This is What 13 Years of Permaculture in Ireland Looks Like!

[@tinybackyardfoodforest510]

No word is adequate really. Absolutely stunning. You've created paradise! what an inspiration.

[@yunos4731]

indeed, this looks like my vision of home. very, very nice :-)

[@ladyofthewoods2448]

Tiny Backyard Food Forest Just beautiful, inspiring

[@jtrio5059]

Ireland was full of trees before everything was cut down. The way you brought back life to the land makes me cry from happiness. ☘️🌳💚

[@judeirwin2222]

Earth was also rich in wetlands: fens, swamps, bogs. We have drained and destroyed 99% of them. Ireland must restore and preserve these precious habitats of so many plants and animals. Wetlands also sequester a huge amount of CO2, helping to remediate the rapacious over exploitation of our greedy species which has accelerated climate crisis so drastically.

[@judeirwin2222]

I recommend that you read "Fen, Bog and Swamp" by Annie Proulx. Superbly written brief history of how our destruction of wetlands has accelerated climate change and impoverished biodiversity worldwide.

[@Good-DaySunshine]

@@judeirwin2222 Maybe that's why young people in the USA are not repopulating the earth.

[@gordonbooth8848]

Thank God some one cares about the Bee's too! Food for every thing we share a planet... I agree, "plant as though your life depends on it, because it does!" Best quote have heard in a while. Thanks for all your hard work.

[@maxdecphoenix]

plant as your life depons on it doesn't mean plant every thing. Seeds and spores escape captivity and introduces species of plants and animals to diseases and microbiology they have no evolved resistances against. And in the case of unmanaged areas, exacerbate habitat stress. We're dealing with this in south mississippi and along the coast, particularly with asian invasives of ligustrum and mimosa brought in by do-gooder yuppies hundreds of years ago. The damage to the ecological balance wrought by doo-gooder envirotards yelling diversity is getting close to the tipping point of being unrepairable. Nothing these two trees produce are consumed, or utilized, by north american omniores. So basically, they're just taking up space and stealing resources, but their growth habit is such that they just out compete everything around them. And bad as that is, it's not all. The trees are promoting year-round humidity conditions which allow pine-gall rust to thrive unnaturally. Almost every pine I have on my land now has pine-gall rust which was never a problem before until my Native neighbor decided she was going to take a 'hands off' 'natural' management approach about 15-years ago, and all this asian shit blew up. When I walk the line between her unmanged shit and my native stands, all i see is ligustrum seeds. Seed thick as carpet. Nothing eats the berries, not even microbes. They're toxic to most birds and herbivores. They just sit there piling up, year on year on year; And then when the canopy opens and a sliver of light reaches the floor due to a natural or unnatural removal, all you can see is ligustrum and mimosa sprouts. Spouts thicker than grass. It looks like a patch of lush lawn in the middle of a forest. 10,000 of them in 2 or 3 square feet. The few native seeds or nuts which weren't eaten, can't even compete. There's no natural predator for these trees. Nothing eats the seeds, nothing eats the sprouts, nothing eats the saplings, nothing. Fire events which helped control thin-barked species on this continent for thousands of thousands of years, and created a niche for American thick barked trees like pine, hickory, and oaks are non-existent in the present age, actively suppressed by the government, and decried by do-gooder envirotards. The regular fire events would help, if not fully repair our dying native stands. Diversity is not always a force for good.

[@gordonbooth8848]

I agree in the fact there is a responsibility to plant native species and be very careful to know this. Sorry to hear about your difficulty hopefully all who see this will learn and assist in corrections that go wrong in our world and garden's, farm's etc. Thanks for taking time to share. Hopeful out come for you......

[@monicacampos3154]

Gordon Booth True..bees die..we die.

[@gordonbooth8848]

Monica Campos , watching a definite decline and struggling to change that, put in a 300m2 garden to help and they came!

[@thehappinesstree8089]

Just watched again for probably the twentieth time. This is without doubt, my favourite video on You Tube. It's just perfect. It's relaxing, informative, inspiring, it really does have it all. Including the much missed Jack ❤

[@smellmyflower]

Oh wow!! I've only just seen this & i'm totally blown away. You are a true inspiration & have created something amazing. Well done.

