Self-Sufficiency Made Easier Using These 12 Principles!

[@HuwRichards]

Hey! In case you want to take this to the next level I have since written a book diving deep into all the ways permaculture can lead to a more productive garden: geni.us/ThePermacultureGarden

[@munagalalakshmipranati]

1. Observe and interact 2. Catch and store energy 3. Obtain a yield 4. Apply self-regulation & accept feedback 5. Use and value renewable resources & services 6. Produce no wast 7. Patterns to details 8. Integrate rather then segregate 9. Small and slow solutions 10. Use and value diversity 11. Use edges and value the marginal 12. Creativity use and respond to change

[@joannc147]

How did I just watch 19 min of a young man, sitting in a chair, talking about gardening principles? Delightful! You are eloquent 👍🏻. The video production value is outstanding! Thank you for this ❤. I’ve taken my garden from “pretty” into being more effective. This means my landscape includes fruit & berry trees, raised beds & grow bags, as well as forage for my hens and rabbits (food & fertilizer production team 🐓🐓🐇🥚🥚🐇). The “ditch” by the roadway has evolved into holding enough water to support 4 species of frogs & toads (ephemeral breeding pond). It’s wonderful to live in this lil ecosystem. Btw, I have enough shade trees to keep my yard cooler in the summer. You’ve done a BETTER explanation of these principles than I have heard from others. Well done, young lad!

[@Wild.Buck.Airedale.Adventures]

😂😂 yes. Very easy to watch and applied, is very efficient.

[@cameliaturda6472]

Yep ! All of them are very logic , if you love Nature ( i never knew that the title îs permaculture ) 💜 .

[@grossindecency]

He's very nice and knowledgeable. But elequent? That's a nice lie!

[@monicastein9624]

Just perfect!

[@mayam6678]

I just turned 70 and have a little plot where I can grow a garden. I like your principles and will contemplate to what will be best for me and nature alike.

[@HuwRichards]

Sounds great! However these principles aren't mine, as I stated in the introduction, Bill Mollison and David Holgren founded permaculture:)

[@ihavenoideawhatimdoinghere6285]

​@@HuwRichards they might not be your principles, but you do an amazing job explaining them. Thank you

[@claireandersongrahamkeller2744]

You can watch "food forest" and "permaculture garden" videos,+ "Morag Gamble, "an excellent teacher, and get more inspiration and ideas for your garden.

[@gardenboots7464]

70 is the new 40! Cheering you on!!!!

[@robynhoode9211]

TIP...I use fallen leaves for bedding in the hen coup, I then add cold ash from the wood burning cooker, which the hens dust in to keep mites down. The hens add manure to the mix to create fertile leaf mulch which I then add to the growing plot as I muck out the hens weekly I've found its a great way to let the chickens do the turning of the compost. Great teamwork😆

[@claireandersongrahamkeller2744]

Oh, yes, THAT is brilliant! Like Joel Salatin at Polyface Farms putting corn in the barn over winter, then straw, and cows, and pigs at the end, so they turn it all over to GET TO THE FERMENTED CORN! Fun stuff, being a smart human! Aloha, Claire

[@nills2gills811]

Synergy. Amazingly brilliant

[@Tinyteacher1111]

Aawww! I had to break 111 likes! Sorry! They also eat ticks! I have Lyme so I’ve looked into this!

[@stephaniehenderson6631]

Genius!

[@MyEverydayGarden]

Awesome ideas

[@KimberleyJP]

Watching through for the third time, it strikes me, if you exchange 'garden' for 'mental health' as the concept, everything you say and all these principles also illustrate a beautiful system to reflect on and integrate ❤️ Nature therapy for all! 🌳 🍂 🌻 💚 🙏

[@benthomas4544]

Same here, except I'm working on city planning. Also perfectly apt.

[@HomesteadForALiving]

Permaculture applies to any discipline, gardening is just the most common! Architecture, city planning, health, building a business, homeschooling, etc.

[@benthomas4544]

@@HomesteadForALiving I definitely find it valuable in parenting a young child.

