From a Dry Field to a Lush Food Forest in 18 Months

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  • Опубліковано 8 гру 2022
  • An introduction to Regenerative Agroforestry Systems and one of our projects at Dalziel food-forest in the Sierra Nevada mountains in Southern Spain. Take a look around at what we have achieved with teacher, Ras John from SuperNatural Permaculture Association.
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    This is our very first video that we have ever put together! So please forgive us for the mistakes and imperfections. I and the people that I work with are not experts, we are only humble students. For example at 10.52 I call Rhizobium a type of fungus, but actually it is a bacteria! At 16.26 we have some background interference with the audio. At 5.41 we can see Laura, who is not only the project founder, but also the person who has planted the majority of the trees in the system. When Laura is in the shot we can see bare naked earth! And that's because Laura is weeding out the 'Couch grass', before we plant a new line of trees, plant Sorghum grass in the pathways and then cover everything with mulch again! Some people may find it unbelievable that trees can grow this quick, but don't let me mislead you! As some trees were planted from seed, some were planted from cuttings and others were established young saplings in pots. For example we planted 5cm tall Paulownia cuttings in April '22 and six months later in September '22 they were 5 meters tall! We also planted 1 meter tall Moringa cuttings at the same time, and six months later they were 6 meters tall! The one thing that we forgot to include in this video is a introduction to the 'Art of Succession'. But, IN FUTURE VIDEOS we will look in great detail how we put this forest system together, and then how we manage it at different stages of its life. Our goal is to inspire YOU to give it a go yourself wherever you may be in the world! We have been offering unique residential permaculture courses, internships, garden tours and volunteering placements for over ten years, so get in touch if you are interested in taking part somehow! www.supernatural-permaculture.com

КОМЕНТАРІ • 967

  • @amouramarie
    @amouramarie Рік тому +176

    It's really a change of perspective when you stop thinking of yourself as growing the plants, and start to think of the soil (or rather, the organisms in the soil) as the ones who are truly growing the plants. Then you switch from "How should I feed this plant?" to "How should I feed these critters in the soil?" It's amazing to see the results of you and similar channels doing this and the results you get.

    • @Wakwaw796
      @Wakwaw796 10 місяців тому +8

      Yes. Soil is life

    • @user-jv5rb9gl2o
      @user-jv5rb9gl2o 9 місяців тому

      @amouramarie wich other channels are working with similar things can you pass me the name please

    • @amouramarie
      @amouramarie 9 місяців тому

      @@user-jv5rb9gl2o Sorry, but I haven't kept track of the names. I just come across them while watching various videos.

    • @ICTicon
      @ICTicon 9 місяців тому +5

      Amazing common-sense lecture on plants cooperation ☘️🌵 🌲🌴. I'm watching from faraway, rural, laid-back, tropical Malaysia ☀️🌻
      Terima kasih 👍😊

    • @longiusaescius2537
      @longiusaescius2537 8 місяців тому +1

      Nice

  • @synovoid
    @synovoid Рік тому +36

    I've got a piece of land in Wales, UK and I'm doing a spot of reforestation. I'm finding very much the same thing - pack the trees in close together and they do much better. Where they're more widely spaced they're much slower to establish. Even in the four summers I've been working on it, I've noticed how the soil has changed - less waterlogging in the winter, less run-off after heavy rain. The place has changed from a near-silent upland rough pasture to a young wood where the birdsong is deafening on a spring morning. Growth is more modest in our northerly climes, but it's already going faster than I thought it would. Thanks again for a fascinating video - looking forward to some more. There are very few environmental problems that can't be improved by having more trees!

    • @jeaniedickman6421
      @jeaniedickman6421 5 місяців тому +3

      Plant native eco-systems as much as you can. It transforms things beautifully, sustainably, and they put down roots deeper, which leads to better drainage. The biodiversity of native insects and birds multiply every year on my property since I started planting native plants. Find out what your “keystone” native trees are.
      Do whatever you can to inspire and educate your neighbors and community!
      I love that this is beginning to happen everywhere! (I am in western Washington state, USA.)

  • @user-gd1bk5hg6j
    @user-gd1bk5hg6j 10 місяців тому +31

    Please make more content on this! I'd love to see where the forest is now.

  • @josephbiben5197
    @josephbiben5197 Рік тому +249

    This video I spires me to think about how lucky we are to be alive during this gardening revolution. It will be fun to watch these gardens evolve over the years!

    • @nadanada4838
      @nadanada4838 Рік тому

      Fag

    • @diizzii
      @diizzii Рік тому +6

      Well written comment ❤ especially I. Greetings from Germany

    • @josephbiben5197
      @josephbiben5197 Рік тому +4

      @@diizzii greetings to you! Thanks!

    • @rtwygxfb
      @rtwygxfb Рік тому +2

      🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢😮

    • @blaxbently
      @blaxbently 9 місяців тому +1

      @@diizziiany content like this coming out of Germany? Looking to move there and want to do something similar there. Thanks!

