, I can always thin the sprouts later to allow enough room for each plant.
As for legumes, I also tried chickpeas and lentils but had little success. The yield of fava is incomparable, and I learned to like it and cook many dishes with it, so I stick to it and feel no need for more variety, at least so far. I may retry other legumes in the future, though.
@@AlikPelman Hi Alik, thanks for responding. After posting my question I found the two papers about the studies done on you and your farm in the description and really appreciate having the details on paper. My husband and I are building a home on a bit of land to round out our years on a homestead, and one of the first projects we plan to take on when we move in it growing all our own food. So this video and the first one about you and your method were very inspiring to us! With some modifications to our own area and climate we're confident we too will be able to provide all of our own calories. Thanks for leading the way.
What a wonderful life. If you don't have any aquafava, apple sauce is also a good egg substitute for baking.
@@paganmoon8540 true! A very good baking ingredient if you live in a temperate climate
Thank you! Very interesting and inspiring.
All well explained logically and humanly.
I'd like to see more of that.
Q- The vegetables seeds are bought?
Q - How does he choos which to grow? and is there a method for planting locations for them?
Thanks!
I have yet to have a nursery, so only 1/3 of the crops are from my saved (heirloom) seeds, 1/3 from bought (hybrid) seeds and 1/3 from bought seedlings.
There are 9 beds (each bed with 3 rows of vegetables), so I designed a 9-year crop-rotation plan that I follow: Each year, each crop is planted on another bed in the garden and only returns to the same bed after 9 years.
The choice of plants is very simple: summer veg in the summer and winter veg in the winter :) (no poly-tunnels, shading nets, etc., simply plant seasonally) -
Winter: lettuce, broccoli, radish, cauliflower, rocket, spinach, Chard, beetroot, cabbage, turnip, kohlrabi, parsley, fennel, celery, dill, coriander, carrot, onion, leek, spring onion, garlic.
Summer: tomato, eggplant, bell pepper, potato, basil, corn, okra, sweet potato, beans, watermelon, melon, cucumber, armenian cucumber, squash, zucchini.
amazing amazing
This is great.. Thank you much from India.. Lot of food for thought.. I am from South India and Wheat is not an option for our climate.. but there are summer paddy varieties.. should try legumes with summer paddy and see if there is any fruitful harvest of both..
Since the videos get expanded based on youtube comments.. It was interesting comment on using the aquafava into baking / mayonnaise.. would like to understand this bit more.. any specific steps to get the right concentrations that you can share for this please.. that will be helpful.. also olive oil is very costly around here and so I am in also search for a neutral oil for mayonnaise that is also healthy.. just putting it out there if anyone has tried an alternate version without olive oil for mayonnaise..
black sunflower seeds for oil
Hello. I'm watching this for a second time it's so good! Alik, you might consider hunting one or two of those wild boars, even if you're Jewish, which you very well could be. But if you did so this would accomplish many things. Not only would it make the heard think twice about coming to your farm again in the near future, it would also thin their numbers. In addition it would provide very tasty meat to give you another source of delicious protein and quite a bit of lard (rendered fat) to augment your oil stores, or to gift to others who need the food if you are in fact Jewish. Lard (properly rendered) is extremely shelf stable unlike olive oil which can start to go rancid as your year progresses, so lard can keep for some years just stored in jars anywhere in your house or root cellar. You could preserve the meat through various processes of curing and drying it, etc. such that it doesn't need to be kept refrigerated. Perhaps you'd need to construct an earth bermmed storage room that will remain cool in the hot summers there to store the meat in its cured and/or dried forms, I honestly have no expertise in the area so I don't know. But it's a thought, and a way to get back something for what they took and to give them pause the next time they are in your area. Perhaps they'll decide it's not worth the risk and move along!
I'm a vegetarian atheist :))
@@AlikPelmanGood answer :)
@@AlikPelman Well then, pork would not be on your pantry list. But in defense of your wheat and fava crop, you could contribute to the pantry of others in your community by giving them the results of your hunt.
