Plant This Once and it will Feed You Forever…

Just plant this one time and it will feed you for the rest of your life...
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:11 Over 10 Years After Planting
00:46 How this Garden is Different
01:26 Perennial Fruits Expanding and Spreading
02:00 Creating a Balanced Ecosystem
02:36 Tuck Eating Cucumbers
03:10 Growing Vertically to Maximize Space
03:30 Using Amaranth as a Trap Crop for Cucumber Beetles
04:26 Perennials that Will Produce Food for 50+ Years
05:46 Why Diversity is Important
07:00 Overview Shot of the Food Forests
07:16 Annuals Blended into a Perennial Garden
07:55 More Perennials that Will Produce for 50+ Years
08:38 The Foundation of a Perennial Food Forest
09:31 The Importance of Annuals in a Garden
10:30 Why a Garden Like This Will Change Your Perspective
12:01 Get Multiple Functions from Fences
12:45 The Best Way to Get a Garden Like This Started
13:38 Giveaway Winner Announcement
14:16 Final Thoughts
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[@jamesprigioni]

Share this video if you want to plant once and be fed for life! Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:11 Over 10 Years After Planting 00:46 How this Garden is Different 01:26 Perennial Fruits Expanding and Spreading 02:00 Creating a Balanced Ecosystem 02:36 Tuck Eating Cucumbers 03:10 Growing Vertically to Maximize Space 03:30 Using Amaranth as a Trap Crop for Cucumber Beetles 04:26 Perennials that Will Produce Food for 50+ Years 05:46 Why Diversity is Important 07:00 Overview Shot of the Food Forests 07:16 Annuals Blended into a Perennial Garden 07:55 More Perennials that Will Produce for 50+ Years 08:38 The Foundation of a Perennial Food Forest 09:31 The Importance of Annuals in a Garden 10:30 Why a Garden Like This Will Change Your Perspective 12:01 Get Multiple Functions from Fences 12:45 The Best Way to Get a Garden Like This Started 13:38 Giveaway Winner Announcement 14:16 Final Thoughts Thanks for the kind words and support 🐕😁❤

[@lindaseel9986]

James, you and your garden are amazing! I am so happy for you. BTW, kudos to your Camara person. Fantastic work! ❤💗💝💕🤗 For the Young King Tuck.

[@jenniferdawson2536]

Done.

[@Bear049]

What part of the country are you in

[@lindaseel9986]

@@Bear049 He is in New Jersy

[@Bear049]

@@lindaseel9986thank you

[@ronniebrace2917]

Thank you James and your brother for all of the encouragement to keep growing. In the past 3 years after finding your channel I’ve planted asparagus, strawberries, blueberries, plum tree, 2 pear trees a cherry bush and this year we’re adding 2 honey crisp trees. The neighbors ask what I’m growing -a food forest inspired by your videos. Thank you so much. Hey Tuck❤❤❤❤

[@jamesprigioni]

Let's Gooo!! Me and Tuck love to hear that. Thank you for getting out there and getting a lot of stuff planted, we want everyone to be growing their own food. 😁🐕❤️

[@kevindavis3841]

Brother? 🤔

[@ofrecentvintage]

​@@kevindavis3841His brother is holding the camera and has been part of this food forest journey since the beginning

[@trigelrice7291]

@@kevindavis3841His brother is the camera man

[@laurab8547]

@@kevindavis3841James’ brother is the one who runs the camera while James is talking and doing his tours of the garden. I hope we get to meet the man behind the camera sometime!

[@Junkinsally]

James’ videos are like visiting your cousin who is crazy for gardening and he gets so excited to show you everything that he has growing! Your abundance is amazing.

[@JacksonScully]

I don't have a cousin who loves Gardening 😭

[@karenholt9744]

@@JacksonScully Just what I was thinking!!

[@patricemeseck1607]

You are such an inspiration. 2 years ago I started to think about turning my garden into a food forest. Trees not producing much yet, but I think next year we will get more than 3 apples.🐕❤❤❤💘💘

[@elainelear4982]

Your brother/ videographer does a great job of following you around. Esp without making me dizzy😂. Love all your videos & information.

