$20 and a shovel could change your life and save the planet

Get started making your own food guild on your property. Make the leap and change forever.
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[@deborahtofflemire7727]

Sooooooo happy to see a Canadian homesteading channel. We are zone 7 and started more gardening a few years ago. I am 64 and my husband 71. Grew up on a farm. But !,!!! Now we are back.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Wonderful! Were your parents farmers as well? I find your generation fascinating because the push for post warfare chemical agriculture to your parents was so strong that typically that age taught their children the same way. Fertilizers fertilizers fertilizers. Its a really hard thing to do... to deprogram what was taught from parents and do things in a different way - especially when the payback isn't immediate, but rather even YEARS later. Poppy for example (if you see my videos of his place), he is your age, and his neighbour is your husband's age. He is a big time Gardner, but he does it the old way. Till and fertilize. He sees Poppy's garden and can't believe the change in it in just a short 3 years. He sees my bringing poppy multiple large trailers of woodchips. He talks to Poppy about the new no till heavy mulch methods. But he still can't stop tilling and fertilizing. He swears by it, even though every year he is amazed at the difference in work (and now also production) of Poppys garden compared to his. This stuff really does work! Then there are people in their 70s and 80s who have literally led the change. People like Mollison and Holmgren, and Lawton, and Ingham and, and Salatin, and Sheppard, and Holzer. We wouldn't even have Permaculture if it weren't for them. I'm sure we'd have some kind of sustainable ag, but it may not have caught on like wildfire as much. And maybe the best thing about all this is how connecting it all is. I'm not sure there is much that connects generations together better Rohan planet care and gardening with it in mind. Some of the people I consider my greatest friends in life are in their 70s, and its just because we share such a common bond and passion. Long way to say thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy the channel, and also keep commenting. Hopefully we can learn from eachother.

[@vonries]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy If you don't mind me jumping into someone else's conversation here, but what beer thing are you taking about? Or is that a Canadian inside joke?

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Was an autocorrect, should have been "best". Fixed it. Thanks.

[@vonries]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy so I'm not the only one who doesn't catch all of those.

[@rayancash338]

@Winston Langston definitely, been watching on InstaFlixxer for since december myself :)

[@1framistan]

I don't own ANY land, but that isn't going to stop me. Guerilla Gardening! Never give up. There's always more ways than ONE to accomplish a task.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Haha make sure you check out my video "No land, no problem", it sounds right up your alley.

[@travisdavis1042]

Edible acres channel has gotten so many people started on this journey. I am immensely grateful for his channel as well as yours. They have truly changed my life.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Absolutely

[@yaniragonzalez]

Such an emotional video.... God infinitely blessed those $20!

[@renamarsland9642]

“Plant like your life depends on it…for it does.” ~ Collette O’Neill (Bealtaine Cottage Goddess Permaculture) Words to live by!

[@taxigirl5637]

4 acres is a MASSIVE amount of land. Even one acre is huge.

[@jettyd69]

Came here from Reddit too. Going to start planting some berries! Cheers :)

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Awesome take pictures and post it on /r/gardening. We love seeing new people start.

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

Seeing this 4yrs later. I started with a $30 elderberry & a broken digging fork. Trimmed/dug out a lot of wild plums. Propagated a few raspberries. Still figuring out where/when in food forest according to my plan. Oops forgot to mention my comfrey roots.😊 "Ten Acres Enough" is my favorite book 📖.

[@TN-pu4yz]

One of the BEST video for practicality ... saw this years ago. Been gardening for years but this is the best video to inspire you to garden without lots money. Slow and steady, a little at a time. A shovel and 20 bucks and one tree.