  • @Tridhos
    @Tridhos 11 місяців тому +34

    I was in Spain recently and they have an amazing amount of dry arid land so this looks to be the way to go if they don't want things to get worse.

    • @yingle6027
      @yingle6027 9 місяців тому +1

      I was just thinking the same thing, having seeing all the wildfires over there.

  • @phrayzar
    @phrayzar Рік тому +49

    I very much hope that this channel continues to keep making content that can inspire and partnership the change we so desperately need. UA-cam(and other public platforms) can be a very difficult option due to the amount of negativity that will be directed at anyone doing almost anything, but I feel that we are at a cultural shift right now and examples of alternate ways to create meaning in life with a positive outcome to the natural world is something that I applaud as loudly as possible.

  • @Dinofaustivoro
    @Dinofaustivoro Рік тому +3

    "We dont grow plants, we grow soil. And the soil grows the plants for us".
    This. This is the revolution.

  • @sandraleung7218
    @sandraleung7218 Рік тому +72

    Hello from Hong Kong! The landscape transformation is amazing!! Very proud of what you guys are achieving there. So glad to see the surge of ecology-based regenerative agriculture! A bit of information correction: Rhizobia is a group of nitrogen-fixing bacteria, not fungi. They receive sugar from legume plants (basically, the bean/pea family), and in turn, convert atmospheric nitrogen into bioavailable nitrates.
    Also, for why the lone trees grow less well than the trees planted together, I suspect it's due for a few reasons: (1) trees do compete for sunlight. So if it's partially shaded by other trees, it'll stimulate hormonal changes and grow faster. (2) The mixed vegetation restores soil fertility and revives the soil microbe community, which is *crucial* to plant health - just like how a diverse gut microbiome boosts our health! The reduced erosion, accumulated soil organic matter and diverse plant community nourish the soil microbiome, which likely contains beneficial members like arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR).
    Hope this information helps! Can't wait for more updates on this project :D

    • @gcxred4kat9
      @gcxred4kat9 Рік тому +3

      Wow, wish I was farming with you. Love from Florida!

    • @blaxbently
      @blaxbently 9 місяців тому +1

      @@gcxred4kat9also in Florida 👋 also want to start something like this but afraid to bc the plasticulture farmers around burn off their plastics often and it settles all over us and our land. Need to get legislation passed to combat this.

  • @otiliaczego8182
    @otiliaczego8182 Рік тому +6

    Respect, much respect. I live near a huge forest, in New Zealand. This is what I see, made by nature. To attempt to give back what we've taken, to restore what was destroyed is the Creator's Mission in itself. 👍👍❤❤

  • @viddachan8940
    @viddachan8940 Рік тому +22

    I love it! I am subscribed… perfect timing! I am in Southern Mexico, at the base of one of the biggest mountain ranges in the country, facing the Pacific Ocean. The geography goes from ground zero (sea level) to highest point of 12,000 ft. At ground zero, temperature range 80-85 with high humidity and very little rain, yet 20 minutes inland at the beginning of the foothills, it can be 10-15 degree cooler with a fair amount of rain. Further up, lots of fog and a good amount of rain. I have been looking for a small piece of land for a small food forest farm but in the mountaintops where it is very lush and green, it is mostly coffee and pine forests. More recently, I found some land closer to the sea but it is very dry due to it’s two seasons: dry and wet. But a few folks have managed to create litttle oases of tropical fruit trees. Your channel has given me hope.

    • @estebancorral5151
      @estebancorral5151 Рік тому

      To me southern Mexico is Chiapas.

    • @bramvanderwoerdt7186
      @bramvanderwoerdt7186 Рік тому

      a healthy ecosystem is much more able to hold and recycle its water compared to a plowed, industrial field. so it should be suitable to a feast/famine rain pattern if executed well

    • @ownpetard8379
      @ownpetard8379 4 місяці тому +1

      Mexico, if managed well, will be a rich garden of abundance. Close to that now. Great variety of eco-systems and micro-climates. Viva Mexico!

  • @KimWilliamsystunisia
    @KimWilliamsystunisia Рік тому +52

    Hello from Northern Tunisia. Thank you for taking the time to produce this video and sharing the fantastic results of your project to date.
    I would be very interested to here more about the different types of trees that could be grown together. We have Olive and Citrus trees currently growing in two different areas of our newly purchased farm in a "soil" which is basically sand.
    Excited to see how things progress. Keep up the work.

    • @muhammadnawaz5039
      @muhammadnawaz5039 Рік тому +6

      I live in a sandy area. I am surprised for 17 years going on 18 this coming June how well things grow sandy soils! Most things grow very well without 'synthetic' fertilizer eg maize, millet, sorghum, cassava and fruit trees like lemon do extremely well growing very big and disease free. So am not gobsmacked things are doing well in your sandy soils

    • @bradjohnston8687
      @bradjohnston8687 Рік тому +6

      @@muhammadnawaz5039 add true yams & sweet potatoes to that list & sun hemp, pigeon peas for Nitrogen fixers/biomass producers during hot summers

  • @sbraga02
    @sbraga02 Рік тому +28

    Hi, I been trying something similar in my small garden here in luxembourg , of course the weather it's a little bit more colder but I think I've had some results. I don't throw away nothing at all from the garden, everything goes to the ground. Love what you have done.