[@lordcupkake]

I have gone from an all-grass suburban backyard to a mini orchard/food forest inspired by those like you, Millennial Gardener, and MIgardener. I now have 19 fruit trees plus elderberry, blueberry, raspberry/blackberry, strawberry, fig, and honeyberry as well as some good annuals (tomatoes, cabbages, cucumber, zucchini) and even some peppers which I grow in my basement as evergreen everbearing crops. Still jealous of how productive and mature your forest is. Some day we'll be there but keep it up and keep on encouraging new growers!

[@joannc147]

Wowee - that’s quite a line-up you got there….well done! 👍🏻

[@karenholt9744]

19 fruit trees! Sounds great!

[@Alejandro_san]

Amazing wow

[@jamiesmedley3304]

This is a dream with these grocery prices 😭

[@crownofhair]

Self sufficiency is a wise goal + worthy of the work. 💕🫶🏻

[@user-hn9fr7mn3x]

You gotta do a cooking episode every now and then to show what to do with all that produce! I’d have no idea what to do with a cabbage that big on top of everything else.

[@allrightallrightallright1919]

I was thinking the same thing, I’d love to see him prepare some of the produce in the kitchen, that would be cool

[@renel7303]

Sauerkraut. Make some bierocks, stuffed cabbage leaf, of course coleslaw. Great in soup.. Only grow what you will eat.

[@rayf6126]

Big leaves like that are perfect for stuffed cabbage. It's rice, raisins, pistachios, wrapped in the leaves. You blanch the leaves before wrapping them. Then cover them in tomato sauce, and brown sugar.

[@sherryb8074]

Hubby and I have one acre here in East Texas. We’re building raised beds and have had 10 yards of premium raised bed mix for those and premium compost brought in to put in the garden. I’m so excited to plant my very first sweet potato slips in one of the raised beds. Two beds have corn, green beans zucchini and yellow squashes. Another bed has cucumber, bell pepper, radish and dill. I have a long row of cherry tomato varieties and mini San Marzo along a fence and asparagus in a corner bed. I’ll plant Purple hulls, black eyed peas, and pintos in the garden. I’ve planted lots of fruit trees and berry bushes as well. Praying for God to bless the fruits of our labors. 🙏🏻

[@mendynoma4272]

I love to hear you laugh with delight as you reveal the green beans ❤! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤s to Tuck! FOOD FORESTS FOREVER!!!

[@pansyvaughan5624]

I have a small food forest, so proud of it, everything that can go up is and things all around them,learnt from your channel a couple years ago, its full, its productive, and i keep seedlings to replace others that are dine, busy, i can not plant fruit as i rent , but soon i will thanks for being here

[@lizlucey3812]

Your food forest has been an inspiration. We have less than 1/10 acre suburban plot and we’re working on cultivating a food forest in the back yard. Going on one year now. Started with several fruit trees, peach, nectarine, fig, persimmon, jujube, red mulberry, berry bushes: blackberries, raspberry, strawberry. Also lots of natives around the perimeter to bring in the pollinators, and annuals in between everything grown in “guilds.” It’s been a labor of love, lots of work, but so worth it. And it will only get better. Thank you for the work you’re doing James and Tuck ❤❤❤

[@lizlucey3812]

Also, my husband calls your channel “The Tuck Show.” 😂

[@sn232]

Amaranth attracts the cucumber beetles and acts as a trap crop, plant near cucumber plants...oh my gosh you are so right!!! I started growing it in the garden and I do not have cucumber beetle this season, that must be why! Also I planted radish in my zucchini/squash patch and I have only seen 2 squash vine borer moths, no eggs, no vine borers so far!

[@joym5109]

I wasn't aware of this and it helps!

[@sn232]

@@joym5109 So far has worked magnificently for cucumber beetles!!!

[@happyhobbit8450]

I finally got some echinacea from a friend. Yes plant the 'foods for life' and give a gift to your future self

[@adventurecreations3214]

Your food forest IS an oasis. So beautiful. Thank you for sharing your journey.

[@nunyabiness1097]

I have my Food Forest blue garden kneeler pad, displayed on my kitchen wall, proudly, Thanks James, Linda in Oklahoma.

[@amys8658]

Thank you for everything you do! You are my five year old's hero. He wants to grow a food forest, "just like James Prigioni!" This year we have Fordhook giant swiss chard, mixed cabbages, Nero di Toscana kale, mixed cauliflowers and Brussels sprouts. Caught a sale and got a gooseberry and a currant bush. So excited to plant more perennials!

[@ClickinChicken]

Good for you New Jersey. You're set for life on fruit trees! ♥♥'s for the Tuckmeister!

