Mini Food Forest in Denver, Colorado. A front yard edible garden using permaculture design.

[@SurfinScientist]

That's a nice tour. I love the end of the video where all those boring lawns in the neighborhood are exposed for what they are, while you have this amazing ecosystem established. Thumbs up!

[@caranewell7678]

Amazing. I'm in Boulder and loved seeing which plants grow well in our area. Thanks!

[@terrycabeen]

I would've never guessed we can successfully grow Goji. This is awesome. Thanks for the tour!

[@Cosmos142857]

Very nice. Every plant and animal produces it own levels of energy and you, Mame are surrounded by that energy. Just excellent.

[@GoatHollow]

Grew up in Northglenn, lived in Brighton for 14 yrs. Moved to Deadwood, and now Iowa for the last 8 years.... Things actually grow here :)

[@leithillman125]

Proverb: wine for a night, marriage for a year, garden for a life time. Excellent example of a practical permy food design implementation for the average Joe. Wd. Mine will hopefully resemble yours in a year or two. Leith from Hobart Australia

[@CMNakagawa12]

What an inspiring permaculture; predator/prey, beneficials organic garden. Thank you for the great tour of your garden. More and more we are changing the way we grow to look more diverse due to all the great tips from you and the other valuable gardening community members on KZbin. Look forward to your continued success!

[@cashk100]

Good to know you are staying for one more year. Can't wait to see an update on your beautiful food forest.

[@stevieM82]

Thanks for sharing this great tour of your garden. You've got some really inspiring things growing on. I'm very interested in more videos of your garden in the future.

[@OneYardRevolution]

What an amazing front yard garden! I love your approach. I see from another comment that you are moving to a new home. It would be great if you could capture the transformation of your next garden on video. Very inspirational!

[@flutingaround]

Actually, I recently made the decision to stay one more year! thanks for watching and for your comments of support. I love your channel. I will be ordering some of the seeds you recommended from rare seeds to experiment with. And I will watch your biochar experimenting with interest.

[@OneYardRevolution]

flutingaround I'm glad to hear you are staying! I look forward to seeing what you do in 2014.

[@galennordland8074]

Great video and garden. Don't worry too much about the ones that didn't do as well as expected because we all experience that too if we're doing anything. I sure wish my eggplant looked as good as yours. Mine have been eaten up 3 years running--time to move on. You've done a really great job and you're setting a good example for your neighbors and the rest of us. Thank you!

[@davidthegood]

Nice work, girl. Keep it up - it's going to just keep getting better.

[@abumuusaamerrickabdalkhabi4656]

Good day It'll been nice to have known u we just left aurora after 10yrs I am learning now. I want this so bad

[@karynpotts1370]

Wow, so incredibly impressed with your garden. Thanks for sharing.

[@suzannerowe6308]

What a great start to your garden. I love and miss Colorado, I lived in McCoy, Craig and Grand Lake. We visited Denver often. =)

[@cirovig1]

great work, really enjoyed watching.Loved the final touch of showing your neighbor's lawns!

[@normatible9795]

Great garden

[@nhacviet1000]

Wow! I'm amazed how much You have.. It's a whole farm in the front of the house.. Great job!

[@FoodForThought.]

Fantastic looking garden

[@Pepper5655]

wow I like the diversity in your garden its beautiful and everything is growing so well. thnx for sharing I did enjoy your tour

[@flutingaround]

thank you. Learning about permaculture is the first thing that has given me hope in a long time.

[@joedragon3707]

I love your mini-forest.I'm surprised that you don't have a compost pile. It helps a lot.When I had a bit of land I used sheet composting,a compost pile,trench composting,and all sorts of composting.The rock dusts actually do there best in the middle of a hot compost pile.The natural acids in there make the minerals in the dusts more readily available to the plants.Natural wood ashes are also a good source of minerals and raise the Ph. To me it's a matter of putting in More than I take out so the soil improves and deepens every year. Your doing something right to get all that stuff out of there!

[@denizturkoglu471]

I love this, congratulations. Very through and Colorado appropriate garden!

[@GardeningWithPuppies]

I just love what you are doing with your front yard. I wish we could do the same, but we have a Home Owner's Association that would not allow it. However, my backyard is very much like your front yard. So glad I found your channel.