  • @yvanapantino273
    @yvanapantino273 Рік тому +33

    Tbh, I didn't really notice your 'mistakes' bc I was more interested in the species you had planted. I say well done for your thoughtful narrative and please keep making more videos (even with 'imperfections').

  • @bekindlove
    @bekindlove Рік тому +141

    Love it!! Feed the soil! You're proving to everyone that your system works! Keep it up! The video production looks great! You'll have 10,000 subscribers in no time!!

    • @r-a-s
      @r-a-s  Рік тому +16

      Many thanks for your kindness!

    • @eioclementi1355
      @eioclementi1355 Рік тому +4

      @@r-a-s I agree new aged traveller if you organise a filming session maybe hire a local drone pilot for some dynamic shots your make some mega sub getting videos.

    • @janosszentpeteri1922
      @janosszentpeteri1922 Рік тому +2

      @@r-a-s Hi Ras, how much space or distance do you have between your oak trees? Thanks for the answer!

    • @UPGardenr
      @UPGardenr Рік тому +3

      @@r-a-s More vids R.A.S. ? Please

    • @kathynix6552
      @kathynix6552 Рік тому +3

      141k followers when I subscribed

  • @kristafluit3042
    @kristafluit3042 Рік тому +45

    Really mesmerized by how you are able to teach such important knowledge through simple video's. Very inspiring, keep going!

  • @jesper1406
    @jesper1406 Рік тому +11

    The most information and best explanation of agro forestry I've ever come across! We're in Portugal on 1, 3 hektar of barren land and want to copy your efforts. Thank you for putting up this content!!!❤

    • @haram2163
      @haram2163 11 місяців тому

      In Portugal also and found this very interesting. Clicked on the channel and this is the only video. Damn shame.

  • @inad9300
    @inad9300 Рік тому +24

    Greetings from northern Spain! Here, my spouse and I are planning to grow our own food forest too, so your advice is very much welcomed. Best of luck to you, Ras! Looking forward to more of your videos 😃

    • @mena2138
      @mena2138 Рік тому +3

      hazlo ya no esperes mas, te cambiara la vida.

  • @ramhornjoe
    @ramhornjoe Рік тому +24

    Very nice, new subscriber. Just moved onto a rural piece of land in South East Missouri USA right before winter hit. We're very excited to see how it evolves as we start working with it. Theres lots of clay and rocks & a tremendous amount of hardwood trees like hickory, red & white oak. Started water harvesting systems already & are doing everything off grid.

  • @andrewdegozaru74
    @andrewdegozaru74 Рік тому +16

    Very interesting inaugural video. I'm also keen to learn your insights on mobilising a like minded group to cooperate in such an open ended project. I've been toying with the idea for a couple of years (in Australia) which of course is where land is probably an order of magnitude more expensive than it is in the Sierra Navarre.

  • @namafarm
    @namafarm Рік тому +2

    Jah provides all that we need with the herbs of the entire Garden... AMEN Ras, well done. Loving this food forest and tree rows alternating with row crop configuration, w nitrogen fixing and biomass accumulators like alfalfa and sorghum in paths. Love it, and my heart says to do this where we are.
    We have a wetter borial freezing season here in the green mountains of VTveith increasing storms and drought alternating. I'll work with mulching raised swale rows, planting in Blueberry, swamp and burr oaks, apples, plums, highbush cranberry, red currents, corn, Blueberry, Saskatoon, Hazelbert, Willows, Butternuts, Crabapple etc, with beans and other crop rows in between, understory rhubarb and horseradish... musing about Seaberry, Butternut, wild rose, comfry, Walnut trees.
    Much love back to you, brotherman.

  • @ianrobinson3198
    @ianrobinson3198 Рік тому +19

    Subbed just because this is seriously impressive stuff, in a world of people destroying the planet you are bringing life back to barren land. Good luck to you.

  • @lifeisgreat8
    @lifeisgreat8 Рік тому +6

    we have a similar project in south portugal. So cool to see yours! you are growing many plants that we are not (yet) growing. Super inspiring! thank you!!!

  • @louisahammond8991
    @louisahammond8991 Рік тому +11

    Ras John! So good to the see the update and we can't wait to come back again this year. Looking forward to the next episode ♥️

    • @r-a-s
      @r-a-s  Рік тому +1

      Greetings Sister! Great that you have seen it 'in the flesh'.yes! Please track its evolution!