[@LLTization]

Love the space you have for growing. I am almost at a point where I can move to a house with a larger backyard..yippeee!!

[@karenholt9744]

I remember that feeling! I looked for yards getting plenty of sun and south/west exposure. Yay for you!

[@LLTization]

@@karenholt9744 Thank you.

[@feliciamiley7714]

James, 🐶 and cameraman, thank you for the years of encouragement🏡🌳🍽. I will continue to grow my "food forest"🎉🫶🏽💪🏽🙏🏽💐🥗

[@sherimatukonis6016]

I have 2 apples, 2 oranges, 2 lemons, 6 blueberries, and about 20 raspberries ( a raspberry row) asparagus and a grape vine(kinda- it feeds the birds more than me), and a few volunteers from last year lmao!! Didn't get to plant annuals this year, but still snacking on the yard

[@joannc147]

That sounds totally delicious! ❤

[@fedorpravov5372]

I have one apple tree and one cherry tree. Both trees are tall similar to the cherry tree in the video. I do have squirrels on the backyard and luckily the don't eat apples on the tree but apple worms damage almost all of fruits. As far a cherries I have been trying to protect them from birds but birds win.

[@tinagilmore6373]

Wow!!. I am amazed by your food forest! I am building a homestead with 4 little raised beds and wish for something like thus in my back yard! It is amazingly ab7ndant! I pray mine will top someday! Thanks for your encouragement and teaching us how!❤

[@ThoneJones]

I love your garden and your enthusiasm for it! Everyone’s yard should look like yours.

[@jankeizer407]

Perfectioning my garden for the 5th season. Planning, planting. This vid is my perspective 🌱🌴

[@dasshape00]

This is my favorite video of years. Eating for a lifetime.. I just planted a Fig tree 2 months ago and blueberry bush and raspberry bush. And a grape vine. The blueberry bush had like 50 berries on it and the midwest heatwave came while I was gone from the house for a week. And everything suffered. But the Fig tree seemed to love heat. Lol. I just know after 2 weeks of 9pm watering got everything back yo looking good. But the fruit is not coming back yet. I was picking around 10 raspberries a day from that 1 small bush me and my 2 granddaughters would eat them right of the vine. They r 1 and 2.5 years old. And work the garden like they were born to it.. its cool. To see little 1s excited to go out and love the garden. And mine is small 20x8 area. I wish I had 1 acre or 2.. I'd plant alot of trees like you have. The 2.5 year old always take her little hand rake and rakes the lettuce. And when it comes off she will bring to to be and grab my hand and take me yo hose to wash it. So she can eat some. I gave her her own little box 2x4. It has lettuce and kale and cherry tomatoe plant and spinach. I let her do what ever she wants in her box so she can learn and have fun. I'm surprised..I thought for sure she would rip.ever plant out😂. She did a couple the 1st day. And we replanted them and she hasn't ripped them out since. She loves picking her cherry tomatoes and eating them. They r chocolate tomatoes. Got from Manards . Good look every1 and God bless you and your gardens

[@karenholt9744]

Sounds wonderful! This is what I want for my grandchildren. I just became a grandma in early June.😍

[@garfielda34]

Thanks for continuing to inspire our food forest which has grown so much the last 3 years! And ❤❤❤❤ for our hero Tuck!

[@susanthompson3751]

How do u keep the squirrels from eating all the fruits? Ive never ever gotten one apple,cherry,etc

[@robertfischer5893]

Pellet gun

[@robertaj3767]

Put dog hair around plants!

[@susanthompson3751]

How funny I just cleaned about three handfuls of dog hair out of my Rumba with more to come However, my squirrels seem to jump from high up in a tree to begin with This their little toes and shiny nose would never even know the hair was there

[@robertfischer5893]

@@susanthompson3751 their little brain won't know theres a pellet in it either

[@jeffreyatto2523]

I use Clemson Fruit Bags.

[@4Rascals321]

I just saw your timestamps index of the video transcript for all your past topics in each video. Thank you so much for that. No more outlines from me. You already do it for us in your comments. Great stuff, and love the garden! ❤❤❤❤❤ for Tuck!

[@bethsands7665]

You are the best vegetable plant grower, berry bush , fruit and nut tree gardener in the awesome food forest of life. Awesome all around gardener !!, love it.

