New Water Features at Zaytuna Farm

[@cleoxo2566]

I hope this man lives forever.

[@marketgarden2062]

As far as I know, you probably deserve a noble peace prize for your amazing work in permaculture.

[@C.Hawkshaw]

Interesting idea. If there was high nutrient, inexpensive food everywhere, it would probably reduce tensions everywhere!

[@YoonIl-yg9lh]

Do you mean nobel price? Hell yeah

[@YeahMcMad]

Agreed.

[@carmenortiz5294]

The smalls ponds are really interesting. I've been thinking of adding a small pond in my small permaculture/food forest. I also have sandy soil, but I am planning on using a liner. I'm a huge fan. I decided on turning my 1/3 acre yard, years ago after watching an online course Geoff posted online. There quite a few videos. I watched them all in a row and did not sleep for the 3 days it took me. I'm strange don't need much sleep, only took breaks to eat. Still continue with the improvements although I am now 75, a little old lady that can still do it! LOL

[@JustineDodd]

After digging numerous swales and planting out my own food forest (by hand), only to have it burn to the ground along with my house in Nov 19, I am now digging and planting all over again, using all that I have learned from both Bill Mollison and yourself. I find so much inspiration seeing how you have developed your piece of paradise ~ often you remind me of things I have forgotten to remember: ideas I have had, plans I've made. I am so grateful for the information that you share, and for your presence on the planet ~ Sending a huge Thank You!

[@ashikalanser9033]

Bless you and your family ❤

[@aldilavokrid37]

After going through dozens of Q&A videos, a tour video is really refreshing one

[@carlyblankevoort3856]

How exceptional Geoff, I'm buoyed by your enthusiasm and that beauty. Please make a vid about taking on shareholders, how to make it happen and finding like minded people. You are making dreams come true there. I'm envious, in a good way.

[@raphael6994]

My heart feels refreshed with these tours! They are an absolute highlight and on top of that, I learn about designing systems! Thank you Goeff, keep em coming!

[@jannavozar2634]

It would be interesting to see how your water is helping neighboring propertys.

[@MsPeacelove01]

That was fascinating seeing the effect of the swales. It’s going to burst into life from now you. Can’t wait to see more.

[@Osiris_333]

The harmony you create with the language of the land gives back infinitely. You have shared the key to everything humanity has been struggling to acknowledge within ourselves. This is what it means to be children of Earth. Thankyou

[@gavbrother8714]

“…it’s pretty amazing what happens when you do the right thing and life moves in.”

[@karenhorn6685]

We have purchased 17.5 acres in the United States. Your walk over you property was very helpful because we are trying to develop our water features, swales, pipes etc. thank you!

[@wolfbirdhomestead600]

What area are you in? I do permaculture based designs using contour maps overlayed onto google earth. Once you know the ridges/valleys, it makes it easier to design water harvesting/access/structures/plantings

[@middleway1885]

Glorious!

[@peterellis4262]

So happy to see you putting in some of the "luxury" features for your own home site ;) Always learn something when you walk and talk your way around Zaytuna :)

[@ahmadhasif979]

There’s never too long video with You 😁 Would be cool if Doing video/tour while Riding the Horse, yehaaa 🤠

[@09conrado]

Ooh next video show us the bare land before again, a map of the general layout now and some quick progression shots please. Plus I liked how you traced the water's trail, so I'd love to see you pick it up again from Fig Tree dam all the way to the creek. That's not complaining, it's just to say I loved this video so much that I can't wait for more. Thanks Geoff

[@derby1919]

Thanks Geoff what a beautiful place you have made. I would love to come and see it . You are such an inspiration, if only we could get the people that plan our city's and countryside to work with the same principles. Keep the videos coming please Geoff. 👍🤓

[@gerardoenriquedelcondegord5548]

It's awesome Mr. lawton!!! I'm a part time teacher in Organic Agriculture here in Mexico... and I'm always telling my students at UPAEP. That this is the way we have to go for in agriculture, this is our best chance for a greener future. Love Your videos and I hope we get to see more of the development of Zaytuna Farm!!!!

