Planting a Fig Orchard in the Pacific Northwest Ep. 1 | Deciding on Tree Spacing and Digging Holes
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2024
- The land is cleared and now it's time to begin planting our fig orchard. Today, we start mapping out the orchard and deciding on tree spacing and then we'll get the holes dug for planting. Despite the fact that we live in the Pacific Northwest, there are many varieties of figs that will grow well and fruit in our climate. I'm on a mission to find out which fig varieties do best in our climate when planted in ground. It may yield us thousands of figs. It may be a complete flop. Either way, we're going to learn something from it.
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Hi again Mr Kincade.....you all have done an awesome job on your property. Just looking at all that hard work you all did preparing your new orchard you know its gonna be fruitful. I hope you got a hearty home cooked meal after your done!!🍝🥗🍛 Lol will work for food cracked me up🤣🤣🤣
Haha, that's about how it is around here, lol. Looking forward to getting these trees in the ground.
Your CEO, Foreman... comments have kept me laughing all afternoon!!!!
LOL, There's a lot of truth in that one
And "will work for food". 😆
Awesome crew you have out there! Great having the family enjoy the time outdoors. It will be some time but excited for you with this project to come to fruition. 💚💚💚💚💚💚
We get so much more motivated when all of us are out there. I'm sure you guys are the same. I'm really looking forward to getting these trees in the ground and seeing them grow.
Wow! GREAT project 👍
I can't wait to see the planting day🌿💚🌿
Thanks, Peggy. We'll be planting this week now that the weather is cooling down a little. That should give them a chance to acclimate to more sun.
@@MikeKincaid79 Do you ever compare what we do in the garden/nursery to Goldilocks? Too hot, too cold?...ahhh, just right!🤗
Looking good Mike. All your hard work an planning will pay handsome returns in the near future.
Thanks, Dean. I love what we're doing here. I'm sure I'll have more figs than I know what to do with soon.
@@MikeKincaid79 We make jam for all of our friends as gifts. They absolutely love it.
There is a market for fresh figs, but they are difficult to get to market when ripe. Most people have never had a fresh fig. People around here just have to get over the fact that fresh figs are quantum levels above the dried ones you get in bags.
I found out this year my new passion is gardening and propagating, and watching these videos gives me great tips! Thank you! P.S. we are neighbors I'm over by Oly.
Awesome! We can grow all the same stuff
I'm glad you finally fig ured out what you were going to do.
LOL, yeah, me too. I was getting tired of beating me head against the wall.
Oh, having an auger is easy work! Good job you guys! Hugs to you and the girls🤗💜🤗
I'd still be digging the first row, lol
For sure!
Wow! Good job Mike! That's going to be a lot of figs. Good luck!🌳🌳🌳
Thanks, Mers! Yes, it will be a ton of them. I love growing the plants as much as eating the fruit so I'll be in fig heaven in a couple years.
I loved seeing this! I sent it to my daughter as she has a couple of figs in pots. I lived in Olympia for years but now over close to Colville. Very sick of the rain in Olympia! Lol WTG Mike!
We're pretty sick of the cloudy weather here too but home is home. Shellie and I talk about moving some day when the kids are grown up but it would be tough to walk away from this place after a lifetime of building it. I'd love to visit Colville someday. I hear it's beautiful up there and I know some people who moved over near there just on the other side of the Idaho border. Do you like the area better?
@@MikeKincaid79 Property is very expensive in That area right now. Our daughter and her family moved there last fall.It’s so hard to get the perfect spot due to age ,$$, etc .We are out about ten miles from Colville on ten acres which is nice but a busy hwy out front.
Alice, you are about 1 hr from me. I have lived here for 61+ years. It sure does rain a lot! I have said I’m sick of the rain since I could talk 😎.
@@MikeKincaid79 And I say it would sure be nice to live somewhere milder with precipitation you didn't have to shovel.
Love it! I’m waiting for Part 2....love the family inclusion. 👍
I'm sure I'll need their help for the planting part to.
I live in the PNW also, I’m so excited to see how those Figs grow! New subscriber.
Thanks, Susan! Not sure what we'll find with some of these varieties but I'm very curious to see them grow as time goes by. I'll keep the videos coming about this orchard over the years.
@@MikeKincaid79 thank you, I am also a cutting and rooting nerd. I am so curious to know about how the fig trees will do here.
the tractor grill is packed with wood chips. i had a crew blow one up from that. Cooked the motor. Just fyi..lol Rocks mean minerals boss. Trees will love it.
I'll get it cleaned out soon. It's a bunch of leaves from mowing my brother's field.