[@gardenofseeden]

Looks amazing bro, even with barely any rain. We are getting closer to a Mediterranean climate in the summer.

[@jamesprigioni]

Yeah the forest is doing well through a dry year

[@jB-ow5qi]

I think the beginning of the video when he says Let’s Go is awesome! That’s his trademark nothing wrong with that!

[@alexkelchner3699]

James, you should inoculate shiitake logs that can live in the shadiest spots on your garden. They will produce for years as well. Gives food as early as February, before anything else produces.

[@user-cf1me9rt7z]

Thank you for your video, it’s wonderful to see your bountiful harvest!

[@markkristynichols845]

James you and Tuck continuously INSPIRE & MOTIVATE me with each video!!! Thank you so much, ❤ from Kristy in Missouri 😃🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@carolexo7269]

Thank you for your constant encouragement. Because of you, I purchased 2 super dwarf apple trees this year....the Liberty apple and Williams Pride. I'm growing potatoes in containers and peppers. I am in zone 3, and this morning, it was 50°F!!!! The peppers are not happy, but thanks anyway for all your creativity. My boulevard, front yard, and backyard are also a pushback against modern civilization. 🇨🇦

[@leannepearson5396]

I just love your enthusiasm for your gardens and fruit trees…It makes me wish I could get a personal walk through just to see it all and get the full scope of how much you really do have in your yard. You have done an incredible job on your Food Forest and you have inspired me to plant more edible perennials to provide my family with some of the fruits that we are often having to go out of town to pick. I now have asparagus, blueberries, raspberries and cherry bushes that we can harvest for years/decades. We have also created a couple spaces for vertical growing and 4 raised garden beds in our yard to maximize our space. You have given us so many great ideas with your videos and have really inspired in us the want to grow what we can for ourselves and a little extra to help others who may need it too. You have made a good case that you don’t have to have a large yard to grow everything you eat….you can grow what you like and with your instructional videos you can really pack an awful lot into a small space if you are smart and inventive. Thanks for your inspiration and encouragement and happy growing, James and Tuck ❤❤❤❤

[@skipstewart9376]

It was so exciting to watch you talk about your garden. You have such incredible energy and it’s infectious. I felt so good after I watched your story. This is my 10th year with a herb garden and I’m so proud of it because I get so many herbs out of it and it’s just about exploded, I don’t know what I did, but whatever it was it worked so I share your excitement.

[@glorias69]

I want to thank you soo much James & Tuck! I’ve been watching your channel since 2020 and because of you I’ve started my food forest this year! I get so excited seeing you get excited in your backyard. I love gardening and this has changed my way of gardening. Tuck!❤❤❤ 🙌🏼

[@samanthahoos9827]

❤ I just picked green beans for dinner from back porch Greenstalks. I started planting more perennials in my main gardens to create less work for myself and plenty of ‘food’ to harvest each year. I grow my own herbs to create my own medicinal tea and seasonings. 😊

[@MsSparkle321]

Hey James has your fruit trees / food forest ever experienced Fire Blight? I live in Maryland and I've been experiencing this lately on my new Liberty apple and an old pear tree 😢. My apricot, peaches, plums, cherries, and nectarines are ok so far, but I'm so stressed. Could you perhaps touch on Fire blight in a future video? Thanks ❤

[@karenholt9744]

While researching, I saw/heard about all of the fruit tree issues so I'm waiting to plant dwarf varieties and perhaps espalier so I can deal with that better. I'm only 5'2".😅I'm in MD too. I would be very interested to know what James does about this.

[@lindacarol122]

James, I am so envious of your food forest, it's so beautiful!! I have a garden in my apt. complex and all your videos are so inspiring and informative - thank you!! This is the 3rd year of growing my organic garden; it finally feels like it's flourishing. I have six varieties of tomatoes producing like crazy this year. The first couple of years are tough, full of mistakes, disasters, and - most importantly - learning - don't give up!!! Tuck is the cutest; give him a snack for me.

[@user-dk6ce5pb6t]

A real investment to grow your own food in a small space. Thanks Jim &Tuck ❤❤❤.

[@1mattwilliams1]

Such a magnificent garden! You know something else wonderful about a large garden/food forest is the work that goes with it. It's deceptively hard work. I can spend the day picking weeds, pushing the wheelbarrow and it doesn't seem like much, but it really tones the old body. I don't find myself on the treadmill or lifting weights during garden season. Hey Tuck! ❤

[@lynabell9464]

So impressive, thank you James for sharing your food forest.