[@Connygraf]

exactly, and I use it to set up my home, my office, my business and how I help my clients.

[@quest_onchannel54]

What a concept for teaching people the most important thing with the other most important thing. I have a similar observation with manslow's hierarchy of needs.; Having one lower layer below physiological needs which is a connection with the earth.

[@cassieoz1702]

I was trained by Geoff Lawton 14 years ago. The principles (which are mostly a Holmgren formulation) are deeply engrained in my being and changed my outlook to so many parts of my life

[@mickzammit6794]

Permaculture is brilliant. I drove past a city house recently built on standard sized block and watched over a period of months as it turned into an unbelievable Eden of herbs,fruit and vegetables using the principles of companion plants and permaculture. It even had an artificial lake that provided hydraulic pressure for a lift for a disabled access to the upper floor.

[@caivail4614]

Incredible! I need to hear more about this hydraulic lift!

[@mickzammit6794]

@@caivail4614 simply google water powered elevator. I've seen several working and installation is quite simple if you have room in the yard for a small pond.

[@kimkoch3605]

What city

[@kimkoch3605]

House

[@FarmLife-k7f]

"This content is gold! I’ve always wanted to start a small farm, and now I’m motivated."

[@ColettesGarden]

I love waking up to discover you have posted a new video. Coffee and Huw, its a great morning. 🌻🐝

[@davidgolnick1403]

Happy that you found your space. The puzzle of gardening is infinitely interesting and rewarding/challenging. And liberating. The most rebellious act a person can conduct is to grow their own food.

[@EvanC881]

So many permaculture principles are also just great life values to adopt. Thanks for sharing!

[@kims.9677]

I have heard the term "permaculture" all over the place lately, but wasn't really getting a grip on all the concepts of it till now. You have given a concise, easily understood overview for which I am very thankful.

[@GenevaWatkinsvlogz]

Watching through for the third time, it strikes me, if you exchange 'garden' for 'mental health' as the concept, everything you say and all these principles also illustrate a beautiful system to reflect on and integrate ️ Nature therapy for all!

[@teresacrowley4076]

Huw, I just want to say Thanks!! I have R.A. so gardening is difficult for me. But watching this and your many other videos always gives me hope that I can accomplish something in my garden. I find you inspiring in gardening and in life. A lot of your ideas can also be applied to Life. Thanks 🙏 again!!

[@soniatriana9091]

Hello Hew, I have to say this video was beyond exceptional!! I have never heard anyone on YT who teaches/discusses Gardening & Permaculture do such a magnificent job of explaining & giving examples of all the Principles of Permaculture!! Plus, I kinda knew it came from Australia, but I didn’t know who coined the phrase, created the principles, nor when it started!! This is a noteworthy video to keep on file by anyone who thinks they will collect water, grow plants, flowers, edibles, compost, or use their outdoor spaces in some way!! Especially in ways that cause no harm to nature!! Thank you for such an informative, enjoyable, & inspiring video!! I appreciate the time it took you to plan out the content, video take, edit, & share your knowledge!!! THANK YOU🤗🤗👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@earthwyrm6756]

I've worked with permaculture 30 plus years & on 4 properties. Love your coverage of these principles and especially your examples here!

[@HuwRichards]

Amazing! Thank you so much :)

[@MelanieAdams-u2l]

Yes same here,in South Australia,35yrs for me! :)

[@myrrhidian3166]

It's always good to spread the word about permaculture :) I've been an enthusiast for 13 years now, but decided to give more traditional gardening a try the past couple seasons. I had isolated my crops from each other for aesthetic and practicality reasons, and paid the price with pest pressure and diseases. This year I'm intending to just mix everything together when I plant. I'm still following a planting calendar though, so I always have seedlings ready to plant out in empty spaces and don't forget anything. If there's no space for what I want to plant, I can just harvest some plants early or remove them as if they were a temporary cover crop. Fingers crossed, I'll have a productive little jungle of veggies and flowers!