Having the right tools/equipment for the job sure makes a world of difference! I have found "boulders" weighing as heavy as 220 lbs precisedly where I wanted to plant a tree in our yard, and thought it was likely to kill me before I got it out of the ground, just using hand spades. I actually used a metal detecting shovel from Grave Digger Tools, after that rock broke my oak spade handle! Well, I have put 46 fruit trees into the yard, and am out of room for any more, but without the help of tractor and rotor. Of course, I lack the space you have. The figs will have to stay potted.
That's about how many figs I'll have in the ground when finished. I've decided to plant them on the other side of the drive too and make room for 12 more. Yeah, sure does help with the right tools. Until recently, I've dug every hole on this property by hand, including over 1000 rhododendron holes.
very cool Mike.its gonna look fantastic.love the dry creekbed.
Thanks, Dad. it's all coming together. Hope you like figs.
Slowly building our dream!! Great job family.
Can't wait to start planting them!
thanks you Mike love David
Hi Mike, great job like always, greetings from Serbia !
Hey, thanks!
I love when you do these kinds of videos. 😀
I'm so glad! More to come.
What a gorgeous place that is going to be ❤️
I sure am looking forward to seeing it, especially with the pond in the background.
The lady is always the boss!! 😊 Hehe, y’all make a good team, great POV shots. Feels like we’re right there with ya. It’s looking great 👍
Thanks 👍 and yes, she's the boss, lol
Thanks for the helpful videos and your responses to viewer questions
Of course! We've built quite a gardening family here and everyone is very helpful, between this channel and the Facebook group.
Can't wait to see you plant. Looks awesome already. Ready to follow the progress of the growth.
I'll be planting over the coming week so I'll have a video soon. Yeah, I can't wait to see these trees get growing. I'm sure it will be slow going the first year or 2 but eventually they'll take off.
I love seeing that you are getting this fig orchard planted! I can't wait to plant one myself.
Yeah, I'm glad I finally settled on spacing, that was the toughest part. In the end we wanted more room between trees. There's always more land to clear.
@@MikeKincaid79 I agree. I have a feeling in the next few years you will be clearing quite a bit more.
Oh goodie. Soon you will have a gorgeous orchid.
Looking forward to it.
Fun video to watch. I saw the first installment where you had the trees removed and the ground leveled - looking forward to seeing the ongoing progress.
Yep, next step is getting them in the ground.
Woah, sure will be fun following the update videos to this s***
Sit back and enjoy the ride
I'm excited to see the next steps in this project! I'm starting a pear orchard down here in South Caroline and already got four of them in the ground, and hoping to get more soon. I also had an idea of something I would like to see on the channel, in the last video, you were talking about the different soils and substrates to use for cuttings, and you mentioned that you could probably use plastic beads, and that made me think of what you might be able to use. I would love to see a video where you use a couple of random things to see if they would work for cuttings.
I've got it on the video list!
Gotta love that rocky Washington soil. 😁
It's maddening! Beautiful soil with massive amounts of rock, lol.
So cool man, I didn't know you were around Mt Rainer, I'm just up in Arlington, WA. Talk about Agricultural-zone-specific knowledge, thank you!
Glad it's useful for you. Yeah, you aren't that far from me, we should be able to grow the same trees.
Good job. Can’t wait to see them on panted and grow.
Yep, we'll be getting them in the ground this week.
Man alive! Mike could build a stone wall with all those rocks. 🪨 🪨 🪨. But the soil looks so nice. I bet the Figs w shade in the a.m. will get enough ☀️. since late afternoon Sun is so strong.
Haha, no shortage of rock around here. Many hay farmers around here that are preparing a field will use a bulldozer with a rock rake and push all the big rocks into a pile first. There are several fields around here that are clean and beautiful with nice grass growing in it and then you see a huge pile of rocks off to the side, lol. I think you're right about the shade fig and that's what I'm hoping for.
@@MikeKincaid79 -You bet! Anything will grow in the shade if you’re Mike. The magic Green Thumb.
Also i have figs this year off the 20 or so i have planted from watching your fig videos. ! thanks
Awesome! What kind of spacing did you decide on when planting them?
@@MikeKincaid79 i planted tight. about 8 feet apart. i will have lots of directional pruning to do. if they fill in and kill off some grass im ok with it.lol and i plan on keeping them small enough to harvest from the ground until im too old to keep them pruned.
Hi Mike i was looking forward to your video about your fig orchard and I wasn't disappointed. Loved it and your family helpers and your foreman dog watching to see if you were doing it right. I live in the UK and we have ground with lots of stones in.looking foreward to the next one.