[@reppi8742]

I would love to see your garden platt! We are going to sell our house next year and we'll have to start again with fruit trees etc. But I want what you have - a food forest! We've learned so much watching you. We are seniors but it's never too late, right?!❤ Have you written a book? I'm serious about seeing a platt with suggestions and the varieties you recommend. Happy growing! I adore Tuck. My dog can learn some tricks from him too!🐶😀

[@obreracristiana6832]

Thank you so much James, I love watching Tuck, for sharing what you have and how to grow things in your back yard. Btw since I’ve been watching you, I’ve learn how to take care my garden and plant things to our own benefit. Thanks ❤❤❤

[@kevindavis3841]

Been watching you for a couple of years now. You and the back yard are impressive 💕 amazing.

[@anne-ix7fw]

You’re garden is amazing pretty hard to have that kind of beautiful garden in arizona triple digits everyday

[@nouche-30064]

Absolutely fantastic 👏

[@7BFandCo]

Like you, James, I am building my food forest and gardens (going on 4 years now in this new urban homestead). I've twenty fruit trees, a hazelnut, four grapevines, at least 9 types of berries throughout, plus perennial herbs and vegetable/herb annuals each season. My husband looks at me like I'm crazy because I tripled the amount of seeds I started in January and said, "Babe, it's just you and me here..." (LOL) Loving it. If you don't mind me asking because apparently I miss it each time I watch your videos, but what DO you and Tuckmeister do with all that food???! Keep them videos coming, you're so fun and energetic to watch for this ol' lady!

[@GardenBins]

Love your energy and love to see Tuck in the garden. ❤❤❤❤❤🐾

[@Alison2436]

I loved your idea of a food forest and planted year round fruit in my garden. most of my stuff is starting to produce now. I agree with the excitement of going from 1 harvest to the next. we start with strawberries, then blueberries, now black berries, than peaches, then melons. then apples. pomegranates, figs, and cranberries this fall, than on to orange and lemon citrus this winter. it's great!

[@RKOuttathebox]

That garden looks amazing! You are such an inspiration, thank you!

[@quinta_finca]

5:45 the asparagus patch looks like a miniature bamboo forest :DD!

[@karenholt9744]

Wow. I'm only half-way through viewing this and have so much to say! I discovered you a month or two ago and subscribed right away. You pack more useable information in than anyone else I've seen, are very inspiring, and I can definitely relate to the passion you have in your voice and the mega varieties you grow. I live on about 1.75 AC in zone 7, and went down a rabbit hole 3 years ago whereby most of my front yard will be 100 different heirloom varieties of peonies this fall, with more to come as I find the rarer ones on my list each year.. My backyard is bigger than the front, and I plan on growing my own edibles there. Besides planting a serviceberry and a persimmon ("Meader", self-pollenating), I'm still in the planning stage. The former owners left an overgrown garden which has become more so. I will have to tackle that first (I just retired so have a lot more time). I'm glad you mention starting small, because I get carried away and will have to put on the brakes and live some of my gardening life vicariously through watching your videos and continuing to learn while planning! 😂 I'm not a dog person, but Tuck has won me over with his quiet, veggie-eating self! Have you thought of (or have already) taken Tuck with you to local schools to help them start a garden (or better yet- food forest)? I think your personalities would be great with kids and Tuck could encourage them to eat their veggies! ❤❤❤❤

[@smas3256]

You are an inspiration James. We are planting veggies closer and getting more from our backyard garden. Thank you.

[@Doraemon-ly9zi]

Most beautiful in your garden. Your plans and carring so good. Congratulations. I like very much and enjoyed in your garden.👌💐❣️❣️

[@amandaw3]

James, your joy and positivity always makes me smile when I see your videos. Thank you for sharing your gifts with us. Have you considered adding rabbits to your garden family? Their manure is incredible as a fertilizer and it is not hot, so you can use it immediately in the soil.

[@luannecoffey9864]

I love your enthusiasm for gardening!!!

[@robertlopez955]

I would love to see an aerial view! Its so easy to get lost in that garden, even with the tour

[@beebob1279]

The wood chips along with the rain produces a compost tea that all your plants can benefit. I've seen wood chip based gardens before and they seem to be free of many diseases and rarely need a watering. Hi Tuck ❤

[@obreracristiana6832]

Thank you so much James, I love watching Tuck, for sharing what you have and how to grow things in your back yard.