[@kin-derkids3800]

Four years ago I discovered your work and this video. At the time I was living in a big city and commented under this video that I would do it as soon as possible. It took some times for me to find an excellent owner as I can only rent. 2 years ago I found exactly what I hoped to. So I found a little house and a big garden with a perfect owner who understood the spirit of a natural garden, I show her your work and we are doing it as a collaboration work. The garden has a bamboo area that I just adore. Permaculture is the base, and we are going forward in a little village in the south west of france. Thanks a lot for your video. 💐🌹 !

[@MOJOJONO]

I like seeing the doggy just strolling along the path.

[@stacking4retirement222]

This is the video I saw 2 years ago that inspired me to get into permaculture and food forests! I finally found it! I'm so grateful for this video and your other videos as well. I can now watch this video every day for continuous inspiration. What an absolutely stunning place you've made for yourself and for nature. Because of your inspiration, i purchased 9 acres of land in the Missouri Ozarks to do this exact same thing! I'll be able to retire and live there in 3 years. I hope I'm as blessed as you in my journey. ❤ Thank you.

[@stacybrown4257]

michelle husek I would love to help with that land. 58 in 3 years. I'll be one of the goofy hat ladies that emerges from the weeds👩‍🌾.

[@cynthiahofer2903]

Enchanting. I am trying a hedge along the back of my property. Rugosa, blackberry, raspberry, elderberry, rhubarb, more.

[@philthefishaddict1484]

You should narrate children’s stories and audiobooks. I’m deeply impressed by your work and your voice is like a priestess of Mother Earth. I come back to this video from time to time like an old comfortable book to take me back to my vision. You’re an inspiration. Funny coincidence I discovered today. My daughter and you share a variation of your second name, Collette.

[@AwayToMeBus]

Wow, thank you! My mother was an avid gardener and passed that passion to me. However, since her passing 8 yrs ago, I lost that passion. I still look at the beautiful collection of hostas that we split from her garden and planted at my farm 9 yrs ago and they bring back memories of our trips to garden centers and gardens...all good memories. She would've loved your gardens. You may just have reignited that passion...i hope so because I miss it :).

[@Sadie-xx2fj]

So amazed that you could do this in ten years! This is how we can survive the climate crisis

[@Zone10Permaculture]

It's incredible what one person is capable of. What used to be a wet, rushy field is now a goddess permaculture paradise for all creatures lucky enough to come across it. 💚🌳🌿

[@devanois]

To me that looks a paradise. Thank you for your video. Two years ago I’ve started turning a bare land with soil full of rubble into a garden. It’s a lot of work but little by little plants are growing and consolidating.

[@MichaelHarrisIreland]

It's beautiful, tks for doing it and showing it.

[@0Bios0]

This is the most meaningful video for me on the internet.. Years ago after watching it I knew exactly what I wanted to do with my life. Rescue a piece of land, turn it back into a wild forest. All I had was a big dream. Without knowing where to do this and if i'll ever be able to own land. After such intertwined and unexpected life events I came into a piece of land that is surrounded by farmlands which use industrial techniques. An abandoned land, which was either used for mono crops in the past or was going to be in the future, or even worse, a vacation home to be built on it with grass lawns... Attached to a much bigger land, this property is only 639 sq mt. and I have managed to fit 92 trees and shrubs in it (42 varieties and counting). After only 4 years, it has truly started to have a forest feeling to it. I have more numbers and varieties of birds and bees than any other yard around me. Also just this past summer I was able to spot many new varities of good bugs in the garden for the first time since starting this! Exciting stuff considering i get tractor sprayed of poisonous stuff very close to my land. I havent tilled the soil all these years and i let as much of the local “weeds” flourish as possible. You have changed my life, I host volunteers here from all over the world. I show them this video :) Just amazing stuff.. Thank you forever. We must all understand the importance of birds and the trees.. without trees there wont be any birds and without birds there wont be trees. and without trees there wont be life. local weed/tree varities must be saved as much as possible! this should be top priorty of any garden.

