#15 - This Tropical Food Forest is Incredible (6 month update)

Welcome to one of the most inspiring permaculture farms
About 6 months ago, I visited Steven's farm (In this video: • Ep #8 -- This Dominica... ).
Since the response was so incredible, I decided to come back and see what has changed in the time, and needless to say... I was blown away.
I'm on a journey to design and build my own permaculture farm in the Dominican Republic, and seeing projects like these absolutely inspire me.
Hope you'll enjoy this episode of Steven's farm :)
Join me in this journey!
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If you're interested in sustainable living, permaculture, sub-tropical agriculture, tiny houses or anything in between, I think you'll like the content on this channel.
In 2022 I bought a piece of land in the North of the Dominican Republic to prototype a new way of living.
Food:
I want to grow my own food but have no clue about how to do it, so this should be fun.
Shelter:
I'm planning on building my own cabin, outside toilet and kitchen, gazebo.
Energy:
Want to be fully self sustainable through either solar energy or hydrogen energy.
I have somewhat of an idea of how this is going to go, but mostly, it's improvised.
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I'm absolutely open to tips and ideas, so leave them in the comments
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My priorities:
1) Do a good job on the land
2) Have fun
3) Document it well
That means, at some point, you might have to tap into your own imagination to fill in the gaps ;)

[@chessman483]

The best thing and easiest thing we found to create shade and heaps of mulch, have been pigeon peas. Grow so easily and pull a lot of nutrients up from deeper in the soil.

[@vikinginthejungle]

I love these types of comments! Brings me a lot of joy to read random tips like these. Thanks for sharing chessman... I will definitely give this a try when planting season comes around!

[@Deutschland-Uganda-Ungarn]

Thank you for your work. We build an permaculture food forest in Uganda. We are one and a half year here and it is hard in the beginning make poisend soil fertil again. But we try it.

[@vikinginthejungle]

Thanks for the comment! That river on your channel looks incredible... Wishing you all the strength and energy to make it happen over there!!

[@hgdon-homeiswheretreesare-9239]

Fruitful future ❤👍

[@vikinginthejungle]

That is definitely it! Thanks for watching :)

[@fidelinachireno2716]

I am trying my own food forest en my little patio in the DR. So far I have mangos, avocados, oranges, lemons, carambolas, passion fruits guavas, nisperos and more. Thanks for your tips.

[@vikinginthejungle]

That's awesome! thanks for watching and sharing, the climate here is so perfect for planting... incredible to watch.

[@floridanaturalfarming3367]

To dry farm I needed Miniature Zebu manure, raw mix into soil, plant🐸

[@vikinginthejungle]

Haha that is some very specific need... where is your farm?

[@poonamsharma7775]

From India, I love what this man is doing with his land. I wish I could come there n work with him. 😊 Its my childhood dream to have a farm like that.

[@vikinginthejungle]

Welcome to the channel! Thanks for sharing ❤ hope you enjoyed the video and who knows in the future you will have your own farm... rooting for you 🙏🏼

[@gordongannon40]

Great video! I would love to see that place!! And have one of my own one day

[@vikinginthejungle]

I'm positive we can connect you and show the place to you! Also, I still have land around my property that's for sale....... ;)

[@rpoole4241]

Wondering about his water tank, where and how many liter

[@vikinginthejungle]

At minute 8:30 you can find out more about the setup: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXyulnlnls9rias&ab_channel=VikingInTheJungle In total there's 1000 gallons of storage :)

[@stevenbowcutt2288]

we have a 54,000 Gallon sosterna that was existing on the farm and then 1x 150 gallon and 2x 500 gallon.

[@peterellis4262]

If the woodchips or sawdust are put In the soil, they will take up nitrogen for the first year or two. If they're just spread on top of the soil, they won't interfere, but instead will be converted from the soil surface upward into more soil ;) Which makes them a great choice for mulching pathways, where they can suppress unwanted growth, while gradually adding fertility that the plants alongside the paths can access.

[@vikinginthejungle]

What an insight... that's really good to know, thanks for sharing! I've been looking into using woodchips for pathways, so this really was useful to learn. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@1776marshall]

Miss ya

[@wildalentejo]

Amazing place!!!The science is done, take good care of the soil and the soil will take good care of your plants, no need for synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. Loads of mulch and compost with a high diversity of plants and the system will thrive in no time! The different flavors of sugars that each kind of plants exudate will attract the best bacteria, fungi and all the amazing soil food web will feast on it. Very cool work!!! Im doing exactly the same thing that you are doing for the past 3 years, left the city, bought a very small and treeless piece of land in the end of the world, built a mini house, energize it with solar and wind energy, water comes from the well, built the chicken coop with reused wood, bought some chickens and started farming...and now the majority of the vegetables/fruits that I eat come directly from my land, and just finished to install a new syntropic system adapted to the semi arid.

