2017 May Urban Garden, Edible Landscaping - Albopepper Memorial Weekend Walk-through Tour

[@TheQueenOfDreams]

Loved the garden tour, and the t-shirt! I’m currently relandscaping our front lawn into an edible perennial garden in zone 9b and found your charming garden very inspiring! Thank you for sharing it. 🌻

[@gjbowens13]

Blueberry bush here, strawberries there, kiwi over there 👉….brilliant!!

[@heatherhall3452]

I just subscribed to your channel 😁🤚🏽 🌿🍠🌱🍅😍 Wow I’ve never seen black currants, I want a gooseberry, but I don’t know how well it will grow here in the tropics 🌴☀️ , I recently bought a Star Gooseberry tree, but I can’t imagine they will be the same as gooseberries that grow on the ground, I last had them when I was 3, 51 years ago in England, I still remember them! Watching your lovely productive garden from Queensland Australia 🇦🇺

[@priayief]

Magnificent and well-planned. You're growing more in your 1/13 acre than I am on my 1/2 acre!

[@JohnDoe_88]

Very impressive organized layout to show how much production one could get out of not a whole lot of space. Lead by example and others will likely recognize and emulate.

[@marthaconover4460]

Holy Cow! You have to be retired or have lots of help to get that done. Awesome! I have 2 acres that I'm trying to turn into a food forest, plus chickens / bees/ etc...and I'm stuck working mandatory OT 6 days a week. I can't even figure out where I'm planting the 1000s of things I have coming/ growing in my basement. I think I surpassed crazy growing mode. Your YARD IS AMAZING!

[@jossdelage]

Blackcurrants are a favorite of mines. They have a lovely earthy flavor. Very grown up. They're good as is but they also make amazing sorbets and sweet sauces to put on top of vanilla ice cream.

[@Albopepper]

Mmmm... Sounds good! Can't wait to try some! xD

[@judywood4530]

You have a beautiful garden!

[@marianamunoz6075]

Awesome garden; it’s so clean & pretty to look at but edible too! Great job! One of my favorite jams is the lingonberry jam. 😋 Thanks for sharing

[@JebGardener]

Very nice video quality there. And those berries look great!

[@Albopepper]

Thanks for watching Jeb! We've literally been getting GALLONS of strawberries! :-D

[@edcravens7971]

What a fantastic video! Thank you so much for sharing. I love your enthusiasm and your creativity.

[@Albopepper]

Awesome! I really appreciate your support Ed. Thanks for watching! :-D

[@LadybugGirlShow]

Beautiful garden. I love your edible landscape. I try to grow as much as possible each year as well. This year hoping to take it to a higher level.

[@sandraorzel3976]

Looks great and organized, I've never grown so many strawberries before. I know what you like :)

[@Albopepper]

;-) Thanks for watching!

[@jeffrchannel]

Thank you for your great videos. After a March snowstorm, it's great to watch these videos and look forward to gardening season. Really love your creativity and hope to build some of your SIP raised beds this year.

[@Albopepper]

I know what you mean! I can't wait for the Spring!!! xD

[@jimbattaglia8317]

Good video on how to grow food in tight spaces. Thanks for the tour

[@Albopepper]

Thanks for watching Jim! :-D

[@Huy0035]

The garden is looking nice my friend!

[@Albopepper]

Thank-you very much! :-D

[@MrChip123472]

Great video! Nice selections. I've been growing the hardy kiwi for awhile but not the Issai version. You'll probably have better luck with that one. Those honeyberries will totally take over that space in 1-2 seasons. Be prepared! Some of my 3rd year ones are taking up 4 sq/ft each.

[@Albopepper]

Thanks for your feedback! I'll have to keep any eye on those honeyberries. I have several plants like those that may require some serious pruning to keep them in check. It's fun seeing how the plants respond to training and size management. :-)

[@BolaML4Yeshua]

Great use of garden, very inspiring. thank you and happy gardening

[@Albopepper]

Thank very much for watching! :-D

[@spir5102]

You are an inspiration to me and I'm sure tons of other people. How long did it take you to get this whole garden in place? I'm going to look on your channel for videos about how you started. I fight with weeds all the time and I'm now trying to cover my planting area with wood chips. Keep up the good work! You present a way for people to be self-sustaining and self-sufficient, even in the face of climate change and other threats to our food supply.