  • @sello-lawrence
    @sello-lawrence Рік тому +11

    Great what you did 👍🏼 We're growing a food forest as well but on a much smaller scale. But better than nothing. Keep it up ✅

  • @udoheinz7845
    @udoheinz7845 Рік тому +8

    Wow that is so cool!
    We are going to start a garden for the first time ever this year ans i am going all in on the permaculture.
    Videos like this from all around the world give so much hope

  • @torheggelund1608
    @torheggelund1608 Рік тому +20

    This is amazing. Thank you so much for taking the time to film and share this !! Really looking forward to more updates !!!!

    • @r-a-s
      @r-a-s  Рік тому +4

      Thank you! more coming soon.

  • @nowakevelyne223
    @nowakevelyne223 Рік тому +5

    Thank you ! We are in the south-France and we are also working from the perspective of global warming. Everything is very dry here. We are planting double rows of fig trees this year to install shade and humidity, and cover the ground. Your experience is very interesting.

  • @kgs2280
    @kgs2280 6 місяців тому

    Greetings from the U.S. God knows we desperately need this work, the teachings and systems here, and especially in Southern California where I live; not to mention the inland valley where we grow so much of our nation’s produce and fruits and nuts.

  • @maximilianmartin8934
    @maximilianmartin8934 Рік тому +7

    Hello Ras. I really loved this video. The explanations are so so clear. Your system feels like its is so much closer to a natural process of how a forest would form by itself without a human. I really liked that you went indepth about the diffrent trees and why its important to have trees from diffrent "categories". I would really love to know more about these Categories to learn and implement this to a colder Climate and a slightly diffrent situation! :)
    Best Regards and Greetings from Germany

    • @bradjohnston8687
      @bradjohnston8687 Рік тому +2

      Check out Billy/permaculture farm UA-cam channel for a zone that actually gets winter

    • @sebastiandevolga9852
      @sebastiandevolga9852 Рік тому

      Can you please link this Billy farm ? Ty

    • @bradjohnston8687
      @bradjohnston8687 Рік тому

      @@sebastiandevolga9852 check out UA-cam channel 'Perma Pasture Farm'
      You should be able to find with a web search
      Cheers

  • @sarahdenison-hunt5320
    @sarahdenison-hunt5320 Рік тому +20

    Love this - beautifully explained and inspiring ❤

    • @r-a-s
      @r-a-s  Рік тому

      Thank You Sarah!

  • @OffGridInPanama
    @OffGridInPanama Рік тому +5

    Ras John, blessed love to you and your people in pain. I too am "english" now living in Central America. I bought a humble 3 hectares out here 3 years ago. I do not currently live on the land, but at the end of this year I will be moving permanently to grow my tropical food forest agroforestry style. I too learnt and love syntropic agroforestry but i will also be experimenting with and using multiple different permaculture tequniques.
    I would love the chance to get in tough with you guys out there and build relationships as we are of course one in the same, spain to Panama.
    Please give me a way to get in touch!
    Holy Emmanuel I , King Selassie, Jah Rastafari!

    • @r-a-s
      @r-a-s  Рік тому +2

      Blessed love Jamie! nice to hear of like minded people out there! you will find contact info on our website....
      www.supernatural-permaculture.com
      Haile Bless

  • @nathanthelizardmccomb8650
    @nathanthelizardmccomb8650 Рік тому +22

    Absolutely love it! We live just down the road in Malaga, been thinking about this system for a few months and this video is very inspiring to see what to expect time wise 🤟 hope to meet you guys some day ❤

    • @mikevanhoutum2844
      @mikevanhoutum2844 9 місяців тому

      Me too im near velez malaga, maybe we can hook up and do it twice

  • @willm5814
    @willm5814 Рік тому +14

    Incredible work - nothing more beneficial than the work you are doing!! Thank you 🙏

  • @johannadurr9365
    @johannadurr9365 Рік тому +10

    Absolutely loved your first video, so inspiring , can't wait for more! You are doing an amazing job! We are on a similar journey, but up north in Galicia...and a few months behind you... we will for sure get in touch with you to exchange more!! Beautiful project you have! *** Johanna

  • @masterblaster6434
    @masterblaster6434 9 місяців тому +1

    Magic little informative video. As permaculture was invented in Australia in Tasmania, we are proud to see it being adhered to in the USA and overseas.

  • @davidmiles-hanschell
    @davidmiles-hanschell 10 місяців тому +1

    Ras John your knowledge and passion for sustainable agri-forestry is inspirational. We have a tiny garden here beneath the escarpment on Costa Clyde where we have created a garden and planted mainly alder, palm(variety?) cypress, an oak, a plum and a couple of apple trees over the last thirty three years; your community's forest in Southern Spain in years to come will be truly awesome; bring it on dude.

  • @darinsprecher6365
    @darinsprecher6365 Рік тому +5

    Been interested in food forests for a very long time and the main thing I keep an eye out for (in terms of videos) are systems starting from nothing. I am fascinated to see how they change through time. Thanks so much for sharing, I will be trying to emulate you!

  • @beaunewbury8911
    @beaunewbury8911 Рік тому +8

    So happy to see this up Ras keep up the work 🙏❤️

    • @r-a-s
      @r-a-s  Рік тому +1

      Blessings brother Beau! you know me! the work is my yoga. keep growing!

