Incredible Organic Orchard Protects 350 Old Apple Varieties

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Eckart has created an incredible organic orchard in northern Germany. In this ecological organic orchard, he has amassed 350 disappearing regional apple varieties that he has collected over the past 30 years.
Eckart has spent the last 35 years hunting down 350+ old, forgotten apple cultivars and planted them out on 4 hectares of what used to be a maize field just south of Hamburg, Germany. It's an ecological paradise. At the end of the 19th century, Germany had 4,000 known cultivars of apples. Worldwide, up to 10,000 cultivars have been described, though that number is dwindling fast. Eckart is protecting invaluable genetic diversity and agricultural heritage. He loves the old cultivars for their unique traits that can't be found in supermarket apples. The place is proof that an entirely natural way of growing fruit trees IS possible thanks to the insects, animals and plants that contribute to the health of the ecosystem. By diversifying the orchard, the ecosystem as a whole gets more resilient. And protecting the 350 cultivars he has collected is Eckart's core mission. Now in his early 70s, Eckart is still working every day to realize his vision of preserving regional cultivars in a rich and functioning ecosystem.

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@matschwarz9261
@matschwarz9261 Жыл бұрын
Imagine a world with more people like Eckart.
@isabellanakahara
@isabellanakahara Жыл бұрын
What a beautiful video! It brought tears to my eyes. I could see how much he loves his life, and how he lives so harmoniously with nature. This was inspiring to me. I remember, as a child growing up in the Monterey Bay Area in California (early 1960's), my grandfather was connected with apple growers in the Watsonville area, and we also had a few old (Gravenstein) apple trees growing on our property. They were delicious. The trees were very old then, maybe close to the turn of the century. I came away with a love for the agriculture in the Central Coast area, as it was in the 60's, although now my interests have turned toward permaculture and regenerative farming. Thanks for this wonderful video. It brightened my day greatly.
@yafflehk
@yafflehk Жыл бұрын
Eckart reminds me of my father, who also collected apple cultivars and grew them organically, such a calming film. I must remember the quote from the Talmud "It is given to us to do the work, but it is not given that we complete the work".
@xue5767
@xue5767 Жыл бұрын
What a beautiful quote and story of your father. Thanks for sharing.
@maureenshaw737
@maureenshaw737 Жыл бұрын
This is wonderful, so beautifully filmed. Thank you!
@commentarytalk1446
@commentarytalk1446 Жыл бұрын
Your videos are very good. This gentleman has been doing good work. Thank you.
@pawel6468
@pawel6468 Жыл бұрын
Good job for our mother nature, keep this way
@xue5767
@xue5767 Жыл бұрын
What a calming film 💕 great job yet again!
@AlexPine84
@AlexPine84 Жыл бұрын
I am so glad I found your content tonight. Thank you for sharing.
@mashalashangry2438
@mashalashangry2438 Жыл бұрын
what a great story and also the face of Eckart is so beautiful, glowing young face . thank you so much for the work on this video
@shawnlivers2757
@shawnlivers2757 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this very helpful information.
@e2origamikala469
@e2origamikala469 Жыл бұрын
Great & highly valuable work by Eokart & you the film maker. Superb.
@Sheepdog1314
@Sheepdog1314 Жыл бұрын
the man is a treasure
@raunchyrarebit
@raunchyrarebit Жыл бұрын
He's an anti black bigot living a life of white privilege
@Christine-nj3kl
@Christine-nj3kl Жыл бұрын
Many thanks
@Typhonnyx
@Typhonnyx Жыл бұрын
Quality of this video is immaculate
@MoniqueDiCarlo
@MoniqueDiCarlo 11 ай бұрын
Would love to visit him and contribute to his efforts by planting some of his cuttings. I love his holistic approach, I learned from it! I plan to move back to Europe next year, so who knows!
@nikkivene8467
@nikkivene8467 Жыл бұрын
I love that Eckart talks about creating shelter/ homes/ nesting sites for blue tits as a holistic approach to insect/ pest control. This is the answer over pesticides!
@mauricebrown9094
@mauricebrown9094 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Sir. Your story is something the world needs to apply, what you can do with a bit of land and the idea that we don't need pesticides to cover our crops, as years ago flora & fauna didn't need them then and don't need them now if you grow every inch that you have while growing for the future.. You Sir will have and are having a wonderful impact on the Planet. Thank you..
