How to Start a Permaculture Food Forest NOW

Love permaculture? Want a garden you don’t have to take care of and get tons of fresh and healthy produce from? This video teaches you how to starts a permaculture food forest now. It’s the basics of how to start a food forest with the most easy to understand way of looking at a fruit tree guild.

[@creativeresiliencethriving]

Thank you for painting the picture in such an accessible way of how all the parts play beautifully together!

[@styx62]

Such a beautiful permaculture teacher 🌹🌹

[@dieterkaraluz1859]

I'm convinced you must be a great instructor... I have watched many permaculture and guild videos and invariably I end up feeling lost and overwhelmed trying to apply it to my lousy-soil-Florida-zone-8b situation and end up not doing anything... You said "just plant something, you can't do it wrong" and that took away all the stress of it! THANK YOU!

[@faehollowhomestead19]

Thank you so much!! I’m so glad I was able to take the complications out of it for you! I hope you find great success!

[@kafinn5302]

…best , simplest explanation I’ve heard ! 👵🏼🥭🍎🌾🍒

[@genoparedes6032]

I get excited to talk about permaculture just like you.

[@thepeopleplaceandnaturepod8344]

Your passion for nature shines through in every episode. Keep spreading the message, Fae! 💖

[@lauraclooney216]

Thank you so much for removing the fear and overwhelm from all this info and I love and apprecciate the simplicity that creates the motivation and exctement to get started and just dig in.. Brilliant video Fae

[@monarchkitty]

Great job! Thanks for sharing your wisdom with so much enthusiasm, and not once did you talk down, just a chat. Soooooo refreshing!

[@backyardfarmerpat]

I love your passion. Congrats on your beautiful food forest

[@dirkdenton]

I'm closing on 6.5AC of land in Barboursville (Orange County) and am planning my food forest. I'll be checking back here for more tips! Thanks for the great video

[@Somara72]

Thank you for this! I have watched so many food forest videos that I started to give up because of all the musts and needs 😅 You make it feel doable again 🙏💚🌿

[@juliemcgugan1244]

Same! But with all of the rules and must-do’s, I found that I still failed. Eventually, I have come to realize that no rules take every geographical location into account. What works for me may not work for you. I think we all are going to make mistakes and realize that there is no best one way to do things, when setting up a good forest. Best of luck in your endeavours! It is never really a mistake, but a learning process.

[@MyFoodForest]

HOW BEAUTIFUL!!! I am about as passionate as you about permaculture and finding out about this fantastic system of growing food also changed my life. I started a food forest about 5 years back in South India ! love

[@gardenerinagi1579]

Congratulations on becoming a Karate Master. I do Tae Kwon Do. I'm 1st Dan., started at age 52. I absolutely love it! I also did some Judo. Like you, I'm into permaculture, herbs, and herbal medicine. I moved to a new homestead and starting from scratch. All is coming along, getting everything in place. 😊

[@faehollowhomestead19]

That’s wonderful! I haven’t met many martial arts gardeners 🥰 What a great opportunity to be able to start from scratch and plan and get every the way you want it.

[@tanyajohnson6907]

i have watched multiple permaculture vids and none of them explained it properly untill i found your video! thank you

[@faehollowhomestead19]

Wow! Now that is a compliment! Thank you so much!

[@sunnyday5621]

You said you could not write a book. That sounded like a great book to me. I grew up living on a dairy farm and all our cows grazed in the woods where we had wild apple, plum, hazelnut and butternut trees. There were wild red & black raspberries, blackberries, strawberries and gooseberries. Our farm was on 1/2 mile of lake, with a stream that came out and went to another lake. Spring and early summer was busy with farm stuff, but late summer and early fall was the best to have friends ove for camping in the woods.From the time I was 8 years old, I would camp out with a frying pan, a jelly jar of bacon grease, a knife, a bath towel and a fishing pole. I wore sweat pants over shorts and had a rain poncho. We would camp for 3-4 days and lived off the land. Roasted and fried cattail roots with fried fish and all that fresh fruit and nuts. My friends thought it was crazy and great. Only one girl friend took to it like I did, but the boys I had to bale hay with (farm boys) took to it like a duck to water. I never realized it was a permaculture, until now.. Thank you.