[@sennehouben2265]

amazing work have converting my lawn into a food forest as well ( only have 1/8 of an acre butt still. and yes all the neighborgs dont get it they all have 4cm short lawns a green oasis

[@paperm2023]

EDIBLE ACRES WOOO YES he’s literally my fav ever. One of the first and truly inspirational permaculture youtubers I encountered. Changed my life tbh

[@paperm2023]

You’re amazing af too, I can tell you know your stuff. Immensely educational

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thank you kindly! Sean is one of the 2 or 3 people who influenced me to get REALLY into this stuff. My whole life changed since. I honestly owe him so much for being the catalyst for me to completely overhaul my life and drive all the change I have done since.

[@Shotzeethegamer]

this video should have 42 million views!

[@jackiekjono]

I've got a 20 ft by 20 ft front yard. I have 2 semi dwarf cherry trees and 2 semi dwarf apple trees and will be putting in a blueberry bush in June. Small spaces are limiting but, not that limiting.

[@bonniehoke-scedrov4906]

What a wonderful story!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thanks 😊

[@victorybase5847]

Truly a beautiful sight (& site!). Great job, it’s really fantastic! Why did humans stop doing this? This is so natural. It’s a necessity, its money, it’s health! It’s amazing!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thank you kindly, I totally agree 👍

[@yLeprechaun]

Sean is an invaluable member of the community. But you have become, probably, my 2nd favorite source of inspiration.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Awww thanks 😊 That's some fine company to be in!

[@zachlloyd9392]

Saun (sp?) was one of my main inspirations too. Great guy, affects way more than he realizes. Bless him and his family.

[@vonries]

You can plant your sucker's, BTW. I leave mine because I don't need a twenty foot plant. I like mine below my head. Eatable acres you say? I'll check them out.

[@etiennelouw9244]

I live in cape Town, South Africa. 20 Dollars is a lot of money in our currency. I have a spade and I have planted 5 trees from cuttings taken from my neighbors trees. 1 Died. I have dug up a patch of grass and covered it with cardboard. I cut holes in the cardboard and insert grow tubes (cut from plastic soda bottles. I put my plants or seeds into the grow tubes that produce half an inch above the cardboard. I only water in the grow tubes as this saves water and deprives the weeds. Only started a month ago and yesterday I harvested my first purple lettuce leaves. This is just the beginning of my food forest. Bless you.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Wonderful! Thanks for sharing and good luck :)

[@debrakessler5141]

I love edible acres, his chicken set up is epic!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

The amount of compost Sean generates is mindblowing. I want his chicken setup here... but it will take some convincing of my wife. And my life needs to get a little less busy so that I can be an appropriate caretaker to more animals. I would take that responsibility quite seriously.

[@jessicalandi6750]

Ooh, I need to check that out. My chicken-raising friend said she would give me three of her new group of hens as soon as I get a chicken coop. We've been looking for used coops; they get sold so quickly. I can hardly wait to have my coup & my chickens.

[@douggibson9084]

Excellent and calming video, thanks.

[@nyurr2196]

I love how relevant your old videos still are. A great concept to get people into the fun and meaning in permaculture.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thanks. I find some of my older videos have lower production value but it also has that energy of new passion, which you cannot replicate.

[@Rred26]

I love that idea of letting nature take its course in the garden. Like you said, the resilience of nature to have thrived on this planet for millions of years is an incredible wonder and is often overlooked in our face paced lives. This video really puts into perspective the difference between urban life and agricultural industrialization versus wildlife. This garden you've nurtured is a testament to the importance of ecological diversity as all the insects, birds, and animals find sanctuary in your home you've made for them. You're doing a great service with these videos. I hope this attracts more views. Your channel is underrated. Thanks for what you do!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to not only watch my stream of conscious rambling, and also come comment here. I think people inherently care, we just need to unplug and reprogram everyone. I was a true green chemlawn guy no less than 6 years ago. Its not that I didnt care, I just didnt know. The thing is this change I have made has given me so much happiness. It's just a better way of living in every way.

[@RussellBallestrini]

I love it, keep saving the world man. I'm helping too!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Subbed :)

[@sarahmorgan4786]

Thank you

[@MushroomMagpie]

Some lawn is good. Children can play happily and it acts as a fire break, just in case...!