@jannisbille5161
@jannisbille5161 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting video, thank you so much for sharing!
@skoddess
@skoddess 6 ай бұрын
This video is such a gem! Awesome! 🙌🏼
@Tiffany-Rose
@Tiffany-Rose Ай бұрын
i just want to run through that place trying all the fruit 🤩🤩🤩
@nickp5093
@nickp5093 Жыл бұрын
What a great guy Eckart is. Do it because it's worth doing! That's enough.
@mgoldfield5821
@mgoldfield5821 Жыл бұрын
We made note of the Cornelian cherry because we are in the process of planting a wild hedge and want to support early pollinators. We subscribed, too!
@barnabyvonrudal1
@barnabyvonrudal1 9 ай бұрын
Great work, I'd like to visit his farm. And maybe do some workshops there, I'm sure he must have plenty of interesting skills to share ...
@stayinggolden2665
@stayinggolden2665 Жыл бұрын
Second video, new sub. I do enjoy watching sustainable farming, that's exactly what I'm working towards on my property!
@GrowingSmall
@GrowingSmall Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank you!
@mtnmouselily8220
@mtnmouselily8220 8 ай бұрын
fabulous!
@nicktozie6685
@nicktozie6685 Жыл бұрын
You are amazing sir,I salute you. Danke
@ariadgaia5932
@ariadgaia5932 Жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh!! Really!? I love apples, but have recently developed sensitivities to their proteins due to my increasing sensitivity to Latex... Could I truly find heirloom apples that are safe for me to eat!? My boyfriend & I plan to start an organic permaculture farm in the mountains within the next 5 years~ If this is true then I will most definitely wish to find a few apple varieties that I can safely eat & bake with! I miss crab apples and apple pie... We are also planning to start an organic restaurant using the crops we grow in on our farm along with locally sourced organic produce~ Oh! This gives me so much hope! I love sour apples! Are there any varieties you might suggest I look into? Your help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you for this video!!
@ariadgaia5932
@ariadgaia5932 Жыл бұрын
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH ECKART!?!? I JUST SIGNED UP!!! :D THANK YOU JAKOB!!!
@Atimatimukti
@Atimatimukti Жыл бұрын
I have one cultivar like that, it's called Condess ( or Grafin von) Von Goldash. It's from Bavaria, south Germany
@ianflem6489
@ianflem6489 Жыл бұрын
Wish I could be there to try the apples...must be tasty unlike today apples.
@fafafarmlife
@fafafarmlife Жыл бұрын
Tôi rất thích video này ❤
@joepschmobly
@joepschmobly Жыл бұрын
How can we purchase the seeds for the apple trees?
@janohdegroot989
@janohdegroot989 Жыл бұрын
Nice video.. music perhaps a little less loud..
@JohnKnisley-z2t
@JohnKnisley-z2t Жыл бұрын
Eckart - I have a small biologically diverse orchard outside of New Ulm Minnesota. We are growing a number of old US heirlooms already and would like to focus more on even older varieties from Germany. New Ulm is named after Ulm Germany and settled by German immigrants in the mid-1800's. I also make cider and am wondering if we can somehow connect and trade scion wood to graft trees. I would really love to plant more German apple varieties here where I live.
@C.Hawkshaw
@C.Hawkshaw Жыл бұрын
Im a tree pruner, l want to work on his farm!
@vickit9190
@vickit9190 6 ай бұрын
Tell us more about these varieties? I would love to find an old strain to grow as my first apple tree.
@yvonnehyatt8353
@yvonnehyatt8353 Жыл бұрын
Send people to help, and send to -Jim Rogers. Please thanks.
@seangillespie4601
@seangillespie4601 Жыл бұрын
anyone know, is that some sort of blue aster?
@itzakpoelzig330
@itzakpoelzig330 Жыл бұрын
Are you asking about the flower at 3:07? It looks like chicory to me.
@Orthodoxi
@Orthodoxi Жыл бұрын
Corn flower I believe. 😊
@mgoldfield5821
@mgoldfield5821 Жыл бұрын
Centaurea cyanus, commonly known as cornflower or bachelor's button, is the same gorgeous color. I think the flower shape in the video looks more like an aster, tho. In North America we also have a blue roadside wildflower called chicory.
@claudiaschiel4275
@claudiaschiel4275 Жыл бұрын
Stichwort: #Ewilpa
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