[@faehollowhomestead19]

That sounds so beautiful! What a wonderful way to grow up!! That absolutely is permaculture ❤️ And thank you for your encouragement as always!

[@melissab8500]

That sounds amazing! I would have loved it

[@elwood212]

I’m planning on a ring of Kei apple, thorny berries and thorny citrus to keep out the kangaroos, potoroos, possums etc I’m also planting a food area for the animals with plants that they prefer that’s outside my food forest with a water hole for them. I’m also using biodynamic SOIL PREP which is 4 x biodynamic preps in 1 easy to use concentrate . In the city I use this prep in spray bottles to help combat the geo spraying and am getting great veg and fruit early growth . 👍🙏💕🇦🇺

[@faehollowhomestead19]

You sound like you’ve got a crazy awesome plan going! I love when people plant for the wildlife, that is going to be a project for next year hopefully! Please keep me updated on how it’s going!

[@maggieadams8600]

Thank you! I'm hlaf way there, but I needed a simple explanation as to where to go from here, and you've imparted it simply and well!

[@faehollowhomestead19]

I’m so excited this helped!!

[@faithjohnson227]

Permaculture has never made sense to me until I watched your video.

[@masonsmurals]

I planted Basil under my grapefruit tree. Never had so much basil. Thought it was a fluke....now i know. Thanks! Going out today and planting more!

[@clarkl4177]

Love your joy and encouragement 💘

[@oooLINDYooo]

What a radiant person you are. Thank you 🙏🏻

[@faehollowhomestead19]

Thank you! 🥰

[@Bright_iiii_s]

Love your passion, if there's soil there's food forest possibilities.

[@faehollowhomestead19]

100% agreed! What a great way of putting it!

[@christiegrows2022]

Such an awesome easy digestible way to start permaculture. I realise I’ve been doing this instinctively in one of my gardens without realising and I love this so much. I’m definitely building on this

[@faehollowhomestead19]

It is an almost instinctual way to do it, right? It makes so much sense that sometimes people over complicate it because it just seems too simple. 🥰

[@nj3821]

Thank you for this vid, exactly what I needed to hear.. You're awesome..🌳🌞💜🌞🌳

[@barbarafunk5118]

Great i was debating where to put my blue berry plants, I also have some raspberry plants that are very small, probated and gifted. and some grape vines that i propagated, tons of ideas. Thank you

[@LauraStepney]

I'm so glad I found you through this video! Great advice to just plant stuff and watch what happens. I think a lot of people (myself included) get really caught up in perfection. Your food forest is looking great!

[@alexandermonzon8165]

You just made me google Lool Permaculture and i actually get what it is now you explaining it A System that works by itself and the long run Jaha😎Gangstah i really want to practice this I need some land or do this Guerrilla Styloh in the wild Jaha...

[@jenniferyork7804]

I really appreciate this video! Thank you for making it! 🙂👍🏻

[@faehollowhomestead19]

Thank you for watching!

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

If the goal is to have a garden disguised as a forest, I think going without a plan is better. Tomatoes are only annual where frost kills them. They never die given the right conditions. 😁Great video!😁

[@faehollowhomestead19]

I absolutely agree about that! But I kind of like mine having a whimsical cottage garden look along with the food forest aspects. I wish I lived in an area where tomatoes and peppers would overwinter! How wonderful would that be? Thank you!

[@peterellis4262]

I have to say that in the context of a garden meant to benefit humans, "going without a plan" simply does not work. The goal in a permaculture designed food forest is not to disguise a garden at all, but to build a very functional ecosystem that produces yields that benefit both humans and nature. It's not a disguise, it's mimicry of one of Nature's most successful systems.

