This Small-Scale Permaculture Garden is PACKED With Food

[@HuwRichards]

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[@champagnjethersiahdduvenag6078]

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[@hands2hearts-seeds2feedamu83]

I surr wish I had a place to build a garden like yours. I don't have a good fence, and I have spent most of the time trying to keep the animals out of my plants. It was so stressful that I didn't even plant anything in my garden this past year, 2023. I am hoping to be able to plant in the garden this yr.

[@pofdsjoijsodfjsoidf]

Good job on removing the wind sound. It goes unnoticed for most people, but I know it takes time to do properly.

[@HuwRichards]

Thank you! Sam edited this so I've passed it on ☺️

[@sarahjaynesmith]

Haha I came on to say it was really odd how the wind noise kept coming and going with the B-roll.

[@melstark3466]

I was going to comment on the same thing! Yes, it’s a great job.

[@susanthomas7566]

How do you water this enclosed garden? And how do you manage pests?

[@fionaanderson5796]

@@susanthomas7566 I don't know about watering, but Huw did a whole video on pests about a month ago. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpS2hqyNjdqYd80

[@Captain_Pink]

"Yes ok it's not as efficient as creating things in blocks and maing sure things don't spill into the pathways but it's so much more fun" YESYESYES, exactly. I LOVE my messy wild food garden. What an absolute pleasure it is to *not* be forcibly in control of this thing, to let it be free and big and messy. It is a joy like no other to me.

[@CWorgen5732]

I'm somewhere between the two; I'm fine with spilling near the perimeter of the garden, but keep my main pathways clear! 😂

[@jenagarcia1728]

SO TRUE!!!!!!

[@MrTapierwithmustache]

In what way is it less efficient? It seems to me that you're using every inch of available land. But then I haven't had such a garden, so I'm curious.

[@Captain_Pink]

@MrTapierwithmustache That was his quote, you'd have to ask him 😊

[@amyhinson1587]

I bet the energy you feel when you walk in this garden feels amazing.

[@HuwRichards]

@@amyhinson1587 Oh it really does

[@vancamerawoman7399]

I start my day with a barefoot mooch and ‘hello’ to all the trees, fruits, veggies and flowers. Warm regards from Another wildly abundant garden in Australia

[@samgriffiths1017]

Looks better that 90% of the ornamental gardens you see , and yet SO productive . You should be proud

[@RebeccaHarrington-lf2kx]

Yes I think so too! 😁

[@samgriffiths1017]

@@RebeccaHarrington-lf2kx you're almost as beautiful as huws garden😍

[@RebeccaHarrington-lf2kx]

@@samgriffiths1017 Almost… 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@samgriffiths1017]

@@RebeccaHarrington-lf2kx maybe if you grew some flowers out your head and we covered you in a thick layer of nutritious compost you might compete, but no guarantees 🤔 Futher experimentation should confirm

[@RebeccaHarrington-lf2kx]

@@samgriffiths1017 I should also have replied thank you ☺️

[@kaoticmind09]

Every time I watch something like this... I want to dig up my whole yard....

[@thegirlwhoeats8863]

The bacteria in our tummy also preferre many different veggies over 5 handful of portions a day. The rule is around 30 different veggies and fibers a week.

[@elizabethannegrey6285]

Oh, the jungle look is my favourite. I just love Huw’s approach to his garden, and the sheer beauty if the variety. A little piece of heaven.🍒🫐😍

[@bradlafferty]

I totally get it when you say it’s foraging and it’s fun! So cool!

[@HuwRichards]

It's so so fun!!

[@NicoleHoltActress]

The colorful flowers of the runner beans and sweat peas growing together are just stunning! I'm a very new gardener with a very small garden and I'm just learning to eat differently :)

[@HuwRichards]

Yeah I really enjoy the combination!! Thank you so much for watching☺️

[@TheSimpleHobbit]

The excitement and energy in this video is beautiful, Huw. The joy of the shifting you are doing is evident and incredibly inspiring! I'm loving your garden journal so far and can't wait to see what's to come! Beautiful garden, as always!