[@ramthian]

I love your ideas. Thanks 🙏. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😎

[@marshallartist2012]

I appreciate you and your passion. Thank you for sharing and doing your part to make all well🙏💚💪💪😁

[@nucleartntgaming6948]

I just seen your post on Reddit and got super inspired now I'm here and I'm going to shop around a little bit and see if I can find an apple tree to plant in front of my chicken pen as a secondary food source for them. I don't have any interesting hobbies but now I feel like I have something to try. You just earned my subscription and follow on Reddit

[@ronan3884]

Just arrived from the same post. Mighty stuff

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Comments like this keep me motivated to continue. You have no idea how much this means to me. Truly. It's my fuel.

[@andrewfetterolf7042]

I am landless but I will gorrilla plant at night and hope for the best, and i can propagate more from the one.

[@scottfraser706]

I agree a lot of rich nebougher hoods have such large open lawn. I don't understand why not grow something there is less grass to cut and takes less gas

[@carolschedler3832]

Would love to see (up close) the bed by the road. And actually installing a section. Thanks for sharing your gardens with us.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Have you checked out this recent video of the grape guild? kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4TRmXx4hqaql5Y. That's a lilac guild built by the side of the road.

[@carolschedler3832]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy Thank you! I’ll put it on my watch list so next time I have screen time I can catch it. ❤️🍅🥕🍠🧅🥬🌽🥒❤️

[@normamead4511]

Your food forest 🌳 it's really beautiful just found you 🏡😊😺❤️🐶

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thanks! It only got better each year. This year is going to be awesome, I cannot wait!

[@StefanBurns]

Keep it up brother! I'm adding my voice to the chorus, we are making a difference!

[@patrickboyle7067]

This is great! I'm doing something similar in Ireland. I've been planting like crazy on less than an acre for twelve years and still planting. I just keep packing in more and more. It was a neglected field and the biodiversity now is phenomenal. It's life changing for the better.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Sounds very similar!

[@patrickboyle7067]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy Yep! I have less and less lawn every year. It's amazing to see it develop and change as time goes on.

[@charlesbale8376]

Thank you for sharing your experience.

[@chandrikatilwalli4741]

Just found you . Subscribed. Your garden truly inspirational!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thanks 😊

[@LL-pn2gp]

I am so happy to find this channel. Find other humans who think the same way!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Welcome to the family 👪

[@eloisenair956]

Thank you for your lovely informative video.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thanks for watching:)

[@andrewfetterolf7042]

Dont forget the 500,000 dollars for land

[@The-Ancestral-Cucina]

Thank you! I learned so much watching this video. Enjoyed every minute of this tour and your story about $20 and a shovel. I feel so inspired and encouraged to continue my ‘bad neighbour’ land revivalist who loves the land🌱

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thank you 😊

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

I'm inspired by Edible Acres.

[@brunitrinidad3488]

Great video!!!!!

[@volvomom9952]

Thank you for sharing your Canadian Homesteading channel. I am in zone 3b and I am so glad that I found some information on how and what to grow in my zone. Questions: What do you do with your goldfish in the winter? What do you do in your pond to keep the water from becoming stagnant?

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

In the winter I just drain all the water lines that are above the frost line. Then the pond is just a normal pond. A reservoir of water. The water is deep enough for the fish to survive the winter. I don't do anything with them, just let them be fish in a pond.

[@volvomom9952]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy How deep do you have your pond?

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

6 feet, but usually about 4 is enough.

[@volvomom9952]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy Great! Thank you very much. Keep up the great work. I can't wait to start to convert my lawn to gardens for beneficial insects and wildlife.