[@brianthomas3910]

I couldn’t dig a small pond so I use an above ground pool instead of the barrels or tubs to store water and it’s big enough to raise a few fish and I use the fish water to water the garden 👍 it’s ready made compost tea 🤷‍♂️

[@sarameitner6770]

Thank you for detailing things here. I have ever-increasing physical impairments which affect my gardening these days (was quite the organic gardener in earlier years). Listening to your thoughtful accountings gives me hope and encouragement to take a few things on again - and work to see them through. All the best!

[@petrysialeroux8316]

A very clear presentation. Sometimes talking about permaculture can be very philosophical and difficult to get a handle on. Thanks!

[@ktlemongrass5129]

I hadn’t heard of compost walkways before this video. Thank you!!

[@petersterling5334]

Permaculture is a Miracle for Humans and Planet Earth!! I just discovered it few months ago and Permaculture is So Powerful for Healing and bringing Sustenance to people and our Planet!

[@blackstarorganicz]

Hi Huw, I’ve been following you for a while now. And last year got my own allotment (3). Really excited to start growing. I’ve even started my own channel to document it all. Your work is really amazing, and I hope I can replicate what you do…or as close as possible. Very inspiring ❤

[@StephanieJacobs-lm8st]

I just started gardening, I love it. My grandma had massive gardens here (I bought their house when she passed), so I’m trying to do the property Justice by bringing the gardens back.

[@nadiajohnson2522]

I love the way you emphasize small adaptations and simplicity so that, as a beginner, I don't feel overwhelmed. Your content and approach motivates me. Stoked to get growing my own food in my teeny tiny urban complex garden in Johannesburg, South Africa 🇿🇦. Thanks, Huw!!!

[@lindafogarasi3156]

You have just an amazing garden and you give very useful and helpful tips THANK YOU💞🙏🌳

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

One thing I like to point out as much as I can: Permaculture has become popular for "Easy gardening" "Self-sufficiency" "inexpensive inputs", Etc. What most permaculture "Enthusiasts" forget is the "Permanent" part. what the founders of permaculture was trying to teach was a way to build and tend to a garden such that it can last PERMANENTLY. in other words, thousands and thousands of years.

[@HuwRichards]

Definitely. However my audience are primarily people who want to make a difference in their small backyard or allotment. Sadly there is no guarantee of permanence with how that land will be in a hundred years time, but knowing right know you're the steward and that every year you're improving the land, that's more than enough. Permanence in food systems requires larger areas of land and community involvement, which I am all for and would like to move towards, just not for my audience on this channel 🌿

[@elizabethadkins-hernandez5580]

Also, let’s recognize that there are varying degrees to apply any system. As we are becoming hyper aware of how contemporary systems have failed, I see a need for bridge building. If large amounts of people can be inspired to utilize permaculture principles, then those droplets will eventually fill the permaculture cup if you will. Any movement in that direction is a million times better than where humanity is headed, in my opinion. Also, this is just a really great video, and I never comment on anything! Thank you!

[@cassieoz1702]

Permanence depends on there being people who will pick it up and carry on when you move or die. That's where the 'perm' part tends to fall apart. Productive spaces I've created in other places have been torn apart after I've left. 'Permanent' only works where the philosophy is ubiquitous

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

@@cassieoz1702 while that is true, we are responsible for what we do in our lifetime. What's done after we are gone is someone else's responsibility. If we don't do our part, it's like not planting the tree 20 years ago.

[@cassieoz1702]

@@ecocentrichomestead6783 I was just responding to the 'next thousand years' thing. That requires community wide understanding which I doubt will ever happen

[@susannam1172]

Nice video. Never knew these were the principles of permaculture, thank you for introducing them to us all. They are very applicable, B-road and sensible and not at all difficult or complicated like I imagined them to be.

[@CindyOrangeNeely]

Huw, I could listen to you all day!!! You explain things in such a calm and simple way. Thank you!!

[@meleaton3901]

We're kicking off our gardening adventure with big hopes and dreams...but hard to know where to start. I was somewhat aware of permaculture but this video was bang on what I needed 😊 A lovely summary of the principles. Thank you!