[@HuwRichards]

Ahh thank you so so much! Really appreciate your support

[@josemanuelcuervo-uria7743]

As an Asturian myself...I am very proud you've got an Asturian tree cabbage. Keep up this great work! Following you from...Asturias, Spain. Cheers!

[@rabbitgear]

Your videos inspire me to continue trying to garden. I run a little public kitchen garden in my little town and sometimes it’s hard and I want to give up. Slugs, pests, lack of volunteers, and vandalism from bored teenagers all really bring my spirits down. But seeing what beautiful things you can accomplish in a small space makes me want to try again.

[@AloutkaKazawa]

I feel you. Public kitchen garden sounds like a social enterprise - do you have a food cooperative there?

[@rabbitgear]

@@AloutkaKazawa it’s nothing that complex. It’s just a vegetable garden that is open to the public. Anyone who comes to help with the work is welcome to pick some fresh food to take home. Local school classes also enjoy visiting so the kids learn about gardening. It’s not big enough to be real food supplier.

[@winslowschoolofdance]

now I feel totally justified in how I garden...wild and free, but with some structure too. But you have taken beyond into a positively magical force of nature....God is good to us. Well done!

[@TheEnglishladyskitchengarden]

I love how productive your garden is. I too love wandering around my garden collecting food for my dinner. It's incredible how much will grow in a small space

[@CMSCK]

I love how my garden looks orderly in spring and now it’s all spilling happily and messily. It is so much fun and the plants seem happy.

[@runningwarrior5468]

Companion Planting. Its like PLANNING A FRIPPIN' WEDDING. ( Nobody wants to sit with fennel!)😅

[@mscheibl5230]

You are a man who takes true joy from his garden and I'm here for it.

[@thatgirlthatgrows]

I love the look of the garden, the wildness just brings so much character to it!

[@julianadelion5497]

Huw. I love your wild garden. This is how mine grows, but I've been embarrassed by the chaos. But your example makes me feel ok with it. Thanks.

[@michelledolan8396]

You have been so inspiring this year. Your passion is infectious. You're a natural teacher too! Well done.

[@SiljeMeum]

"Hello" with those dimples and that mischievous smile. Magnificently messy! I love the permaculture angle of gardening, companions planting, filling up those gaps! What sort of Dahlia was that? Love those peachy colours! Thank you Huw, for all of your knowledge and your sense of humour! I've learnt so much form watching your videos.

[@sinkintostillness]

I love my wild messy garden, and "foraging" my garden is my favourite thing. Using this method I don’t feel like I'm constantly fighting a losing battle with weeds either! I'm aiming to get as much of the ground covered as possible. I add in more perennials each year and sow annuals into the gaps.

[@Tiffany-Rose]

This kind of growing is really great for boosting creativity in your cooking. Like you said you go out there wondering what you're going to have for dinner and it's like a treasure hunt. As you forage you can come up with great ideas on what to eat. This is one of my favorite ways to cook and eat from the garden 👏👏

[@juliehartley3652]

Your garden looks lovely - I really like the way you've got lots of things all growing together. It does look like fun going around and seeing what you can find.

[@BlessingsfromNorthIdaho]

Your enthusiasm is epic. I’m trying to adopt your method of veg, flower, and herb in one bed. One bed I got perfect. Cucumbers, yellow snap bush beans, onions, carrots, a lone tomatillo, and borage. It is stunning. I just want to hang around it and soak in the beauty. Next year all the beds are going to look that beautiful. Thanks for all the wonderful ideas. TeresaSue

[@aclementine9928]

I got free compost from my local skip to put on my flower bed and loads of tomatoes and squash plants grew from it, so I've just let them grow there, through the flowers, even though it wasn't the plan and now they are doing the best in the garden!