[@bealtainecottage]

Thank you for your story 🙏

[@rubylace9963]

How big were the trees you planted? I only started seriously planting last year and the trees/shrubs I planted are tiny. Since our growing season is short I think it will take me much longer than 4 years to have that same feeling but I'm excited for the small progress.

[@joanlittlehale8153]

Truly inspirational! My head is now spinning as to what I can accomplish on my open 1 acre yard space in Central New York! I have many flowers, but this is extra ordinary! As time goes on, these type of plantings all over the world are so important! Thank you for sharing and inspiring!!

[@solo8424]

I moved in to my road 3 years ago. On my first week, whilst hammering out concrete in front garden I was confronted. I was told "No trees are wanted up this Road, we keep it neat" Since then I have planted 4 trees in the front, all edible, surrounded by herbs, veg and wild flowers. I was short of space so I created an archway of a grape vine and tayberry. My back garden is chocka block with wild plants and introduced plants. I am also a compoost fan. In amongst everything I feel that it will take years to restore the harm that has been done to by small rented patch of earth. Thank you for your inspiration.

[@jmeaton9538]

May god save us from 'neat' at all costs!

[@jobellens4326]

Very, very beautiful ! Congratulations from Belgium madam. I loved every minute of it.

[@bimbolimbospam]

This literally makes my heart swell! And tears of joy run down my face! The amount of creatures living along side you. This is my dream for myself one day… and how wonderful if everyone lived this way xxx

[@SonicPhonic]

Congratulations, that is one of the nicest gardens I've ever seen. Ireland is such a beautiful place.

[@MsBiggles51]

My God, you are such an inspiration. Just wonderful. I just found you, and now subscribed. Thanks for sharing this.

[@mrclamity5560]

I'd love to buy the property next door to yours and mirror what you've done, it's glorious. It could be a national park.

[@willowgrove631]

Imagine what we could achieve if we all planted something for the birds and bees like this, no matter how large or small our growing spaces are?! Thank you so much for inspiring us and showing us how to love Mother Earth x

[@justmegeorgie5930]

SINCE FINDING THIS VIDEO IN 2017. .... IT'S MY FAVOURITE VIDEO ON KZbin! SERIOUSLY SEE IT EVERY TIME I CAN. AND NEED INSPIRATION FOR WHAT I WANT IN MY LIFE. I LOVE BEING IN THE MOMENT AND SILENCE WITH THIS VIDEO.

[@inkswampmedia2577]

I think this is the most beautiful permaculture garden I've seen. You have such a lovely connection with nature and it really shows through. Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@amandaf4861]

13yrs pf permaculture is Definitely worth celebrating!! Congratulations!! SOOO AMAZING!! SOO Beautiful!! You're an inspiration!!! You're beautiful and fabulous & wonderful!! Thank you for taking the time to make & share the video!!!

[@claireandersongrahamkeller2744]

Beautiful! I spent 3 months in Ireland meeting Permaculturists. I wish we had met. Lovely, clear, HOME, inviting, healthy, healing for all. Thank you for all you're doing and sharing. Just amazing!!!

[@powertothepeople4712]

Amazing that you planted an entire paradise with seeds and cuttings.

[@directionknown4me]

How inspiring! I am 50 and starting now, by myself. Your hard work has paid off, it is beautiful

[@dennisrogles4725]

Thank you for sharing, it is absolutely beautiful. Maybe the best I have ever seen.

[@MZapps]

I'm amazed by your tireless effort to change and create the surrounding area. What a nice place to live.

[@KudosMagazine]

Love this video....thank you so much for sharing your garden, it is beautiful in so many ways. No cliche, you truly inspired me with our positive take on the garden, life and earth. I love at the beginning you shared it was task on by yourself because you wanted to show it could be done by one person and your connection to undertstaning you are a part of the chain but not the entire chain....you are a witty woman. So glad I found your channel, I hit subscribe. Much love from across the pond from your new American Irish Fan. Thank you.

[@stberchmans]

What a perfect little paradise you have! So much life and an orchestra of song birds providing soothing natural music.

