How to Use Plant Succession Instead of Herbicides?

[@huanyazhu825]

It's been a really long time since we got a view at Zaytuna, could we get another video tour soon? Thank you for your amazing work!!!

[@jrmikulec]

Did he say wedilia? I’m fascinated by permaculture’s opposing view on invasive species

[@jond532]

i liked this one, felt like you were really in the depths of it.

[@ahpip3602]

مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّٰ!!! Another very beneficial and beautiful video, dear Geoff! Many many excellent lessons shall be learned from your immense wisdom, ءانشاءالله. Love from 'Abdul-Halim الله حافظ

[@JeremyHoodDaniel]

I am always using my wacker, to keep the area that I work, as my garden, free of higher ground cover, but also, I never rake, it all rots to feed the soil

[@emilmoldovan1789]

Absolutely amazing, everything in this food forest is in a perfect sync with Mather nature

[@JACKSPARROW-iy7rw]

Great question and perfect answer

[@TheBarefootedGardener]

Geoff, I’m not sure if this answers the question entirely. Showing a rapidly maturing swale/food forest… I think she wants to know (and I’m curious too) how to do this early in the systems existence.

[@sustainablelivingtv]

I loved this! I would love to hear Geoff thoughts on using plant succession for large-scale grain or other product production. In my thinking, it would be good for large growers to have a system to properly reduce herbicide use. Off the top of my head I know a certain amount of animal disturbance could be used, as well as having complimentary plants that layer each other. Otherwise, a large amount of even fertility is required relative to the amount of machinery eating up the soil. Not all growers are going to be in a forested system with the status of the world.

[@yLeprechaun]

You may be interested to search out Gabe Brown on youtube. He is doing amazing things with broad acre no till farming. I can only imagine the leap forward if someone took his model and added in alley cropping agroforestry. Whowzer

[@sustainablelivingtv]

@@yLeprechaun Love the suggestion! I’ll go check it out. Thanks

[@vamsinarayanametta5547]

Where have you been geff ??? Waiting for your Q&A 🙏

[@abideenturky]

He has just came out of winter hibernation, Australia is in sout hemisphere

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

Herbicides are one of the things that makes me think of the saying, "necessity is the mother of invention, laziness is its father".

[@yLeprechaun]

Truth! I really believe they meant well in the beginning. But responsibility demands that we admit when we are wrong. But I guess I'll just keep hoping they can get to that point, but I won't hold my breath.

[@chiefearthhealer8099]

@@yLeprechaun With the exception of ancient sea salt uses, the first “herbicides” of the 1800s were organic. Post-WW2 when herbicides were chemically synthesized they knew it was poison and would have detrimental effects in the future, but it was all about the money by then.

[@przybyla420]

A feature not a bug. WW2 was when the canal gained control of the last few major industries and nations. Poisoning of the base of the terrestrial food pyramid goes a long way towards achieving the aims of the cabal (complete control, and depopulation).

[@meskita106]

I respect that and agree but I’m in a difficult situation with Paspalum Dilatatum, Dallis Grass. It’s all over our orchard. We’ve been on top of it for years, cutting, weeding. More recently I’ve tried covering it with tarp, but it still comes back. All I want is the natural ground cover that is endemic to this part of the world, so unfortunately I’m doing spot applications of herbicide while there’s summer die back of native plants and hand weeding the pups, which are persistent as it is a proliferante seeder. I blame it on my folks lawn. What do you suggest?

[@PedroReisR]

​@@meskita106 Hi. Why do you consider this species undesirable? If it grows well, it gives plenty of mulch when mowed. Having ducks or sheep will be even better, in case the plant is palatable to them. And, from the information I got from a quick survey, the plant does not tolerate full shade so once the planting density of the fruit and auxiliary plants is high enough it will disappear.

[@yLeprechaun]

Can you give an idea for a quality groundcover for Zone 4 alkaline leaning areas?

[@crapppable]

Where are you? Hedera helix does wonders in my garden and only has to be cut a single day every 2 or 3 years on a 1 acre plot to avoid overwhelming trees. Feeds tons of wildlife. Brambles do wpnders for habitat but are tougher to work with. So better for less travelled areas of the plot.

[@hussienbayoumi8982]

I have nearly an acre of land in the Alexandria Egypt's desert some kilometers away from the sea the land is lower than other peoples lands so when it rains all the water comes to us in the middle we have alot of proplems in the soil,soil salinity and acidic how would you deal with this soil and land?

[@yeshuaisthewaythetruthandt515]

I THINK THAT WE SHOULD NOT OVERLY CLEAN FALLEN LEAVES IN THE WINTER BECAUSE THEY BLANKET THE SOIL, FROM THE COLD, AND FEED IT PLUS FALLEN LEAVES BECOME SOIL

[@williammcduff6531]

myfairy talegimail, Also that's where a lot of beneficial insects hibernate for the winter beneath the leaves and debris.