[@vikinginthejungle]

That's exactly it! Good soil = good vibes ;) Thanks for sharing your knowledge, and what a cool project you've got too... in 3 years time you did a lot! Welcome to the channel... Much love!

[@ia8018]

This is the way forward!

[@matthewsilfer2010]

At this point pollution, deforestation and all that are not something we have never faced but continue to face

[@vikinginthejungle]

Exactly... just the intensity of it keeps growing. Thanks for watching!

[@hedykarim3614]

People,don’t realize how fast trees grow in the Caribbean

[@vikinginthejungle]

Haha including me... it's incredible to see... Thanks for watching!

[@judithbreakell9706]

Try reading about syntropic agriculture on u tube 😀

[@vikinginthejungle]

Thanks for watching and commenting! Looking forward to learning more... there really is an infinite amount to learn about this topic...

[@andresamplonius315]

Se esta organizando bien, agarrando la onda.

[@vikinginthejungle]

Asi podemos disfrutar con abundancia! Gracias para ver el video

[@blueocean2510]

Thank you, live a life of Freedom and share it with others. Enjoy our beautiful ocean planet.

[@vikinginthejungle]

That's the goal and the plan! Thanks for commenting!

[@joeymooney5160]

I’m an American living in the DR and very interested in permaculture. This is the most excited I’ve been to watch a newly published video on KZbin in a long time. Grateful to have found this channel!

[@orchidbowcutt5219]

Where are you living?

[@joeymooney5160]

In the province Santiago Rodriguez

[@vikinginthejungle]

Oh that's so cool!! Thanks for leaving a comment like that... really helps to motivate and put in the effort to make videos like these. Do you have your own permaculture project at Santiago? Thanks for watching!

[@joeymooney5160]

@@vikinginthejungle Any time! Kind of… My wife is Dominican and her father has some land and he’s very open and generous with it with family. I have a 5x8 meter garden and he’s okay with me planting trees on his land as well. So it’s not as clearly defined of a project as yours, but I’m dabbling a bit, and your content is definitely inspiring and helpful!

[@andieumarcellus9576]

God job 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💓👏👏👏

[@vikinginthejungle]

It's getting better by the month! Thanks for watching Andieu :)

[@katiebow8059]

The coolest dad 💕

[@vikinginthejungle]

He's definitely up there ;)

[@hdtrower7]

Beautiful growth !! Abundance blessings to you both 💚💚💚🌱💚💚💚

[@vikinginthejungle]

And this is only the beginning! Thanks for watching :)

[@1776marshall]

You are awesome

[@vikinginthejungle]

Assuming you mean steven with that... I agree ;)

[@AngelTheredStar29]

This seems to be in the Sosua/Cabarete area. I would love to meet and connect with man. Any info on how I could link up with him would be very appreciated

[@vikinginthejungle]

Hey, yeah it is! Their Instagram handle = @Fincasol_rd You can reach out there :) Thanks for watching and commenting! More videos coming soon!

[@geriannroth449]

How far apart have you planted your canopy trees your tallest fruit trees?

[@vikinginthejungle]

Hey! In the video, Steven mentions the large trees to be about 3 Meters apart from each other. (About 10 feet) Hope that helps, thanks for watching ❤🙏🏼

[@geriannroth449]

@vikinginthejungle ok thanks and these trees would be like Durians Ackee etc?

[@vikinginthejungle]

@@geriannroth449 In general, the larger higher canopy trees. Like Steven mentions, 3 meters apart for larger trees will create quite a dense forest. If you'd want some more space, you could go for 4 meters...

[@stevenbowcutt2288]

depends on the speces but super dense 2 and 3 mtrs +

[@heatherkulak8633]

Love this

[@vikinginthejungle]

Thanks for watching Heather!!

[@leonsaquaponicsandhomegard6793]

Looks fantastic 😊😊😊

[@vikinginthejungle]

It is even better in real life! Thanks for watching

[@1776marshall]

You are an amazing man. I am honored to be your friend. I hope someday we can get together again.

[@orchidbowcutt5219]

Me too.

[@vikinginthejungle]

It's an absolute beauty of a project!

[@Mark-yr2gi]

Sickk, love the updates, would like to see his farm develop further on this channel. A yearly or 6 monthly update would be dopee

[@orchidbowcutt5219]

I agree but it is a lot of work and Erik the Viking is a busy guy. Lets see....

[@vikinginthejungle]

Hahaha, let's see... As long as I'm being spoiled with fresh juice, I think I'll have an incentive to make updates ;)

[@vikinginthejungle]

Agreed, would be really cool