Forest Garden THE MOVIE

Martin Crawford Forest Garden. Permaculture is a system of agricultural and social design principles centred on simulating or directly utilizing the patterns and features observed in natural ecosystems. Permaculture was developed, and the term coined by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in 1978. Bamboo at 29:11 American Elder 38:20 Pine trees 42:10
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Agroforestry is a land use management system in which trees or shrubs are grown around or among crops or pastureland. It combines shrubs and trees in agricultural and forestry technologies to create more diverse, productive, profitable, healthy,, ecologically sound, and sustainable land-use systems. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrofor...
Simply put, agroforestry means combining agriculture and trees
Agroforestry is a land management approach with multiple benefits. Planting trees on farms can give farmers healthier soil and higher yields - not to mention creating vital homes for wildlife.
A symbiotic relationship
Tree roots reach deep into the ground, releasing much-needed carbon into the soil. They cycle nutrients and bind the soil together, preventing it from being eroded by the wind or the rain.
There are two main types of agroforestry
1. Silvo-pastoral agroforestry: which means the grazing of animals under trees. The animals enrich the soil while the trees provide shelter and fodder for the animals.
2. Silvo-arable agroforestry: where crops are grown beneath trees, often in rows which are large enough for a tractor to tend to the crops without damaging the trees. This is farming in 3D, the trees and the crops occupy different levels above ground, and also below ground where the tree roots will reach down deeper than the crops.
Other types of agroforestry include hedgerows and buffer strips, forest farming - cultivation within a forest environment, and home gardens for agroforestry on small scales in mixed or urban settings.
Trees also provide vital habitats for wildlife. They help farmers by housing natural predators to many common crop pests, thus reducing the need for pesticides.
Not only that, but agroforestry can protect food production from the effects of climate change. Trees can be harvested to offer an alternative income if one crop fails. Agroforestry has been practised for millennia across the world, and was widely used in the UK before farming was industrialised in the last century. We need to explore how more people can benefit from this way of farming.
Why isn’t agroforestry more common?
Unfortunately, not many farmers have come across agroforestry. Even if they understand the benefits, converting your farm can be a daunting task: someone who expertly manages a dairy farm may not feel so confident starting from scratch growing chestnuts!
Short-term farm tenancies are also a problem, because they discourage farmers from making long-term investments. It can be years before trees start to bear fruit or can be harvested to pay themselves off. Luckily, these challenges can be overcome. More and more UK farmers are beginning to experiment with agroforestry, and they’re already starting to see improvements in resilience, biodiversity and soil health.
Agroforestry for the Future
Agroforestry has huge potential to create positive change for the farming landscape in the UK, and there are currently several trials taking place investigating its potential.
As well as a massive positive impact on the soil, the environment and wildlife, agroforestry also boosts productivity. Diverse systems are more productive than monocultures. Tree roots reach down below those of cereals or vegetables means you can get more crops from the same acre.
The future for agroforestry looks bright. It has already been rated as one of the most promising systems for the ‘sustainable intensification’ of farming, meaning that farmers can produce more food while also reducing negative impacts on the environment. All we need to do now is spread the word. www.soilassociation.org/our-c...
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[@PietroSperonidiFenizio]

I am trying to write down all the plants he mentions. italian alders (alnus cordata) 4:00 Apricot Sichuan Pepper Mulberry Tree Dwarf Chestnut Turkish Rocket Mashua (Tropalolum Tuberosum) Tuberous Nastortium Chinese Yam (Hardy) Chinese Artichoke (Stachys Affinis) 9:04 Sichuan pepper Nepalese Pepper Mulberry Aquilegia Columbine (attention online it says that most varieties of Aquilegia are not eadible except for 3 or 4) Malva Silvestris (and Malva in general) Japanese Butterbur Solomon Seal Good King Henry (Blitum bonus-henricus) Chinese Dogwood (Cornus kousa and Cornus in general) Mycorrhizal Fungi 25:22 ?Berberes??? 25:59 Plum-Yew 27:21 ?Flowering Quince? (I could not understand the latin name, but it sounds different so this might be something else) 28:10 Red Currant Bamboo 38:20 American Elder The Pond Pine Trees Shitaki Fungus ?Perennial leek? Subspecies of annual leek ? korean raspberry (Rubus crataegifolius) nepalese raspberry (Rubus nepalensis) red currant (Ribes rubrum) Black currant Black Mulberry tree Hawthorn It's about 30 plants all together. I know if I was present I would probably remember a couple at the end of the lesson.Please feel free to connect me or add the one I missed. A question mark '?' means I am not sure I got it right. Please before eating anything from this list check that is edible. English is not my mother tongue and I might have misspelled something. Sometimes I wrote the minute, sometimes not. It should be enough for people to know when something was mentioned. Also when he mentions the same plant multiple times, I sign it multiple times, so you can find the various places where it is mentioned and information is given.