[@gcxred4kat9]

Hi, my wife's Canadian, we're now dual citizens and working snowbirds. We're both in The Florida Native Plant Society and do a lot of invasive species removal and restoration when we're down there. l do what l can in my little yard in New Brunswick on the St. John River and planted a native serviceberry last year e.g. l'm kicking around a food forest so watching a lot of videos like yours. l stopped this one at 6:42 when you said Autumn Olive. lt's a tasty little drupe, but it's very invasive and people are HIGHLY encouraged not to plant it. Please consider removing it before the birds do a lot of replanting. What part of Canada are you in?

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

The following is my opinion on this, but I have formed this (maleable) opinion based off botany experts who have spent entire careers in this specific area of invasiveness, and what that even means. For example everything that exists today exists because it has outcompete something else at some point along the succession to it's current stage. These spread quickly on dead soil because they are nitrogen fixers. Nearly every nitrogen fixing tree is on the invasive list. They are also very short term invasives, because they die out to any sun competition. They are pioneers in the succession chain and they spread quickly when then land is in their ideal state of succession, but they die off when the land succeeds into the next stage. They spread really quickly on our planet right now because our planet's soil is dead, and these plants heal soil. It's what they do. Nitrogen from the air, build leaves with it, and drop those on topsoil. But importantly they don't displace. They just spread. Stuff still germinates under their canopy. And they also die in healthy soils, once they have done their job. These arent the same as something like water hyacinth or dog strangling vine or kudzu, because those stall their respective ecosystems and do not actually die out from competition. This is a really big difference, and why I would never use any nitrogen fixer with a large leaf. I only use nitrogen fixers with thin leaves, which make dappled shade, which is perfect for next succession plants to grow up through. Also, these on my property will very soon be shaded by other trees, and they are being actively fed to other trees via chop and drop. They arent being allowed to grow they are being used as soil building sacrifice to quickly transition from desert to forest.

[@jennifferhurlburt642]

Thank you for sharing your great ideas! I'm in Ontario too. Living in a small lot townhouse. Saw the wood chips idea on KZbin, "Back to Eden" it has helped with my soul erosion and water retention! 2 cherry trees and lots of blueberries, currents, raspberries and strawberries, plus my raised vegetable bed in the summer. Can't wait to get to a bigger lot to grow more food!

[@solfeinberg437]

I'm thinking where my land borders the road, I'm going to put some things to share with passer by.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

I've found that aspect really fun. It's still super undeveloped and young. I can't wait until if flushes out.

[@Renee-cd3sm]

I've got all of the front yard done with the wood chips and half of the backyard. Hope to get the other half done when I get off nightshift.... must....keep....going

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Holy smokes!

[@davidcormier6954]

Thanks for this

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

My pleasure!

[@davidward5805]

I have 1.5 acres surrounded by APR. I’m wondering how much you’re venturing outside your 4 acres? I won’t tell the neighbors…are you staying within your lines? Looks big! Thanks for the knowledge and motivation. Much appreciated.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

I have many videos on Guerilla gardening, definitely do a search on my channel. I very much have a large roaming range LOL

[@bruritter1164]

THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

You're welcome!

[@charlesdevier8203]

Nice video. I know this video has been around a while, but I wanted to say "don't propagate" from that thorny gooseberry. Go buy a different plant, even of the same variety. I have found that there is a lot of difference between plants of the same variety.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thanks 😊 We only have the one. I may try a different one then.

[@shadaparveen]

Watched through and enjoyed every minute. Joyful! Thanks

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thanks for watching:)

[@wudangmtn]

Beautiful property! I agree with you about lawns; wasteful horrible creatures! My path to permaculture started with the “Food not Lawns” movement, and it just kept growing (pardon the pun) from there.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Totally agree!

[@andrewfetterolf7042]

Thank you for your inspiring message, i truely believe in the power of trees! It is ineffable.

[@jessicalandi6750]

This video is AWESOME. So good.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Haha thanks. Some of these older ones are hard for me to watch. I feel like I was so bad at making videos. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I just feel it was too preachy maybe?

