Easy No Dig Raised Bed (Around a Tree)

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[@TheDutchFarmer]

Hello people! This week we did a fun little project with our oldest daughter and built an easy, DIY no dig plant border around an existing olive tree. Hope you'll enjoy it as much as we did! For weekly actionable gardening tips and practical homesteading advice, join our free newsletter: www.rootsreconnected.com/

[@sylvaincoq3470]

Looks great ! Congrats for that, looking forward to see in few months ! Take care

[@TheDutchFarmer]

@@sylvaincoq3470 Hi Sylvain, thank you! Seeing this little guild develop is going to be exciting indeed!

[@surendranathpr5504]

Was waiting for your vedios

[@wildwald1934]

Hi Moreno! Could You please make a vídeo specifically about your plans and strategies on Farming in mediterranian areas and dry season? And also about the abundance of fruit species that can grow there? That would be awesome thank You! Congratulations to You and your beatiful family!!!

[@pascaltwigg6096]

Those are wild shoots, they need to be grafted.

[@williamwegmann874]

Can't wait to see the 1 year update.

[@TheDutchFarmer]

We're going to have to wait a while for that one!

[@zulhasahadakim8101]

Me too .. Can't wait Always waiting for update

[@Broadleafwoodltd]

@@TheDutchFarmer well 1 month gone already

[@akamba12]

With also a one year older child on his back.

[@tommroy]

Nice lifestyle, what a great way for the kids to grow up! Love watching these videos!

[@jagorsimp7020]

Very interesting, though it might prove difficult to harvest the olives in the future with so much plants underneath. Plus I wonder if watering indirectly a mature olive tree won't weaken it in the long run, keeping its roots closer to the surface, thus not needing to grow deep to find moisture. Either way, love your content it is very inspiring!

[@The_Mitchells]

I can see this is going to be one of my favourite KZbin channels going forward as we move to Central Portugal soon to do something very similar!

[@royabner]

Wow / this is so amazing. I hope someday you will accept farm tourist in your little paradise.

[@darinbennett3638]

Moreno, it's always fun to watch your vision come to life around your property! It will be good to see the progress a year from now with all you have been able to accomplish. Keep up the great work and thanks for taking us along on the journey. (Kentucky, USA)

[@TheDutchFarmer]

Hi Darin, can't wait to see the property develop and share that here with you! Thank you. Wish you all the best!

[@anthonysinclair5721]

Nice little oasis , I imagine one day soon your whole property will be an oasis!

[@williammcduff6531]

Great looking guild you planted around that tree bravo! Regards from Canada

[@TheDutchFarmer]

Hi William, thank you!

[@surendranathpr5504]

I dont know why? But its so peaceful to watch? Keep updating.

[@TheDutchFarmer]

I will!

[@crpermaculture]

This is so cool and the border looks fantastic!

[@sangarkhan1927]

Great job

[@pang-ngiavang1956]

Yipeeeeeeeeeee! First garden on your new property, congrats!

[@alainepaluga7463]

This is so cool. What a nice way to live. ☺️

[@Pete-nl8ok]

A little oasis in the middle of the wildness. Very nice.

[@gratitude354]

I simply believe..You are truly Blessed ..stay Blessed 🙏

[@jeweloftheisle498]

I love it. I just found your Chanel again after 1 year when I subscribed. It’s been amazing watching all you’ve been doing. Can’t wait to see your future. Very inspiring. Such hard work you have been doing and to film and all the editing time , well I’m just glad I get to watch. Wonderful 🥕🌻❤️

[@PershijsmachnijKherson]

Hello, thanks for the great video, good luck

[@TheDutchFarmer]

Thank you!

[@valdecibessa5362]

artists from nature

[@bronzepodcast]

Great job! The olive tree just 1 root with multiple branches, probably a fire survivor tree? If you want it to grow properly unfortunately you need to start it fresh leaving 1 or max 2 branches out of all those.

[@TheDutchFarmer]

Hi Bronze, you're totally right, but as we're in summer, the shade that is provided this way is more important to us to establish the other plants. Once they're settled we will prune the olive back to 1 main leader trunk.

[@bronzepodcast]

@@TheDutchFarmer You are a Star sir, keep it up, inspiring videos.

[@carolineki]

Can't wait to see your new land upgrade plz upload

[@SF-po3ql]

Nice job. However, I wonder if irrigating these plants will hurt the olive tree. Also, the variety of plants you chose seems to require very different irrigation and soil needs. Not sure if one of the plants is blueberry. If yes, it likes acid soil which is different from many of the others. Best of luck.