[@jamesprigioni]

You’re welcome! Thanks for watching and best of luck with your garden this year! Tuck says hi 🐕

[@CopperIslandHomestead]

Fantastic as always! Makes me excited to watch my own food forest mature ❤

[@GardeningFeedingCookingFolk]

Wow khu vườn của bạn cây ăn trái cho rất nhiều trái ,thật tuyệt vời ,cảm ơn bạn thân mến đã chia sẻ kinh nghiệm trồng trọt 🤝.

[@AyCaramba1311]

Thanks dude. I got my wood chip delivery. The process has started. 1st year. My watermelons and compost into sugar pumpkin are doing great too.

[@barbaralong8665]

Thank you. Very inspiring and encouragement. I have gardened for years but now adding lots of perennial including fruit trees.

[@Hayley-sl9lm]

Tuck is so precious 🥰❤🐕🥒❤🥰

[@jayrozay76]

Ever since I ran across your channel, I had to subscribe. I got a small garden on my deck because of you . #salute

[@joannc147]

So…this is an interesting topic for me. I have 2 vertical Greenstalks - one for salad greens and the other for strawberries. Great back deck production! I’ve also purchased “patio” varieties of blueberries (delish) and raspberry (meh). I even found “Patio Baby” eggplant this year - adorable plant and bountiful production of lucious 2” long eggplants! 👍🏻 Keep going!

[@sofiamoysidou]

What a garden! Congratulations!

[@linusstick]

That property would be a dream for me. I love watching your videos and always look forward to seeing my boy tuck!

[@katykatmasters9707]

Hey James, I just want to warn you that Grapes are highly toxic to dogs so you might want to fence that area off separately so Tuck doesn’t eat any fallen fruit.

[@bdwon]

He has previously mentioned the grape danger. Are there any other dangers in his garden for Tuck? I always worry about that

[@smas3256]

Fifty bucks. 2 bags.

[@vj563]

I want to garden like you and Tuck. Maybe one day I'll be able to. Your food forest is just amazing! I'm amazed every time I watch your videos.

[@DancingDriveCoach]

Awesome update! You inspire my garden dreams!

[@orlandogardener]

Wow your backyard looks like mine 🫚🌶️🍎🌿🥦🥒🍒🍉🍍🥭🍓🍋🍅🌴🌽

[@spencersnyder7750]

Hey James I love all your videos and I’m in the beginning stages of starting off my food Forrest based on your videos. The one thing I haven’t seen in all the videos I have watched is how you water your plants. I’m sure you have a video on it somewhere but would like to a day in the garden vid from start to finish. Thank you for all the awesome content you put out!

[@TrinaPlummer]

Thank you so much for the tour of your beautiful food oasis. I just love your enthusiasm and HI TUCK!!!

[@kikiDee_]

Noooo I forgot to submit my email!! 😢 Congratulations to the winner! 🎉

[@sandrad682]

Thanks JP and Congrats Dorothy. I love your food forest.

[@alisonbender8611]

James I love your backyard garden, it is an inspiration

[@gerarddymond1743]

I have seen all your videos and found them very helpful for my smallish plots best wishes allways to you and your little dog from New Zealand

[@BearTracksFlyFishing]

Your food forest is looking amazing!

[@jamesprigioni]

Fortunately I have a good dog to protect it 👑🐕

[@BearTracksFlyFishing]

@@jamesprigioni Tuck is the best!

[@joerichardwad1645]

So glad to see Tuck hanging in there. Tracheal collapse is tough to live with as it progresses. He is living life to the fullest. ❤️

[@mackennzie9]

You are living the dream, my friend. I would add potatoes to the "infinite food hack" plants, because even if you think you harvested all of them, you didn't. You're going to have potato plants coming up in that patch the next spring. As a basic survival food, they're spectacular, with a nearly-complete nutritional profile. And come on, who doesn't love a potato?

[@agb6330]

Love your 1/9 acre forest! Thank you very much for your enthusiasm and knowledge sharing 🙌

[@frasersgirl4383]

I watch a lot of garden channels. If I could come visit just one it would be yours! You have all of the understanding and so much love for the garden and what it provides us!! Love to the little boy Tuck!! ❤️💫🐶💫❤️

[@puppetlady1]

A scaled drawing of the garden would be very helpful to include in video.