  • @sDelBello
    @sDelBello Рік тому +2

    Thank you for this RAS! I am down in South Portugal and your video is very inspiring. Would love to know more details about your design and management of the system. I have done a course with Ernst but besides being the visionary and the master he is not the best communicator. You are amazing at explaining and presenting important details in a concise clear way.
    Can't wait for more vídeos. If you come down south Portugal please let me know!

  • @hugoblack4096
    @hugoblack4096 Рік тому +2

    The first minute I thought I was listening to Radagast the Brown but I noticed quite fast that you know what you are talking about! And the longer I watched, the more I got impressed. You have a pretty system starting there! Great work, keep on posting. I subscribed.

    • @ownpetard8379
      @ownpetard8379 4 місяці тому

      Are you insinuating that Radagast the Brown doesn't know what he is talking about? Don't make me harness my twelve Rhosgobel rabbits and come after you!

  • @k8m883
    @k8m883 Рік тому +8

    Fantastic video, very thorough and informative. Could you please do a video on how to choose species and start on bare land?

    • @r-a-s
      @r-a-s  Рік тому +7

      greetings ! and Thank You. This was just an introduction video. yes we will do instructional videos in the future to share how to put these systems together. stay tuned!

  • @jamiecahill5182
    @jamiecahill5182 Рік тому +13

    This all looks amazing and is so interesting hearing what your doing and why you're doing it - just wow! 💖

    • @r-a-s
      @r-a-s  Рік тому +1

      Thank you so much!

  • @bodilskumsrud520
    @bodilskumsrud520 Рік тому +5

    Absolutely lovely and inspiring!! I deal with another climate on my farm in Sweden,but following the same principles and filosofía,growing the soil! Keep making videos…looking very much forward to the next one!! All the best to you all!! ❤️

  • @lastofthewildplaces1803
    @lastofthewildplaces1803 Рік тому +3

    Just one video for now? Really nice system brother, well done 🙌🏽 brilliant overview, you should give us little updates on each aspect, like soil updates, water updates, crops and species updates etc etc… love this so much ❤ Ja bless

  • @Mistermeena1
    @Mistermeena1 Рік тому +8

    Awesome video. So great to see these kind of projects coming to fruition. Ive been living in Brazil for 3 years and been looking into the work of Ernst Gotsch and the guys from Agrofrorestry Academy (another great channel) really excited to get started my own project when the stars align. Will look forward to more. Great to see what can be done in that climate as I'm originally from the western Cape in South Africa whitch is similar.

  • @ptrainingbytim
    @ptrainingbytim Рік тому +8

    Absolutely love it. Amazing work you guys have done and you’re a well spoken teacher. Blessings from northern california!

  • @kgs2280
    @kgs2280 6 місяців тому

    This is such a brilliant project, and I’m dying to know how you are grow more and continue to spread out, what are you going to plant in the newer areas/rows, and what are you going to go about explaining what you’re going to plant, and for what reasons, and what are you going to be explaining? I didn’t really say that well (as I’m getting very tired), but I guess what I’m asking is when are you going to do more films? I’m so fascinated in seeing people going about the world for the purpose of regenerating in dry, unproductive soil. This is such a marvelous program to improve the food-growing and the regeneration of the land. Now I guess you’re going to show us how you are going eat your crops, as some of those foods are not generally eaten in our homes. Great job, and exceedingly beneficial information. Thank you. The planet desperately needs this now.

  • @josephhill2010
    @josephhill2010 Рік тому

    Hi Ras, really happy that you tube popped this vid up for me to see. This is Joseph, as in Joseph and Sally who used to live with Veronika and Lorenzo above Beneficio all those years ago. Awesome project brother! We're in East Cornwall, on Sally's family land. We got 3 boys now - Eden(8), Willow(4) and Aquarius(2) - it's a riot!! We got may be about a half acre under cultivation here, mixed vegetables, and more and more perennials going in - fruit trees and berry bushes, and lots of strawberries as ground cover (they just multiply so quickly!), mainly just for family sufficiency, and to give any surplus to friends and family, though we did sell some pumpkins last year, and i'm going to do big squash patch this year coming. And i've got a small tree nursery too, lots of oaks, and bits and bobs of other things. Still loving planting and growing and permaculture (it's my hobby - carpentry is my day job so to speak!!) Looking forward to seeing how your project develops. Love and blessings:)

  • @charlottewood2102
    @charlottewood2102 Рік тому +5

    This is amazing! I am going to be doing this in Spain as soon as my house sells and I can get there, so I’m thrilled to be able to take some of this knowledge and apply it in the future! Very inspired! Please keep making these videos!!

  • @hugomax69
    @hugomax69 Рік тому +4

    Great video. Great introduction. Looking forward to seeing and learning more in your future videos. I am currently travelling through working on different permaculture projects and taking knowledge back to Australia. Love your approach and techniques.