[@davidprice1908]

I'm by no means an expert, and started our garden 4 years ago. We now have about 30 varieties of veg and fruit, chickens, different composting, and an off grid summerhouse. By FAR the task I underestimated the most was water collection. We catch and store about 1500 litres. Personally I wish I'd sorted that and then moved on, instead of doing it the way I did. Hope you're getting on good!

[@badassfood5713]

The largest natural resource in my are pine needles and bark. I live in a firewise neighborhood in the mountains of northern ca USA, where wildfire is large concern. This will be the second year here. In my first year I thinned out about 2 dozen trees once again to maintain fire hardi-ness of my property. I also dig a pit about 4’ by 12’ and about 4’ deep which I filled with the detritus, like oak leaves, pine bark and needles that where laying on the surface. Stuff that wasn’t broken down at all. Immediately beneath this layer is a 4-6” layer of compost like material which is heavily saturated with mycelium threads the likes of which this city boy has never seen! Which I left I undisturbed. And below this a dense dark layer of hummus an inch thick or so. And finally red clay. Now I dug down 4’ in the middle of summer and never found a single worm, nor did the soil have a soil-y smell leading me to believe that the normal aerobic and anaerobic bacterias and fungus just don’t exist here. I also added horse manure and subsequent bedding. Over this mess I add occasional kitchen scraps collected for the purpose, and pine bough to top the whole thing off. These mountain summers are far hotter and drier than you would imagine with nearly 3 months of 100° during the day and 60’s to 80’s at night. Winter is proving to be cold with snow so far about every two weeks give or take a day with just about enough time for the snows to melt before new snow has fallen. I planted clover a nitrogen fixer, in the yard immediately surrounding the house (firewise) and began introducing potted plants trees and shrubs from my last home. Usually if I was digging around in my yard and came across any earthworms I would toss them in the closest pot. Done it for years so my pots have worms. In several places near where I have set theses pots on the soil I have dug and found worms very close to the pots in the soil! Yippee! So I am waiting until this summer to see if my in ground compost pile will work. I have also begun swales on the property, of which I have about 25’ of gain over 300’ .Anyways the question I guess, I have zero greens waste on my property, and cubic yards of browns. The horse manure I have to bring in about a yard at a time from a friend. Are there supplements that I can add to my compost pile. Even veggie scraps are about a gallon every month. And what can I amend the soils with to increase anaerobic, and aerobic bacterias and funguses. The native fungus is the great composter right now, but it is slow, years to break down pine needles, decades for tree stumps.

[@kathynix6552]

Do some research on what you might be able to source in your area. Are there any commercial/industrial sites that are producing organic waste? Also can you get food scraps from cafes, restaurants, schools.

[@emrsngs]

I had to cut down an apricot tree, which broke my heart as it was truly beautiful. But it had developed a split down the middle and although it was still alive, a large portion of it hung over an alley way where children played and also over utilities ( electrical meter/ gas meter). It had become a hazard. In my area the law requires you to remove anything that could potentially damage utility equipment or people. So the tree had to come down. I took the branches and made snow fences in my yard and wild habitat for the birds and they love it!!! In my wind-swept area, we rarely keep moisture from snow because it blows away. Now, I have a foot & 1/2 (0.45 meters) & neighbors only have a few inches. Had I been in the country I would have let nature fell the tree in it's own time. Being in town, it's better to find ways to make lemonade out of lemons :).

[@Acts-1322]

You could have coppiced it in the winter time. Just FYI in the future

[@improvisedsurvival5967]

Cut a nice mulberry tree cus someone planted it too close to the house and the roots were cracking the concrete basement wall

[@emrsngs]

@@Acts-1322 it was cut down to about a foot or two off the ground. No new shoots have come up from the roots. Is that what you're talking about?

[@Acts-1322]

@@emrsngs yes but what time of year did you cut yours down? Glad you used branches to catch snow

[@emrsngs]

@@Acts-1322 it was in the Fall.

[@porterowski9232]

Watching your videos gives me hope of what I will one day achieve. One step at a time!!! Have a blessed day, and thank you!!!!!!