[@TheBanjomandolin]

Love it! Great healthy food garden to inspire your neighbours, good on you

[@niagaragardener8866]

What an amazingly diverse yard. I'm going to have to watch this again to write down a majority of the plants you have established. This front yard is what will be inspiring me to transform mine into something other than a dead spruce and a hedge row.

[@flutingaround]

If you are in Colorado, I can certainly help you with a plant list. It's always best to talk to gardeners in your area to discover the best varieties. And, if you have a local seed company with plants hardy to your area, that is the best way to go.

[@niagaragardener8866]

flutingaround I'm in the Niagara region, Canada. Zone 6 climate, I'm sure we have more similarities than differences as far as climate goes. Hope to see some more garden videos!

[@superslyfoxx1]

Amazing and beautiful garden. I love how everything works so well together. THanks so much for sharing.

[@bob21801]

Beautiful garden. Thank you for posting it. I hope to see more vids like this.

[@seanhenderson8870]

Beautiful garden! You have it set up for a really nice stroll through harvest!

[@nameless1]

you are a super hero

[@melodyhill5294]

I am a beginner at this in Houston Texas. Have a very small yard and doing this. Your video has been a life saver for me. LOve you and all this. Please keep it going :)

[@jimnarcy8864]

Thank you for posting this video. I am an avid organic gardener in Arvada and am learning about permaculture as well :)

[@melindalancaster9648]

when i moved into my house here we left the aloe inside the grill in the garage for 3 mos. it survived but was white as a ghost. lol

[@MrAdog1980]

I love your work. Such a great thing to see. Well done.

[@r.e.m2676]

Great Garden you have there. You can plant cuttings from your goji plants. Then you can have free plants. I just take a few cutting and put into the soil. Depending on the time of year they will root pretty fast. Eat your malabar spinach early. Once it gets large, the leaves get REALLY mucilaginous.

[@mannamomof4]

Inspiring! So much production in such a small space. Your yard would fit into my front yard alone about four times! And I live in a suburban neighborhood! Shame on me for wasting it! I am hoping to turn my front yard into an all edible/medicinal cottage garden. I look forward to having uncommon and common plants growing together, so I can bring people in and show them what the possibilities are even on a smaller scale. Thank you for sharing your story, your effort, and your rewards!

[@flutingaround]

If you are in the Denver area, please let me know! I'm working with a group of individuals that are starting a propagation co-op for people in suburban areas just like you! There are many permies in the area that would love to help you with your design.

[@smokeydabeecharlescoleman8365]

Love the garden. I think I would keep corn for the back yard though.Although yours is lacking, it could do well some year and grow quite tall. That would over shade your sun loving ground covers, and quite honestly take away from the beautiful garden you have created.

[@lifescansdarkly]

Great work! Colorado is a very harsh climate for leafy plants so I know how much work it can take to get things looking that lush. Sunflowers, sage, and succulents are the few plants that seem to love this climate but many "traditional" (European) garden plants can really get hammered by the heat. I'm on year two of deep mulching my yard in an attempt to conserve moisture, we'll see how things go in the spring!

[@Daniel-nf8pp]

Enjoyed watching this video.

[@galhotra333]

I love your yard!! Every yard should be like this!!

[@joeabs4844]

Thanks for sharing..

[@poseyperspective3591]

I love this! I live in Denver as well and would love to something very similar!

[@noa.leshem]

this is fantastic. wish I could have one of these myself.

[@flutingaround]

You can...just have to do it. :) there are people with land who might be willing to let you work it, or you can work in a local community garden. I live in an apartment now and have a community garden plot that I'm starting this process all over in.

[@southsidecarly7427]

You have an awesome garden! This coming year will be my first year experimenting with this type of planting. Last year I used bags and I wasn’t impressed.

[@dietpiediaries6287]

My dream variety garden!!!!

[@gtgwop]

Nice!!! I'm just finding out about permaculture...very interesting stuff...along with wild flock livestock managment

[@caseychristopher3099]

Beautiful. Great variety!

[@uniteentierly2773]

How beautiful.

[@mamakalami]

Love the garden! Has everything I need and love.

[@floresnjose57]

Is very good ,nice setup.

[@uweabraham3588]

Good video on permaculture gardening & where I want to go in my landscaping both front & back yards. I live in the Denver area.Thanks for sharing! Subscribed!

[@brutalmatt1]

love that you use rock dust

[@TheMetroFarmer]

I really enjoyed your video. Good job. Going to check out your channel and see how things are going now.

[@liverocks62]

Love your garden!