[@joannc147]

Hey, that’s a cool request! How about it, James?

[@gregorylocal]

Great video James. Do you have squirrel and chipmunk issues? We have problems with them destroying our young fruit trees and can’t figure out how to make them stop. Any advice?

[@robertfischer5893]

Pellet gun

[@Val-jz6lf]

That is how I feel when I'm in my garden. My own little world. I can just shut out the world & enjoy growing my food. Today was 6/29/24 and I planted second crops of beans, squash, carrots, cucumbers, herbs, radishes, cabbage, sunflowers & a fig tree. I'm in zone 5b Colorado. I have 2 Yorkies, Lillii & Pixii, and just like Tuck they love eating fresh fruits & veggies out of the garden. 💚❤🧡

[@puppetlady1]

❤❤❤ for Tuck the young boyo cucumber harvester.

[@alinegeorgeson652]

Thank you for sharing I'm your follower since last year and you've been my inspiration in gardening God bless u always

[@jacki-myoung1222]

Tuck harvests his own cucumbers🥒🥒 , cracked me up. Your garden is so beautiful a real food forest. WoW !! peak production indeed. 🍇🍇and very diverse. Love your enthusiasm very inspiring James . ♥🧡💛💚for Tuck

[@jadaedwards4136]

I love these inspiring videos so much! I would LOVE to see a video on how you keep everything watered, and also how you handle the times when you have a LOT to harvest and deal with all at once....💯✌️

[@mariaallevato6121]

Love the inspiring, positive videos! Great job on your beautiful food forest!

[@americanharleyrider8]

We are on the same page. The birds ate all my strawberries.

[@LLTization]

Try the red decoy rocks in your patch before the berries show..it worked for me.

[@scottmcley5111]

I got my strawberries up by the house with a metal pinwheel, in front of my big picture window. Good luck gettin' MY berries.

[@Alison2436]

bird netting! had to use it this year on mine too! I grow my strawberries in a garden stalk so I can easily drape bird netting over if the birds go on attack

[@americanharleyrider8]

@@Alison2436 I will try that.

[@tvmcdugle]

@@Alison2436 what is a garden stalk?

[@tracigarcia7808]

Soo Glad I found this!! So many questions

[@dutchkork]

Fantastic video...your food forest is BANGIN! Years ago you used to have little segues with music in your videos. I miss that! I discovered much great music through this channel. Thanks and Praise!

[@catarina1577]

Hey James, I am a new to growing fruit trees. I looked at lots of youtube videos (yours included) to learn how to prune. But, I also learned I need to do summer thinning. Would realy appreciate it if you would cover this topic when appropriate. THANKS for your great tips and encouragement.

[@spikes4buds]

You are so positive! I love your videos

[@joannc147]

Oh Honey, you make it look so easy! 🤣🤣 I thoroughly enjoyed yet another video in your garden. ❤ You have mastered both the space and your growing conditions. I’m such a novice and I’m waaay too old to be such a beginner! Just harvested the end of my spring crops (well, I still have 3 containers of potatoes to harvest - grew them on the driveway!). No apple trees for me here in the south, but I’ve done well with all kinds of berries and figs. Turns out that I have my very own pecan tree and the muscadine grapes grow as weeds everywhere on my ppty. I’m better at growing cool weather crops…..so far. Keep spreading the fun, James! My dog doesn’t eat the veggies, but she’ll sure grab an egg from the hens when she finds one. Rabbits and hens are making some mighty fine fertilizer for me here in central NC.

[@rayf6126]

Can you get pawpaws, lemons, oranges, or peaches for trees?

[@joannc147]

@@rayf6126 Ray, I can “get” all of those trees, but that’s not the point. I planted some paw paws about 8-10 years ago and they’re not producing….the just take up real estate (valuable garden space). Lemons and oranges require hardy species & sheltered indoor winter spaces. Only a dwarf peach would make any sense and that still requires chemicals and time better spent on other crops. Eat in season and eat what grows in your region.

[@rayf6126]

@@joannc147 I agree with that but I'm from VT, and our grow in season is apples they are like weeds. I can walk my town and have 300 to 600lbs of free apples. Pears and cherries take work.

[@andielliott7721]

Started my Food Forest again (we moved 3 years ago) and it saves us so much on groceries. Next year we should be growing enough berries (all kinds) for a year. However, I can't seem to get big strawberries....