[@HuwRichards]

Awh thank you very much!! One step at a time indeed

[@BigManjr]

I LOVED this Huw! 🙏As a suburban food grower in a 'cool temperate' area of Australia, with a very longstanding interest in Permaculture, this was absolutely WONDERFUL! I would really love you to do more detailed content about applying permaculture principles in this context. I think there is enormous value in applying Permaculture principles to smaller spaces and using micro-systems and creativity to build resilience. Thanks so much!😀🤩

[@abraham3901]

Man this is great content. All instrumental , but sure gives us (me) a solid path to the next level building a food forest. This will be our second year, making biochar and composting left and right. Lotsa fun, a great pass time. Thank you.

[@mamazeeto623]

Thank you Hugh. Always love listening to your guidance, you are a great ambassador for Mother Earth 🙏🏼💜

[@michellebarbour5777]

Inspiring film. Thank you. We didn't really know what 'perma-culture' meant but we can now show off with the words 'We do Permaculture' to our adult kids ;) ..we've always collected from skips and made stuff/reused and grown plants up as well as along in our tiny plot. BUT, what struck us and gave us pause for thought was nu 12 on this list. We've had to adapt to getting less able as we've got a bit older. I love the re-framing of having to get rid rid of the lawn (we could no longer mow it!) to we have 'Creatively..Responded to change'. We now have a bigger chicken run instead of lawn, producing compost in the, more easy to access, smaller, heap. We had to reduce heavy lifting but perhaps we 'creatively responded to change' by having more water butts nearer to veg with smaller watering cans..Ha! Great way to re-think how change can be an 'opportunity not a threat'. Love your gentle, non-judgemental way.

[@sharilynfritz247]

I have a small plot that I call the nursery. Plants that haven't been allocated to their permanent home (gifts, nursery sales) go here. Buys me time to prepare.

[@CarolFoegen]

Excellent, I heard and know these twelve steps, I often stated Perma-culture is the logicians forming technique, and you did a great job of making those twelves steps simple while also pointing out each of our systems will reflect our farm and our own creativity. Again well done and thank you again.

[@gabbym7560]

Love these principles as a starting point. I've found myself doing many of these principles instinctively before I had even heard of permaculture. Another very infor mative and inspiring video Huw, thank you. Lovely to see you're garden looking so abundant and full of flowers growing wth the vegetables, looks just beautiful

[@kathynix6552]

Yes it’s a way of life, a perspective and an attitude

[@LisaMarieKaspar]

Thank you for this video and the tips you provided! I will start my new balcony garden this year and I will take these principles as a guideline!

[@constancewalsh3646]

A rare video that neither irritated nor bored me. In my lave seventies I have fallen completely in love with growing small-scale food and flowers and trees. I live in the dry, windy, freezing, searing desert and it's the challenge I adore for every aspect of living. These twelve principles will be applied somehow. Tons of gratitude for Huw sitting by the garden fire - modest, practical, giving so generously of his knowledge and himself without fanfare.

[@viraloutbreaks99]

Making a video helping others with permaculture in the winter. Yup, that's someone who understands efficiency and the best beginning season.

[@terrinegron]

Thanks for clarifying Permaculture. I am going to add in more flowers for sure. 👋👋👋

[@willowgrove631]

Thanks for explaining the principles of permaculture in such a straightforward way Huw! These are things that every gardener can implement in some way 👍

[@HuwRichards]

Yay thank you so much I'm glad they were pretty clear!!😊

[@bevfitzsimmonds3382]

I love the way that these principles overlap, so that yeah, you can just start with one or two principles, but then you have the nice surprise of finding that you are also keeping others while you're at it! So, using edges and marginal areas, also keeps the 'no waste', and 'clever use of resources' principles. And even the very act of starting with just one or two principles, is using the one of 'getting things done gradually, slowly building things up!' ... Good principles are multi-pronged, and are never isolated in their impact... as it is when we follow good principles for our lives... 😊👍🪴🪴🪴❤

