Developing the herb layer of our food forest
Developing the herb layer of our food forest
In this video I zoom in on the herb layer of our food forest and show you how we’re developing it over time. We first apply clearance mulch to kill perennial weeds and then plant the herb layer the following spring. There’s a huge variety of perennial vegetables and herbs many of which have other functions too – there are nitrogen-fixers, mulch plants, nutrient accumulators and pollinator plants.
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Plants actually share nutrients. There is a video on Ted talks explaining this. It was a elaborate experiment on how plants communicate. Look it up its intriguing
I am learning a lot from these videos. How can you have an apple tree next to a walnut tree? Does not the juglone kill any tree other than plum or peach?
My favourite resource for permaculture design. Thanks for posting 👍
I just now found and subscribed to this channel. I’m so glad I found you! I am starting a food forest on my daughter’s 10 acres, south east Missouri. Trying to look out for my kids and grandkids. This spring I will be planting fruit and nut trees/bushes and expanding the garden. I’m excited. I’m going to watch all your past videos now that I’ve found you. And follow your journey.
Great job! All your hard work paying off
Very cool. But I’m concerned that walnuts may not belong in a food forest, due to its toxicity to other plants.
Garden goals! So beautiful and well thought out!
Well designed and tended!
Recently sub’d. I like your presentation and that I’m learning something from almost each video. I’ll probably watch many again as I progress in my own backyard farming adventure. Thanks.
What a beautiful place you have created! Thanks for sharing. This is the first video of yours that I have wacthed.
Where are you located! California? I have simular and some of the same plants here in Northern CA. You are bringing out the best of mother nature! She is smiling. Thanks again.
Love the video! Could you share more about your shrub layer and what kinds of shrubs you would recommend, including the pros and cons of each? Thank you so much!
Love it. good choices thx for the tour
Food forest is a 7 layer system.
Canopy (large fruit and nut trees)
Low tree layer
Shrub layer
Herbaceous layer
Rhizoshere layer (root crops)
Soil surface
Vertical layer (climbers/vines)
Gorgeous garden!!!! That is exactly how I want mine to look.
This is our first year at our new garden area and I recently discovered the tree guild / food forest concept. It’s been a lot of fun finding plants to add to ours. We have plum and fig trees so far with serviceberry, false indigo, and lavender just to name a few. We have rhubarb we need to plant as well. We’re really enjoying your videos!
I immensely enjoyed this video. Everything looks amazing.
Excellent information thanks for sharing and keep up the good work. I just ordered your book and I am going to start my food forest this year.
Too long, make it half as long.
Thank you.
I would like to do this in my 3/4 acre lot. I have a peach tree and a cherry tree in the north east corner. What shrubs would you recommend I plant I am in zone 4?
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Can you tell me about the tall white thistle growing under your walnut tree?
Awesome garden and awesome channel. What you are growing and eating is very healthy and it shows! You look stunning! Please share some of your diet, cooking and exercise habits that make you look so beautiful.
Brilliant
Love your accent ❤🙂
Love the look of your garden!!! Is so beautiful, am inspired to try in my Melbourne garden.
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Did you purposely not address the vertical and other ground levels – only 3 of 7? Especially mushroom mycelia are so important for forest health! If you did so for simplification, please clarify so the audience can learn C;
Thank you for including the names and latin names on the screen.
Nice and informative video!
I wonder how do you propagate the Good-King-Henry as my attempts to grow it from seeds have not been successful so far.
I’m not familiar with the plant to your right at the very end. What is it please?
Alweer bedankt voor deze leerzame video! Welke juglone-tolerante planten, die in een voedselbos passen, kan ik onder onze walnotenboom zetten? Dankjewel!!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🌿🐝🐞
Foxglove is still used as heart medicine, but it is very well monitored. Generic name "Digitalis"
Born to be wild! Greetings grom Poland.
AWESOME GARDEN ♥️
I really like that you have so many flowers, also wild ones, in your garden. Something I try to do myself even though they at times do take up a lot of space, but when I see grasshoppers or a swallowtail butterfly it makes up for the lost space. Especially liked your Onopordum acanthium close to the walnut tree, such a beautiful plant.
I really enjoy seeing the various parts of your garden. Had to laugh though, at the mullein. Where I hike here it is considered an invasive species and they had a big "pull" this weekend, removing over 6100 plants! I was wondering if you have taken any sort of permaculture design course that you recommend? Looking into taking one very soon.
Thank you for sharing this part of your garden plan with us. It is so interesting to see how you are progressing with your forest. have a lovely week. Catherine
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Very informative video from a very beautiful woman ! Thanks !
Loved it.
Your garden looks great , it looks like untouched wilderness! 😎👍
Absolutely FANTASTIC food forest you have created there. I love it.❤️❤️🐝🐞🌻🍀🌸🌸🥕🌹🍓😻