[@AYoung-rt9ij]

Wow! Hey, you're a hero too!! Keep up the good work!!!

[@janicemasaira]

Geoff, undoubtedly the godfather of permaculture! Your passion is just unparalleled. I've just sinned by coveting your farm. It's just complex and adventurous, a tiny paradise and a haven!

[@arexius3]

Thank you so much Geoff. I did last years online PDC with you and I really miss watching videos with your explanations! So any tours are always greatly appreciated!

[@iteerrex8166]

Zaytuna farm is a community. I had no idea, very nice.

[@erikbinderi2145]

Always informational and inspirational. I have 20 acres as part of a watershed in the high desert of Llano California. I hope to see water slowly move across it someday.

[@tesha199]

Keep soaking water and it will become better each year 😉

[@crusadingtemplar]

It was lovely having an early morning walk with you Geoff...I wish I could for real. I've consumed all your content and found it bleeding into my life.thanks dude for the 40 mins of contented bliss. Keep it coming!!

[@julicanizalesboller1078]

The Weedy Gardener introduced me to Geoff. Geoff have an off the cuff tour and was just so excited about all of this. This was super fun to watch and just amazing.

[@matthiasbrunger1179]

Very interesting seeing how all of the water features connect! Please more videos like this one!

[@theokefenokeehoneypot7561]

Yes I find this quite interesting! I wish I had a suitable piece of property to implement your practices.

[@alikamakakilo7269]

Thank you. Amazing features of the swales and dams...including Pirate Island. Enjoyed your use of the bamboo and your vision with the placement of plants. Especially the mulberry and grape trellis.

[@annburge291]

Absolutely stunning! Love the shareholder idea so there is a clear path of legacy and care for Zaytuna. You and the team are making such an important impact on people's lives all over the globe showing a glimpse of what is possible. Telling us how to seal a dam in original sandy soil was great. Love the Morton Bay Fig tree. I view them as communication power nodes. If one is feeling disconnected just sitting on their roots trends to sort life out in a powerful gentle way.

[@ToBiAsPiEgger]

The perfect date for such a monumental event!

[@lacyg7741]

Wow, that was incredible. I definitely enjoyed that video. It is amazing what water can do. I am in the process of terracing my property, to hold a lot more water. All I need now is to convince the city to let me take the run off from the street.

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Greetings, Geoff, from Windermere, Florida zone 9b USA 🇺🇸 Thanks for sharing your very special place. I can't wait to see this shared community in another year and beyond. You have created a paradise. 🌿💚🌿

[@Ganesh690]

It's always a great experience to follow you on a tour, learning every time something new. Thank you for your gentle and rich way of teaching, by bringing us closer to the way nature works. I love it

[@StreetBoi69uk]

Always such a pleasure to get an update from you and Zaytuna Farm Geoff. Glad to see you're looking as well as ever!

[@bobhoyer]

Its great to see and hear the water managment system you are developing and expanding. As we start to develop ours its great to read about it, see it and see the success your are having. Thank you for sharing and yes, your tours are extremely helpful. Book learning is one aspect, doing is another and seeing success gives confidence.

[@loreneboone]

Always a treat to go on a walk with you, seeing the progressions of your place. Thank you for sharing your life with us. You are appreciated.

[@luzianweingartner480]

a paradise you've got here in deed. can't wait to see my property in a similar shape in near future. thank you jeoff, for sharing such great impressions

[@AYoung-rt9ij]

Love it! I enjoyed your walk and talk as downtime for the body and up time for the brain. One day our whole planet could look feel and breathe like this. If only people really did the work. Planned carefully; and got dirty!!

[@gaulpict]

Looks great - 'do the right thing, life comes in'. All the best

[@hans6756]

That was a thorough tour providing valuable information. Thank you very much Geoff. Have you considered having a drone video produced to show a ‘birds-eye perspective of your property. Regards, Hans Vancouver island, Canada.