I am REALLY getting value and inspiration from your research articles. Particularly the life cycle approach article. I have so many ideas for further research and analysis. For example, I would wager that the supposed higher nutritional score per fixed land area would be substantially erased by a more in depth nutritional analysis of the crops which included a much broader spectrum of nutrients such as additional vitamins, micro nutrients & minerals, fiber content, bioflavinoid variety & content, etc. In addition, imagine analyzing the content of any toxic compounds in the crops as a result of the various herbicides & pesticides applied. Basically, rounding out the definition of the nutritional score to include these factors are, I would argue, KEY to determining future prospects of health vs desease potential in the long term given the first world diseases of aging, etc. I could go on with so many ideas... Anyway, I'm so grateful to have stumble on these two videos. As a retired naturopathic physician and Chinese medicine prectitioner, I've seen first hand that dramatic impact dietary make up as well as the quality of those whole food diets (organic/biodynamic/regeneratively produced foods vs conventional) have had on the health and reversal of serious, life threatening disease in patients over the years. Results that would be considered medical miracles in some cases even, but most certainly transfornative in the health and lives of my patients. Such research is badly needed yet not subsidized as it should be given the gravity of the situation with global climate change and deteriorating human health worldwide, particularly in "first world" nations. Sharing your findings is a huge contribution that is just the tip of the iceburg!
Oh, and in case you haven't been cultiving these two seeds, may I suggest you consider adding both poppy & sesame seeds to your crop rotations. Both are quite high in calcium and I believe grow well in your area. In addition to potentially resolving the calcium deficiency in your crop production, they would no doubt add welcome additions to the flavors and recipe options available to you. And poppies are sooo beautiful as well!
@@carolewarner101 Mmm, sesame=tahini and gomasio, super useful and tasty and high in calcium. Collard greens are also very high in calcium, they're the best way to get a lot of it because they aren't high in calories or omega 6 fatty acids.
Consider "training" the boar with the electric fence where you put a bait on a wire so the boar will hit his nose on the wire initially and fear the shock and associate the fence with the shock.
That is so amazing.
Конспект: (Summary in Russian)
По началу плантация овощей будет забирать много времени, но за 13 лет он свел и урезал процедуры до 8 часов необходимых в месяц.
К началу засева четверть площади обривается и засыпается компостом. Система полива сделана вынимаемой и убирается на период обработки поля.
Поле смачивается водой, чтобы легче пахалось. Компостированное поле вспахивается (Юзает мотоблок)
Вспаханное поле выглядит как рыхлый шоколадный пирог. Обрабатывает землю граблями.
Засеивает культуры овощей.
Удобрение происходит раз в год к засеванию, объемы определяет площадь и культуры.
1/4 компоста - туалетные отходы 3/4 Компост от фермы грибов неподалеку.
Компост от рогатого скота - лучше, Но лучше основываться на доступном источнике, чем полагаться на животный источник чьих то ферм.
Каждый месяц он тратит на свои объемы по 8 часов на обработку и засев и повторяет цикл на каждую 1/4 каждый месяц, в течении 8 месяцев в его климате - самые холодные и самые горячие климаты он не занимается возделыванием.
Садит так, чтобы сорняк не мешал, если сорняк вырос быстрее чем растения и из него торчат овощи, то значит он сделал что-то не так.
Он убирает сорняк.
Если сорняк мелкий и под овощами растет, то он его не трогает, экономит время силы и помогает почве насыщаться микроэлементами благодаря сорняку.
1/5 Всех общих посевов это овощи которые он ротирует по этой системе.
Зерно, Бобы, Масла
Оливки он собирает к осени, продолжает сажать овощи и травы, и собирает оливки. Использует электроинструмент.
9 деревьев имеет оливковых
Собирает путем сбивания их на подстеленный материал. Далее в пакеты и к концу дня он собирает 200 КГ. И везет их на выжимку масла в ближайшую деревню с техникой.
Получает около 50 Кг масел - чего хватает сверх по калориям в рамках года
Деревья у него уже были вместе с землей и он считает что двух больших деревьев в целом ему бы хватило.