  • @KeRRziEsAcRiTic
    @KeRRziEsAcRiTic Рік тому +1

    its amazing that people such as your self are experimenting with nature or rather simulating nature as it would be and discovering valuable knowledge we probably have long forgotten or maybe even never knew, we could discover something incredible and revolutionary by working with nature and finding optimum connections. reconnecting with forests is what everybody is longing for including me, can you imagine if everybody decided to plant a forest where possible and then see the results we would have world wide itd be crrraaaaaaazyyyyy.

  • @drkhubalkarmakarandvk.1259
    @drkhubalkarmakarandvk.1259 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for producing the video after sharing so much time with your plants.
    I am from Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.

  • @CeciRROS
    @CeciRROS Рік тому +10

    Me encantó el vídeo! Ojalá algún día pusieras subtitulos en español 🙏🏼 sería de agradecer! Saludos desde alicante y suerte en todo ❤️

    • @paullilliott7565
      @paullilliott7565 9 місяців тому

      para subtitulos a) click CC... then click 'settings' (una rueda) click captions ... auto translate... espanol ... experimenta .. va a ser dificil al principio, pero puedes hacerlo para casi cualquiera video... yo empleo este para capciones in aleman!

  • @charlesotway1873
    @charlesotway1873 Рік тому +4

    Excellent video and great progress, amazing work and keep it up folks.

  • @emilioludes7067
    @emilioludes7067 6 місяців тому +1

    Please more videos this is so inspiring and you guys just have this perfect approach, I need to here how your story with the forest evolves.
    Thank you so much for the video it has greatly changed my life.

    • @r-a-s
      @r-a-s  2 місяці тому

      ua-cam.com/video/v_Hp93Sxeyo/v-deo.html

  • @denissesheartyhomestead
    @denissesheartyhomestead 4 місяці тому +1

    love rewatching this video. so far and few to find.

  • @pippabuchanan1792
    @pippabuchanan1792 Рік тому +3

    I am very much looking forward to hearing more! Much appreciation for an excellent explanation about this system

  • @Ben_Schumacher
    @Ben_Schumacher Рік тому +3

    Keep the videos coming Ras! So keen for follow you’re journey, as I prep to start my own.
    Hello from Australia!

  • @user-vn5jv1to4g
    @user-vn5jv1to4g Рік тому +1

    Excellent. Thank you RAS.

    • @r-a-s
      @r-a-s  Рік тому

      Thank You, You are welcome!

  • @erentatari3564
    @erentatari3564 Рік тому +1

    Please please continue to make videos and share your experience and knowledge. There are sooooo few videos about these methods in the Mediterranean climate. We are desperate to do all this in arid Mediterranean places - thank you!

    • @Nomba100
      @Nomba100 Рік тому

      yes, i moved to southern spain but a fair bit nearer to the coast than him. I was pleased to hear he is doing it in southern spain, gives me hope for this arid area. But we little forest nature soldiers will keep growing.❤

  • @andresamplonius315
    @andresamplonius315 Рік тому +12

    Llevo un tiempo viendo videos brasileños acerca de la agricultura sintropica, algunos de su creador Ernst Gotsch. Tienes una buena variedad de especies en tu propiedad, incluso algunas subtropicales.
    Muchos de los videos muestran la AS en el semiarido, en los biomas Cerrado y Caatinga, emplean plantas nativas asi como exóticas adaptadas al clima. Una muy popular es la Opuntia, Nopal o Tuna, ademas del fruto, brinda biomasa, puedes ver como las pencas o paletas se pican en trozos y se usan como mulch. Buenas tambien al plantar arboles, usadas como un Hidrogel natural. Lo mismo la Sabila (Aloe vera), Sisal, Agave. Como tu seguramente sabrás, cada especie sostiene distintas bacterias, y estas sostienen bacterias que ayudan a las demás a adaptarse mejor a la escasez de agua, a tener mayor resiliencia.

    • @TheParadiseParadox
      @TheParadiseParadox 10 місяців тому +1

      Estoy trabajando en un projecto en Jalisco. Por ahora no tenemos muchos nopales. Sin embargo, crecen muy facilmente y retienen el agua, entonces me gustaría plantar muchos más.
      No sabía que se puede usar para plantar. Se usa también en la bioconstrucción para formar una mezcla más pegajosa en el bajareque o sustancias parecidas
      ¡Saludos desde Jalisco!

    • @andresamplonius315
      @andresamplonius315 10 місяців тому +1

      En el Brasil hasta ornamentales como la Sanseviera meten, todo aporta biodiversidad.
      La Higuerrilla o Ricino la siembran para p biomasa (busca "Mamona", al Nopal lo llaman "Palma forrageira").
      Las leguminosas son clave. Lo que se de bien en el sitio es lo mejor, tal vez el frejol gandul, nativo de India, aporta biomasa y al podarlo estimula el crecimiento del cultivo de interes económico, amen de servir de mantillo. O nativos como el frejol Tepari. Un poco de alfalfa, si dispones de agua suficiente; muy bueno como mantillo, pero en poca cantidad. Gramas, Leucaena, Moringa...