[@Lucky-ui7dh]

Inspirational. I'm going to get started on my own garden very soon.

[@Albopepper]

Thank-you for watching! :-D

[@dmink9157]

I have done this! Thanks for the tour.

[@memberson]

I have had that insect to hit my speeches. and out of 60 or more peaches they left me with 8 so now I spray with 100% neem oil

[@Albopepper]

Wow! That's a real bummer. :-( Has the neem oil work on them?

[@mohammademran7206]

Impressive Asian Pears!!!

[@Northstarunlimited56]

So excited to see your Asian pears!! I know I'm 2 years late seeing this but if you still see/answer comments could you let me know how the Asian pears did....love your unbelievable, beautiful, and edible landscaping!! Saw Kurt Reed's post....flowers are fabulous and can be incorporated into an edible landscape....had to throw my 2 cents in on that (:

[@MzLewis29]

I'm late as well but I'm trying to work in veggies with flower landscape.

[@framel44]

Really nice garden. I am envious!! I have a half acre and am in Zone 5B, can't grow peaches easily here, but will try Thanks for posting your beautiful garden. I just sub'd your site. All the best. Frank

[@SomeBuddy777]

Great tour, thanks 🍏🍎🍒🍋🍇

[@skinner636]

Oh more edible landscape ideas please! My wife keeps getting stupid flowers, it drives me nuts.

[@GardenloveHomestead]

I doing the same to my courtyard, to start. What plant do you recommend for a spot in my courtyard that doesn't get that much sun? Thanks for sharing.

[@heatherhall3452]

Where abouts are you? Gooseberries in England are green White Strawberries- that’s odd I’ve never heard of them, I don’t think that would work in my brain..lol

[@heidiembrey6500]

I LOVE your tshirt lol...and.. Permaculture yeah?

[@janetshaw6081]

it looks like you added maybe a irrigation pipe down your self watering or do you still use a vertical pipe for adding the water? I'm getting ready to build mine bed this sunday!

[@tmjoutdoors9486]

Thanks for the tour. What kind of camera are you using. It looks great!

[@douglasanderson7301]

I'm curious about your results with thimbleberry, as I'm considering adding it to my garden.

[@dritanbega6461]

Awesome,...great work you have done, very much respect. @9;42 what did you paint the trunks of peaches with,? lime ?Whats your opinion on that ? Thanks for sharing and keep up the love for the nature.

[@Albopepper]

Hi Dritan. Thanks for watching! I painted the trunks with a mixture of 50/50 water and white latex paint. Some fruit tree sellers require you to do so or they won't warrant their trees. It helps to protect the young tree trunks from sun scald or splitting that can occur due to rapid shrinkage or expansion of the bark caused by temperature variations. That's the idea anyway and I'm in favor of doing it. Better safe than sorry.

[@dritanbega6461]

Thank you.

[@cherylbrownstein6651]

Albo, last year I built two 3' by 12' sub-irrigated beds. I followed your instructions to the T and had a great harvest. This year, I topped off the beds with more potting mix, but the crops have not done nearly as well. What organic fertilizers should I have used and in what quantities?

[@Albopepper]

Hi Cheryl! In year 2, I usually assume that all nutrients are depleted. Besides adding a little potting mix material to top off the beds, I add all of the fertilizer for the new season. An easy one to use is Espoma Garden-Tone which is organic and has everything the plants need. You still have time to add some as a side dressing. It should start to kick in after a couple week. For a quick immediate boost, MG water soluble Plant Food can be used in the short term. I'm in the process of writing a page with some fertilizing tips. It's more verbiage than I expected - still putting it all together.