[@craigmetcalfe1749]

Hey Huw, As a typical Australian, I was oblivious to the contribution of the fathers of permaculture until I became interested in 2000 during the pandemic. BTW, it would be interesting to find out how many of your subscribers got into gardening/permaculture at the time in our history when things looked the darkest. My favorite and first book on permaculture is The One Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka. Then I discovered my Australian permaculture gods (and yes I include Geoff Lawton in that Aussie Holy Trinity). I start my gardening diary with the first principle Observation which may force more urgent tasks into the start of my never ending to do list. Why am I keeping a gardening diary? The answer is paying it forward, hopefully the person who buys my house and land would like to sustain the garden and food forest and can learn from my musings as present owner. Cheers!

[@littlefurrow2437]

Check out PA Yeoman's scale of permanence... another Aussie legend.

[@LeroyScott-p9f]

Huw, I just want to say Thanks!! I have R.A. so gardening is difficult for me. But watching this and your many other videos always gives me hope that I can accomplish something in my garden. I find you inspiring in gardening and in life. A lot of your ideas can also be applied to Life. Thanks again!!

[@phaedragardeness]

Lovely and gently way to be with plants and gardens. We flower farm in Australia, and it’s been slightly chaotic starting but now we are starting to focus more on a life with flowers.

[@jordicombs6466]

I am absolutely amazed by your efforts. I hope in my retirement years I can approximate your incredible accomplishments. You strike me as the kind of conscientious person I hope to become. Thank you.

[@sherylwhited7380]

I compost all year long (9 bins), but winter has always been a bit difficult due to temps, frozen materials, etc. So, last fall we added a solar digester in one of the large raised beds. The central collection tube is 3 1/2’ tall so it took time to dig that hole, but it has been working for 3 months now and I am pleased at how quickly raw materials “cook down” in a short time. It was 40 degrees here this morning, but it was 85 degrees in the solar digester! And, being able to toss any & all type of leftovers into it - even cooked bones and chicken skins is a win…very little food goes into our municipal trash can anymore.

[@IdealEpitaph]

When you discussed yields, it reminded me of a potager garden, which is a form of permaculture garden. Great overview by the way!

[@emmamaguire1991]

I have watched several videos explaining permaculture and they've always made it seem really confusing, too hard, or I just couldn't understand how to apply it. But this video is great! You've made permaculture understandable and like something I can begin adopting myself. Thank you, Huw! ☺

[@HuwRichards]

Wow amazing feedback thank you so much!!

[@thepeopleplaceandnaturepod8344]

This is the innovation we need for a sustainable future. 🌱

[@kahae9858]

I've been trying to work out why the fire pot is so visually pleasing - but it is. I always really enjoy your videos. They are very calming as well as being a valuable source of ideas and inspiration..

[@godisincontrol32]

I truly appreciate you taking the time to make this video 🙂 Very Informative and helpful.. Thank you so much for spreading the knowledge 😁 Have a great evening 🙏

[@tibiavram]

Great principles. This year I will start small scale gardening. Thanks a lot. God bless you.

[@cherylprice1790]

What a lovely video. I have an allotment that I'm trying to apply these principles, and it is easy to get overwhelmed, so this is an excellent grounding video. Thank you.

[@akhileshbalhotra5254]

🤔. Hope Mr Lawton is right ....as every problem started from most perfect garden on Earth ever . Eden

[@BrianHarris-d8t]

A very clear presentation. Sometimes talking about permaculture can be very philosophical and difficult to get a handle on. Thanks!

[@AngeleBeaudin]

Your tips on financial planning have been incredibly helpful. I feel more confident now.

[@ginavandam735]

Thanks for this positive and creative video. I think everybody has been struggeling this year...mainly with the enormous amount of slugs. I have a body heavily acing.. and more so with gardeningwork..but still..I HAVE to go out there and do my share...because it is so fun relaxing and enjoyable...greetings from Sweden🇸🇪

[@MedlifeCrisis]

Beautiful video. Educational and relaxing!