[@City_farmers88]

Your garden is so beautiful, I see many vegetables that I like. It is great to take care of your garden by yourself. Thank you for sharing your beautiful pictures with everyone.

[@HadassahHaman]

O.M.G.!!!!!!! Another great video and what a BEAUTIFUL garden! Love it, Love it, Love IT!😃 Thank you Huw!❤❤❤❤❤

[@barbaravanerp4598]

I love the chaos too! I can’t seem to keep things in the lines!

[@katherine5293]

Bravo Huh! I’ve given a portion of my garden area to just such a , “Wildness”! There is a certain joy in this area that is different from the rest of the garden. 😊

[@9172Nee]

It looks so beautiful amazingly productive, really a pleasure to watch thank you 😊 for sharing

[@HuwRichards]

So nice of you☺️

[@tiborposer487]

Hey Huw, just wanted to say how much I love your videos, always brightens up my day! 👍

[@SantiChanrot-uz3lr]

Your vegetable garden is beautiful.Thank you.🙂

[@HuwRichards]

Ahh thank you so much🌿

[@__Shellspace__]

i love your garden , mine is the same i just pack it in , and you lift a leaf and find all sorts of treasures x

[@TheEnglishladyskitchengarden]

Mine too

[@schappi3232]

Actually we did the same: thought what would be the most natural way - diversity! So i combined everything - all kind of vegetables, berries and flowers. I don't care who likes who, who was where before, where are the nutrients. I care more about what the plant needs/ likes: sun, water, soil, preferences. It is healthy, it is wild, it is colorful and full of surprises. Some stuff worked at one place and somewhere else not. I let them flower and seed themself and got surprised where they appeared by themself again. Even the paths changed from time to time. Some plants become friends, some challenged each other - it is fun to watch and to observe. In general my plants got pretty easy to handle and healthy. And we have so much insects and other wildlife here. I also use chop and drop - because time is short and plants and used soil need the nutrients they bring in as waste. Of course it is different, but I love to discover what is going on - a joyful garden that serves nature and humans. :)

[@marking-time-gardens]

Thank you for sharing your fun and excitement in the garden! It's contagious! Blessings Kiddo! 🌻🐛🌿💚🙏💕

[@BacktotheoriginsIL]

This is just wonderful. I do exactly the same, just let the plants thrive and enjoy all the foods.

[@EcoFarm_Life]

The way you showcase life on the farm is so inspiring. Keep it up 0:25

[@maryconnell888]

Blackberries wrapped in a nasturtium leaf. You got to try it.

[@HuwRichards]

Deal! I'll try it later!

[@michdancer13]

Love a wild, jungle-like garden! We garden in a small Wisconsin city and every year pumpkins grow on rheir own volition out of the compost. We let them wander. This year they grew up the chicken run and provided the chickens with shade! The jungle effect just FEELS abundant! Beans and carrots have been productive, and we have hundreds of bunches of grapes ripening. My only regret is rhat I cannot garden full time as I still work caring for children in my home, however they too love harvesting cucumbers and eating peaches off the trees and blueberries and blackberries.....so fun! Thank you for sharing knowledge and inspiration!!!!!

[@susangumbrell3874]

Thanks Huw for yet another inspiring walk around your garden, I loved it. Happy Gardening!!! blessings Susie 🙏🇬🇧

[@syed4194]

those green colors are just heaven for eyes

[@soleyandthefox]

Thank you for this - I really enjoyed this video! It's a bit like I garden at home - very chaotic but also great fun! Only you are much more successful than me! Such a beautiful garden! Love it! It's going on my playlist of inspirational videos!