[@PermieCulture]

i got about the same. Rhubarb and artichokes are missing from your list. Just below wild garlic ;-)

[@ceili]

Flowering Quince 27. 21 - beside it is a fig tree and the other side looks like an elderberry (not mentioned in the video)

[@killyoubackstage]

25:22 is Berberis 27:11 is indeed Flowering quince (Chaenomeles japonica)

[@debbiehenri345]

The perennial leek is also called 'Walking Onion.' (I purchased seed using the latter name, and I pickle the bulbils for Christmas. Very crispy. I like them). Other plants I have added to my own young food forest are - Blackcurrants and whitecurrants. Tayberries, loganberries, thornless blackberries, blueberries and hybrid raspberries (the last of these 4 is much better for surviving high rainfall areas than my local native raspberry, in Scotland). I have just bought a Sorbus domestica plant, as the fruit is meant to be good. Gooseberries will fruit in dappled light shade. They sucker well under those conditions too. Amelanchier lamarkii - great for little fruits that do a smart job of distracting birds from your more delectable fruits. I use redcurrants for the same purpose. I highly recommend adding a few decoy fruit trees around your food forest to keep birds busy. Wild strawberry, as a ground cover. (Don't bother buying the white fruiting version of 'alpine' strawberry as it tastes awful. Nothing eats it). Incidentally, if you 'must' have strawberries and, like me, they are poached by birds every year - try the white hybrid strawberry called 'Snow White.' Tastes amazing, and throws out lots of runners while still managing to fruit quite admirably. Hazel - I have lots of these trees. Regularly pruned, they 'fruit' better. And if you start pruning them while still very young, just nipping back the tips after the 2nd summer from seed, they will fruit earlier than the standard 7 years from seed. Sloe, damson and cherry plum. (I have just sown some Shepherd's Bullace seed, the native British plum. Very tough little tree, good grower and covers itself with fruit. Actual trees are expensive and few, nearly always quick to go out of stock). I bought an Aronia, which is a pest in warmer climates like California. However, in the colder Scottish climate it is markedly better behaved and starts fruiting from a very small sized plant. Also, do look for 'perennial celery.' I found seed of this last year from a British seed merchant, the stems are thinner but taste stronger, growing to about 3ft. I had half-expected this to be killed by the frosty Scottish winter - but it's still green and growing. Really happy with this). For an even stronger celery taste, grow 'Alexanders.' Easy from seed, perennial, strong, doesn't mind sun or shade, a few leaves go a long way in a salad. The seeds are said to be an alternative to pepper - but I tried this and they're not convincing. Mahonia - berries make a decent enough jelly, if you don't mind playing about a bit with sugar levels. I bought a hybrid Mahonia some years ago, and I now pick 2 litres of fruit every year. Sweet Cicely - sun-loving perennial, liquorice scented leaves, the roots can be rendered down to make a sugar alternative with a liquorice flavoured twist. Crab Apple. Surprised this wasn't mentioned here. I like using these. Flowering Quince. I have 2 plants that fruited for the first time last autumn - from cheap supermarket plants bought several years ago. So, buy bigger. Sugar Maple. Wouldn't be without them. As well as the Walking Onion, I also grow Welsh Onion, Ransoms (Wild Garlic). Pignut and Earthnut. (The former is a bit tricky to dig up, so a good one to give to children if you want to teach them the art of patience. Keeps them absorbed for hours, and the result is a tuber that tastes like a water chestnut). Salsify is a good tuber-producing too. Easy from seed, and pretty dandelion like flowers. With care, you can cut off little side-tubers from the main one and replant these to keep them going for years. Oh, and Red-Veined Sorrel. This one self-seeds and just pops up everywhere. Likes sun and shade alike, and makes a pretty ground cover.