[@JacobLayan]

Beautiful hope that i can have this in Ph. Thank you

[@michelepaccione8806]

Awesome garden, BTW. Wish mine looked so good!

[@natureboy9113]

Fabulous. Thanks for sharing

[@noneofyourbusinez]

I LOVE growing your greens!!

[@omarzambrano2049]

great video! great techniques! great garden! Just started the same in my backyard.

[@sugar4me225]

Great tour and keep up the good work😊😊😊

[@dietpiediaries6287]

Love the front yard farming! Please steadier hand because I'd love to really look at each plant better! It's awesome and inspiring video, thanks for sharing! I'm surprised you have no fencing.

[@SeherSeven]

Really beautiful sister!

[@ShelitaRN]

Awesome garden thanks for sharing, this was so inspirational!

[@flutingaround]

thank you so much! Do you practice permaculture?

[@ShelitaRN]

Your welcome! No not yet I live in a condo in Michigan (just a balcony garden right now) and will be moving to Texas soon on 1 acre and I want to do this so badly I can't hardly wait! Thanks again for the inspiration!

[@kellyjunehutcheson3573]

Thank you so much for the wonderful tour! I am inspired by what you are doing! I have a front yard kitchen garden too, in its first year. I would love to have a tour/visual of your footpaths, or how you manage that. I love all the variety of your plants. Thanks for sharing so many details! :)

[@flutingaround]

Check out my spring update where you can see my paths and sheet mulch a little better. I used keyhole bed designs. Spring update - mini food forest edible landscaping permaculture in Denver

[@RAFAELGARCIA-cy4fc]

Very nice. I'm so jealous, in a good way of course.

[@flutingaround]

awesome. thanks so much for watching. I will try the lupins. are you near Denver?

[@Pepper5655]

oh honey I love your beautiful garden. I hope mine can come close to your perfection one day! ;) This will be my second year but my first to use the permaculture technique. Last year I planted in raised beds. Which is fine I will grow my carrots radishes and beets with my salad garden. But I am going to start planting a more permanent garden this year and I pray mine can grow up to be just like yours :) thank you so much for sharing sweetheart

[@PermacultureHomestead]

im having good luck with red clover as a nitrogen fixer if you need one.... its also a great living mulch

[@flutingaround]

Love this tip! I started some white prairie clover in pots this year to experiment. White Prairie clover is supposed to fix 10X the nitrogen than most.

[@joefrancis759]

I came back to lift the quote at the end - luckily I was able to find this again!

[@GardeningWithPuppies]

I love your front yard edible garden. I wish I could do the same, but we have a HOA that forbids it. I also like diversity and find it works in all the ways you mentioned. Subbed.

[@GardeningWithPuppies]

Actually, I do have fruit trees in my front yard and do mix herbs in the various flower gardens. I have turned my entire backyard into one big garden. So I guess I am a step ahead of most.

[@Jefferdaughter]

Is sucks that we can't always do what we want with our own property - when we are not hurting anyone else (except for some people's sense of how the rest of should live, GWP! But corporations can pollute everyone's air, water, food, clothing... and hundreds of their synthetic chemicals can end up in our bodies - many of which are known to be hazardous and somehow that is OK. Yea, money and power... Anyway, it is entirely possible to have a front yard that looks like it came from a 'House Beautiful' article - and still be edible! Beyond fruit and nut trees, an edible ground cover of ground elder (the non-variegated type is more prolific) maybe bordered with the variegted 'snow-on-the-mountain variety (both are good as cooked greens) under a small decorative accent tree that is also edible, for instance, would not tip anyone off that your front yard was edible! My first choice in a temperate climate through most of Florida would probably be an American redbud - since the blossoms (raw or cooked), leaves (raw or cooked) and young pods are all edible - three crops from one tree! Foundation plantings and hedges could be things like blueberries (evergreen types if your climate allows), haskap aka 'honeyberry', sandcherry, or seabuckthorn (aka 'seaberry'). Hazelnuts aka filberts also make a wonderful hedge. Purple leaf, fern leaf, and variegated elderberry varieties are as ornamental as any plant available! Hostas are edible, and their leaves make wonderful 'wraps' with your favorite fillings. According to the host society, no hostas are toxic, but of course, in the USA they have been selected for looks, not edible qualities, so flavor and texture vary. We like hosta leaves MUCH better than kale or other leaves for wraps (or wraps made from grain). Many common ornamentals have edible parts - maple seeds, acorns are easier to process than you think (Arthur Haines on YT explains how), birch, maple, and walnut trees can be tapped for sap and concentrated into syrup if one wishes... Shoots, buds, and flowers of daylilies are edible, and beautiful! Tulip flowers are delicious, but the flavor varies from one color and type to another. Rose petals and leaves, as well as the hips, have edible uses. Goumi and silverberry are attractive shrubs with delicious fruit. Fuki is a lovely ornamental perennial vegetable ideal for damp spots in your yard. I could go on, but you get the idea. Think outside the vegetable patch box- and have fun exploring which ornamentals are edible - and which edible perennials are ornamental! EatTheWeeds and Blanch Cybele Derby on YT are helpful. Also sites like OneGreenWorld and EdibleLandscaping. Good luck!