[@cherylbrownstein6651]

Yea, Live and learn. I'm in Georgia and started planting in February due to an unusually warm winter. Things did not go too well. My first plantings are all out now and going for stuff that can handle the super heat and rain we're having. Heavily fertilizing tomatoes and peppers. Cukes are doing fair. Will add more fertilizers and plant cool weather stuff in September. Looking forward to seeing your fertilizer article.

[@Albopepper]

When you started the February plantings, did you simply top off the beds with retail potting mix and then plant things in? If so, then it sounds like it was simply a lack of nutrients. For 2 years I've been documenting and testing what I added to my SIP beds for fertilizer. On the labeling, there might be multiple sets of instructions which will greatly affect application rate. My testing has been to use the heavier application rates (based on container volume) to see how plants respond. Growth has been explosive using mostly all purpose organics. I hope this second crops works much better for you!

[@TheWBWoman]

Impressive!

[@ThePlantBasedHomestead]

I'm in Central NY in zone 5b. I LOVE passion fruit. I didn't think you could grow them in colder climates? May I ask which variety you have, where you got them and how you take care of them please? I would Love, love LOVE to have them here since they are 2 for 5.00 at the grocery store.

[@Albopepper]

Thanks for watching! There are passion fruits that can just make it to zone 6 or 5. I'm growing the Maypop Passiflora Incarnata. I got mine from Jung Seed: www.jungseed.com/P/13597/Maypop+Passionflower+Vine This tasted good, with a light colored, translucent pulp. The fruit was green and would drop when ripe. Might not be what you're used to from a store though. A word of caution: This thing has come back in Zone 6 after a mild winter, but has done so with a vengeance! It sends underground runners that can pop up 10 feet away from the original planting, The shoots that it sends up are easy to pull. But it requires constant diligence. In a large open area, you can place it in a spot that is easy to manage. Or you could even create a rhizome barrier before planting. But it can be quite invasive, so be aware... :)

[@Aztecorum16]

great video, what camera are you using in this video? thanks

[@garykellogg2758]

Can you go more depth about your carpenter bee house? Thank You

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

Berry good

[@Phrinkle]

Love the garden. We are just getting started on our own edible landscape in the Pittsburgh area. Can you recommend any good local resources for the area?

[@Albopepper]

How exciting! You can do a Google search for some local nurseries. And then see if they have an online plant list for you to check out before visiting. This is the one I've gone to in the Northeast region: michaelbrothersnursery.com To be honest, I've bought probably 75% of all my plants online, including my trees! Check out this video if you haven't yet: kzbin.info/www/bejne/annVZ5pva6aFr7c

[@susiehanson6485]

Very nice garden

[@Albopepper]

Thanks Susie! xD

[@eyegardentx]

thank you for your tour. Never heard of Feverfew. How do you use it?

[@Albopepper]

Thanks for watching! It is an herb that some people use to treat migraines. :-)

[@wbartman1]

does the tree make big roots which may destroy your foundation?

[@SelkyCircus]

Do you ever have issues with neighbors or passersby picking things through the gates of your yard?

[@charlesedwarddavisjr.6022]

How did you do the ground prep b4 you started planting

[@MyDogMike1]

Can I ask where you got the H. Yellow Gooseberry? I've been looking for that variety and can only find the red.

[@Albopepper]

Thanks for watching! I got mine from Raintree Nursery. I know that One Green World sells this variety as well. xD

[@mdegloff]

Hi, Al. New subscriber. Love your vids. Lots of great ideas. If you answered this before, please forgive me for asking you to respond again. What zone are you in? I see a lot of your plants that share my zone 6, so assume that you are 5 or 6.