[@LondonTreeSurgeons-Camden]

Thank you for all your effort.

[@YalisCommunity]

This is exactly how my Grandparents and Parents grew food in our farm back at Puerto Rico. Is wonderful to see it being implemented more often in other places around the world! I am now starting doing my food forest in the states and it takes years to get to such a beauty! This is the best sustainable way to go while respecting our environment!

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[@blankslate6393]

I'm Reading Martin Crawford book 'Creating a Forest Garden' and it is definitely one of the best permaculture books that I've ever read, despite the fact that it has no claim to be a permaculture book. Succinct, Well organized and hugely informative. This makes watching this video even more interesting.

[@PoorLeno101]

It's so good, I bought it twice (forgot I'd already purchased it a few weeks earlier)

[@-ukiyo]

Yes, great book idd !!

[@familyfruit9833]

Wonderful to get such a long and close up look at Martin's garden. Found his book incredibly inspiring and I'm in the early years of creating a small forest garden on my average suburban plot. Thanks for this video!

[@honeyvitagliano3227]

Love, love ,love ... I've been doing this just off of intuition, the love of all nature, natural medicine and food. This video is absolutely wonderful and has only seeped my understanding of the intelligence behind this design ❤

[@heidiembrey4917]

American elder, native here, we use the berries in muffins, When cooked they explode bright brilliant blue and my kids call them Smurf berries. Interesting flavor berry remind me of sea grape..more savory than sweet. Love the info about pine tree resin. I've always thought that stuff is so pretty, and smells so good and been fascinated by how sticky, especially as a child lol Love pine needle teas too, the vitamin c! :)

[@LondonTreeSurgeons-Camden]

Love pine needle tea over here from our native Scots pine. Just looked American Elder / Sambucus canadensis up on Wikipedia, very similar to our Native Black elder, Sambucus Nigra. Interesting how similar many species are in different parts of the world, thanks.

[@alexekeli7301]

Awesome, this is just magic. I hope it is in the cards for me to create something like this one day

[@douglasanderson7301]

Wow just wow! I was scribbling notes on my blotter like crazy (and appreciate the fellow who, in comments, wrote down most of the names;~). I'll be reading your book and no doubt looking for other bits and pieces you might have on KZbin. Biggest difficulty for me will be translating what will work into my own garden (small suburban lot, US zone 5b in a high and dry climate ((Denver)). The difficulty is also the fun of a garden so you've given me a ton of fun. (just a little local note our weather today will reach a high of 70 ((F)) with lows tomorrow minus 1 ((again F)) and some snow. Thanks for the video and thanks for the knowledge!

[@paulflute]

to trees woods and forest gardens.. Thankyou for posting this.. It took me about a week to get through it because each sentence required me to go off and look up new things and order seeds and make notes.. Just information packed and exciting.. To several other people in the thread.. very surprised to hear quite a few negative comments.. This youtube world is very strange.. there is enough content here for several million lifetimes.. Please if you're not enjoying this video try the links in the side until you find something you do enjoy.. This was somebody who had probably paid to go on a walk with Martin.. had taken their time and trouble to try their best to film it and share it with us expecting nothing in return.. there were children there because yes.. there were children there.. it's not a Hollywood movie.. and obsessing over definitions as if they were things that people owned.. very odd.. l

[@LondonTreeSurgeons-Camden]

Thank you for your support, the footage and this channel are not monetised and it is just a labour of love.

[@greenleaves3637]

Inspiring!

[@LondonTreeSurgeons-Camden]

Apologies for no subtitles, KZbins auto generated subtitles tool cannot pick up the sound on this video. If you would like to contribute to the subtitles / CC please follow the link.

[@josephbrowning2193]

I'd also recommend votch.tv, it's a useful site for making subtitles in any language. Cheers everyone

[@LondonTreeSurgeons]

Have watched the forest garden tour, great to see the full version, so relaxed but so informative.

[@LondonTreeSurgeons-Camden]

thanks

[@LondonTreeSurgeons-Camden]

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[@s.c.9107]

Done!! :)

[@LondonTreeSurgeons-Camden]

many thanks, welcome

[@charliehobson33]

what happens if you have less?

