Leucaena: Permaculture miracle tree! chop not drop.

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This tree Leucaena wil form a big part of my perma culture plans. Not only as a chop and drop tree but to feed livestock feed the land and suply shade and wood to the people and animals. #namibia #otjiwarongo #permaculture #africa #foodforest #chopanddrop #namibia
Called a wonderboom in #afrikaans this is a must have tree for your permaculture project.

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@1millionpumpkins542

I really enjoyed the video and learning about cultures inside of Namibia.

@RemyGold

Wonderful tour, thanks for sharing

@ourrockydreamontheelephant4188

Wonderful tour, thanks for sharing. We have 2 types of prickly pear. We have about 7 different cactus on our property that are native. Rabbits are really wrecking prickly pear.

@tanyawales5445

Your English is fine. Prickly pear (Opuntia) fruit are called tunas and the leaf pads are called nopales. Since they are primarily native to Mexico and the North American deserts (most of which used to be part of Mexico) the names for the prickly pear fruits and pads are in Spanish. To eat the fruits and pads they must be peeled first. The pads cut up into thin strips and fried taste like tart green beans. Watch out for the fine hairs called glochids! They can burrow into the skin and are worse than the spines. Your leucaena gets a lot taller than the leucaena retusa (yellow flowers that bloom after every rain) I am going to growing from seed to provide organics and small trees/shrubs for my yard. I live in Kentucky USA and the conditions here are the opposite of yours. We get 1.2 meters of precipitation/year and are USDA Zone 7 which means we have four seasons with fairly mild winters with snow and warm/hot humid summers. My part of the USA except for farms and towns is deciduous forest full of nut trees with streams, lakes and lots of wildlife.

@kellerhorton

I'm from Irvine, California. $450 will allow you to rent a small closet in a storage warehouse. A 1 bedroom apartment will cost $3000 (yes, three thousand dollars) per month. So if you hear about crazy high salaries over this way, know that most of it goes for rent, health & automobile insurance, and car payments. P.S. I'm starting a permaculture farm in our local desert ...40 acres. Will put in drip irrigation this year. Good blessings to you! KH

@robstafford8306

From the uk. Have watched a few of your videos this afternoon. Your climate and conditions are obviously very different from what we have over here. Like your balance of plan, do, review and repeat (or if doesn’t work) change. From a social aspect the support of local families, not just through employment but also education (not just digging holes but learning new skills eg basic surveying techniques) is impressive. Thank you sir for sharing this.

@markthompson180

We have similar trees in the East Coast of the United States. They are considered ornamental and they don't have thorns. We call them Honey Locust trees. I think they are in the legume family. We also have a native relative of Honey Locust called Locust trees, and they do have thorns. Locust trees have wood that is almost rot resistant, so over here, farmers use the wood to make fence posts for their fields.

@BetterWorldEcosystems

Thanks for sharing!! Looking forward to future vids. In Greece, for 550usd, it would be a about 50% smaller place that you can rent.

@keyrides6157 Жыл бұрын

great stuff man keep on growing , we need more people like you !!!

@markthompson180

In the US, we use the same word for that cactus: prickly pear. Here in West Virginia, there is one native species of prickly pear, that I am trying to propagate for my yard. They are small, so you can't use them for fences or barriers, but they are the only cactus that is winter-hardy in my area of the US, where the winters are too cold for most cacti.

@dunedainmom Жыл бұрын

Thanks! It is so fascinating to see your corner of the world. We have prickly pear cactus here too.

@barberton3695

Interesting video, thank you. Watching from the southern bank of the Orange River, so, neighbours in a way.

@jannetomlinson1831 Жыл бұрын

In Australia $500 would buy you the dunny and handbasin for the bathroom. Pleased to have found your channel, I am always interested in other. cultures

@akindeayodeji2036

Try roasting the dark dried seeds then grind them and use them as a coffee substitute. In English the plant you were protecting is generally called a cactus and its fruit is called prickly pear. Where do you source your water on your land?

@markthompson180

I appreciate the tour of your farm. I had a farm in West Virginia for 10 years, and we had goats. At one point we had 22 goats. I really enjoyed them - they are very smart and personable animals.