[@katblyth8153]

Fantastic video, Huw, thank you. Just a couple of weeks ago I emptied a bed of potatoes and as usual wondered what to do with all the vines. After seeing my neighbour use some really strange looking vines as mulch on his outside beds, and watching them break down over the months, I had my answer and decided to use them as mulch in the back yard where I have my fruit trees. So far, so good. Fortunately in Australia we don’t have issues with blight, so this can be done safely. Felt very pleased with myself for managing to keep the vines working in my garden rather than sending them off in the green waste bin!

[@aw6707]

The flowers are just gorgeous in the footage! 😍 have bigger plans this year for more ornamental flowers to double as tea sources.

[@MsCaleb79]

This was a very good video!

[@НатальяЗ-т4п]

Я из России, но с большим удовольствием смотрю твои видео! Классные ролики, и для меня, очень полезные для моего сада! Благодарю!!!

[@courtnez]

So excited to dream of spring as we just got a dump of 1' of snow. I'm going to look into the rain water collection system. Great idea!

[@joannasz1660]

As always, stunning. And I've got a feeling that the garden is shown from different angles this time which turned out great!

[@mandytaylor1008]

Good morning Huw Thankyou so much for this video. I have been growing for years but only no dig multisown no rotation for last 3 years. I have had limited time but now this year I will be more available. This year I want my plot to be a real biodiverse permaculture type growing space. Always thinking and working with nature. No fertilisers or things like slug pellets. I want us all to live and grow together. A cover from birds or carrot root fly and comfrey feed and grass or weed like chop and drop and hay. That’s about it. We don’t burn much or have a wood fire much as it is releasing carbon but we do sometimes and bar b q too. So we want to grow and work with nature and be almost self sufficient in fruit and veg. But I am 68 so I not young but I retired now so this year I plan to give everything to the plot. We have already started a dead hedge with all our twig or branch type trimmings even Brussel sprout stalks it’s held up all winter so far shrinking a little but of what a haven for nature. Anyway. Love all your ideas some I can apply some I can’t. We have to save rainwater as only have a brook that runs thru the site but we have to pay to have it pumped into our butts. We are trying to be thrifty so this isn’t the best but we have paid last year we ran out of water. I planning on mulching more to trap in the moisture so less watering but getting mulch is not easy. We have gone around where we live raking up grass clippings that local council have cut and we bag it and use it as mulch but there wasn’t may ch last year as grass died. So we make our own compost but it’s not enough and so have bought a ton of made compost sourced locally. We get free woodchip which is brill. We don’t have any sides on our beds and have woodchip paths and lambs wool wen I can get it which is dog food packaging. I use supermarket plastic food containers for growing some seeds and plants to recycle. We have a very small cheap polytunnel which mainly grows toms and basil but last year we had a couple of cucumbers and they done well but the outdoor ones done better. So that’s a bit of an outline so next year I hope I Can tell you this first full on year has been a great success and our harvest has been fantastic. If not I can tell you that nature has thrived and we have improved our carbon footprint if nothing else. Take care and oh I just wanted to say I watched your visit to Adam the other day. We met Adam at hampton court palace a couple of years ago he was with Stephanie hafferty and I chatted to him about how I discovered sparrows like eating red beetroot and red chard baby leaves. I had never come across that b4 but have heard many talk about it since. Anyway take care look forward to your next video👍🙋🏻

[@Azurta1221]

Brilliant! One of the best gardening videos ever! Thanks a lot!

[@MsJay0913]

I come across your videos from time to time, and you are very pleasant to watch and listen to.

[@tigercasey1554]

Yield from the garden.... Pur enjoyment. Love the attitude Hugh.

[@user-sq3kk3wt8p]

Thank you so much Huw! I love your way of teaching and sharing as you make everything so clear. It was very inspiring!

[@christianerardt3705]

Thank you for sharing your precious advice 👍🏻💚🌱

[@annchristinemercado3181]

Thank you for sharing this very informative video! I saved it for future reference. I'm retiring early and returning to my home country, Philippines in a month and back to nature. More power to you, Sir!