[@LondonTreeSurgeons-Camden]

Great question thanks for asking, quick answer is we would just get less views. Long answer. If we had less than 1000 subscribers it will mean this channel can no longer monetize and have advertising and therefore earn money from views, currently about $10/month. The problem for most smallyoutubers is not the loss of the money, we do this for fun, it is the fact that youtube promote monetized videos and channels above non monetized. (This channel was never monetized until it became clear that youtube push videos from monetized channels and after monetizing our views went up. We do not put adverts during our videos not even this one hour vid. Our latest video is demonetized and open source.)

[@theworldthroughalens5324]

LOOK Forward to watching this later when i have morre time. thanks Andy

[@LondonTreeSurgeons-Camden]

thanks

[@TPPvincent]

Great valuable information and effort! Thank you very much

[@LondonTreeSurgeons-Camden]

thanks take care

[@Emcfree2084]

Wow thank you so much. Subscribed

[@LondonTreeSurgeons-Camden]

many thanks

[@MrChristiangraham]

Great introduction and fantastic to see Martin walkthrough some of his choices. Agree with others on subtitles as easy to miss some species names.

[@LondonTreeSurgeons-Camden]

It is the most frustrating thing, the KZbin system just cant pick out the words.

[@GrowWithKit]

Your channel looks amazing I’ve just started watching this video and I’ll certainly be watching some of your other stuff to. Thanks a lot

[@LondonTreeSurgeons-Camden]

Thanks for your comments, thanks for watching and come back soon. Loved your channel btw good luck

[@ethelflea2686]

Excellent, Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge and experiences 😀. May I also recommend your book, Creating A Forest Garden - WORKING WITH NATURE TO GROW EDIBLE CROPS 👍.

[@LondonTreeSurgeons-Camden]

Bamboo at 29:11

[@LondonTreeSurgeons-Camden]

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[@davidemazzotti1419]

Minute 25:30-56 he is talking about a bee friendly plant but I cannot catch the name. Something like Burberry or Buerbery, I don't know. Anyone can tell me what is the exact name? I'm a beekpeer and it's interesting for me to know what kind of plants the bees love.

[@LondonTreeSurgeons-Camden]

Berberis or European barberry, (Berberis vulgaris), en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berberis_vulgaris

[@davidemazzotti1419]

Thanks a lot!

[@racheltomlinson2257]

Davide Mazzotti .would subtitles help to know what they said,I find it very helpful for spellings.if you get subtitles, let me know because despite being on automatic subtitles,I don't seam to get their subtitles coming through.

[@jeetram1989]

Hello

[@christinemiller2528]

Where are you located? What zone and type of climate are you in?

[@ryanalexander3088]

The guy in the video is located in Devon, UK, climate is temperate, couldn't tell you the zone though, I'm sure research would yield those results, but I know it's a warmer part of the British Isles.

[@ebouquet5245]

Where are the subtitles ?

[@LondonTreeSurgeons-Camden]

Apologies for no subtitles, KZbins auto generated subtitles tool cannot pick up the sound on this video.

[@heidiembrey4917]

This type of bamboo is horribly invasive here and unless you are really really really going to use a lot of it and spend a lot of time controlling it, I would recommend only bamboos that are native to your area so they don't escape.. there are only so many bamboo shoots you can eat..

[@LondonTreeSurgeons-Camden]

Thanks for your comments. There is a good argument for only native species but we don't have any native bamboos (that I know of). The main use for bamboo is for garden stakes but shoots are also harvested and eaten widely, if managed there should be no escape from a garden.

[@heidiembrey4917]

Just worry about..here in Florida that non native bamboo is soo invasive and there is so much of it everywhere here already that there is no point in planting it. Anyone would be happy for you to take some from their yard for once they plant it it's out of control here and they want it gone, but good luck to them getting rid of it, takes over the whole yard. Spreads everywhere and just keeps coming back. I'm absolutely ok with useful invasives, just make sure you can keep up with them or they can take over your yard and..Just in certain areas anyway, like mine, be very careful with that bamboo! eek! :) .

[@LondonTreeSurgeons-Camden]

We have similar problems with Japanese Knotweed, giant hogweed and other really invasive plants, but here bamboo is just prolific and can be controlled, but we should all try and grow native where we can and from what you say Bamboo is a no-no in your part of the world. Thanks again for your interest and your comments.