[@robleabdullahi4203]

I AM HUMBLED!! To have across your channel some time ago. I'm working on leaving the Northern Hemisphere and plan on growing a food forest once I land in my destination. Thank you so much for your free advice and your never ending motivation.

[@emkoravo]

Such an inspiration and what a great source of hope and optimism for the future. I'm working towards a PDC now. Thank you!

[@hailus7714]

Thank you for your excellent video. There is always something to learn from your videos. We are always happy to see your videos.

[@CharlesGann1]

Incredible journey and great update. Thank youfor for showing how complexity grows as water features mature. Glad to hear wooduck dam's solution. Would love to see your walled garden and the story of why you chose that. Also your natural swimming pool and howit it functions. Appreciate all you share and the abundance it generates as all we hear is shortage! Thanks

[@aliannarodriguez1581]

I’m curious about the walled garden as well. You read about their use in the Middle Ages and I’m wondering which of their features persuaded you to build one.

[@srantoniomatos]

Hanks, and please do more tours. More long tours. The longer the better. An overall view of the farm even better :). Tanks again.

[@thegr8stm8m8]

G'Day Geoff... wonderful journey. I have followed the work you started in Palestine and look back at what Bill Molison had taught. Wonderful examples of what can (and must) be done. Seems you are on the Northern Rivers... I came from Bellingen and uncles farmed the Kalang River flats up Thora way and another up in Dorrigo. Fond memories! I guess you are neighbors with David Troon (Weedy); Daley's Nursery (Pauline. Erin, Caleb and Team) and also Cedar Anderson and his Dad... I hope to be back in November and visit friends in Lennox Head... hope to do the circuit and visit all... have some bush tea with you all. Looking forward to seeing the growth... Cheers, John (misplaced Aussie in SoCal)

[@adventurecreations3214]

Genius. I am watching our path to a sustainable future. Thank you for educating me.

[@dominikplatagrober6662]

Geoff Lawton is the Bob Ross of Permaculture

[@WenRolland]

Great informative tour, thanks Geoff ! I really love going into the way you read and transform the land.

[@shovelspade480]

I'm really excited to be emersed in the complexity of zaytuna. Cant wait to be on site. My eye balls are going to be popin. My mind is going to be alive, sponging in all that has been created. All that is growing and evolving. Cant wait...

[@dominikprochazka6938]

Geoff, I absolutly love these long time videos! Knowledge is slowly soaking into my brain like water to yours system in your swells. What you can do with mother nature is just amazing, thank you so much✌🍀

[@lisac3291]

Lol, i have just been thinking you deserve a Nobel prize too ! Truly you are an inspiration ! I have been watching all your videos and trying my best to start changing my yard to a food forest. I have 5 fruit trees now !!! I am using chicken wire baskets around everything i put in the ground because of gophers. I am at 6000 ft elev in southern calif mountains. Lots of rocks here. I use them to create tiers on the slope of the property. Zaytuna farm is so beautiful... love to you and yours and many thanks !!!

[@jungletearaway]

Thank you Geoff. I love following all that you do and it has given me great ideas and confidence to transform a dry 10 acre property. Best of luck with your new house build.

[@martybartfast1]

I've missed seeing the progress. So beautiful, so smart and so abundant. Thank you so much for helping me relax and for doing so much to help heal the planet. m

[@zia.maheen]

That was lovely.. looking forward to watching these diverse and rich life events mature.