[@Tsa4048]

Your garden is so beautiful! Such an inspiration. 🌱🌶🍅🌻

[@cunningtontwattwaffle2554]

Thanks Huw for such a clear and logical breakdown of these principles! I love your work and always get a lot from it.

[@HuwRichards]

Awh thank you so much!

[@RT3Creations-Learn]

Awesome video. I only hope I can recreate the permaculture system and my reasoning for joining permaculture in my garden and in my videos. Thanks again for your time!

[@user-bc5js3xw7r]

Thank you Huw for sharing the knowledge. Will be spending the afternoon making a repurposed root cellar I think… 👍🏻

[@carosoncini7562]

I absolutely love how simple and full of information all your videos are, thanks 🤍

[@Wyatt-Benson]

YESSSS Permaculture videos! Please! from Kristy in Missouri zone 6b 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@paulbritt5443]

I only have 0.59 of an acre but my goal is build a sustainable permaculture garden that will benefit my local wildlife and provide a sustainable year round harvest of fruits and vegetables

[@markkristynichols845]

YESSSS Permaculture videos! Please! ❤ from Kristy in Missouri zone 6b 😃🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

i love this, i like to use as much as i can, as it does make it so much eaiser. I hate barrowing so anything that reduces that makes me happy lol

[@pamelawagner9440]

I enjoy your videos as much for the information as for beautiful scenery and photography. You do such a wonderful job! Thank you!

[@TofferJ-UK]

Always inspiring and encouraging Huw thank you! 👍

[@HuwRichards]

Thank you Addie I'm really pleased to hear😊

[@melaniedale-sutton9801]

Wow! This video made my day! Thank you for sharing your gift and craft with a community! 💜

[@millycarmichael9331]

Thank you! Lovely exploration and examples of the permaculture principles 😊

[@stressedbutblessedmomma7792]

I just left a comment on a Instagram post just now saying goodnight from where I am and that I had just found your channel in the middle of a sleepless night and I am so excited to keep watching and learning (when it’s not the middle of the night, for me lol) from your channel. You look identical to a kid I grew up and went to school with and even our exact age too. You have a twin all the way in America haha. Well I appreciate your content 100% and cannot wait to start following you and learning! 😊

[@philippawhite4622]

Thank you for telling the world about Bill Mollison etc.

[@zimmermanlandscape9287]

It’s awesome that you are still allowed to collect rain water where you live some people in my country are not allowed to collect the rain.

[@SelaSiblings]

One of the best video to watch. Learning a lot on this video. Thank you.

[@margaretapetersson2017]

Thank you for this excellent video! To me it seems like going back to old times when people had to work whit what they had coming to resourses, both personal and materials. But in a modern way. Using what we in Sweden call "sunt bondförnuft"

[@kristianrave]

i have many interests and try to learn in a lot of fields. Motion Graphics, restoring vintage cars, philosophy, woodworking and also trying to grow my own food - as a physical result of philosophy ;) And i am learning a lot from youtube and trust me i have seen my fair share, but you my friend are one of the craziest guys on youtube. Your garden looks so very beautiful, organized and delicious that i am asking myself if i will ever manage to achieve the same level in my garden. But then again you boil it all down to simple to do steps. Super helpful and inspiring. Thanks for your work - you deserve to be paid well by youtube :D

[@lysmalls658]

Huw I like this Video because you Speak on different Aspects of Gardening it’s a Wealth of Information

[@Asdfbedffhdsxe345]

After seeing your video on the potato’s with blight I bought 10 of those awesome 35L pots you recommended. They are fab and will last a lifetime!

[@ppss.6302]

Lol..another victim.

[@vidaenelcampo]

Hi Richards! te escribo en español porque si escribo en ingles voy a parecer un mono al teclado, pero quería decirte que me encantan tus videos y lo que enseñas! Saludos desde Argentina!

[@whitemusk7691]

Growing through permaculture gives you solace, which has been lost by living in an urbanised lifestyle . You don't need acres of lands to grow , you can grow in cmall spaces as well. Its the quality over the quantity 👌 💯.