[@selinadicapri8081]

This is the garden of my dreams, i cant imagine how much time you invested into it but it looks so pretty, i would spend everyday outside just reading or adoring the plants, that is so perfect

[@rinchhensherpa6972]

You are such an inspiration to me. 🙏 I am in my early 30's. My plan is to continue the 9-5 rat-race for 5more years, save 80% of my income, buy a barrand waste land back home (Nepal) and start my own food forest. I'm currently in England.

[@SPAmeHandmadesoapsandmore]

Absolutely fantastic! Wonderful little green world! Thanks for sharing! Greetings from Croatia!

[@kathywilliams7918]

You have done such an amazing job! Absolutely beautiful! You certainly have shown what one person can do in developing permaculture on their land.

[@AerykThomas]

This is so stunning and beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@hilltopvt]

Amazing accomplishment for one person - this is so lush and beautiful. You are an inspiration!

[@Ramiz422]

It's so beautiful. Birds chirping, the flowers and trees a perfect peaceful place to live. Even that pathway looks beautiful.

[@beverlybelcher3423]

What a beautiful place you have created. I love all of the richness of life you have invited into your land. Thank you for sharing.

[@tashabaker11]

This is so lovely, it's like a dream. You have created such a beautiful space for yourself and the wildlife. I have just begun my permaculture garden, your garden is truly an inspiration. Thank you!

[@davidbarr5701]

Thanks for showing this lovely spot and the inspiring fruits of your passion.

[@hannahoron9740]

First time viewer from Holland. You have achieved something really beautiful! To me it looks like paradise! Wow! Blessings to you for sharing!

[@teateena7423]

I wish I could comment on your other video. I’m so sorry you have people who are telling you how to live your life and what to do with your abundance. I’m also sorry I don’t always comment on your videos. I would only ever comment positively. I love your videos and have been inspired by you for years! You keep doing you and don’t worry about the nay sayers. It’s very easy for them to tell you what to do when most likely they are not doing those things either.

[@judydennis1242]

You have encouraged me to rethink gardening. Thank you. Not only was I educated by this video, but also entertained. Around each turn was a beautiful surprise and quite refreshing. 🐝🐞

[@Bethybeez]

I am so impressed by what you've done. 13 years later and look!! Wow! Astonishing. I could sit here and watch you walk around your acreage all day. It's marvelous 😊 I love your love of nature. Nature is where I feel completely at ease. I run away into the woods in times of need. To de-stress and gather my thoughts. To wonder at the beauty that nature is. Look at the transformation you've created. 1 person. 1 WOMAN! I want to thank you. Mother Earth is thanking you I'm sure. Keep up the good work. You are amazing ❤

[@SubjectiveFunny]

This is so beautiful, it is my dream to one day have a garden like this. The amount of work, dedication and love you have put into this ecosystem is staggering. Inspirational!!

[@thomas.szokoljasmine.krisz2913]

I haven't seen anything as beautiful as your own paradise is! Greetings from Hungary

[@philthefishaddict1484]

Very beautiful garden. I have been a gardener my whole life and have taught my daughter to plant from the time she could walk. This video tugs at my heartstrings.

[@elenabourenok7205]

Thanks!

[@stepheniespetcare6390]

You have a real life secret garden. It goes on and on. Allowing life to thrive. I move to my very own cottage next month. I feel truly blessed. You have inspired me. Thank you

[@Seth_Cones]

“To clean our dirty planet, now theres a noble wish” - greg brown, spring wind. What you have done there is truly noble and amazing. A deed and place that im sure the old gods of ireland would be proud of.

[@bealtainecottage]

Blessings X

[@gillyrosemillington9157]

Just beautiful! So much love invested in this wild and free place. Thank you for sharing it with us all.

[@patrickboyle7067]

I've just watched this. Again. This was the first Bealtaine video I ever watched and I was absolutely floored by it. It has inspired me so much and influenced me to develop and change my approach to the garden and Mother Earth. I now have no interest in controlling the garden. I just want to facilitate Mother Earth to do her thing and flourish. My lawn is about half the size it was and getting smaller. It's Great.

[@bealtainecottage]

Liberating, isn't it! Woodland gardens are the future!