[@sam65gto]

Never too long of a video of your magnificent slice of paradise. Always up for a tour, love your work. All the best.👍👍👍

[@nigelcoleman9939]

Thanks very much Geoff, that was another fantastic informative video. I’m so jealous of the rainfall you get, I live in Fremantle WA and we have had 2 of the driest summers on record back to back. Water is the elixir of all life. I so look forward to updates on Pirate Island and your new abode, thanks again for passing on your wealth of knowledge 👌

[@oscarherrera9049]

wow Geoff, the place is extremely beautiful

[@downundervlogs]

oh wow what an incredible tour of your swails and the natural flow of all the rain you guys have had. I have such a greater understanding of what you are explaining. I enjoyed that so much. I just want to shout out to the world to come watch your videos. Greetings from Western Australia

[@Xatruch504]

Mr Geoff, have you measured the creek's water flow when it enters your property and at the end of it? You have so much water that definitely increases the flow of the creek after it exit your property. You have created a paradise, what a hell of a job 😎😎💯💯💣💣👌👌👌👍👍👍

[@jameskniskern2261]

My impression of the beauty of your site(s) is that they continue to evolve over time. They get more complex. More diverse. More interesting. Thank you for sharing. I would be super overwhelmed if I had to design all of that at the outset. But knowing that you can "frame in" the earthworks over time, and continue to add on makes it more possible in my head.

[@scottfuller9180]

Now thats how you harvest water! Amazing video Geoff so very inspiring

[@gwynnethvanjaarsveld7030]

Thankyou for showing us Groff! Always LOVE the tours of Zaytuna. 💚🇿🇦

[@mattrupp8562]

This was great, its really interesting to see the detail in what you're doing. Looking forward to seeing the complexity unfold.

[@joshuareynolds6963]

Thank you, Geoff! Congrats on your new homesite! Can't wait to see it finished, and grown.

[@michaelt5082]

Currently watching your class from the 90's best I can tell. Thanks for the walk around with the swales. I am listening to your lectures currently on or about climate. Awesome to see this. I see what I need to do with my pond and 11 acres. :D

[@cameronbell295]

Thank Geoff. A very interesting and pleasant walk.

[@CMiltonDixon]

Wonderful. I'd love to see a map!

[@alimcconville6616]

this gives meaning to life, for me. I suppose because humans are already part of nature we just need to remember. I appreciate your work and love the way nature has tended to YOU and your easy voice and amazing mind. Thanks for all you provide here and for taking care of your little spot on the Earth so lovingly.

[@leonardostankevicius4088]

I'm amazed. Thanks for sharing this with us Geoff Can't wait to see the development of this features. Greetings from Brazil

[@sabiaknows]

Congratulations on the lush new layout! Thanks for all your generosity. ❤

[@daleireland]

Brilliant thanks Geoff

[@Mr8it]

Thanks Geoff, so inspiring to see the bigger picture and potential results. So much to look forward to! Definitely love to see how it develops in videos.

[@paolpassmann9025]

Amazing, impressed by these benefitial systems and the way you get us involved! Continously learning so much more about Permaculture Design with your free online lessons while starting our first project in the European Alps now. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge and motivation, Geoff!

[@3Sphere]

That was WONDERFUL! I'm 'soaking' in all of this Permaculture stuff so I can 'pour' it out onto my new homestead acreage. Still have a lot to understand, learn and figure out. The journey is half the fun! Very exciting stuff- Thanks!!!

[@Picci25021973]

That's GWW! Geoff's Water Wonders. It's amazing what you did with careful observation, smart design and a bit of fantasy. Can't wait to emulate!

[@aptson4891]

Thanks for the tour Geoff! excited to see future tour update video's! It will be absolutely great documentation of the progress of the property. This is just so cool!

[@jesuscarmonaesteban4521]

Wonderful tour around Zaytuna!! Many lessons to learn from there. Your region seems very humid as you have rains in this season (end of summer I think in the southern hemisphere). Here in Spain we started the year quite bad regarding rainfalls (which is not normal...) Let's hope we have some in the incoming days...

[@sevensurvival]

Excellent work, and project. Brotherly Love, blessings, and Respect. Well done.

[@nutequest]

Love all of your videos. I have a tiny acreage full of granite rock and sandy soil. We are slowly improving the place but it’s great to see a more evolved property.

[@aussieandrew]

I think this is one of your best videos I enjoyed it much, thank you Geoff.