[@jessicalandi6750]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy What??! I loved it. Not one negative thing about it. Inspirational. Oh wait, did you think it was preachy to talk about changing the world? Not preachy. Just peachy. :)

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Lol 😆 thanks, I appreciate it.

[@shawnhawkins3966]

Just bought 5 acres in Minnesota zone 4b find this channel very helpful in setting up in a cold climate

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Awesome, that's exactly why I made it. I couldn't find much good info when I started, and I did so much research, so I wanted to share it with others. But from a place of actually doing it, not just reading it.

[@tinmancarnivalgamer]

Keep up the good work my friend. You are my hero. Cheers.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

I love the idea of your channel. I'm going to pin your comment for exposure. Guys check out this guy's videos. So great

[@frozenpears6058]

I have gone down the rabbithole of your amazing videos, and I can't recall what video it is from, but you mention harvesting 5 cups of strawberries daily for 2 weeks - what variety/cultivar of strawberries do you have? I cannot extend my thanks enough for creating content and channel for Ontario Zone 4!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

I wish I knew! I planted 5 varieties and I'm not sure what they were or which one my main one is that outcompeted all the others. I planted them year one and I wasn't great about keeping all that info. It was 2 years before I started doing youtube.

[@Paravetje]

30:50 Fly in my ear!

[@justlovegreenapples]

Love your channel

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thanks! You probably like all the birds. Cat and all.

[@maureenodonnell9600]

Hello Keith, will you do a video on how you built your small ponds? Are they lined with pond liner?

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

One is and one isn't. I can do a video on them, remind me if I don't by sometime mid spring. I will add it to a notepad of video ideas.

[@maureenodonnell9600]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy Great, thank you!

[@loisthomas8764]

Could not find this type of Peach.

[@millennialhmong7121]

Stayed the whole time! Love hearing you talk it out and making the earth better.

[@austinfox5268]

Awesome video. Do you plan to convert the rest of your yard over to food forest production? If so, what kinds of plants do you want to put in?

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

At this point I am just expanding my current areas using cuttings and seeds from plants I already have. I may pick up the odd thing here or there for increased diversity. Anything I plant more than what I have now will be very wild. I dont have time to manage more than I currently have. Just the harvesting alone is a ton of work. My goal on expanding further will be to use swales so that the systems are as resilient as possible. We get enough rain that I dont need massive swales, just small ones.

[@Leonard73rr4]

✊ muy bueno vídeo!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thank you :)

[@amyr505]

Thanks so much for these videos, they have really inspired me. I have wanted to do this for years. Now that I have retired, I have the time, I just hope I have the energy! 😊

[@veronicajacobi8779]

GREAT TITLE

[@evoliveoil]

If your looking for the healthiest and most abundant food possible, what is your rule of thumb for tree spacing? A hedge was planted on our property line and has grown so think very little light passes through it. If you wanted the best and most abundant fruit from the tree, how far away would you plant away from the hedge?

[@lovesstronger898]

You are a great teacher! You have a new student. Thank you.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thanks!

[@daltondammthebabe]

Seabuckthorn is the healthiest berry on the planet? Never heard of it. How did you figure out its the healthiest?

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Look at my video exclusively on it. I link research.

[@daltondammthebabe]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy didnt think i would get so lucky u already made a full video on it. Got to finish the tour video currently then I'll head over there.