[@americantoadsarecool]

I love your duck pond system! I have two bunnies that are prolific fertilizer producers. I empty their litter boxes directly into the garden and the plants LOVE it. Their litter is wood shavings so it works great for mulch too

[@faehollowhomestead19]

I love that!! I need to implement something like that, I was thinking of expanding the quail system I have, I bet I could do the same thing with them too. I bet those plants love that fertilizer you’re giving them.

[@americantoadsarecool]

@@faehollowhomestead19 I’m so inspired by your videos! I just put in an order of fruit trees to plant in the spring because of this video. I’ve been reading some of the books you recommended for a few months and I’m finally going for it. :)

[@johnwilliamson4231]

Awesome knowledge

[@mistrylyra5848]

This was beautiful, I learned so much! Ty

[@faehollowhomestead19]

Thank you! And I’m so glad!

[@hhwippedcream]

Fantastic advice! always look at what is growing together. I love monardas as as tea. You rock. Let me know if I can help. In zone 9a but we have lots of wind, California annual grasslands. etc.

[@commodoresfc]

Great great video

[@peterellis4262]

Fifth Dan is a major accomplishment, congratulations. Your enthusiasm for Permaculture is wonderful - wait until you find out how much more there is to it than gardening techniques ;)

[@faehollowhomestead19]

Thank you so much!

[@hhwippedcream]

Thanks much. We love our fae. They help us stay om track.

[@hhwippedcream]

Ive wanted some gotu kola for a very long time.!

[@hhwippedcream]

You rock! Thanks!

[@adamdoig1448]

Awesome thanks and well done on making master 🍻

[@faehollowhomestead19]

Thank you!

[@holisticheritagehomestead]

Subscribed! Great video. Motivating. The mention of martial arts definitely got my attention. I understand your perspective. Thank you.

[@faehollowhomestead19]

Oh neat! Do you do martial arts too? Thank you for subscribing!

[@holisticheritagehomestead]

@@faehollowhomestead19 Yes. Trained/taught for many years. I’m a big advocate for martial arts training. Looking forward to more of your videos.

[@Randyb4ut]

Thanks for sharing. New subscriber 👍.

[@fuxleo]

💚🌱🙏😘🤗❤️great vid,it helpes me a bunch✌️

[@faehollowhomestead19]

I’m so glad!

[@Frdunsing]

Yes it makes sense after you’ve explained it. Congratulations on your achievements in Karate. I wish I was disciplined to do something like that.

[@faehollowhomestead19]

It’s easy to find discipline when it’s something your passionate about 🥰 I’m so glad this helped make sense of things!

[@chessman483]

Hope our food forest turns for the better. We have planted about 500 things so far and everything except watermelons and passion fruit get completely destroyed, either by disease or rats or mice or birds or ducks. We planted over 10000 sunflowers which are supposed to be easy and every single one got eaten. Only way we can grow them is under nets, once they are 6 inches high we remove the net and we then have to watch for the mice who start eating the seed about 3 weeks before they are ready. Super frustrating. People say pigeon peas and qld arrowroot don’t have pests attacking them. Well every seed on our 400 pigeon peas got eaten. Today I went out and all my qld arrowroot were eaten off at the ground. Might start using poisons and guns to shoot every bird .

[@Heather_At_The_Ridge]

Thank you for this. I just moved from the city to my dream home on 58 acres which doesn't have any established fruit trees or anything so I am planting my orchard and trying to figure out exactly what to add in there! It's an interesting challenge not having any restrictions on where to plant everything!

[@loriflarson4236]

Wow! 58 acres, that's wonderful! I wish you luck on getting your gardens going

[@Heather_At_The_Ridge]

@@loriflarson4236 Thank you :)

[@randalllevy5307]

Your videos are very interesting and informative.

[@faehollowhomestead19]

Thank you so much! I appreciate the encouragement!

[@randalllevy5307]

@@faehollowhomestead19 you're very welcome. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@hhwippedcream]

Gosh I love your channel. No hangups on invasives. We should chat!