[@matyaskassay4346]

leaf litter is indeed incredibly important for all forest ecosystems.

[@audreycermak]

What would be a good perennial ground cover for zone 7b? I have elderberry and wild plum and persimmon as understory trees but they get choked out by Johnson grass and goldenrod.

[@aldas3831]

Look in nature around you and see what is growing. you can then apply to your garden with same plants, shrubs or similar in nature.

[@aldas3831]

Maybe try clover. Very effective and good for the bees as well.

[@audreycermak]

@@aldas3831 I've planted quite a bit of clover. It grows fast and the bees love it plus seed is cheap. I was hoping to try something edible. Onions, carrot and radish don't grow fast enough to smother the tall grass and goldenrod. Squash and beans don't survive the cold.

[@aldas3831]

@@audreycermak what about sweet potatoes? Not sure if they overwinter but worth a try.

[@przybyla420]

Forget about uses, it’s main use is reducing your labor by outcompeting the grass and weeds. You need something vigorous that can take control but won’t spread by seed, doesn’t have thorns or cause a rash. How about vinca or that fuzzy raspberry groundcover? Nurseries or landscapers or your area might be able to make a suggestion if you describe your goals.

[@suryavana_India]

Was just waiting for your videos 😋😊

[@vamsinarayanametta5547]

Brother your name seems a telugu name Are you from telugu states ???

[@suryavana_India]

@@vamsinarayanametta5547 no I'm from Mangalore in Karnataka

[@vamsinarayanametta5547]

Okay brother . Have you been into any permaculture course ??. I'm from Andhra and I'm looking for someone who's into permaculture near Andhra 🙏

[@suryavana_India]

@@vamsinarayanametta5547 please look up Aranya permaculture

[@marianunez7715]

Gorgeous forest!!!

[@xavierroy5254]

Thank you

[@NewMindGarden]

Beautiful.. 🌷🌷

[@sandrakennedy4877]

okay simple question here, but full of crises I have a permaculture urban garden, with a bloody neighbor that not only poisons everything including bees, but is also leaning over 12 inches of our fence line to chop my fruit trees, as I "do not keep my garden in the state it should be". he and she are fanatics of lawn and roundup anyone got any info/ideas on how to deal with these idiots? Am getting desperate. thanks in advance

[@afroma25N]

Bees need an area if theres poisonorpesticided nearby they could die off

[@sandrakennedy4877]

@@afroma25N I know, but there is nothing I can do except send my hive elsewhere to avoid the idiots.

[@ciaran3601]

Could you reach out and offer to help them plant their garden in a similar way? Or, if they truly are nightmares, get an electric fence 😂

[@sandrakennedy4877]

@@ciaran3601 I looked into the electric fence unfortunately I am not legally able to put it up where I live, nor am I allowed to use boobytraps lol , like flying cow dung. They really do use scissors to trim hedges and grass, trying to talk to them does not work. its horrible. but thank you, normally with normal people talking to them may help, with these pps nope, not happening.

[@ciaran3601]

@@sandrakennedy4877 Maybe just kill them with kindness. Leave some of your fresh produce for them and hopefully they'll come around! So cool to hear of people doing stuff like this in their gardens though, really inspiring!

[@joepeeer4830]

Ty

[@timmccoy4720]

The American south western states need to learn these methods . The rivers are drying up. They need help.

[@odonnellsaussiehomestead8257]

Just awesome

[@livefromplanetearth]

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@abideenturky]

This dude Ge off , is born 100 years before his time, In 100 years , this planet will be near death, They will be forced to abandon all chemicals, that have poisoned this lonely planet.

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

He was born in good time. He is preparing the survivors to thrive after the coming wide spread ecological collapse.

[@abideenturky]

@@ecocentrichomestead6783 But the Globalist and corporate Mafias, only care for more profit. I hope, Geoff sir, will one day, gather powerful lobbyist, in the White House, to ban all chemical weapons, on the tiny microscopic creatures, that support the life.

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

@@abideenturky I agree about the globalists. Which makes the coming collapse inevitable. We can't save the current human species. We will go through what is known as a population bottleneck. Geoff is here to teach those with the ability to learn and, thus, get through the bottleneck.

[@earlrussell1026]

You must love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. You must love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus the anointed is Lord! Repent and be baptized and believe the Gospel.

[@КонстантинШвайко]

Джефф, Вы как то на долго пропали, Русская аудитория скучала, просьба, создавайте субтитры на русском языке это значительно расширит границы понимания. С уважением Константин.

[@permaculturehorizons6930]

👍👍👍

[@ibrahimulgur]

Ok, you are freely moving around humid places. Aren't you afraid of ticks?

[@kijkedwin]

I wonder if this channel is aware of the blockchain based gmo fungal heat resistant tags that conventional foods will be supplied with to track and trace every piece of protein. Christian Westbrook over at Ice Age Farmer talks about it.