My New Food Forest Will Be Epic!

[@TheTexasBoys]

Looking forward to seeing the terraced food forest take shape. We have grasshoppers too and planted tons of canna Lilly as a sacrifice forage for the hoppers to keep them off the forest. It works pretty well for us. Our food forests are very intensively planted. I have an update video dropping tomorrow. 👊

[@cyborgbear7269]

You will build a paradise with such a diversity of plants and animals that it'll be like Heaven on Earth. It'll really prove how much potential and abundance God has provided for us.

[@StanTheMan709]

are you growing any currants? man ive been growing my currants for around 10yrs not and its so crazy how you in the spring you just cut off a bunch of branches the size of a pencil or bigger if you want, stick them in the ground and boom like 90% success rate at taking root! plus super high in antioxidants i love plants that are easy to grow and replicated

[@dianaj3139]

Hope you have a huge FIRE BREAK!!! Prayers and thoughts for your family with current FIRE season! Blessings!

[@derekedlund1854]

Hope they root well for you. You are building a beautiful life for your family there.

[@imsobak]

Off topic... but I love the t-shirt!

[@JohnDoe-id9hi]

I'm in a similar situation dealing with long distances to resources, I'd consider using your brush piles for much by buying a tractor mounted wood chipper. I'm using deep litter in my chicken coop and allowing it to rest in wire fence baskets for future fertilizer. I just completed a 8ft x 3ft worm bin for castings.

[@Jay-Zen]

Looks like someone's having fun...

[@rebeccaw6]

When I was growing up we had an issue with grasshoppers. My dad put down a bait that contained a spore that killed the grasshoppers and then when other grasshoppers ate the dying ones the spore killed them too. It worked really well and we didn’t have any grasshoppers for years off of one treatment.

[@RunW-TheBigDogs]

❤ I love learning all this from you thank you for your time it's really valuable I know that it's appreciated

[@jackieow]

If you put a cake layer on top of another cake layer, you have an abscission zone in between and in response to a shove you can get a slide at the junction or fracture zone. With dirt, if you dump a layer of dirt on top of another, it can shift and slide at the intermediate contact zone (depending on the forces applied over the years). For insurance, you can dump on layers or lifts of 6-8 inches at a time, interplowing the new into the old underneath, so that the soil structure is like interlaced fingers and not sliding palms (for another analogy).

[@jackieow]

@@marzupalami If he adds a foot or two of topsoil and mixes it in by interplowing, it will be more into the growth zone of the tree roots. And as topsoil be more available via putting nutritional goodies down a little deeper. Interplowing is just cheap insurance to prevent sliding as well. This is thus a two-for-one deal. As to layer sliding, like you probably won't get in an accident today, but it costs very little to wear a seat belt just in case.

[@douggibson9084]

Thanks Curtis a lot of information. Plus my vocabulary has grown by 2 words, "Hippie Dippie". That language is for the island.

[@Murderous5]

LOVE THAT SHIRT!

[@paulchristensen6722]

I wouldn’t worry to much about rocks. Tree roots will move around them. Also your shirt is bang on!

[@offgridcurtisstone]

That’s right, but it’s the planting that is made difficult.

[@d0nn13m0n0]

I’ve worked with guys who couldn’t develop an eye for grade, even after years. I think it’s a god given talent.

[@OfftoShambala]

Curtis, I’ve been with you since you painted your house. I think about you and your family every day. I am on edge until I know what is happening with you and your family with the fires. Praying for you🙏🙏🙏

[@offgridcurtisstone]

No issues here. Fires are in Quebec.

[@RachelDorrington-ku9jg]

Nice to see it all coming together, so much info and so helpful, thank you as always 😊

[@srantoniomatos]

That s excelent work. You dont even need to work out the rocks. Trees love the drainage efect of rocks. The berms too. Most professional orchards are planted in elevated beds.

[@travellingarts93]

informative as usual thanks for your generosity all the best

[@jimnz17]

hey Curtis. would you mind doing the occasional visual overlay like you may do in the private community? eg in this vid, to show how the snow melt is diverted in plan view. might give another dimension to the vids?

[@belieftransformation]

Amazing progress; thanks for sharing!

[@taohuang3058]

Glad you are building big food forest as I ‘m doing at my frontyard.I learned from Robert Guyton in RIVERTON NZ who have been growing his forest garden for last 30 years, that it’s better to begin by growing shelter plants of any kinds at first.

[@dhansonranch]

Interesting. Your thought process makes sense to me save for the "retaining wall" of the flat areas - will it be planted as well or will it be left with its existing soil to populate with what will. I was thinking things like blueberries etc would be beneficial on those slopes. I am curious about the affect of spring frosts on the trees at the bottom, but I am sure you have thought of that. Will be interesting to see how it finishes out. I just finished doing a much smaller scale one that I did with shovel and wheel barrow that incorporates annual garden vegetables besides the perennials.