[@dbjsmith1970]

Fantastic! Really illustrates how water flows across your property!

[@richermorin]

thank you so much for this greg it was amazing, you've got a wonderful project and i'm excited to follow your journey

[@ahmadhasif979]

Salam from Malaysia 🇲🇾 Thank you so much for all videos, and sharing all the knowledge. May accept me as one of your students 😁 and bless all the knowledge May Allah bless Sir Geoff and family 👍🏿👍🏼👍🏽👍🏾👍🏻

[@MQ-cw9qx]

It will be amazing to watch this grow and develop.

[@dalotos]

That was great and informative. I knew what swales were from your other videos, but I fully grasp the function and importance of them now.

[@mechanics4all405]

Absolutely love youre acheivments, is the idea of share holders,to make sure farm lasts in perpituity,or to get like minded community,to carry on work. In the light of this Global Warming sudden realization,although you and Bill Mollison, etc have been trying to educated Goverments all over the world,has any Country asked you to make massive plan,for them to become regenerative,build water structures food forests etc. No matter they pulled funding,the Greening the desert project is a phenominal scucess, that the fund providers can not deny. I wish every Country appointed a Geoff Lawton full time to rectify as much as possible in a lifetime,with unlimited budget,then we would actually see change. It seems Goverments are more intrested in promoting conflicte all over the world instead. Nick Lomas London England

[@tesha199]

Countries (politicians) don't care about landscapes and nature.

[@mechanics4all405]

@@tesha199 We elect the moronic politicians,about time we elected people who do care

[@seanthedevlin]

YES! Thank you so much for this video tour Geoff. It was inspiring, beautiful, relaxing, and ...I feel so motivated to achieve goals I've set for my future. Thank you again! Please make more videos like this! :)))

[@zenclimber]

Love these types of videos, cannot wait to see more of these areas as they develop into your vision.

[@Chordially]

Very pleasant tour. Congratulations for all the improvements. It seems you will never stop as your land seems too to have no limit. Such a lot to do, manage, harvest, imagine, plan... Do you sleep ? You have all my respect. On another subject, have you any news from the Jordan greening project , as it was another amazing experience to follow ?

[@AYoung-rt9ij]

Yes please!! I would like to see the pdc in jordan, and, the schoolteachers house. Has anyone else in the neighborhood, caught on, yet????

[@Shaz-on-Adventure]

Fantastic video, thank you, so informative. Love the tours.

[@DerrynEHahn-ir2jv]

Thanks for the tour❤️✨

[@livingfreedomorganics]

That was awesome! And what a land you live on! I look forward to seeing it all again in years to come! I can see your vision and it is immensely beautiful. thank you for sharing. Always a joy to take a walk with you.

[@robinhedstrom6565]

Awesome Geoff. Such Beautiful place, I Love the water systems and how well made and thought through they are. brilliant understanding of nature and building in alignment with nature is so Inspirational and Hopeful to see. Please more Tours.

[@archerider1309]

Interested to see same path n commentary after this rain about how the system managed 💚 12:18"If it gets to this sill.."

[@danyoutube7491]

There's so much to enjoy in this video, that mulberry-grape arch sounds like a wonderful idea. When looking through that future arch, I love the sight of the few especially tall trees which stretch above the main canpoy and add variety to the forested horizon, and that wonderful large tree in front of your house that forms a fan shape.

[@naturalfarmingharibabu-liv6281]

Thanq Geoff Lawton...wonderful narration .. you are a real parmaculturist. I like your videos... I am also created a wonderful food forest in Hyderabad... India... Like this....

[@Hellheart51]

Inspiring, and extremely impressive. Thank you very much for everything you do and sharing it with us.

[@wildforestorganics7298]

Your swales are going to get a good test this week. Big rains coming.

[@EcosystemDesignConsulting]

Amazing! Thank you for the tour!

[@Aussiem8e]

Absolutely beautiful property! Loved every minute of the video!