[@planetbob4709]

You can get around HOA I bet. Do not call it garden....call it landscaping. I seriously doubt your HOA has a restriction on specific "edible" plants. You could jsut "Re-landscape" your yard and include edible plants

[@OopzyDayzy]

hoas like to add stuff like "typical" to their "yard plants" definition. so the rights still end up with the association. they dont like it, edible or not, and you are in trouble. we bought outside of an HOA, and we still have a boneheaded neighbor who thinks anything not grass or bought pre-grown is a weed. um.... no. im up to date on noxious weeds to know what im talking about, and im irritated by several that end up on the noxious list. people will quit buying in HOAs, eventually.

[@DarkberryAlchemy]

amazing garden!!

[@TheKylesmile84]

I live in Fort Collins Colorado and bind weed really is the worse. I hear it’s actually edible might try to eat my weeds this year

[@majakaiye]

I,wonder if the landscape in your neighborhood has changed? I.can't believe that you haven't inspired everyone to run to the nursery and get planting!! Your garden rocks!!!! Post a new one this summer,I, bet your asparagus is nice and fat now :) happy gardening!!

[@majakaiye]

so how does your new garden grow?

[@majakaiye]

Muy bien-be safe,be blessed and enjoy the landscape,the people,and the food for me too!!! :) :) :) :)

[@cindymonical4278]

I want to do something like this (in my backyard to start). I learned quite a lot watching this but need to know more. I live in Lakewood ...would like to come see this in the summer/fall. I started in my back yard 3 years ago and last year I got quite a lot of produce.

[@cashk100]

Love your garden, wish you could do more videos.

[@cashk100]

Thanks for responding. I wish you all the best in selling and finding the right place for you. Your video was informative. I'll be looking forward to watching more videos from you. Happy holidays.

[@intuitlife]

thx I will be turning my side yard to garden for donating to people that need food my herb gardens are very productive , so more to share i will share video when its producing

[@floresnjose57]

Wood chips is a balancing PH of the soil for any kind of crop .or fruits tree , According to Paul Gautschi from " Back to Eden Garden",

[@DoerrArchitecture]

Wonderful use of your yard. You've done much with our short growing season. If you know where I can find a list of plant varieties that do well in Colorado, lemme know.

[@flutingaround]

This is a good place to start for plant lists: atriplex.org/

[@flutingaround]

Regarding fruit trees, I picked Colorado hardy varieties of fruits that I like to eat. Lapin Cherry (self-pollinating) and Mount Royal Plum (needs pollination support). I used Timberline Gardens in Arvada- the tree guy there is pretty good.

[@ErikFabian]

You created a lovely garden. If you would accept a suggestion...you might change you neighbors’ attitudes faster if you designed it to encourage them to help themselves to a raspberry.

[@flutingaround]

Hey everyone! If you are in Denver and have watched this video and want to learn more...join the Denver Permaculture Guild Facebook group to connect with other permaculturalists in the area! facebook.com/groups/571722812906921/

[@beageek2]

I am wondering if you set-up a few panels of vertical fencing. Could you get more growing space by using the fencing to keep you vines off the ground. Or possibly you could run some cabling in a spoke pattern across your garden. This could be used for grapes and such. Thanks for reading.

[@flutingaround]

wonderful suggestion....but I'm way too lazy to build trellises! I'm not looking to up my production. It's just me. :) Permaculture = lazy gardening!