Glad you enjoyed it, Carol. I'll be working on getting them in the ground over the next week so we'll have another video out soon.
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That's great, I'll look forward to seeing it.Carol
MIKE I HOPE YOU GROWING LOTS OF FIGS TREES MIKE I JUST CUT MY TREE BUSH FLOWERS ON MY TREES LOVE DAVID
There's going to be 34 of them in this group
I happy to see this.☺☺
I’d like to see some silver maples and/or sugar maples planted from seed. That would be cool
That would be cool. I'll have to keep my eyes open for them.
@@MikeKincaid79 yeah Ik it might be more difficult in ur area Bc they are native to the Midwest, but there are probably lots of people out in Washington State that grow them for landscaping
Sugar maples are better. If you plant silver maples, put em away from buildings in a big field. I have several red maples....prefer them. Autumn blaze is a fast grower. Autumn flame my second favorite. Have planted 300 plus trees in the last 7 years.
Mike, amazing. I am building a fig farm at the moment. Just a little down the road from you... in New Jersey! lol not too far right? Anyway, I love your content. Even if its a few years old. Cheers!
Yeah, just a few states removed, haha. Good luck with your orchard, and if I can give any advice, try to start with trees that will survive and produce figs in your climate.
@@MikeKincaid79 Wise advice, I am on it! Currently running some trials of a handful of varieties this winter both in ground and potted. Should be interesting to see the winners!
Brilliant job Mike. Inspirational but making it look easy too. What are you planting around the figs? Ground cover? Dwarf rhodos? I cant imagine you will leave bare earth!
Thanks, Neil. We'll be planting grass seed around the figs and then mow the orchard on a regular basis. All the grass clippings will be used as mulch. We'll see how it goes but a buddy of mine suggested planting strawberries at the base of all the trees so I may do that too in the future.
Mike, I simply love the Olympian variety. If you don't have that variety, let me know, I'll send you some cuttings.
Thanks, Richard. I do have it and debated about putting it in the ground. I've been on the fence for days but your comment might be what pushes me in the direction of planting it. Just curious, where are you located? I'm in zone 8b and it's suppose to do well here.
@@MikeKincaid79 I live in Pendleton, Oregon. I think the zone is 7. Right now I have a couple of dozen figs, two of which are Olympian's. One spent the winter in my unheated but enclosed basement stairwell and it already has a breba crop and has been outside for about a month. The other one spent the winter on our south-facing driveway along with a Kodata, Laturella, and unknown. They are all leafing out with leaf buds on all the limbs except for the tips which fried. I also have 7 fig bushes planted throughout my yard. They die back to the crown each year but are exploding out of the ground as we speak. Figs are a lot tougher than they are given credit for. I also have a Petite Negri, which in the name of science, I put in my hydroponic tomato growing system. This will be its 5th year and last year it gave me over 200 figs, this year I potted it up to a much larger pot, so who knows. What I learned from the hydro experiment is that figs love nutrients (they are hogs) and they don't mind having their roots wet all the time at least in the hydroponic system. You have an ideal set-up. P.S. Shaded figs will just grow bigger leaves than unshaded figs, they are quite adaptable that way, but they may not ripen figs as well.
@@MikeKincaid79 Do it. If it fails, I will supply you more cuttings. Another variety you might like is Petite Negri. a tasty black fig. Have you tried air layering yet?
Hello from Bonney Lake! I've lived in Sammamish and Woodinville and no matter where, the ground is at least half rock. Glacier till, what's left behind when the glaciers retreated. I have three fig trees, in pots. I love figs so much so I need to learn how to propagate them!
Oh, that's the fun part, Becky! I've got lots of videos about propagating figs. Just search the channel and you'll find them. Here's a fun one to start you off: ua-cam.com/video/LymBdzprYJ4/v-deo.html
@@MikeKincaid79 Thanks Mike!
Man what are you going to do with all those gophers. Those must be Texas size. Still watching the video very cool video so far
Haha, if I had gophers that size, I'd move. They do know how to line up holes though.
@@MikeKincaid79 lol
W👀W, Mike, at the halfway point of this video, it looks like a prairie dog town! Lol. It looks like you have some really great soil in most of the holes you dug and some really rocky areas too. I'm curious, will you (and your cute little helpers) toss the larger rocks into the bottom and sides of the creek bed you've created? I'm looking forward to seeing the pond you'll create at the end of your creek. Have a great weekend, Kincaid family! ~Margie
Haven't decided yet on what we'll do with the creek bed but I'm liking the idea of lining it with rocks. It'll take a ton of rocks though!