[@elshennadirovclarinetplaye8796]

Good job👏👏👏

[@katipohl2431]

Hi from Germany and thank you for sharing this amazing work. Where did you get the compost from?

[@craigcharlestone]

Great idea. Will do this immediately.

[@robsonoliveira3176]

Muito bom, algumas árvores tem raizes que trazem nutrientes do fundo da terra para a superfície, sendo algo bom para as plantas menores, outras árvores, as leguminosas, nutrem o solo por associação com bactérias que fixam nitrogênio. Árvores tambem podem ser podadas e suas folhas depositadas no solo, melhorando as características físicas do solo como aeração e drenagem, alimentando também a micro vida do solo.

[@abang_ku]

saya sentiasa menantikan video baru dari channel ini, salam dari Indonesia

[@jobinvarghese5148]

Excited to see more upcoming videos.

[@jodieziegler1061]

Awesome video as always 😊 this is something I will try around our gum trees I think when we get them tidied up and across the back of our property start a food forest. I'm just a bit anxious about what to plant and location but I'm sure I'll work it out. Cheers for the inspiration 🥰🇦🇺

[@jodieziegler1061]

P.S. the finished product looked fantastic and the locals checking out their new and improved habitat was cool.

[@MeghanFerrin]

I’m also trying to start a food forest and a bit anxious about what to plant and where! I know the solution is to just get started but I think years and years of container gardening are getting in my way. 🙃

[@jodieziegler1061]

Yes and trees aren't cheap either so I really don't want to stuff it up and have them die either. It's very daunting 🙄

[@scrucs]

such a nice little project Moreno! I got inspired, I want to try to make something similar at home :) thanks for sharing

[@clairealtaki5405]

Ow....the baby will grow up knowing all the hard works you have done...

[@vaidehirudraraju989]

Your videos are very informative; could you please mention about the black soil you have been using,is it compost/gardening soil ?

[@coyote4190]

Very good question...

[@mariloufleenor5747]

Love the idea. Thank you.

[@wildwald1934]

Moreno could You please make a vídeo specifically about your plans and strategies on Farming in mediterranian areas and dry season? And about the abunsance of fruit species that can grow there? That would bei awesome thank You!!! Congratulations to You and your beatiful family!!

[@urbangardenbrasov]

Nice project ! 👍👏👏👏

[@tinutolat2433]

Hello.....i m from India and i m the farmer.......i m so happy to see you to do farming.....i also known your story...... about what you do in past....but my question is why you and your wife select farming ? You both have nice job good carrier why you both left that metro city life and chose this simple life?.... please reply sir.....

[@TheDutchFarmer]

In our opinions... there's no better way of living life than being immersed by nature. Farming/homesteading can provide that.

[@tinutolat2433]

Thanks for reply..... you are right.....i also believe in it.enjoy it....

[@srantoniomatos]

Is this a nursery garden? It seemed a loureiro tree in there. It becomes a big tree, bigger then the olive tree. And some other in the midle of the olive tree regrow...That olive tree will regrow big and strong just by being pruned and have other plants cleaned around it. It dosent need all that compost and mulch, nor that much water. And the suculents also thrive in more harsher conditions... Was a fan of your maket garden work, and im loving this new adventure here in pt. All good to you guys.

[@coyote4190]

Always wondering where you get that huge amount of compost ground from.... also in previous video’s on agriculture without digging. Me too, I would never use tractors or dig....if I had that amount of compost....every year....So my question is: ‘where does that compost come from and how much do you pay it?....Thats so important for young serious interested farmers...in fact it is one of the most important questions in agriculture. I have a farm in the north of Italy, with very heavy clea ground and we invest much time, enery and ideas in building good soil. We have also three cows but it’s by far not enough for compost on all our ground for our food ... We got self sustainable in many things, but good compost remains so precious and not easy to make... In video’s they never talk about this basic start....always about no digging and never how they actieve to have all these compost ground... :) That makes me wonder so much...

[@daniellevilloria227]

I completely agree!!

[@NooneStaar]

Awesome video! Careful new roots don't grow at the base of the tree over time and wrap around it choking it if they soil you added is high. Doesn't look like you added way too much though and the end look of it is amazing!

[@TheDutchFarmer]

Thank you! We added roughly 15cm (about 6 inches) of compost. We try to remove most of the compost around the trunk and in autumn will prune the olive back to 1 leader. The available growing space will be overtaken by all the other plants we planted so there will be only one way for the olive and that is down!