[@annagriffiths717]

Looks amazing! Looking forward to read your book & follow your guidance to try and create my own “permaculture garden” and be as semi self sufficient as this. Creating new beds this year in prep for this next season. If my garden is half as productive as yours I’ll be happy 😊

[@sayadaramdial1700]

Love to see a thriving garden! Beauty, food and a lovely atmosphere :)

[@daisyandthecowboy2544]

Just so wonderful to watch all the progress in your garden! I have followed you for a few years and got your book, "Grow Food for Free". This year has been so challenging to grow, but I find so much inspiration to keep going when I watch your videos, thank you Hew!❤

[@marnaudgarden]

I really love the structure of your garden 💚 the video was very satisfying to watch. Harvesting is always a great feeling, to see the result of your work. 👋🏼

[@monicakroft8720]

Love patchwork quilt of flavor and color!

[@JR-ol1jz]

that garden is really thriving! how lovely to see all that colours popping up! such an inspiration for the ones like me that are waiting for the spring! greetings from Argentina

[@adamosman2142]

I love that the garden is about flavour, but we've never seen you cook! Please show us how you use the food sometime.

[@Thanhbinhfarm]

Your garden is very beautiful. I also dream of having a garden like you.

[@heatherkirkup6391]

I am embracing this approach! Your ‘Self Sufficiency Garden’ book has become my ‘bible’ and I am popping plants in as spaces open up. Definitely like foraging, which I love! Thank you so much for your passion and enthusiasm, and introducing me to the joy of polyculture 🌱💚🌱

[@HuwRichards]

@@heatherkirkup6391 ahh thank you so so much what a lovely comment to read☺️

[@turtle2212]

I think I would call this paradise 😊, dankeschön Huw!

[@theresamarie1379]

This is such an exciting garden, Huw! I'd heard of permaculture before, but never understood what it meant until this year. This summer we visited Taperley Park (Nth. Devon) and walked around the food forest. Even my partner, who never gets excited about gardening, was raving about it. Your garden reminds me of the Taperley food forest and gives me hope that I can create the same on my small plot! Can't wait for the next growing season now!!

[@KECHUYENDEMKHUYA99]

we really want a garden like yours . congratulations

[@vancamerawoman7399]

The most perfect type of garden. 😊

[@gryphc3860]

Absolutely stunning ❤

[@HuwRichards]

Thank you! 😊

[@charlesbale8376]

Lovely garden walk...Great information.

[@hettispaghetti6061]

This is how my allotment plot looks! I went away for a week and had a committee member water for me and they said when in between beds and looking up close everything is well organised and productive, but from the outside looking in over the hedge it looks like absolute chaos. I find this way of growing a lot less stressful when organising myself as well as it keeping the soil and plants healthy, you get into a flow of knowing where things make sense to go.

[@stevegreenwood8168]

Honestly, the chaos would fry my head. Neat beds where I can see where everything works for me. Thanks for the video.

[@HuwRichards]

No problem at all, it may seem chaos but it's all planted with careful decision making 🌿

[@sarahbehler5437]

@@HuwRichardsneat row gardens always made things seem impossible to me. Made friends with a fellow I call “Fig Tree Mike”(too many Mikes in my life so they all get nicknames!) He’d buy a pack of seeds and just throw them in his yard! Or scuff up some dirt with his shoe and sprinkle the seeds, then step on them. What came up, came up! Best, most wild, & doable garden I had ever seen! Thanks to him & folks like you, my family has been well fed for 4 or 5 years now! Aug 17th! Just ate my first ripe tomato of the year while watching this video! Thank you @Huw!

[@Asme1111-t8h]

​@@sarahbehler5437 i hate straight rows with a passion.