@@MikeKincaid79 Yes, it will. Maybe if you offer Emily and Ali a dollar per wheelbarrow load, they'll collect and place the rocks in your creek bed each spring! I know that less than 100 miles north of where I live, rocks are forced to the surface by the frost very spring.
I am really enjoying your channel, Mike, and you're making me come up with some questions I'd like to ask. Is that cool with you?
Hey, Jeff, glad to hear it! Ask away.
@@MikeKincaid79 Thanks Mike! My first question is more about lawn care. Is that something you get into too?
We have a couple of hardy fig trees. They're tasty.
Just got all mine planted out today. Can't wait until they fruit. I'm not expecting too much until they get established.
Mike you could also try some greek fig varieties.
Figs are native to the Mediterranean Basin and consequently to Greece.
Many native varieties of figs can be found in Greece.
Furthermore figs are considered highly drought tolerant and make it in the most arid regions of Greece!
I've got a Greek variety called Vasilika Mavros. It seems to grow really well here and I'm looking forward to getting it in the ground.
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Yea i know this variety Βασιλική Μαύρη (Basiliki=Royal) and (Mavri=Black)
Dark spot, how about a white rhododendron? Other than that, I should hate you for your luck with figs! :) I have 2, but on this little lot, citrus, a cherry, jujube, 4 grapes, lots of garden in 'tween. Also, some tobacco tree seedlings that I hope will be given away tomorrow. the mama is getting long in the tooth (4 years old now) and I can keep one to replace her.
Dinner, turnkey breast Italian sausage with helado de chili bitter chocolate. Manana, nieto!
We talked about rhododendrons as a border hedge originally but decided to plant another row of figs. When leafed out, they'll be all the hedge I need. I hope I do have good luck with them in ground, haven't tried that one yet. I guess time will tell.
Will work for food, too 🙋♂️🙋♂️
You're in the same boat too, haha
What a great video. Just wondering what your going be useing all the future figs for?
eating, canning, drying, birds, mulch, and anything else that can be done with them.
I agree, stay with 34 so you have room to drive and all full sun
Thanks for the input. I'm definitely leaning that way and I can always clear more land for more varieties later.
@@MikeKincaid79 I think it is wisdom that when you are considering an investment [your orchard], that you consider all the variables. In your case, full Sun is a necessary variable, therefore if you choose to plant one where it is only getting partial Sun it may not be a good investment. I was always taught that if you're going to make a investment be sure that your investment will give you a return ! If you risk plantng a tree that doesn't produce enough fruit you will not get the return you desire and it will not be a good investment. I hope this helps Mike. I appreciate your videos. Thanks for all you do and God-bless you and the work of your hands!
Hi, Mike! A bit off thread, but last week I purchased a Purple Ghost Japanese Maple. Not many good reviews, and it was pricey, but I wanted it! It came today, and it looks pretty good. It's grafted on an unknown root stock. There are three shoots just below the graft. My gut says to snip them off. What do you think?
Yes, snip the growth off below the graft. It's just suckers from the root stock and you don't want that. Those suckers will just sap energy that could go into the top growth.
Hi Mike. I like your channel very much. I have one fig tree in a large pot on the patio. It does fruit but the squirrels get them all. I have tried netting the tree and all kinds of repellents. Any ideas? Is this a problem you will have where you are?
LOL, yeah, that's a problem for everyone. Some people use net, some put individual bags on each fig. Harvey has a recorded bird call that scares birds away. My plan is a shock and awe campaign. I plan to have so many figs that they just can't eat them all, haha.
@@MikeKincaid79 thanks Mike. It never occurred to me to bag each fig. I’ll do that this year for sure. I wish you every success with your orchard and much appreciation for your UA-cam videos.
Mike, that's a lot of fig trees. What do you plan to do with all the fruit?
Eat what I can, dry some for winter, give some away, feed the birds, and the rest will become mulch.
@@MikeKincaid79 Will they really bear fruit in the Pacific Northwest, where it is not very hot in summer?
Mulch is a good idea not only around the trees, but threw out the entire area. Grass is a bad idea. You want to make it more like a forest. Permaculture would be the best way to go, if you've done any research on that. I would love to have a machine at my house. I only have a shovel and me.
