Why we plant COMFREY EVERYWHERE! | FOOD FOREST PERMACULTURE FARM & NO DIG MARKET GARDENING

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[@hydragona3235]

Comfrey is great! I use the root to brew a strong tea from it and I hold a bit of the tea in my mouth for 10 Minutes. This makes my teeth so strong and smooth!

[@aplaceofstones8999]

My dream is that after I transition and no longer tend the land I live on, the comfrey, nettles, Joe pye weed, Golden rod, asters, milkweed will take over and be an oasis in the forest for all pollinators and critters. Cheers to you both!

[@TapoNothFarm]

Sounds wonderful, thanks so much!

[@enquery]

TY for your video. I've grown comfrey in my gardens all my gardening life (5 decades now). Wouldn't be without it. Watching the bumble bees go at the flowers is total entertainment. Blessings.

[@debbiet5130]

Thanks for this! I had one comfrey plant 2 years ago and now they come up everywhere!😁 I see them as plant feeding stations! This has given me the idea to plant some round our fruit trees and shrubs to help cut down a bit of grass growth and to bring up minerals-as well as bringing in more pollinators. And now is just the right time to do that, so great stuff!

[@TapoNothFarm]

No worries, thanks for watching!

[@andresamplonius315]

Can't move out of the city yet, but planning to plant comfrey and lots of other useful plants when I move to the tropics at last, hope they can grow there. Anyway brought a small comfrey plant on a pot but my cats ate it all... I absolutely can believe all animals love the plant!!

[@theweatherisaokay4964]

The best thing is being able to grow your own food and bake / cook your own food. It's so satisfying and enjoyable. Love your garden.💗💗💗

[@TapoNothFarm]

Thanks so much!

[@earlshine453]

Had a lot of problems with weeds like nettles and bindweed invading from the neigbours garden, so I transplanted Cumfrey along the fence early this summer. Great success, no more weeds and the neighbours chickens devour every bit of Cumfrey they can reach, so there is no need to worry that it will invade their garden. Of course also great for mulching and composting these leaves.

[@TapoNothFarm]

Great stuff!

[@curiouscat3384]

My chickens won't touch comfrey! I planted it all over for them but they seem to prefer all the other weeds and clover and grasses. But I chop and drop the comfrey into my gardens to add nutrients.

[@markirish7599]

Stinging nettles are a fantastic fertilizer for nitrogen .it's a blessing you have them not a problem .

[@garywhiteman8837]

Love the background music 😊

[@TapoNothFarm]

Cheers!

[@cherylbibbee2143]

From Tennessee here! We love you man!!!! Good luck, we are all rooting for you!!!!

[@TapoNothFarm]

Thank you!!

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Loved your video & looking forward to watching all of them .Thank you for the wonderful information that you are sharing.

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I’m enjoying your videos and the information you share!

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[@jacquilynpidamos4549]

Wow your duck so beautiful ❤️

[@thomasthibedeau8900]

Beautiful area.

[@fatima-purposefullybeautif5950]

your garden is gorgeous

[@TapoNothFarm]

Thank you!

[@maryschonover9313]

Thank you for the information on the comfrey plant. I live in Ohio in the United States. A friend of mine who has a nine Acre Farm grazing this area and she gave me a start of comfrey. Is doing well in a pot on my patio. I plan to be making some comfrey Salve in the near future. God bless you keep you safe.

[@adelacozlac366]

Sometimes KZbin really makes good recommendations. This was one of those times. :)

[@TapoNothFarm]

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[@TitaChung]

I really like farm blogging it can relate to me because I’m in my small farm mostly all the time I like animal plants and the ambiance in farm. New friend here watching you always. God bless

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[@TapoNothFarm]

Thanks so much, really appreciated. Hope to see your vlogs when you make them!

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[@TapoNothFarm]

Wonderful! Thank you!

[@BerkeyCleanWater]

Wow! Your homestead looks amazing! So much green everywhere!

[@TapoNothFarm]

Thank you!

[@Kay-xi9kv]

Thanks so much for showing the steps and giving background info on the plants

[@TapoNothFarm]

You are so welcome!

[@karenzorn773]

Thank you for educating us about planting Comfrey.

[@TapoNothFarm]

Our pleasure!

[@petergahlert3942]

Beautiful made ! Thanks a lot! Subscribed ;)

[@TapoNothFarm]

Thank you!

[@dirtpatcheaven]

Beautiful!

[@TheCunneen]

just want to say I'm totally envious of the green,lush green grass and plants.

[@charlieb1103]

Congrats on 10k!! Comfrey is definitely something I want to start growing next year

[@TapoNothFarm]

Thank you!