Каждый второй год он подрезает деревья. Обрезки использует на топку.
В первые сезоны дождей он дает им пролиться - всходят сорняки, трава. Он приглашает трактор для вспахивания земель под посадки зерновых/бобовых
Как трактор вскапывает первый раз он сразу за ним засеивает часть зерновых, часть бобовых, отдельно. Трактор делает второй круг по земле замешивая семена с почвой.
Компостирует он только деревья и овощные посадки, посадки пшена и бобов он не компостирует, за 12 лет все работало ровно.
Он частично садит свои семена, частично докупает новых. Иногда полностью нужно докупать новые, Советуют обновлять вид, чтобы не вырождался.
Электрический забор помогает ему защищать землю от диких кабанов.
Но ему это не помогла в последний год, толпа диких кабанов прорвалась и поела посадки.
Необходимо адаптироваться относительно диких животных региона в отношении способов защиты.
Засадку семян он делает с помощью ручной машины ровно разбрасывающей семя. Машинка была изобретена для синтетического удобрителя, но была адаптирована.
Сбор урожая пшеницы и бобов (Бобы Фава) он делает вручную, каждый день по чуть-чуть собирая в свободный час-два перед работой, используя серпик.
Справляется с полем он за 1.5-2 недели в таком темпе. Если пересчитывать на дни, то тратится пару дней плотной работы, но распределено на 2 недели.
Адаптированный азиатский аппарат используется для автоматического отделения зерен со зрелой пшеницы. Машина заполняется в ручную и отделяет.
Еще пару дней уделяется переработке в зерна всего урожая и размещение на хранение.
Время от посадки до сбора и хранения в году занимает у него всего 4 дня.
Его объемы , выращиваемые на 4/5 земли от 750 Кв. м участка - 50 Кг Пшеницы 90 Кг Фава Бобов - достаточно на весь год еды для него.
Овощи - 1 день в месяц (8 дней в году) и автоматический полив - дают объем и 15% годовых калорий, а так же витамины.
Зерна и бобы - 4 дня в году - основной источник калорий и белка.
Масла - 1-2 дня в год.
Итого 14 дней в году он уделяет ферме по самообеспечению пищей.
Сахар он берет из местного рожкового дерева, собирая его плода и перемалывая семена. Вымачивает их на ночь и сахара выходят в воду.
Уваривает получившуюся жидкость до густоты чуть меньшей чем кленовый сироп. Или мед.
Наваривает 10 Кг и использует его как сахарный агент меньше килограмма в месяц. Чай, хлеб, десерты, торты, всё с ним.
Хранится как мёд.
Насекомые в основном атакуют овощи, предположительно, по причинам того что остальные культуры зерновые, бобовые и масленичные у него в основном местные и хорошо сопротивляются.
Принцип, чтобы не оставаться в нехватке на потерях от вредителей и не использовать химию - растить на 20-30 процентов больше чем тебе необходимо.
Потери овощей приходят от тли, в частности брокколи, капуста. Так же вредят ему кроты.
Отношение к вредителям: Это мой налог. Крот съел морковь? - Значит такова моя плата. Выгнав его придет другой на его место.
Ротация растений и увлажнение ровно по потребности растений дают нужную защиту от повреждения.
Повышенная влажность привлекает множество вредителей.
Одна грядка засаживается травами, привлекающими больших насекомых, которые помогают против мелких вредителей типа тли.
Шалфей, Розмарин, Лаванда и др. Его не беспокоят мелкие повреждения на овощах что он ест.
Хранение.
Масло хранится в бидонах с кранами. Бобы и зерна хранятся в мешках помещенных в баррели. Овощи ротационно поедаются свежими и полагаю хранятся разными методами.
Куриц он пробовал держать, но в один момент их всех уничтожила лиса, после этого он решили не полагаться на это. Замену яицам нашел в воде остающейся после готовки бобовых культур. Он уваривает её до нужной густоты похожей на яичную и использует как связующее, заместо яиц.