[@richardmang2558]

Agreed. Bamboo is way too invasive in my area. To control it is a huge input of time and energy and if neglected it just overruns the lot displacing anything useful. Therefore bamboo is forbidden in my yard. I will buy a can of bamboo shoots for the odd time I would ever need some.

[@racheltomlinson2257]

I wonder about the equal access ¿¿

[@racheltomlinson2257]

Nice try but I am on automatic subtitles. Don't you need to turn on at your end? Mind you, it's cheaper and very much less work not doing subtitles, maybe it's just an elementary mistake by......wait for it......the classic one.........computer glitch ¿¿¿

[@LondonTreeSurgeons-Camden]

This channel is a hobby, spent 2 hours last night trying to turn on subtitles, YT are no help whatsoever. I was hoping you would know how and would speed up the process, I guess not.

[@dorothyfaulkner1263]

very hard to understand you. May I suggest to look into camera as you speak?

[@racheltomlinson2257]

Dislike because no subtitles for us deaf people that love gardening, please could we have equal access.

[@LondonTreeSurgeons-Camden]

double checked settings, all should be working now, determined to sort this

[@Unflushablepiss]

why have a child when filming this video?

[@PermieCulture]

Ah, it is Martin's boy....besides which it's the next generation of forest gardeners and seeing adults frothing plants seeds in his psyche. To state the plane and obvious

[@tomcagle2262]

The authors unwillingness to face the camera makes lip reading impossible, and inaudible. His vagueness in describing what he does plant makes the rest meaningless.

[@edniz]

You could take a look at his several books, just search for his name on Google. He is not a KZbinr, he is simply interviewed by several people.

[@brucewales5965]

Such a shame.

[@markedwards9247]

My goodness. You have a bizarre collection of different plants from all around the world. All of these "imports" will either be invasive, require intervention, or be unsuitable for the natural ecosystem. I am sorry, but this "manufactured" forest is an absolute sin to the concepts of permaculture. Permaculture is working with nature and the indigeneous species that have developed in that environment. ie, they are permanent, have been permanent after millions of years of adaption, and will flourish all on their own without "farming", "planting", or "introducing". You said it all in the first 5 minutes. "I am experimenting". Permaculture has got nothing to do with experimenting, experimenting is called farming ! And that is where it all went wrong, and the impetus behind the permaculture movement. Call it agroforestry, or aboriculture, but please don't try and stick the label of permaculture to this system. It just denegrates and misrepresents what permaculture is all about.

[@edniz]

"Martin Crawford is the founder and director of The Agroforestry Research Trust, a non-profit-making charity that researches into temperate agroforestry and all aspects of plant cropping and uses, with a focus on tree, shrub and perennial crops." -Wikipedia

[@paulflute]

Permaculture simply means setting up a system that will be stable and grow and produce 'permanently" as opposed to for a short window.. That's all. The first rule of permaculture is to listen.. If you listen carefully here you will hear a very experiences considered thoughtful inforamtive man sharing his passion and wisdom.. Without experiemtnation we learn nothing.. All species are indigenous to this planet as are we..

[@frenchyadamson]

Quote from Martin's book: 'biodiversity in the uk is relatively low, and a forest garden made of native plants would be hard pressed to feed you. Slows, wild haws and wild service berries, with wild garlic and ground elder beneath would give you a few meals. Hunter gatherers here woud have supplemented them with whatever wild meat they could catch. The food available would have supported only a small human population. I see little point in growing such a native forest garden, which would produce only a limited crop for the gardener.. ..I rather agree with David Holmgren (one of the founders of permaculture) In that, as a general rule, useful plants from elsewhere that increase local self reliance and efficiency of growing systems should be welcomed.

[@PermieCulture]

@@frenchyadamson Indeed. Novel ecosystems abound and it could very well be our saving grace when the fuel runs out and the climate becomes unstable.

[@PermieCulture]

All this demonstrates Mark Edwards is your misunderstanding of permaculture when you wrote this reply, not Martin Crawford's. Keep observing, learning and listening and i'm sure your view will change (if it hasn't already done so). The co-originator of permaculture, David Holmgren has a completely different view to you. Perhaps you could ask him his views of your comment.