[@earthmagic1]

This is an extra specially interesting video because of the comfrey. I have it growing everywhere. It's such a valuable plant! It's lovely to see you guys doing so well in what has been a challenging growing year.

[@TapoNothFarm]

Thank you so much for your encouragement!

[@tracyguillemette6255]

We've been doing the same with comfrey for a couple years now, since starting our backyard meadows, keeping lawn grasses out of beds and making comfrey tea! I am always impressed with how persistent it is, at least the original variety not bocking. I love its persistance...more comfrey tea

[@veronicabalfourpaul2288]

Whoop whoop! 10,000 :) Glad for you guys.

[@TapoNothFarm]

Thank you!!

[@barrybr1]

Great vid mate. greetings from australia

[@TapoNothFarm]

Cheers!

[@tracycrider7778]

My bocking 14 should be here tomorrow 💜 Going under my elderberry & dogwood

[@sleeplessinthecarolinas8118]

Lovely cinematography and helpful information!

[@TapoNothFarm]

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[@mccardieclan1755]

So enjoyed your content and the beauty of your homeland.

[@TapoNothFarm]

Thanks so much.

[@ponypetedm]

Now looking into growing comfrey in Cyprus. Lolz

[@normancoutts]

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[@TapoNothFarm]

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[@TapoNothFarm]

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[@deepfriedcherrypie5366]

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[@TapoNothFarm]

Brilliant!

[@thenaturepatch]

Such a great video guys! I planted one comfrey plant a few months ago and it's already grown so much. Hopefully will never have to buy another again. Thanks for sharing what's going on at the farm! 🌿

[@TapoNothFarm]

Thanks so much for watching, yeah it's a giver of a plant so you shouldn't have to!

[@Aesroc]

Comfrey is the easiest thing in the world to propagate. I picked one of the bottom leaves, and it came away with a tiny bit of rooty stem. Stuck it in a pot, now I've got a new plant.

[@michelleelsom6827]

Geese usually like to mate in water, when we had our geese we had an old child's plastic sandpit (like a big blue clam shell which consisted of a top & a bottom) we used 1 half as a bathing pond for them, it was the perfect height for the geese to clamber into & they only mated when they were in the pond, it was also light enough for us to tip it out to refill if if got too dirty. just a suggestion. :-)

[@CariMachet]

Smart

[@TapoNothFarm]

Indeed they do, we usually put them in and around one of our ponds in Jan/Feb when mating season starts so that they can enjoy their moment! Thank for watching!

[@jacquiesuper2200]

Just found you. Quite interesting. Looking forward to learn from you. God bless

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[@oakanna44]

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[@TapoNothFarm]

Thank you for finding us and subscribing! Yes, we're growing well!

[@nenemaria-cornfieldsgarden]

Congratulations on 10k! Great to learn more about how valuable comfrey is in the garden and how easy it is to propagate. My garden is so small I'd put off growing any due to worry about it taking over, but it seems so beneficial I may have to find a cutting and give it a go.

[@Aesroc]

If you stick to bocking 14 variety, it's sterile so can't spread by seed. So you can let it flower, bumblebees love it. But it won't take over or spread.

[@welshhymnspontrhyd]

I had a fairly small garden and had 2 plants ( no idea of variety) in the same places for 30!years - no spreading. Just starting to establish my new comfrey through your our orchard and along a ditch for easy harvesting of compost/ mulch/ new plant material… they are great!

[@TapoNothFarm]

Go for it!

[@teresathomley3703]

Looks so nice!!

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[@TapoNothFarm]

Excellent, thanks so much!

[@ptndcmcqoptndcmcq]

everyone who gardens is so calm :0

[@gardentours]

Just discovered your channel. I managed to establish comfrey in my garden as well and the bees 🐝 🐝🐝really love it.

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[@juliegolub2602]

I'm excited to find your videos. So interesting! Looking forward to watching from Naples Florida.

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[@TutuSainz]

Beautiful community food forest farm! So inspiring

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[@Supwiyaman]

Epic video man🙏

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Excellent work 👍👍👍 . Thanks for sharing

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Well put together vid. Nice. Subscribed.

[@TapoNothFarm]

Much appreciated! Thanks for subscribing!

[@Cheryl-tiger87lilly]

Congrats on 10,000! BTW we have the same harvest boxes we love them.

[@TapoNothFarm]

Thank you!

[@MadAcreFarms]

This is very helpful! We are in the process of looking for comfrey roots to plant on our property. Appreciate the heads up on finding sterile comfrey! Thank you for the inspiration!

[@TapoNothFarm]

No worries guys!