[@JosetteT]

Awesome

[@swetalahiri9491]

I would love to be your neighbor and learn from you

[@anncarroll7354]

I love you outlook on being a good neighbor ☺️. I wish we had a neighbor like you 😉 we could trade crops! That makes a great neighbor 😉. It’s amazing how therapeutic it is being out in the garden and seeing what ones created with their own hands! I’m in the middle of B.C. in zone 4b I believe so we’re fairly limited at what we can winter here. There was a laugh when you said you figured you could do it in a year! I understand as I’ve been busting for 2 now and it’s like barely even anything yet. I’m disappointed in my raspberries as I’ve done 2 plots over 2 summers on our property and both haven’t taken. Im pretty certain they were in to much wet grounds where they were and not enough drainage. I added a couple haskaps last year and they flourished! Like triple in size in one season so I may plant more next year! I will try more raspberries in yet another spot and see how they do. We love them so getting them established is a high priority! Strawberries grew amazing but sadly with all the rain last year they were melding so fast they weren’t even ripening before they turned. The rain also compacted our garden terribly which stunted some stuff sadly. Oh well I will keep on keeping on! You grapes awesome! I have one wee grape I dug up from my aunts in Williams lake. It’s in the house and I’m hoping I can try to put it outside one day! I wish we were closer to bigger places for better prices as I’m paying $120 for young fruit trees! We planted 2 cherries but sadly one died and the second took a bad hit but it’s had some new growth last year by the roots so I’m leaving it and will fight with all the red ants as I’m thinking they may of had a bit to do with the demise of the other cherry. Sour cherry grows well here so I’m trying them in the ground next year! Good luck and thank you for sharing your knowledge! I’m trying to get things planned and figuring out my this year’s projects to tackle!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

What a nice read all of that was. BC is just such a beautiful place. If anywhere could get me to move from my food forest that I've worked on for 5 years, it would be a place in the mountains in BC. I'd really love to see if I could get some cheap land in the middle of nowhere on the coast where it's zone 8 though! Imagine being in zone 8 but still in Canada? That would be amazing. Glad the haskaps are really working out. That's not really surprising, they should love your climate.

[@skyval6359]

Black currants are my 1st fruit !!! So unique of a flavor , addictive and super potent nutrition , just planted the first 8 plants !!!!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

I really enjoyed them this year and they really produced like crazy. I was able to get most of them before the birds. Definitely higher up on my list now.

[@makeitkate3240]

I came across your channel about a month ago. Blew my mind and changed how I view growing food. Last summer we moved onto 5 dry, dry, dry acres in the desert. I’ve ordered lots of trees and seeds, which will arrive soon. Thanks for changing everything!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

That is awesome!

[@Veronica-nq9kr]

???? We have converted half of our front lawn into planting area for next year. Smothered the grass with cardboard, horse manure, shredded leaves, then bark. This lawn has been fertilized several times per year for the last seven years. How long before I can safely plant food items?

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

This season is fine. Maybe skip root crops for 1 year. Research has found that very little toxins end up going from soil to root to stem to flower to fruit. Its a long pathway. Also fertilizers aren't really dangerous in terms of us eating them. The problem has more to do with the fact that your soil microbiology gets suppressed because plants don't put out the sugars to attract the soil life, because the plants needs are taken care of artificially. But to be safe, go with tomatoes and peppers and cucumbers and such, and avoid potatoes and carrots and garlic and other tubers, bulb, and root crops. If you want to do those, do them in pots. For example, Poppy did his potatoes in recycling bins last summer and they did really well. Just fill a box with soil, make sure there are drain holes in it, and grow your carrots and potatoes in those for 1 season.

[@Veronica-nq9kr]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy that's a great idea. Thanks for the tip!

[@imawip]

Love your perspective on longevity... We want to do so much and grow so much but it takes time. Thanks for these words of realism and yet full of dreaming!!

[@alwayswanderingart]

Your videos are tremendous and inspirational! Thank you for doing this. We’ve started to grow a Food Forest as well. So grateful to get more ideas from your channel!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thanks 😊

[@mrcharrington1]

Great educational walking tour. Thanks.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thanks for watching:)

[@WuesteGobi]

Thank for sharing your journey with permaculture. I started a food forrest in my 200 sqm lawn and I am glad to have found your channel and Edible Acres. Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪 and a happy new year

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thanks for watching and commenting. I hope you enjoy the channel.