[@patrickboyle7067]

Absolutely! It's so simple and so logical. It just makes sense. Everything has it's place. Once you let Mother Earth take control it all falls into place and everything seems to flourish.

[@johnwelsh4369]

How beautiful. Thank you for showing us your work of art which is the Bealtaine Cottage Project. To think that one person accomplished this herself. Truly a remarkable example for all of us. Very best wishes to you and all who take up and follow your sensible advice. Thank you.

[@margaretlynch1494]

How beautiful and wonderful. Everything growing in your garden is healthy and happy!🙋‍♀️☘❤🌷🌻🐶

[@sheilabrewster6810]

It's so full of peaceful beauty, each time I watch your videos Colette. Just seeing Jack always brings joy to myheart🐕‍🦺❤

[@mahabubalam-jp2de]

Wow... This is a piece of heaven on earth. There is love everywhere in this place. In every corner. Its evident that you made it with lots of love. Thank you for producing oxygen for us and for contributing to the ecosystem. Wish you all the happiness.

[@AmySmith-hh5yn]

Absolutely gorgeous! Wish we had such lovely cool rainy weather here in the states. Yes I know that most people wouldn't say that but it's my favorite weather. I miss going to Ireland to visit my grandparents who lived in Kilkenny. They used to grow rhubarb and it was delicious with ice cream. Thank you for sharing your lovely garden with us.

[@keksimusultimus4257]

we have destroyed our land through centuries of mistakes....time to restore it! Great Job really inspiring for us the younger generation!

[@Nasaratsu]

"Not just food for the stomach, food for the soul" Well said!

[@louizeromero]

I love your hard work on this beautiful land... Thank you for sharing... I also love that Jack is included in your videos... 🙏💞💚

[@MelodxKay]

You are a true inspiration! What amazing work you have done and all with consideration of our Mother Earth. Many blessings to you, your family and your beautiful Beltaine Cottage!

[@Mindy56743]

It looks like a enchanted garden. Somewhere you would see the little people. Someplace that you can go sit and fill the Goddess fill up your soul. I am going to be looking into starts of seeds for different kinds of trees and pray that the Goddess blesses me as she has you. Blessing

[@kennethflynn2469]

I had good luck with a large pile of woodmulch, collect up peach pits, apple seeds keep in fridge till temp drops then cover them in wood mulch leave till spring . usually have 30-40 new trees sprout in spring then I pop them out and put in orchard

[@kasisatya5448]

Its simply gorgeous and the bird song is magical.

[@sandrasmith5943]

I love what you have done. It’s truly amazing. I don’t know how you manage it all. Well done x❤

[@north40honeybees35]

I just followed your link in the description to the cottage as you first saw it and I am simply amazed. I can't stop saying, wow! Or, oh my gosh! I appreciate your beautiful garden but even more so when I see what you started with. Your lane is especially beautiful and inspiring. Blessings!

[@sadielaurentiwhitley3762]

I visited Ireland a few weeks ago for the first time and I fell in love with your country. I visited Killarney and Ring of Kerry which all the greens, trees and the land was so breathtaking beautiful. What you’ve done in 13 years is beautiful and the care you’ve got for your land is noticeable. At my age of 57, you inspire me. Thank you.

[@KarenBowers4]

When I watch these old videos I sometimes cry because I miss Jack he was such a good dog.

[@historicphoenix2263]

OMG I am in AWE! I didn't want the video to end.. To say you did an amazing job is an understatement. LOVELY! (and Goddess Permaculture is the PERFECT description!)

[@jaded2306]

Wow! The work you put into this place is insane! Sooo worth it it would say lol what a wonderful place you have created! My #1 bucket list is to go to Ireland!

[@jaded2306]

@@godsonglenn382 🖐

[@creagmhor-buildingahomeste3190]

Your place is absolutely breathtaking. I don’t recall ever seeing a landscape so beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

[@nowisthetime7904]

This was so therapeutic just watching it. Beautiful job well done!

[@marshhen]

What an incredible feat. I am overwhelmed by the beauty of your garden. It is inspiring to know you took it from flat ground to that redolent paradise all on your own. Bravo.