[@cathyjohnson6733]

Thank you

[@fionagrows1848]

Woohoo! 10K! Well done Quine and loon!

[@TapoNothFarm]

Thank you!!

[@nicholasnapier2684]

I like how you used for animals to help heal the lands and recycle everything on your farm.. I love your videos like that. I like how you take care of your geese... they have a way of eating a lot grass than normal speed about 90% of their diet is grass.

[@TapoNothFarm]

Thank you. The geese work very well in our tree systems and we love how much grass they eat. We have to give them some grain in winter when the grass stops growing.

[@jdm0101]

Well done for 10k, I've shared your channel on Scottish Twitter ;) Can't believe you're not at 100k! Brilliant Comfrey tutorial too! I have 4 plants, 2 yrs old now - I'll be splitting them soon (Kirklee Road Allotments, Bellshill).

[@TapoNothFarm]

Nice one, thanks so much! Glad you have been enjoying the content.

[@VidsatOrganicFarms]

Completely Enjoyed your video. May God bless you with abundance of happiness and peace.

[@TapoNothFarm]

Many, many thanks!

[@daisyjo5358]

Comfrey tea is really go an good for most also 💜 Great video. Thanks

[@TapoNothFarm]

Thank you!

[@michaelstrong1364]

Love the music! Love the farm!

[@TapoNothFarm]

That's great to hear, thanks!

[@paulbourdon1236]

Love comfrey! Usually a ton of worms around the roots!

[@michellecelesteNW]

Amazing. I knew comfrey was good for sprains but it seems to be a garden wonder plant! The key factor being sterile seeds or it would be a nightmare. Good to know.

[@dorianmclean6755]

Thx...cool video

[@TapoNothFarm]

Glad you liked it

[@justgivemethetruth]

I read that comfrey has that deep tap root that pulls nutrients from deep in the soil up to the surface and then you chop and drop their leaves, BUT I also read that it is very difficult to get rid of because of that tap root.

[@FarmerBrownGrows]

That Comfrey is a deep root mineral accumulator is actually an old wives tale. There's been a few actual studies on the plant that show it has an average root depth and an average accumulation compared to other tubers and root plants. I have it in my food forest for the weed block do to it's density of growth, path edging, fast growth for mulch and it makes a very nice tea. Plus, it's a very nice looking plant that doesn't require a lot of maintenance. I've over a thousand varieties of edible and medicinal plants in my food forest. 3 different varieties of Comfrey.

[@julanmax]

Congratulation 10k subscribers ❤💐💐💐

[@TapoNothFarm]

Thank you so much 😀

[@Nat-mk7gb]

Absolutely agree on priceless value of comfrey 👍 thank you for sharing what fruit trees you grow. I am always excited to learn new fruit I never tried before especially home-grown 👍 there is nothing better!

[@priscab7085]

Oh how I LOVE your channel- I am LONG time subscriber first time commenter ( I figured out how to create a user name) and both of you are such a joy to watch and learn from! Here in the Pacific Northwest comfrey is such a benefit but you have expanded that knowledge !

[@TapoNothFarm]

Thank you so much for the kind words and your support of our videos!! Much appreciated.

[@nicholasnapier2684]

Like the way you do things... I just found your videos by accident.. the farming I believe that's the way the world should run that's what our creator would have wanted..

[@TapoNothFarm]

Thank you!

[@niallgardens]

Awesome to have just found your channel - since this is the first episode I’ve watched, I’ve loved getting to see your place, what you’ve got, and what you’re doing. Brilliant!

[@TapoNothFarm]

Thanks so much Niall - will check out what you're up to as well.

[@TheWelshGardener]

Brilliant video, hope you’re well! Comfrey is definitely a plant I need to get as I currently don’t have any! :)

[@TapoNothFarm]

Thank you Owen!!

[@learningallthetimes7655]

Just found your channel- Really great video ! I love comfrey....excited to see an update video on how the "extraction" went :) Do you hav a video on making a willow fence/ or the fences on your land? Cheers!

[@TapoNothFarm]

Thanks for finding us! We're planning a video very soon all about the brash/dead hedges we make. Cheers!

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[@TapoNothFarm]

Wonderful, thanks so much!

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Nice 👍

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[@TapoNothFarm]

Thank you very much, thanks for finding us!

[@choirmom78]

Sweet Channel

[@TapoNothFarm]

Thanks!

[@garyb4929]

Congratulations on 10k. enjoyed your comphry discussion, never grown it, although it has some popularity in my area also.

[@TapoNothFarm]

Many thanks!

[@sandrabeauchamp4207]

Hello blessings amen 🙏

[@juuritarha]

Thank you! Tap o' roots!