[@kcoker9189]

Awesome video as always!! It's always fun seeing different stages of the food forest as I go back and forth between old and new videos. Cheers!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

And I'm only getting started too. Even the oldest stuff has only been here for 4-5 years. That's what makes this so much fun! This place in another 10 years is going to be nuts lol.

[@ludlowfalls8856]

Great video! We have 4 apple trees so far. I need to plant more with them. I seen your white wishing wells....my grandfather and my dad used to make ones similar to those in NB.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

It's funny because I found those on the road going off to the garbage dump! I intercepted them and gave them a 2nd life in my gardens. But I picked them up because my grandfather also used to have some at his place, so they remind me of him.

[@MJS737]

Thanks for another awesome video

[@RedneckHillbillies]

Hi from BC! Your channel was my intro to all things permaculture/food forest, and I've been obsessed ever since. A few years from now it will be me telling others how you changed my life. ;) I've watched most of your videos, many of them a few times. I'm still in the planning stages and nothing has been planted there yet, (except some garlic) but I have tons of plants and seeds ordered. I can hardly wait for spring.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Please do infect as many others as you can LOL!

[@ladyhess5357]

I have been loving your channel, it’s not often I find someone in my growing zone, I live in the U.P. Of Michigan which can be a 4-6 and you have shown me the amazing diversity of food I can achieve in the short growing season, thank you.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Awesome! I agree, when I started there was almost nobody doing cold climate permaculture. I decided to (help) fill that niche.

[@Orange_You_Glad]

What are your thoughts on the Autumn olive? I think I heard you mention it in passing but it isn’t a frequent mention compared to other plants.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

I actually enjoy it a lot. I cut it hard and make sure I eat all the berries to prevent spread. It's not that bad here, but I understand it can be very invasive in other areas.

[@PrairieJournals]

Great to watch these tours. You spoke to propagation? Since we are almost the same zone/temp, which ones did best for you, which ones not so good for you? Lethbridge County zone 3 (a-b). Thank you for taking your time to share.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Easiest so far are root divisions. Stuff like comfrey is insanely easy to propagate. My runner strawberries cannot be stopped. As far as cuttings, the most success I have is with nitrogen fixers. Peashrub, seabuckthorn especially. Willow cuttings are super easy as well due to the salicylic acid naturally in them.

[@pattibando3104]

Great video. I like see things when they are explained and you do thatbin your video. You can really grasp what you are talking about. Beautiful peaceful property you have. Love that swing and your water fall at the end. Nice hide out. Absolutely stunning.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thanks Pat 😊

[@matulala2000]

You’ve inspired me to make a food forest on my new land. I have a bit of a blank slate I want to start on in the Spring. I just need to create a design/layout. Have any suggestions for how to create? Swales?

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Start with thinking how water runs across your land, and design in ways to keep it there. Swales, ponds, etc.

[@zone7permaculture587]

Awesome, I aspire to get more into permaculture

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Awesome! I can definitely help you

[@kenl7460]

Hi there. Also in southern Ontario here and enjoying your content and ideas. Where are you getting your free wood chips from?

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

A few places. I called around to arborists and our municipality. The municipalities were fruitful at first - there are several drop off spots that line clearers drop their chips off. The city said that these are free for the taking. Infact, they have to pay to get rid of any that don't get taken, so they WANT us to take them. Chasing arborists down (looking them up online and just calling their phone) was unfruitful for the first 2 years - a few people said "wow awesome I'd love to drop some off" and then just never did. However in the last month or so, I've had one guy drop off about 20 yards of them. Pretty nice when they just show up on your property!

[@kenl7460]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy Thanks for the tips

[@nilasspasov8417]

Why we do not have more and more people like you to educate All world how to live and save a planet. I do cry watching this video. You are brilliant. And you must be a beautiful person and humane been. Tech all of us haw to be like you. Thank you for your work. Love, Love , Love.....

