12 Edible Shrubs To Fill Out Your Tropical Food Forest

Imagine a garden filled not only fruit trees, but edible shrubs as well. In fact, imagine a garden with 5 more layers of food crops that can feed you with minimal inputs!
That is possible with a Food Forest. In this video we go over 12 shrubs to include into your Tropical Food forest. This video is a continuation in a series of Food Forest videos that you can check out on my channel.
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Mahalo For Watching!!

[@MandaHawaii]

I love your channel eventhough I'm 2 years late lol. Aloha from maui

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Never too late, more videos coming

[@MandaHawaii]

@HomesteadinHawaii yay!!! I'm a fan! Mahalo nui loa for all the good info brother!

[@brentouyoung9138]

What you call edible hibiscus, we call sorrel in the Caribbean. It's fruit skin is boiled with cinnamon and cloves, then sweetened to make a delicious drink.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Mahalo for sharing. I've had the tea and it is delicious

[@msdramamusic]

The pigeon peas don't need to be cut before flowering the only flower late in the season. I harvest the peas and chop and drop when the session is over.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Problem is when you do that they’ve already taken the nitrogen back out of the soil and put it into seed production. For peak nitrogen fixation you need to chop them at 75% flower.

[@TheSup127]

Aloha! I'm loving your videos, moved to Big I three years ago or so, have been clearing my land by hand and planting lots of trees and stuff... somewhat haphazardly with lots of trial and error. Mahalo for the manono!! I need these tips.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Awesome! Glad you found the channel and that there’s value for you here. Hope I can keep delivering

[@kenchapman3406]

Aloha ! You're living my dream. I started watching your channel because I am planning on moving to the big island for health reasons, I love your videos on bamboo, if I ever make it , I'd love to sit down and pick you brain .

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

For sure. I'm about to do a big video series on bamboo too

[@alienature]

Surinam cherry is funny, people either love them or absolutely can not stand them.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

For sure. My kids love them. Me…not so much

[@MarktheShark808]

Great video Shawn! As with all yours you are a artist. Warm mahalos for showing us this wonderful info! Aloha

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Mahalo for watching

[@joxxxyalpharius2008]

amazing, thank you

[@JosePerez-vz1qq]

Edible hibiscus is called sorrel in Jamaica and it can be used for teas (hot and cold) and even a marmalade

[@craigmetcalfe1749]

G'Day from Down Under! I have lived in my house with what I suspected was a food forest inspired garden. I have identified the different layers and now have you to thank for helping me identify a plant that has been growing here for many years before I purchased the property. The plant is Surinam Cherry! This is the first time I have seen one of your videos and you have helped me straight out of the gate. In return, may I suggest considering Black and/or White Sapote. It is a fruit that you would swear tastes just like dark or white chocolate. I don't have it growing but I have tasted it and it is on my To Plant list. Cheers!

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

I will try a sapote. I've had mamey sapote but not those others. I'm glad the video was helpful for you. I have a few more in the food forest series.

[@MMSY]

thank you for upload

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Thank you for watching

[@frederickjohnh]

Lots of good information! Keep the videos coming. You are getting close to 6k subscribers.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Mahalo. Slowly growing!

[@user-lj4vu8sl1d]

Awsome !!!

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Thanks

[@Dog_gone_it]

Can you make a video about growing veggies at different climate zones and elevations in different areas of the island. volcano, mountain view, nalawale estates, kalapana, and ocean view. please please pretty please. great video btw. i am taking notes ;)

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Iʻll try, that is not an easy video to make

[@WarriorsCats321]

informative vid! really glad i found your channel. it's so chill :)

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Mahalo for watching

[@allensylvester6484]

Great video, but I am surprised you did not include Tongan spinach or bele. It makes a medium sized shrub, like chaya, and grows like crazy in Puna (HPP). Reportedly it is a nutritional powerhouse with twice the protein of spinach, etc. Like chaya and katuk it grows easily from cut stem pieces. It is related to okra, but it very rarely flowers.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Your right. I even have it growing. Another awesome shrub to add to the list

[@Nightengale0000]

I really need some katuk seeds

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

I can mail you some. Or cuttings. Email [e-mail]

[@kehaulanipuou3644]

Awesome stuff. Do you have a video on how you prepared your land to grow grass? Mahalo nui!

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

I don’t but after land was ripped, we spread some cinder soil in a 1” layer and the rest is history.

[@kehaulanipuou3644]

Mahalo nui! Look forward to watching all your videos🤙🏾

[@caseyp5665]

Hey I really like these videos! I am moving to Belize and plan to start a food forest there!

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Good luck and thanks for watching!

[@daisyduke6495]

I absolutely love your channel I watch every morning so I can start my day In Florida with the intention of soon moving back the Hawaii. This time off grid. Do you have classes about plants? We’re coming in October for a week. I’d like a tour and learn stuff.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Hawaiian sanctuary in Pahoa has plant classes every Thursday at 9am. Good place to learn and meet people

[@yennguyen-uj3ri]

What is your location because I heard some part you can’t grow any fruits.

[@mintybee5003]

Thanks Shawn from a new subscriber in South Africa. I have plenty of pigeon pea seeds but getting it to you could pose a problem.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Aloha. Thanks for the offer. I just got my hands on a bunch of seeds yesterday. I'm going to make sure they get spread far and wide!

[@valeriequijano8173]

Great video! thanks so much. I'm on the Hamakua....where can I get cuttings for these shrubs??

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Can try go on the homesteadin Hawaii fb group and ask there. I bet you’ll find all you need.

[@tiarianamanna973]

Yes.. a tea bush for my container garden project to be overwintered indoors 😀 it wont survive otherwise the Finnish winters 😋 but hey, i could produce some homegrown matcha 😎

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Sounds great! Iʻve seen tea handle the snow in India Himalayas so maybe youʻll get lucky.

[@tiarianamanna973]

@@HomesteadinHawaii but Finnish winters are just too much (like -25f or so) 😉 however carrying a container into the livingroom over the winter definitely could be an option 🤗

[@76irodriguez]

6:40 You could use any legume to fix the nitrogen in the ground using the method you describe here. But you could let 1 or 2 of the plants go to seed for eating and reproducing and use the rest for nitrogen fixing your ground. It should take about 9 month from seed to harvest, with flowers starting just after 5 months more or less. Pigeon Peas like a very well drained soil.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Very true

[@warrenokuma7264]

Or for Pigeon Peas practice trim and drop.

[@mapuanakupuna3471]

Aloha Brah, loved the video! Great info! RU using the green Poha berries to make food with like Salsa?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Yeah. Sometimes it makes it to the salsa stage but mostly kids eat em as they ripen

[@Bathroomsingaaa]

go to a south asiann departmental store and ask for toor daal, you will get pegion pea

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

I finally got my hands on some and it’s growing nice. Thanks!

[@Bathroomsingaaa]

@@HomesteadinHawaii you're welcome! keep going, really like your content