[@flutingaround]

Thank you for your critique. Collecting rain water is illegal here. I'm studying earth works design and will try some basins near the rain gutters in the back yard . I use drip irrigation very sparingly- the rest is all grown from the deep mulch storing the little rain we get. And I'm sorry, I disagree that I should eat food shipped to me by oil, when I can grow so close to where I live.

[@mrsmhammer]

this is awesome!

[@captaincrunch6741]

nice garden, I love permaculture. But your missing your 5 recreational herbs. I would suggest adding sunchocks.

[@GoatHollow]

Reallly really nice!!! sharing this on Facebook! I've been planting some "Lupins" as perennial N fixers in my new forest garden hedgerow. You might try them.

[@TheGohbomba]

Thanks for the video

[@jeyk7188]

Hi! Thank you so sharing your knowledge with us! I just moved to Colorado and I am interesting in permaculture gardening. Do you know of local support groups that can help me achieve a beautiful garden likes your?

[@11wormbig]

Wow, very inspirational. I moved here one year ago from the rainy west coast Canada and had no idea I could grow that much in Colorado. I wonder what your neighbours think...their front yards look boring in comparison! Say, do you give any classes at all? whether in a group or more personal? I would love to show you my yard and ask what you think. I just bought a house in Wash Park and would definitely pay you for your time.

[@flutingaround]

Hello! I'm in Boulder now, and don't get down to Denver too often. Are you on Facebook? The Denver Permaculture Guild meets once a month, and has a great Facebook group that I post on a lot. You could post your need for help there....also friend me, and when I'm around in Denver, I could come by. My name is Crystal. Also, Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway is a good book to start learning about home scale permaculture design. I did have one neighbor file a complaint against me that I was growing "weeds", but the city inspector said it looked more like a beautiful garden and did not cite me.

[@11wormbig]

flutingaround Thank you very much! I sent you a request you on facebook. Hope to chat more soon. Omg, hilarious your neighbour called the city...some people need to mind their business!

[@11wormbig]

Hi! You're totally welcome to come by, except I should tell you the garden didn't really turn much into a food garden, Lol. Planted a peach tree, linden trees, serviceberry, herbs, and a fruit bush, but most of the new plantings are non-edible. We have a dog now, so it was just easier to maintain. Anyways, but you're totally welcome to come by! Just send me a message on here. Almost anytime the next few weeks would work.

[@MILEHIGHTREETOPZ]

thanks for sharing

[@silviacampbell1838]

I'm going to grow celery in my garden for the first time next year here in Louisville, CO. Can I direct saw in in my raised bed?

[@SynSurvival]

Beautiful! I'm starting a new 'urban homstead' in my backyard in my new home, though its HOA operated so I'm concerned I won't be able to do much with the front yard. I'm hoping I can get away with a pretty herb garden and a few fruit tree's up front.

[@flutingaround]

you might have to be stealth with your plants selections...fortunately, there are many beautiful edible flowers and herbaceous plants that people can't tell are food. It's the more obvious ones that will be a problem (tomatoes, corn, etc). Look into fruit bushes like currants, gooseberries and jostaberries, grapes, etc.

[@jeyk7188]

Hi, Would you like to do another video update of your garden? I would love to see it! thanks

[@flutingaround]

I sold the house quite a few years ago, actually

[@flutingaround]

Thank you for the comment. Permaculture design can really change the way you look at the world.

[@flutingaround]

Thank you. With all that land (lucky you!), I would definitely study permaculture out of books (from the library) or by taking a Permaculture Design Course in Colorado. You could have a full on food forest! There are a gazillion resources on permaculture once you start searching the great Google. Also, lots of great videos on KZbin.

[@melindalancaster9648]

@flutingaround...get you an aloe plant...they are great for bee stings and easy to grow...very drought tolerent but will do well with lots of water. i was stung by a yellow jacket felt like i was hit with a baseball bat. I put some aloe on it and immediately the sting was gone.

[@theuglykwan]

That sucks you moved after you set all that up!

[@susanramsay4189]

Has anyone in the Denver area had Monarch Butterflies in the last 3 years? I have let Milkweed grow in front of my townhouse (much to my HOA maintenance man's displeasure) and I have only attracted a few Viceroy butterflies.

[@ThiagoCross1971]

Permaculture day in Denver.. Come meet us at Sylvester Park Downtown Denver for an unforgetable day!!

[@ThiagoCross1971]

+Thiago Cross www.permacultureaction.org/

[@stevieray7203]

I’d love to see an update

[@fruitluckfarms3030]

nice!