Содержание животных это большое количество забот, они заточены в клетки, хочется делать их счастливыми. Помимо куриц появляются петушки, они начинают драться и они страдают от совместного заточения либо забивают друг друга, с этим необходимо разбираться. Таков его опыт.
So nice!! You are both amzing humans. Very true and charming! Thanks a lot!! Where from China is the machine? Is there a Link. That looks quite cool!
It would be interesting to find out more about Alik's composting method for the contents of his compost toilet. Does this involve treating urine and faeces separately? I would expect that in the case of a plant based diet, the composting method is more straightforward. Is this true? This video is so inspiring.
I love my chickens. I'm glad I don't have much predator pressure here. Just a few cats that my rooster sent packing.
Shalom there is a teaching to Moses about how we are only supposed to work the land for 6years and rest the land in the 7th year ; u are promised a triple harvest in the 6th year.
Plus lots of other benefits
Very nice to have olives.
Great video! Could you find someone from a northern climate who is doing the same?! Would love to see what it would look like in a colder or otherwise more challenging environment.
Very inspirational! Many thanks. What about fruit? No grapes, apples, apricots, berries...???
Of course. But at this stage too young to yield significant amounts. Some figs, some grapes, some pomegranates, some mulberries, and some citrus over the winter. Once there is more fruit, I can grow less wheat since both mainly contain carbs (as far as nutrients go). This would save farmland areas.
Really good step in the right direction. Read the study and was disappointed to see they only measured 4 micronutrients, that's silly. They need to do a much more complete micronutrient analysis of him. Better yet start with normal unhealthy modern people, get full health and mixronutrient analysis and then take more readings over time to demonstrate overall improvement.
The study actually includes 13 micro-nutrients - dietary fibre, saturated fat, calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, sodium, zinc, vitamin A re, vitamin A iu, vitamin E, vitamin C, and folate - all details are in the dataset, available on the paper's webpage. The 4 micro-nutrients in the main text are those permitted to us by the peer-reviewers... Here's a direct link to the dataset file (look up the tab "yearly farm nutrient production") github.com/alonshepon/agroecological_farm/raw/refs/heads/main/AGRO_farm_dataset_2023-10-20.xlsx
you can also make carob powder to use like cocoa
Such a concise video thanks! I am curious, do you have many pests and native animals that eat your vegetables? I have a lot here in Mid-north-east coast of Australia and not sure how to get the vege yield like you, without having to put it under cover (in poly tents or green house type structures). So you have any thoughts on this you'd be willing to share?
He talks about pets at 30:15
Oh! Tractor? I love my farmers & the supermarket! I can shop for 2 hours once a month & get myself everything. And the rest of the month I cook, clean, read, & do so many other things. 😊😊 Am gone.
thank you so much for this video. i am growing food forest in Israel next to the sea. all the irrigation work all the time?
Of course not. Only in the summer and only in the veg garden (150 square meters), and even then, only 1.5 hours a week of drip irrigation.
O man.... i wanna talk with this man. He has EXACT the same situation as i have. Also with the boars. The olive trees, the compost, the temprature etc etc. How can i get in contact with him?
Great follow up video! A few questions 1: For the carob syrup - was it 10kg of syrup you make or 10kg of carob you harvest? I'm wondering if there is a good alternative in the uk- syrup from apples or pears? 2: You have two periods when you don't sow things, in the uk we have one long period (Nov-Feb) where there is no point sowing seeds. I wondering whether growing leafy perennials for late winter would cover the gap as well as storing more vegetables for winter? 3: For your perennial fruit are you planting it in the wheat/fava bean area? Thanks!
Hi!
1. It's 10 kg of syrup. Of course, you can make fruit concentrate, which is even more effortless in the case of apples and pears, as you don't have to go through the overnight phase.
2. For the "hungry season," canning, pickling, and drying are definitely a must. I'd read about traditional farming and homesteading in the UK to get ideas about the most efficient way to be food self-sufficient in this climate.
3. When I arrived, the olive trees were already inside the plot. I planted the fruit trees around the plot's perimeter so they would not be in the way. Anyway, I sow the grain seeds all the way to the trees' trunks to maximise the use of the farmland.