[@Albopepper]

Hi Mark, thanks for watching! You guessed right. I'm in Zone 6. :-D

[@jlfoodforest]

What area of the country are you at? I'm trying to see if I can grow what you're growing, I'm in San Benito TX

[@Albopepper]

Hi Juana! Thanks for watching. I'm in Western PA, zone 6. :)

[@MzLewis29]

I know time has passed. Just curious as to how the wild animals have been. I'm in zone 6A more urban/city open front yard space and worried about wild animals visiting, what's the input if you done mind answering. YT

[@Albopepper]

Hi Michelle. All of my primary planters are protected by an outer fence. So far I haven't had issues with large animals like deer. However, I get birds, digging through my beds turning them into Swiss cheese as they look for worms. I get crazy squirrels that try to bury and then dig up walnuts, peanuts and even little stones. I also get some burrowing rodents that tunnel around at the surface of my planters. It's a pain. However, it's really been manageable. And I keep coming up with ways to keep them all at bay!

[@sumafow]

Hi, great garden, I just subscribed. Your grapevine, it looks like it's in part shade, does it produce grapes? I'm thinking of planting a grapevine in a part shade.

[@Albopepper]

Hi Sue! Welcome to my channel! The grapevine has not really produced large grapes yet. But it was badly neglected when we moved into this place. Each year I've been reducing the size and thinning it out. I'm somewhat doubtful about the grapes due to the shade. But I'm going to give it a shot. I'll thin the clusters and everything. Ideally, full sun would be much better.

[@sumafow]

Thx for getting back to me. I wish I could plant my grapevine in full sun but I have a lot of huge trees around my house and it will cost me thousands of dollars to cut them down. Any progress in the future on your grapevine pls let me know. Thanks a million.

[@jossdelage]

Are the worms still around?

[@Albopepper]

Hi Joss! Yes, they're still in my worm box. I recently had to pull everything in that corner up because the bank was eroding. I had to reinforce things and change the grading a little. The worm box was pulled up, but the worms are back in place and they're loving life! :-)

[@bicyclebookster6510]

Location, location, location! Where are you? What zone are you in? Most of this information is specific to climate, so viewers need to know where you are.

[@Albopepper]

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[@pauljones9150]

Do you make your own planter boxes? How so?

[@Albopepper]

I see you found the one video on my SIPs already. ;-) My site has lots of info on my SIPs. I also have other beds and planters, also a worm box and cold frame. I designed them all and build myself. Lots of fun! xD

[@faykhudairi3738]

where is this? i'm interested in growing natives

[@Albopepper]

Hi Fay! I'm in Western Pennsylvania USA. Thanks for watching!

[@gustaboderais]

Mario Bros

[@brianbroussard5036]

Great tour of your garden. Smartly put together. You made mention of your good friend, climate change, and I am assuming you mean man-made climate change. Would you do a video to substaintiate your good friend, man-made climate change. Please touch on the archeological evidence of the massive changes in temperature pre-industrialized world, to include both ice ages. Touch on the temperature data that says there has been no significant "warming" in the last 20 years or so. Touch on the hystaria of global cooling of the early 1970's and touch on the direct correspondance of increased activity on the Sun parrallels increases of Earth's Temperature as well as the direct correspondence of lesser activbity to lower temperatures. This is a serious request, not tongue in cheeck. I think the garden is great!!!!

[@Albopepper]

Hi Brian, there's a reason why I say climate change. It's because the climate is changing. Might that involve global warming? Sure, it could. Are greenhouse gases a factor? Perhaps so. Has climate changed at other points in earth's history? Absolutely. But right now, the climate in my area is changing. On Feb 24th the average temp for my region is 38F but this year it was 75F. I took the day off of work and built a large SIP. I drove around with my windows down. I'm directly observing climate change as years go by. And lots of other people can testify to the same reality in their region. It's happening right now and it's effecting lots of plants, particularly due to the erratic extremes in hot and cold. Mechanisms that have reliably triggered plants to enter or break dormancy are becoming less reliable and food crops are suffering. You might see me do a video on how plants are being impacted by climate change. But I don't need to prove global warming to anybody. That's a pathetic debate that has one singular objective: to rationalize political policies or the lack there-of.

[@artistzamira6360]

WHY DON'T YOU HAVE THIS DISCUSSION WITH A SCIENTIST WHO BELIEVES IN CLIMATE CHANGE? HE'LL HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO FULLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.