[@jessicalandi6750]

I've been eyeing space in my front lawn for my first tree - a peach tree guild. But...my first trees are probably going to be pawpaws. I just ordered one and am getting the second one from my dad this weekend. I should order the peach tree, too, but my husband may need me to go a little slower in taking over the lawn, haha.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Haha! Same thing here. It's good they hold us back a bit. I'd probably have planted fruit trees right up to the front door, and I'm SOOO not even joking.

[@jessicalandi6750]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy LOL!

[@susanpatton6184]

I love how dense the planting is and how diverse the food sources. How do you plant mushrooms? I also think it is interesting how terrible invasives in one area must not be universal problems - for example, Autumn Olive is a terrible invasive in VA/WV. Takes over many acres and chokes everything else out such that state agencies spend a lot of money trying to eradicate it.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Yeah people keep saying that, but here it's not bad. It's on our invasive list, so I don't propagate it, but its not like it's everywhere. You have to know where to go to look for it, and its always in grasslands turning to forest. Once the forest takes over, the autumn olive is gone. For planting mushrooms, you can just buy a bag of spawn and put it under woodchips. Or get log plugs and drill holes in logs, tap them in, seal them with wax and keep the log moist and in shade. However, King Stropharia (winecap) are nice because they do well under woodchips, even out in full sun.

[@belieftransformation]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge! I’m trying a grape vine again. Maybe can keep it alive by mulching & wrapping (zone 3ish).? I learn new things all the time from watching your channel🤗❤️🇨🇦

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Yes there are cold hardy grape varieties that can survive zone 3.

[@KarinaJoensen]

Hi 👋 amazing, amazing, amazing !!! I live on the faroe islands, and I'm thinking about trying to make a food forest. Where do you get sibirian pea shrub seeds? I've been buying a couple seeds of different fruits, vegetables and stuff, but a lot of them didn't sprout. Mostly bought them on ebay and some Danish plant schools. But it would be nice to get some viable seeds for cold temperate climates that actually sprout 🙂 some advice would be much appreciated. Tnx.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

I actually found those wild and took seed pods, scattered them about ajd have them coming up in a few places. I never bought those ones.

[@Veronica-nq9kr]

???? I love how you talk about handling pressures from animals. Providing food for them so they leave your produce alone. How would you handle pressure for rabbits against lettuce and kale? I know you have clover, but do they ever bother your leafy greens? What about raccoons or squirrels, any suggestions?

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

They also love the perennial kale that I plant for them. I lose a little lettuce hee and there but I get 95% of it or more. It works so well. Have you watched this video? kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWrCh2yaatmSjsk. The end of it talks specifically about the rabbits.

[@o.o1163]

I've watched the whole video and right now im planting in grow bags this year and hoping to move before the end of the year, once I get there ill be able to give all my different fruit trees a permanant spot to thrive in. My plans are to have a food forest for my grandchildren and family. I've got 2 sumac, 2 plum, 2 raspberry, 2 blackberry, 2 cherry, 1 Niagara elderberry, 4 srawberry and i plan on getting a lot more like currants the white n black n red and also host a berry, sea buckthorn and as many more as I can. I cannot wait to move and then im going to transform the my yard and the land into an oasis of food☺

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

So exciting! Your grandkids will be your age and will still have memories of Grandma's fruit forest, her jam, etc. Some of our deepest and long lasting memories are created using food and nature. So something that combines the two of them is VERY powerful for creating forever-memories. Make sure to get them in the kitchen helping you make jams now and then. Some of my clearest memories of my own grandma was when we were in her garden, or cooking after bringing the food inside.

[@Veronica-nq9kr]

???? Nice pond! Is it lined with anything?

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Yes it has the thickest EPDM liner I could buy. These things last almost forever when out of sun exposure (I.e. fully covered by rocks and soil). I didn't like the idea of using non natural materials, but the more I thought about it, they are very stable, and will create a wonderful ecosystem basically forever. And the pond won't fail and leak. So the net benefit is really high.