[@alexpachecodemarinoslucas9476]

Olá bom dia,moreno, como estão as coisas por aí,👏🌿🌳🐝🌲🌾 parabéns pelo seu trabalho,

[@craigbalaam9008]

Awesome video. keep it up.

[@TheDutchFarmer]

Hi Craig, thank you!

[@marytucker9404]

Very Nice. Forney, TX

[@patti2870]

Aww the little lizards🥰

[@farmingzimbabwe-overlowfar5656]

l liked the way you craeated water channel and rain harvesting pond what machinery did you use for the rain harvesting pond how much time did it take you to establish it.

[@Turitea]

Plenty of citrus fertiliser around your feijoa will produce bumper crops in the future. The bay tree will get enormous - at least that was my experience in NZ

[@alflores4398]

Great job! One question, what is the water source for the circular irrigation system? is the pipe connected to a nearby tank? I would appreciate if you expand a bit on it.

[@VicenteCanhoto]

How did you select the plant varieties to plant so close to the olive tree? Or was there no criteria?

[@TheDutchFarmer]

Hi Vicente. We selected the plants based on the layers of a food forest and their uses, applicable to this climate. The canopy tree in this little feature is the olive. The smaller trees under that are going to be bay leaf and feijoa (which will be pruned, harvested, used for future cuttings and are planted towards the western side to provide shade during the warmest time of the day). The shrub layer is filled up with edible berries: blackberry, blueberry, currants. Herbaceous layer is filled up with a large diversity of different Mediterranean herbs and the canna indica (which has edible roots). Groundcover includes strawberries and a variety of drought tolerant succulents. For the vine layer we planted a grape. And we filled up the gaps with annual vegetables like peppers, eggplants, bush tomatoes, lettuces, onions and some melons/cucumbers. Hope that helps!

[@paul42592]

@@TheDutchFarmer Thats a propper mini food forest right there!

[@VicenteCanhoto]

@@TheDutchFarmer thank you for the thorough explanation! This is a great example of a (tiny scale) food forest!

[@lmgorbea1]

@@TheDutchFarmer I love what you planted around that olive tree! I did something similar but less dense around several trees in our property. I wonder how are you going to harvest the olives or anything in the middle when the plants grow and there are no gaps for stepping closer? I understand that with that density you are discouraging weeds to grow, but just wonder about harvesting.

[@franckgers]

hi guys, beautifull work !! but just for info, i did almost the same thing last year also in Portugal at my friend s olace and after a few weeks lots of roots from the olives trees came up to take advantage of the irrigation water. So we had to do it again and put some geotextile underground to avoid that issue. good luck and keep going guys. you are on the good path !

[@TheDutchFarmer]

Hi Frankgers, the roots of the olive will not pose any problems. In fact, the root systems of all the trees, shrubs, plants combined will create a mutually beneficial relationship with different groups of bacteria, fungi and soil life. The irrigation is just to get the surrounding plants established. Max 2 years. After that we'll remove the irrigation and let the plants survive on their own. The quality of the olive oil and olives will become much better this way!

[@adsummer07]

Would be great to get a bit more narrative with each episode, describing what you are doing and why.

[@Mifaroicazzimieidaadessoinpoi]

For olive trees you Need a scissor with the cut on both sides 🤗 there is a more precise cut

[@andreagriffin9842]

I thought the back hose was a soaker hose, but then you watered with a different hose. Is the black spiral hose for daily watering and you were just giving a good initial soak with the other hose? Thanks!! I'm trying to do similar things in our yard, learning as I go!

[@TheDutchFarmer]

Hi Andrea, indeed! Just gave it a very good initial watering. From now on it will just be the drip hose we installed.

[@dongkraus]

Nice! Wondering does around the tree serve any purpose? We planted young trees, and some plants, then they were eaten by deers and Schnecken

[@plan7lif382]

Beautiful

[@pieters286]

looks like fire gutted the old olive grove?

[@TheDutchFarmer]

Hi Pieter. Indeed! Not too long ago a fire damaged most of the olive trees here. The previous owner cut them down with a chainsaw, but fortunately many of them have resprouted.

[@haram2163]

Looks great. Where abouts in Portugal are you?

[@alejandroromerotorres2384]

Wonderful!

[@wisdomhappy587]

Love it!

[@allisonridgeway4449]

Was the mulch gathered little sticks or did you get it from the forest floor?