  • @freedomforestlife
    @freedomforestlife Рік тому +3

    Epic vid, kept us completely hooked all the way through. Really enjoyed your wisdom and knowledge, all explained so clearly and made total sense. Wow, if only we can get our place looking as good here in the UK... would be a dream. Thanks for new inspiration. ✌🌿

  • @Saph67
    @Saph67 Рік тому +1

    Priceless information! Would it be possible to put some subtitles with the names of the species you've used? I'm sure some are unknown to many of us. Thanks and go on like that!

  • @cubfanmike
    @cubfanmike Рік тому

    Bless you, yogi - you're on a path to glory, in service to life. Prim & OM 🕉

  • @bitlessmind
    @bitlessmind Рік тому +4

    This is a young project. I'm interested to see how it will work when it matures (especially what will happen to your vegetables when the whole soil has been transformed by the trees into forest soil). 🙃

    • @columlynch4229
      @columlynch4229 Рік тому

      Hello bitlessmind, my thoughts exactly. I would imagine that as the trees and shrubs mature it will become a fruit and nut forest with lots of diversity. I guess we'll have to wait and see but Ras and co. are going an amazing job. Cheers from Ireland. P.S diversity is everything.

    • @HickoryDickory86
      @HickoryDickory86 Рік тому +2

      That's where alley cropping comes in. You have narrow bands (or alleys) through the rows of fruit and nut trees, and these can be gardened for vegetables or sowed for grain production.

    • @bradjohnston8687
      @bradjohnston8687 Рік тому +1

      Some of the trees will have to be sacrificed & a ton of trimming so the alleys aren't totally shaded out.
      Geoff Lawton from Down Under has a ton of video/tutorials also on his UA-cam channel.

  • @andrewsymons441
    @andrewsymons441 Рік тому +4

    Thanks for the video, you explained things really clearly. A quick question: you said that you balanced the tree rows carefully with about 5 or 6 different types of tree. What is the ratio of different types of trees to each other? And what are the different parts of the ratio (eg nitrogen fixing, biomass accumulating, food bearing, dynamic accumulators etc)? Thanks!

    • @r-a-s
      @r-a-s  Рік тому +3

      Greetings! and Thank You Andrew! yes I will explain fully the 5 types of trees, and how they should be organised in an upcoming video!

    • @andrewsymons441
      @andrewsymons441 Рік тому +1

      @@r-a-s Thanks!

  • @mkphotogmail
    @mkphotogmail Рік тому

    Thanks for sharing... I'm from Hawaii and now live in Chiang Mai City, Thailand. I'm about to build a house with my wife and we will have 105 sq meter vegetable garden on the roof. I have been listening to Zach Bush and Allen Williams about Soil Health for the past two years and I'm a big advocate of Regenreative Farming.

  • @BunTim
    @BunTim 9 місяців тому +1

    Unbelievable wonderful! Really, really great!

  • @user-pp9zv7vd5r
    @user-pp9zv7vd5r 10 місяців тому

    When the student is ready, the ryt teacher will appear.Thank you Brother❤❤❤❤❤.

  • @L6FT
    @L6FT 7 місяців тому

    Thanks to the cameraman and editor also for a great production, and an informative interview.

  • @thehuntfortruth
    @thehuntfortruth Рік тому +1

    Very excited about this and looking forward to the next video!!!

  • @julimdjaffri6100
    @julimdjaffri6100 2 місяці тому +1

    In the rainforest big trees of different species literally grow side by side, strong and healthy. So, yes plants can grow near one another if we givebit an environment as close to nature as possible.

  • @jeaniedickman6421
    @jeaniedickman6421 5 місяців тому

    I We need to do this in California, Eastern Washington, Maui, Australia, and all over the world!
    I love that it’s building soil and feeding people. Make sure to add native plants for the native wildlife, for each season, for native birds and pollinators and because native plants put down very deep roots for better water storage.
    Thank you for your hard work and for inspiring others! 🥰
    Be careful about adding possible invasives, because you may not be around forever to conscientiously manage them.
    Biodiversity truly is important though, as is keeping manure on the property and mimicking the natural forest patterns.

    • @jeaniedickman6421
      @jeaniedickman6421 5 місяців тому

      Also, non-native species may harbor invasive insects… be SO careful!
      Of course growing plants and ecosystems is ALWAYS trial-and-error! Never dull, is it?
      Such a complicated time we live in!
      YOUR WORK is SO MUCH BETTER for helping to slow climate change and to feed people sustainably than MOST things humans are doing now!
      (P.S.- Hard to picture you growing up going to school in a uniform with a necktie! 😆)

  • @limolium4096
    @limolium4096 Рік тому +1

    That was one of the best videos I've seen on this topic. Well done and thank you so much! I'm a landscaper by trade and really trying to incorporate as many of these ideas as possible, it's great to have such informative content

  • @michaelcharlap1323
    @michaelcharlap1323 11 місяців тому +1

    Really enjoyed your video. Thanks for being so articulate in describing your process. Especially inspired by the differential between your guild systems and the 'control' specimens - crystal clear! Keep it up, we look forward to more :)

  • @pmd7530
    @pmd7530 3 місяці тому +1

    Excellent video RAS…..more please!!!!