[@sarahbehler5437]

@@Asme1111-t8h one of the great things about gardens, they can fit any personality, any nature, & thrive with a little care! I love how straight rows look, there is a beauty to such order. But, Ha! I can’t even walk a straight line! Am a bit to swirly whirly & like a playful edge! Straight rows would leave me on my knees crying if I had to make neat rows like that? Would love to have a neat-row-person in my life to temper my chaos someday but could never have them on my own! ;)

[@The1IronMaiden]

Think of it this way. Nature would never 'build' neat beds where growth is organized. So its time to changer your mind, literally, and absorb the meaning of permaculture. If you had a pest infestation you see, and your plants were spread around, odds are some here and there would survive but if say, all your broccoli was in one bed and the cabbage moths came around well, it would take them long to find all the broccoli would it? All would be destroyed by them and their babies and their babies babies. This I believe, is what Huw is trying to say, that everything was planted with decision...for a reason.

[@The1IronMaiden]

Fabulous. I so enjoy your walkabouts. I did plant spring onions under my tomato plants even before I read your substack journal so I'm learning! Thank you so much. Each and every video extremely helpful.

[@ebradley2306]

I do what you do. Along with a few lettuce leaves of various kinds and the usual veg, I add numerous herbs and flowers to my salad. It is a delight to the eye. Some of my perennial flowers get added as well. Surprising what’s edible. All the plants offer different vitamins/minerals and flavours. Incorporating more perennial veg into the garden to keep the soil healthy because I garden all year.

[@acaciaiii]

Thanks Huw. It's so wonderful that I think you are a giant in that forest. ☺️

[@HuwRichards]

Ahhh thank you!!:)

[@mariaelenaloveslove]

Wildlife! #1 Pea shoots and chervil sprig of joy lemon olive oil salt: allstar salad. Your food garden looks delicious. Enjoy your riches!

[@danielschetky7805]

I appreciate seeing the bug damage on some of the plants. It makes me feel less alone. Lol

[@HadassahHaman]

Ienvy EVERYONE growing squash without the squash bug problems. I grow organically and it's a challenge for me. The only adverse issue in my otherwise clean happy healthy garden. No slugs but the squash bugs...ugh! Oh well taking the bad with the good. 😊 Love you, love your garden. ❤

[@midwestribeye7820]

I feel your pain. I have borers and squash bugs. I refuse to use chemicals.

[@CWorgen5732]

I keep a jar of soapy water for the pests, and I'll spray some on the ones I can't quite scoop up. Also, I check for squash bugs multiple times per day 😅

[@simonaserdiuc]

I also love the surprise of plants growing which i forgot I've seeded as i don't do raws but mix poly culture 😂

[@niankartikasari]

So lovely looking a jungle garden...

[@elizavetanesterenko8640]

Your garden is beautiful!

[@aprilschneider5250]

Yes, the wild jungle look! It's so delightful.

[@dhammalistener]

Small-scale permaculture garden is so delightful.

[@maryprepas]

Inspiring vegetable garden ❤

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

Garden looks amazing

[@simonaserdiuc]

I Absolutely love the poly culture jungle style garden. It's doing my mums head as she prefers raws and "clean" garden, but that's alright as it's not her garden 😂 I also left a lot of plants to go seeding and love seeing birds munching on and my mum is just mad as it makes the garden look untidy and i said it's natural 😂

[@Tillsammmans]

❤watching this video made me so happy ❤

[@Conus426]

now this is REAL gardening!

[@sylviaseeberg7468]

When I feel uninspired, I like to listen to you. You are such a greate inspiring farmer. Thank You ❤

[@HuwRichards]

That's so kind, thank you

[@HoboGardenerBen]

Matt's Wild Cherry currant-sized tomato plant is fun to let crawl on the ground. It is hell to trellis, pours off sucker shoots at an incredible rate. But it will easily crawl around and root in and form a sort of circular hedge. It sends shoots up vertically a few feet on its own, pretty cool. It's fun to see these cute little red sweet tomatoes ripen in expanding circles starting from the initial planting spot. I have let other chery tomato vines crawl around on the ground and they love it. Being able to root in as they crawl gives them more vigor. My crawling plants always outlive my wounded trellis plants. Makes sense, all that pruning is constantly opening them up to disease and they have far less root for the amount of foliage and fruit and that area of soil can only transfer nutrients at a rate, having access to more water and mineral sources gives them great strength. Harder to harvest, but still not hard. Definitely not as pretty as a hanging truss of glorious tomatoes, but pretty sure the plants like it better. Easy enough to put some sticks in strategic spots to encourage some of the vines to climb while letting the others crawl.