[@loebas667]

I'm very interested why you chose portugal. Is desertification and climate change a worry, and is portugal in that sense a good coice for someone going off grid?

[@dianaford9040]

Was this tree struck by lightning? It looks like the trunk was burned??

[@glenncollins9005]

Rps a solar well pump company has a pressure pump that works on solar or ac you can adjust the pressure from 5 to 24 pounds it might help you save on fuel

[@WanieB]

Wait! It says no dig and your digging 😂 looks great, nice work.

[@Falney]

I'd keep an eye on that tree. When you mulch up the trunk like that, they will start growing roots from the trunk into the mulch. Those roots can wrap around the tree and strangle it.

[@malcolmquick3708]

Most tree's here in Australia if you build up the soil around them they get root rot and die

[@alexpachecodemarinoslucas9476]

Preservação muito importante

[@cristiananghel7576]

My inspire

[@annemiekevaneijkeren4486]

Goed bezig.

[@david.6040]

Looks great! Do you still market garden?

[@TheDutchFarmer]

Hi David. We stopped market gardening in France and are now experimenting with a bunch of different things to continue to pursue our interests, and learn and expand our knowledge base whilst living the farm life!

[@danziger9996]

@@TheDutchFarmer Where in Portugal are you situated? I see a city or large village in the far distance. I really love the surroundings.

[@shahdabkhan2493]

Awesome...

[@Bernie5172]

didnt take long to dry out. I wonder how old the tree stump is

[@klee88029]

Wonderful outcome, but I didn't see where the "easy" part of the project is... 🤔

[@ewelinaes5349]

💚💛🧡

[@larietournelle7904]

will see how that gonna grow :)

[@rameshsadhasivam2093]

good

[@LuizCarlosCavalcanti]

Whoa, pretty spider at 4:44

[@stevetaylor1904]

Pine needles for mulch? Too acidic

[@lupeflores1930]

Wish I could do something like that here in Texas but deer will eat everything! Racoons always stealing my melons too!

[@schuma61]

The no speak farmer.

[@loo836]

Pity your back, bend your knees when you carry weight! 😱

[@MsCaterific]

💛

[@AndreasVonLindemann]

Spain? Italy?

[@danziger9996]

It's somewhere in Portugal.

[@rodney73991]

need make few solar home mad projects. one would shake with plastic roof or sides or both. hole top under roof leave water out. use dry out fire wood. cut own border from tree stack with spacer in this building dry out make own furniture future or sale wood some money. solar project two. painted with grill or furnace black paint. make box. staple black screen bottom sloop tope put plexus glasses top roof or glasses. had problems both. glasses break in winter if cat goes bathroom on it. plexus glasses bow in heat summer. that not end world want moisture leave bugs food. dehydrate garden food. pepper super easy dehydrate. when get tiny shriveled peaces put blender make spice powder. or soak olive oil use subs or pezza. same tomatoes might put salt tomatoes. soak olive oil few days before use them. keep dry in mason jar storage use old lides keep dry last for ever. dehydrate oregano, basil in leave flakes or powder. dehydrate garlic and onion into powder. all used make home made tomatoes sauses. yet figure out how make solar boiler boil water. so until then have stove make home made sauce. powder stuff let do this winter when want house hot.

[@coby6417]

🌟👍🍀💐

[@patriciahawkes386]

If u plant underneath a tree those plants will take nutrients away from the tree

[@loicville6446]

Succulents don't grow in compost

[@MultiWingnut]

I see all the farmer protests and riots from the Netherlands in the news. What's happening?

[@MultiWingnut]

The account that says I've been selected for a prize seems like a fake scam account made to look like the Dutch Farmer account.

[@TheDutchFarmer]

It indeed is! We've notified KZbin about this. Hopefully they'll suspend their account soon!

[@lauragibbs3293]

You should add explanations to what you are doing! It's nice to watch you dig, but doesn't give any explanation as to why 🤷🏻‍♀️ kinda a waste of time to watch

[@heyharlie4013]

Bruv you need to start lifting your knees. You may be young and fit now, but you won’t always be- start taking care of your back now while you still can

[@ToxicVaccines_HivHoax]

Why would you plant a mulberry tree in this crowded little raised bed around an olive tree?? 😅 You do realise mulberry trees grow over ten metres in height and ten meters in width!

[@TheDutchFarmer]

We didn't. Look again😉

[@ToxicVaccines_HivHoax]

@@TheDutchFarmer - 😅