I've looked into it a little. The only problem with permaculture is that it still has to be maintained or it will grow out of control with weeds and make it no fun to move through. So to solve that problem, you have to mow the area, weather it's grass or weeds. I won't have the time to walk around and hand chop all the weeds. If you plant other smaller shrubs around the figs, you will have a hard time getting to the figs for pruning. Maybe my thinking is flawed, I'm sure it is on some level. I do like the permaculture ideas but I also like the idea of my beautifully manicured fig orchard. I have thought about planting stawberries at the base of the fig trees. That would be a start in the permaculture direction.
@@MikeKincaid79 That's if you do it the way Jeff Lawton does it. If you do it the way James Prigioni does it, which is how I do it, you'd provably like it better. Canadian Permaculture is also good, but a little too crowded for my taste. His methods are sound and can grow alot of food. They're all on UA-cam also.
@@MikeKincaid79 PS: There's an apt "seed to spoon" growing guide. You can see how many herbs and other plants you can grow around figs, plus other trees, plants, etc.
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Guessed I missed it. How far apart did you plant the fig trees?
15 feet
OHH MY GOODNESS THAT A LOTSFIGS TREES OH MIKE I CHOP MY CREPE MYRTLE SO I USE MY SMALL CUP WATER I PUT MY CREPE MYRTLE STEM IN TO CUP AND PUT WATER IN IT IM GONNA TRY REROOT IT SSE IF IT WORK LEAVE IN LAST WEEK AGO BUT STEMGOT ALL SOAK UP THEN READY TO PLANT IT IT DIDN'T DIED ON IT STAY ALIVE FOR GOOD IM WILL KEEP WATCHING SEE IF THE ROOT GROWS BETTER I'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW DID IT GO WELL LOVE DAVID
Rhododendrons or other plants? I believe in you with the Trilby.
It looks like you better clean your radiator.
Haha, yep. That was from brush hogging last summer at my brother's house. I usually go through the tractor once a year and clean everything up. Sure is a work horse.
do you like to propagate your rocks in sand or fir bark?
LOL, there sure are a lot of them.
Oh! 😲Mike you got "45 varieties figs"!? Wow! Let me know which one is the best of all and the second and the third to 10, remembered the names of all. 😁
Haha, that's an almost impossible task. When I find the best, I'll let you know.
@@MikeKincaid79 😁
Are figs a “happening” fruit?
They are now, LOL
Love those augers and the forman. Great job done by all, looks fantastic. I do have a question for you, I forgot what the name of the facebook group is and I want to join again, I had to delete the other one because of bad people. If you could let me know I would appreciate it. Thanks.
I love plant propagation. There is a link in the description. Just make sure to answer all the questions and it will let you in.
One day you will figure out how to stop buying fig trees. And start buying mulberry trees or pawpaw trees 😂
LOL, now I need more land cleared. I've convinced Shellie that we don't need goats and we need to turn the entire property into one massive orchard.
@@MikeKincaid79 I'll gladly send my goats to you hahaha goats and trees definitely don't go hand and hand. They have killed more of my trees then anything else.
Hi Mike! Everything looks great! You have many varieties of Fig trees! I'm curious what your plan is for them. A friend in Arizona sent me some figs in the fall and I tried them for the first time. They are very good. I am from N.C. and the last time I was there I saw signs all over for pawpaws. Gonna have to research and see if it is something I would like to add, if it can be grown in our area. Have fun. Looking forward to the video when you plant your collection. Work is fun for you, right? Loved the music you chose for your video as well!! Happy planting!
I hope your kids don't watch this. They will realize your trick
Haha, I'll just wave some ice cream in their faces and they'll get to work.
That was an awesome video, I liked when we were in it. (: (:
You were a big part of it. Thanks for the help.
Do the Ellen White method for miraculous results. We just did 9 Japanese Maples and raised beds this way. the tomatoes are doing wonderfully.
I'll have to look it up, thanks
@@MikeKincaid79 you will be amazed at how well the trees do. It's very labor intensive, but well worth it.
Very inspirational. I've only got a small patch compared to you, but it still takes a lot of work for 1 person. Now you have me curious as to where *you* live, if you don't mind me asking. Those snow videos had me thinking you were in the midwest somewhere.
Oh no, you couldn't pay me to live in that part of the country. That snow was one of the biggest we had in a long time and it was all melted in a few days. I live in western Washington State, about 30 minutes east of Olympia.
@@MikeKincaid79 I hear you. I'm from the E. Coast & never looked back or even peeked ;o) The Olympia area is on my "short list" of places to move to, as I will GTFO of this once-lovely state when I retire. Yes, you get the 4 seasons without the 6-mo. ice-bound winter -- nice. Sac also gets 4 seasons, but no snow unless you head up the hill to Tahoe.