    • @r-a-s
      @r-a-s  2 місяці тому

      ua-cam.com/video/v_Hp93Sxeyo/v-deo.html

  • @alexpowell9
    @alexpowell9 Рік тому +2

    Beautiful! Love the RAS system! Thank you so much for sharing, looking forward to seeing more!

    • @r-a-s
      @r-a-s  Рік тому

      Thank You Alex! more coming soon!

  • @marijkeschanzleh8241
    @marijkeschanzleh8241 Рік тому +1

    Thank you so much Ras for sharing!

    • @r-a-s
      @r-a-s  Рік тому

      Thank you for your support!

  • @valentinamorales9518
    @valentinamorales9518 9 місяців тому

    Simply pure inspiration. Thank you so much!

  • @MrMabuu
    @MrMabuu 11 місяців тому

    As a gardener my first concern was: the trees are placed to near to each other. (And this critic may by right with monoculture). But when I saw the single tree, which is the controll group to show the difference between trees in community versus single trees, I was convinced!

  • @Sarah-no6pk
    @Sarah-no6pk Рік тому

    love it !!!! AMAZING ..... thank you so much for sharing !

  • @emaiya4956
    @emaiya4956 Рік тому

    Brilliant. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Peace

  • @ourrockydreamontheelephant4188

    Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.

  • @richlijacanacua
    @richlijacanacua 6 місяців тому

    Thank you for the sharing of this ideas!❤

  • @elaineschiefer-feria516
    @elaineschiefer-feria516 Рік тому

    I totally love all 🙏🏻 thank you for sharing this knowledge with us!

  • @nancee9101
    @nancee9101 Рік тому

    So cool! Great job! Loved the tour

  • @mouhcinezahi7281
    @mouhcinezahi7281 8 місяців тому +1

    i was a bit skeptical at first but after seeing the results im definitely going to try this method at my farm in morocco thank you for sharing brother
    keep up the good work

  • @MohamedHassan-ni6un
    @MohamedHassan-ni6un Рік тому +1

    Greetings, Ras. Glad to have come across your channel.
    I'll be following along on our journey to showcase practical regenerative agri.
    Thank you, and teach away, Prof Ras.
    Mohamed
    Somalia 🇸🇴

  • @kennedynthiwa5100
    @kennedynthiwa5100 5 місяців тому

    Very valuable information. Learning how nature is supposed to work. I am sad to say that in many cases human being are the cause of some of the biggest environmental problems we are experiencing today. Please keep educating us. Thanks and take care

  • @intipunku8281
    @intipunku8281 Рік тому

    So well explained. Thank you. Good luck

  • @KristinGasser
    @KristinGasser Рік тому +2

    Wow, you did a great job! This is truely impressing! This lush food forrest within 6 month is almost unbelievable… And I loved your test with that single tree vs, the same trees in the system! We‘re planning something similar here in Croatia, but we‘re still in the „information phase“ before planning! 🙈
    How did you find out how the right mix of plants should be, that they grow in a symbiosis rather than competing system? And how do you know which plants are the real origin plants? I think most „old people“ nowadays are kind of dis-educated (like most of us) in terms of what‘s truely origin… 🤷‍♀️

    • @sabrinawanderer7560
      @sabrinawanderer7560 Рік тому +1

      There's tons of books that you can search for when planting trees in your area...and this is agroforestry principle and you can watch or read any articles relating to agroforestry so you can have an idea about this dear. 😊😊😊😊

  • @MotherGoosePuppets
    @MotherGoosePuppets Рік тому

    You explain everything so well!

  • @jez770
    @jez770 Рік тому

    Inspirational and motivational. Thank you.

  • @parkpatt
    @parkpatt Рік тому

    Super excited about this project and future updates. Keep it up!

  • @Anil_Williams
    @Anil_Williams 7 місяців тому

    Beautiful transformation

  • @mattjones6053
    @mattjones6053 Рік тому

    great video. excited to see what comes next

  • @HananSharaby
    @HananSharaby Рік тому

    Thank you for the clear and simple explanation. As a teacher in the College of Agriculture, I closely follow your method of restoring ecosystems. It is useful and needed by agriculture in my country

  • @DeFiSiYT
    @DeFiSiYT 10 місяців тому

    Awesome! More videos please, this is phenomenal!

  • @Zinkoz
    @Zinkoz Рік тому

    Looking forward to your future videos.
    Thank you for sharing.

  • @Kevin-Cruz
    @Kevin-Cruz Рік тому +1

    Beautiful video!! Nice to see Regenerative Agroforestry taking root all over the world, keep up the good work!

    • @r-a-s
      @r-a-s  Рік тому

      Thanks Kevin! we shall over-grow that which is no longer needed!