[@faehollowhomestead19]

Oh my goodness! You sound like someone I would absolutely love chatting with about all this stuff! One of my favorite things about this channel is it helps me meet people like you!

[@aidegarabedian2073]

This is a great video! Thank you! Ok I have a ? I am inundated with ants how do you managed that? I am thinking of a food forest so far I have 6 planting boxes and 3 with ants on it! It is a constant fight. Bye to my grapes, to my berries and other bushes it is discourage because I have a organic garden and can’t use chemicals

[@crystalstanley916]

Great Video! What Zone are you located in?

[@HappyHealthyandFree]

For your ideas on planting under fruit trees. Could I use the same idea under regular trees? We have Bradford pear, dogwood, cherry tree etc.

[@faehollowhomestead19]

Absolutely! All (almost, there is always at least one exception like Black Walnut) trees would benefit from a system like this under them.

[@davidclementsfishing-thewh3200]

Just like most indiginous peoples!😊

[@faehollowhomestead19]

Exactly!

[@rsmith2812]

😊

[@sanctuaryplace]

Summary .. put duck pond on a hill. Plant stuff under fruit tress.

[@faehollowhomestead19]

😂😂 I love it!

[@hillbillyfarms3714]

Help me figure this out please. I already have an orchard in place, 2 years old. on what side of my existing trees should I plant the tall over story trees? Or should I just stick with planting under the fruit tree, and forget about planting tall trees?

[@faehollowhomestead19]

I am not too concerned with planting the over-story trees unless I really want a large nut tree of some sort. I would plant the larger tree on the north side of the fruit tree or understory tree and plant the fruit tree where the eventual drip line of the larger tree will end up. Hope this helps!

[@monarchkitty]

And don't plant black walnut trees close to anything vegetation you want to grow. Plant it all alone. They have a high toxicity.

[@justafriend3408]

I don't think there is anyone in this world who is into permaculture as much as I do; currently setting up a food forest in Africa

[@kimfroman2023]

So the straight duck water isn't too high nitrogen? High leaf production instead of high fruit/veg production?

[@faehollowhomestead19]

Nope, especially since it is already diluted with the water, I’ve been having great production this year with it. Awesome question!

[@kimfroman2023]

@@faehollowhomestead19 my ducks all got taken by coyotes. But the constant baby pool cleaning was a pain. Now that I have a fenced acre where the horses sleep, inside the perimeter fencing, want to plumb a pool that I don't have to flip and create a garden for it to water. But worried about excess nitrogen. I enjoy your videos!

[@faehollowhomestead19]

@@kimfroman2023 That sounds lovely! Yes, it is a pain to clean the kiddie pool, I totally understand!

[@michaelcarman4875]

we have a 2 acre "hay field" next to creek fairly close to house. we live in eastern kansas. that's midwest. we are "stumped" as to what to plant and how to proceed. i am not encouraged much by the videos. it seems very overwhelming. we are vegans so the hay field is not for hay. we would like to have a food forest but......

[@Hayley-sl9lm]

Aren't you concerned about Salmonella? If you're using water that has raw duck feces in it on the food that you eat?

[@faehollowhomestead19]

Excellent question! I don’t water the leaves or the fruit, I always water at the base of my plants right at the ground so the water doesn’t come in contact with any edibles. If I do water higher up it’s only when the plant is not in fruit or I won’t be harvesting the fruit for a few weeks.

[@hhwippedcream]

Fruit trees need pollinator sign posts, mushrooms that care for your chop and drop materials and vines to take care of the space between. My dog wants my attention Bye.

[@hhwippedcream]

Thank you for killing false dichotomy

[@svelanikolova5776]

A little secret. All plants are paranial. You let them do their thing. They will grow without you in a permaculture setting.

[@faehollowhomestead19]

Isn’t permaculture amazing?

[@svelanikolova5776]

@@faehollowhomestead19 indeed is the best thing ever. Greetings from Bulgaria