Guilds: Low-stress permaculture companion planting

[@artigpenn]

This is so useful. So often, I search for a certain garden topic I want advice on and your videos come up. Thank you so much. Also, love your badass pointing technique 🤟

[@Acts-1322]

Love to learn from your expertise, thanks! To the newbies, I'd also mention you'll want to thin your apples for bigger better quality fruit. And prune the branches to central leader that isn't as bushy as what you saw here

[@donelda135]

Great advise about don’t stress about it. Add as you can. A garden is a living breathing work of art. Subject to change. Enjoy it!! Thank you!

[@sharonross4535]

Thank you Angela for the great video it was very helpful as always. Have a good day. God Bless you.

[@kjbmann]

Enjoying your info on permaculture & guilds. Our family just bought a new property last year (about 5 hours north of you & across the border) and I'm trying to implement permaculture principles using fruit tree guilds. So, thank you for your videos - they've been helpful. Keep up the good work!

[@amykaysmiles]

This is helpful. I have a new to me yard that I'm mostly just watching and learning this year, but this helps me visualize for the future.

[@ParkrosePermaculture]

Thanks, Amy

[@tinuvianna]

Appreciating the low-stress approach you're describing. I would really love to hear more about your Ashmead's Kernel, and about inoculating your yard with morel spores (I had no idea morels did well around apples!). I have a baby Ashmead's Kernel - I think it's the most delicious apple ever to exist - and I'm very interest in encouraging morels at my place. What makes the AK finicky and what tips do you have? What did you do for morel inoculation?

[@Mhorianna]

We just bought a house with 1/5th of an acre, and your videos have really helped educate me! I'm at the planning stage, and keep coming back to watch and adjust my notes. It's kind of hard for me to find fruiting plants in zone 5b, but that's because I just moved from 7a. But I'm working hard to find suppliers, and I'm researching plants that are both native, and non native but not invasive. I'm so glad that you mention the mycelium layer a lot!! It's such an important aspect that isn't mentioned as much as it should be for plant and soil health. I see it catching on in some areas, as per the clock app, lol. Your forest is so lovely and so well thought out. I can't wait until mine reaches ten years!!

[@jonathanvanallen1662]

Thanks for all of the great videos. I have been looking for another good permaculture page to watch and learn from. Your videos have been very good!

[@sandrah583]

I find it interesting that you use comfrey around your apple tree for the drainage issue of heavy soil. We planted two apple trees this last year in our heavy clay soil. Watering was an issue because it wouldn’t sink in, so I planted chives around my apple trees (I read they were good for preventing scabies). Immediately the water soaked into the ground. I’ve grown comfrey since 1978, taken it everywhere we’ve moved and absolutely love it. The house we bought is on a hill that is covered in ivy and blackberries. I’ve been trying to clear it out and want to (eventually) have a food forest/permaculture area instead. Slow work because the roots are so ingrained into the clay. I’ve had to stop ripping out roots until the rains come again, I just can’t get through this soil. I’m enjoying your videos and have gotten some good ideas that I will try to incorporate. Thank you for sharing with us.

[@jonathanvanallen1662]

Would goats eat it? And could you borrow some goats for a few days? That might get it down to the ground at which point you can either dig through it or continue chopping it as it comes up or suffocating it with cardboard and mulch

[@sandrah583]

My neighbor looked into renting goats (we don't know anyone to borrow from). If I remember correctly it was well over $100 per day (obviously didn't do that). Even though we are now getting lots of rain I have halted my clearing, realizing I have to go slow and get other roots established so the hill stays in place. Slow and steady I guess. It will all come together.

[@karmarules2012]

My hubby gave me 4 cherry trees for mothers day. I finally found some comfrey too, I pick it up tomorrow. Yay! I'm new to gardening, this is my 3rd year.

[@ParkrosePermaculture]

what an awesome mother's day gift! Best of luck with your new cherries!

[@chelseapowers9493]

I would love to see how and when you prune your lilacs! Thank you for this video!

[@maryannemckay3606]

Look forward to your summer garden!...😊

[@jeslynnebrown1979]

Omg!! I've been following you for a while and love your content! I have been searching for chocolate mint FOREVER!! Where did you get yours??

[@ParkrosePermaculture]

I got it as a cutting off of freecycle ages ago. I’m sorry that isn’t super helpful! Maybe you could ask around in your local gardening clubs?

[@James-ol2fr]

"Ashmead's is over rated." Not sure if you've done a video on this before, but I find it interesting how often people talk down about a variety of any food-producing plant they've tried and disliked, often recommending people DONT plant it. There was a John Kempf interview with a man who currently works as a vintner, and mentions a study on what influences grape flavor the most. And more than variety, the terrior was key. Growing conditions and place, context, the thing you mention over and over here, are going to influence flavor for so many foods. Not sure why people don't get this. -Kat

[@kitdubhran2968]

Any suggestions for vine layers? I’ve been thinking of hops, and some of the fragrant vines for bee food. But I wasn’t sure if you had any favorites.

[@ParkrosePermaculture]

Yes I'm going to do a video on them soon. I have hopes, akebia, kiwis, rambling roses, pole beans, sausage vine...clematis...

[@TheRealHonestInquiry]

Passionfruit 😍

[@alexandraderry7086]

How do you feel about raspberries being planted close to a fence line?

[@wudangmtn]

When creating your guilds, do you use mostly transplants; or do you sow seeds as well.