[@chasekellerman3347]

He explains energy prices perfectly at the end of this video. Sure, prices are higher than we're used to but the ROI and quality of life benefit is insanely high still

[@ScarletKnightmare]

That looks outstanding, good job man. A laser level is a game changer for working alone. Absolute must have for solo grading work

[@MerwinARTist]

I really enjoy watching your progress .. I have been doing similar .. different land .. but similar issues.

[@adventurehawksancientharmony]

I have a Yanmar Vio 35-6A excavator. It only has the 4 way functional blade. The 6 way would be awesome for earthworks!

[@planetlightforce]

Living the dream well done. Any plans for an under ground bunker? Any concerns about “wild fires”? Take care brother

[@offgridcurtisstone]

Yes but I wouldn’t be stupid enough to publicly discuss those details :) On the fires yes and we’ve done a lot to mitigate those threats.

[@ilzitek2419]

Your homestead looks like a heart.

[@Nodularguy1]

You get a thumbs up just for the T shirt. Where did you get it?

[@offgridcurtisstone]

I made it. Curtis.freedomfarmers.com

[@adventurehawksancientharmony]

Consider screening the soil and then Drop the rocks you take out and dump them either in your pathways or on the road to the gate

[@David-kd5mf]

My 2 cents apples from seed next alders(nitrogen) and turkeys(for grasshoppers).

[@izzzzzz6]

if you get high winds you may want to add some low walls to help prevent soil erosion.

[@offgridcurtisstone]

Fortunately, we get very low average wind.

[@jenniferm761]

Could you give us an update on Sepp Holzer and his projects ??? Would you, please (??)

[@nicholasmacinnis1486]

The property is looking great Curtis.

[@WhereWildRootsGrow]

Love the t-shirt !

[@SimonHaestoe]

"The strategy this year is I'm going to keep the gates open again and snowboard even harder!"

[@ghtbb]

I've been following for a while, time for daikon radish winter cover crop then till once more

[@silverjohnson3163]

Great vid Curtis

[@adventurehawksancientharmony]

I can’t afford a laser lever so I use a 1” x 2” x 8’ A frame level to find the best level on contour. Also using marker flags at each point.

[@offgridcurtisstone]

Yes, that’s a classic one. It works great too.

[@joansmith6844]

Luv this idea 🎉

[@SimonHaestoe]

Hügelcultures can be a huge problem in a food forest as it provides vole habitat and they love to gnaw on tree roots :/. Also, once things break down "air gaps" are created which might be weird for the trees to establish in? Maybe.

[@offgridcurtisstone]

I could see that. Good thing I spent the last 2 years trapping those buggers. I barely see them any more

[@dhol267]

Great t-shirt :) Truth

[@nunyabidnit937]

It would be worth your while to get a rock rake for your skid steer.

[@silverjohnson3163]

Hey Curtis did you hear what they're doing to the dutch Farmers ? Volutary land takeover. Where's the equity ?

[@offgridcurtisstone]

With the European Commission, I think it’s gone.

[@lgp6344]

Crush on!

[@ZackKumar]

Are you adopting permaculture? Have you done study related to permaculture design? Please reply

[@offgridcurtisstone]

I do my thing. Call it whatever you want.

[@KatyNik]

Beautiful! Get your chickens in there if you can to eat the hoppers? And/or put up bird houses but then I guess the birds eat your fruit if you don’t net 🤪

[@offgridcurtisstone]

Ya they are. They can’t get them all though

[@RunW-TheBigDogs]

​@@offgridcurtisstone what about..I think their guinea fowl?

[@jackieow]

Secret Garden of Survival - How to Grow a Camouflaged Food Forest ------- by Rick Austin

[@michaelglenning5107]

The fruiting vines that grow on the trunks of the fruit or nut trees make it look completely wild.

[@michaelbruce7262]

Dig a pit, turn your waste wood into biochar.

[@allon33]

About time you got to work on that, instead of flying all over the world.

[@theplanelife4097]

Your soil looks very good and rich.

[@eilifnorheim381]

The grass will go dry eventually if it isn't grazed or cut.

[@ZackKumar]

Permaculture ❤️

[@ghtbb]

Take a break and enjoy life for a couple days!

[@KatyNik]

Pretty sure he’s lovin it :)

[@offgridcurtisstone]

Take a break? Why do you think we're up here?

[@baldufdaniel]

Am I tripping or does that Kubota look red in the video??

[@ghtbb]

Love the videos butt why not go dark for a year? It'll be a good business model in your area

[@offgridcurtisstone]

You go dark for a year first ;)

[@MichaelDFactory]

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