[@CindyClogan]

Amazing variety very inspiring ❤

[@mandytaylor1008]

I love the wild garden Huw I love your gardening I really do. The only thing is it looks lovely and productive for a while then stuff starts going over and it can get to a bit of a brown and untidy space but when it’s in it’s abundance it’s amazing.

[@verenagraham1606]

Love this .I wanting to grow my own food and this is a wonderful way to do it.😅

[@kimberleychapman8416]

Love your videos 😊 Thanks for educating us.

[@janetjohnson373]

Thank you, Huw your garden is beautiful as usual. We just had a major thunderstorm roll through in SW Oregon. Probably some more forest fires in the week. Here and Northern California. Live about 20 miles from the border and 30 miles from Mt Shasta. It is truly beautiful here. It is what it is have a blessed weekend.

[@CWorgen5732]

The rain was lovely while it lasted.

[@anaschilling2668]

Love your organised mess style!! Totally relate to it 🌿🌿

[@Floressa-herbs]

really niclely done, there is so much!

[@TerribleTim68]

My agastache grew to about 6 foot tall, it's crazy large and took up way more space than I expected. 😲

[@rafael-rossi]

Such a marvelous garden. Thanks for walking through and showing it to us. =)

[@HuwRichards]

Thank you I am glad you enjoyed the video!

[@mikehart2332]

Really enjoyed your video! I’ll be starting a new garden soon and will use many of your ideas.

[@stephaniehanuman-dale6279]

This is how I grow my garden🌱💚❤️ It gets a bit “wild “ at times but I ❤ it. What’s the difference between permaculture and polyculture? When someone asks me what I’m growing I say “ Everything “. 😂👩‍🌾🌱💚❤️

[@VopiindianaGarden]

Wonderful garden. ❤

[@barbararoyal6139]

Love it All!!!!🌿🕊️

[@HuwRichards]

Thank you!! ☺️

[@sunitashastry5270]

Great permaculture ideas. I may try doing more of that next year.

[@etnica1999]

you are lucky with the weather :)I enjoy watching your videos so much, lovely garden . I struggle with our Mediterranean climate , not easy ! :(

[@CWorgen5732]

Same. I'm near the West Coast of the USA, and we've had no rain for months. The wells are starting to slow down, everything around me is brown except for the forest where the creek WAS, and the soil just bakes hard. I need to work on adding shade.

[@etnica1999]

@@CWorgen5732 us too here , I'm in Malta ( Europe) - being a small island and now also very populated due to mass immigration - we are struggling. Weather is changing summer is more intense and winters are short . To add to the problems our nice politicians are chopping down trees and taking agricultural land to build more houses to accommodate more immigrants. Farmers are complaining but who cares !? We used to have rain in September but last year the first rain came in November. No easy at all -- I follow a channel , she's from USA with a mediterranean climate , Goldifarm , you might find it useful --- kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqOuoKGCmNWEoZI

[@edwardobodo2268]

love your garden

[@lynmaunsell4062]

Love your chaotic garden Huw. I have artichoke growing for the first time so hoping it goes as well as yours.

[@Manouevres]

Sounds like the real seed catalogue!

[@lindasands1433]

That's my kind of garden! Beautiful ❤ and YUM 😋

[@HuwRichards]

Thanks Linda!:)

[@darv66]

I always grow french beans up my tomatoes to double up on cops, but also once my tomatoes are at 6 truss i let any sideshoots from half way up the plant just grow, this gives me extra food and an even bigger frame for the beans , its a win win

[@angelapetix2404]

Your garden is brilliant