@@AlikPelman Thanks :)
Another great video. Thank you.
A question if I may.
If planting say broccoli or carrots which could take anywhere from 50-100 days to harvest, how do you keep the weeds down if each of the 4 vegetable beds are planted each month? You would still have vegetables growing in say vegetable plots 1 and 2 whilst having moved onto plot 3 etc
In September, I sow carrots on the first quarter of the carrots row, and the same goes for broccoli (and all other winter crops). Then, in October, I sow more carrots in the second quarter of the same carrots row, and the same goes for broccoli (and all other winter crops). By this time, the carrot plants in the first quarter of the row are one month old. Then, in November, I do the same in the third quarter, and now the ones in the first quarter are already 2 months old. Then, in February, I sow the last carrots for this year in the fourth quarter of the same row. By now, the carrots in the first quarter of this row are already 5 months old and are ready to harvest and eat. Then, in March, when I finish harvesting all carrots in this first quarter of the carrots row, I replant this same quarter with some summer crop, say cucumber, but then the carrots in the second quarter of the row are already five months old and are ready to harvest. In April, the same applies to the third quarter of the row, etc.
Overall, each place in the vegetable garden is being replanted only six months after the previous time it was planted (as you can see in the carrots example). I remind you that I do not plant in January-February and July-August, so you have plenty of time to let the plants mature and be ready to harvest.
@AlikPelman, thank you so much time for taking the time to write such a detailed response. I appreciate it.
Thank you again for sharing your experience and wisdom and being such an inspiration.
I spent some time working on a kibbutz in Israel (Bet Shaen) many years ago and your video clips bring back many fond memories.
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So the only input is compost? And a few seeds? I wonder what the total cost is per year for this production between his fee inputs and gas / rental for equipment and oil press factory?
I estimate that it is somewhat profitable, but that is entirely not the reason for this project. The reasons are, environmental responsibility, social responsibility, personal development, health, and desired lifestyle. However, I agree that it would also be interesting to make a financial appraisal of this operation.
I would grow a grain that's easier to digest than wheat personally but maybe it's the best for that climate
Could you tell us what machine he uses for treshing wheat ? Where can we buy it ? Thanks 😊
that's the one ua-cam.com/users/shortsgebIdgnYWQc?si=2UQrILLtIlkvA_07
What is the best cereal, bean and oil for the U.K.? I'm guessing corn, fava and rapeseed?
It would be interesting to research this.
I would suspect that you could find local verieties of wheat/barley as cereal, and some kind of local bean also. (Corn could work but i think would be less ressilient as it's not local) For oil I've also heard rapeseed could be the choice.
In your area, its opposite to the mediterranean - you grow in summer and store for winter.
Olive oil locally produced would be a great gift, I wouldn’t hate it. What all vegetables does he grow and how does he prepare them?
Hi Rebeca! vegetables I grow:
Winter: lettuce, broccoli, radish, cauliflower, rocket, spinach, Chard, beetroot, cabbage, turnip, kohlrabi, parsley, fennel, celery, dill, coriander, carrot, onion, leek, spring onion, garlic.
Summer: tomato, eggplant, bell pepper, potato, basil, corn, okra, sweet potato, beans, mulukhiyah, watermelon, melon, cucumber, armenian cucumber, squash, zucchini.
For dishes, have a look at my channel, and especially this short video/slideshow: ua-cam.com/video/f679079gTuo/v-deo.htmlsi=cjeWMZhmuwZs6RDV.
Hope this helps.
So what is planted from seeds or seedlings during November?
50kg of wheat is like 300 really good places of bread 🍞 I mean bloody good loaves
A standard loaf of bread weighs about 750 gr, of which 500 gr is wheat flour. So 50 kg is about 100 loaves, or 2 loaves per week on average, which is reasonable and not too much.
@@AlikPelman oh I thought it was more than
I made my first loaf of bread 🍞 a couple weeks ago! You're an inspiration mate! Much blessings from Australia 🌏🦘
Only possible in the promised land 👍🙂
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