[@kazbar7611]

Wow your garden is amazing very inspiring and beautiful. So much life and bird song, bees everywhere you look. Xx

[@roberttighe5687]

Very well done! It's so beautiful and peaceful. It was a joy to soak it in for a bit. I would love to learn more about this. Thank you!

[@collenestephenson3550]

Am in absolute awe of how you've transformed your land in thirteen years. It's amazing.

[@gracedchip6498]

Is the most beautiful garden I have ever seen, not just the look but the ideal and motivations behind it's creation, absolutely beautiful.

[@christinewerner4214]

Oh! You are living my dream! You have done an outstanding job, what a wonderful inspiration you are! Thank you for sharing the video, and keep up the good work! I wish you many more wonderful years in that Eden!

[@machinaprivada]

I keep coming back to this video! ❤

[@kripaharris237]

me too

[@rubylace9963]

me too

[@simhifree2416]

Thank you for loving the Mother and devoting your life to restoring the land. Such a beautiful garden you've made. Sending you a big hug!

[@sara.r304]

This is the most beautiful video I have watched in ages. Not only soothing, but it gives me hope too. I have a teeny tiny garden in the suburbs of Johannesburg, South Africa - but this is my dream! Bright blessings to you - long may you continue to be a guardian of this most loveliest of spaces )o( xxx

[@sinarbulanpurnama3306]

So peaceful. Love hearing the birds chirping.

[@marilialevacov2939]

Congratulations! Amazing work! Everything looks beautiful, healthy, lush! You must feel very proud of such work of art and love. An example to be followed.

[@petesmith1641]

Wow, this is fabulously awesome. This lady is a Permaculture Artist.

[@ManuManu-us5mh]

Un jardin plein de charme et si bucolique. Magnifique. 👍👌🏻 merci pour la visite.

[@cedarrockcabin3633]

I just watched your documentary by Far Reach Films. Absolutely wonderful. All of your hard work over the years has absolutely paid off in abundance.

[@bealtainecottage]

Thank you 🙏

[@kelvinalston1128]

This makes me so relaxed

[@gazgf]

Someone wise once said " the best time to plant a tree is 7 years ago...and the 2nd best time to plant a tree is today" 👍🍃🍁🍂🍀

[@Beherenow-p5e]

I very much enjoyed this journey through your magical garden of Eden. this is our earth and we are part of it, no matter where we are. She is our mother. Thank you for sharing your lovely place with me. I feel so much the same as you do about life, the earth, beauty and all around us. Congrats on 13 years of your goddess permaculture garden ❤❤❤

[@alixyz]

I love this so much - so beautiful and inspiring! I wish all the landscape looked this way rather than the bleak monocultured fields.

[@Kirmeins]

Incredible! I love it! This is the kind of garden I dream of since i was a little kid! Well, mostly - I enjoy myself a soft, sunny spot of lawn with some higher kinds of grass along the edges and lots of flowers.

[@katieMarie2022]

What you have created it fabulous and all the hard work paid off. Well done and thank you for this very informative video. God Bless.

[@thepearlatelier4256]

Thank you so much for your video. I nearly cried. It reminded me of the garden i grew up in my childhood home. We too had lots of birds and butterflies and my Mum had a fabulous garden filled with tropical glorious flowers, orchids and roses. I regret i was too young to know how to capture it all on video. I just wish you would include yourself in the video so we can see you, the person who captures all this beauty. How blessed you are and i hope someday i can be as blessed.

[@thepearlatelier4256]

@@goodnessofg-d1315 HI Tobiah, i am still single. pls support my channel.

[@cedarrockcabin3633]

This is the first video I have seen. I cannot wait to view more. Absolutely lovely. I found it very encouraging, thank you!

[@dave8540]

I loved this episode ,such beautiful colour in the garden.Such an amazing effort in the 13 years and your vision has come to life ,good on you Colette !

[@auroreboreale9163]

Congrats for your work and achievements and thanks for the inspiration!

[@lenaramoon4617]

Oh my, youre channel has grown maam!! So happy for you. Your message will grow and change the world