[@TapoNothFarm]

Noth a problem ;)Thanks as always!

[@jatikembarfarm4321]

Like it.. Nice

[@audreybarnes6527]

Your geese look well. My geese like comfrey - more the root. Some do, some not so much. Goslings will be fun, a small incubator will do the job. Having them bonded to you will make it easier to move the rest of the flock. Do you sit with your geese much? I really enjoy the end of the summer, when all their craziness is over and the geese find time to cuddle up at the end of the day ❤️💕💖

[@TapoNothFarm]

I (James) spend quite a bit of time with them so they are very calm around me but get a little loud around people they don't see so much! Thanks for watching!

[@cultivatingwellness4028]

@@TapoNothFarm How beautiful, thank you for sharing your piece of paradise with us. Cheers + good health from West Africa 🌍🌿🌱🌿💐💫🌅

[@thelittlehomeaustralia]

Wonderful to see you're now at 16K only a month after saying you'd hit 10K!

[@TapoNothFarm]

Hi Bex - thanks so much for finding us and watching our vlogs! Sounds like you have a wonderful and exciting set up too - hope it all goes well. Cheers!

[@DecherWayte]

I love comfrey along with borage and alkanet. Do you use alkanet in your garden?

[@CatherineandRob]

Go comfrey!

[@audieos6420]

Congratulations on 10K! It's my first year growing comfrey. It was hard at first. The deer and groundhogs ate them down to the ground. Since I put up a fence they are thriving. The leaves are very prickly though. I was wondering how you could work with them with your bare hands! Could yours be a different variety?

[@TapoNothFarm]

It can be prickly!

[@geoffcapper5025]

Medlar jelly is wonderful, our trees are a few years old now and we get more than we know what to do with. Mind you, we'll need to find something other than jelly otherwise we'll end up on the road to diabetes 😅. Comfrey is great, but dock is also a good dynamic accumulator, and loving it saves a lot of weeding 😂 Congratulations on the 10k, well deserved!

[@TapoNothFarm]

Thank you! We're excited to see how the medlar trees develop. I agree with you on the docks (I had recorded a section comparing them with comfrey and how similar they are but had to edit it out due to time constraints), though we're trying our best to have less docks flowering and seeding everywhere!

[@geoffcapper5025]

@@TapoNothFarm the docks certainly get enthusiastic about spreading 😂

[@annchong9701]

Can you tell me if honeybees like comfrey, I have only seen bumblebees on the flowers.

[@curiouscat3384]

Do environmentalist Princes Charles and William know about you ? Seems like they'd love to see the wonderful work you are doing. (I'm an American Anglophile possibly with some scottish roots (Pruitt) :)

[@TapoNothFarm]

Thanks so much for watching and leaving a comment, no I doubt they do know about us.

[@skyval6359]

I wonder where you got the wheelbarrow wheel with no rubber tire that goes flat ???

[@TapoNothFarm]

Many wheelbarrows come with these wheel fitted now, but you can buy them from most hardware stores.

[@rockribbedrushy7705]

Love your farm, the geese, the goats and the little bit about your hops. And who plays that organ?

[@TapoNothFarm]

Many thanks!

[@lauraayars5234]

we had comfrey in our raised herb bed and every time the leaves grew big, the DEER would come in and mow it down!

[@carolleenkelmann4751]

I've often thought about these Geese brooding and hatching problems and wondered if there could not be a system of fake eggs to supplement the empty space once you rob the nest of the real goose eggs to incubate, replacing the fake eggs with those hatching ont in the Electrical Brooder. That way the Mother Goose can take care of the Goslings.

[@tomfisher3117]

I bought some Bocking 14 about 10 years ago and planted it in different places at the edge of my garden and lawn. I just dug up 2 plants, replanted a piece in the original spaces and then planted 33 other pieces of those original plants at the edge of my gardens and the side of my house. I want it to stop the encroachment but I also will use it for chop and drop and Jadam fertilizer tea. The new planted areas will keep me from having to chop it and put it in a wheel barrow to spread it in my garden. I make Jadam (Korean) comfrey tea by chopping up a bunch of comfrey and stuffing it into a 32 gallon black garbage can. I pack the comfrey tight up to about 3/4 of the garbage can. I throw in some leaf mold and sea salt, wait about three months and mix the solution 1 part tea to 10 parts water. You can keep adding the comfrey and water. It's freeze proof over the winter. It works and you will never run out of the stuff. The Russian Bocking 14's NPK is 1.8 - 0.5 - 7. Buying it was one of the smartest things I've ever done for my garden and my back

[@nicholasnapier2684]

Here in the US these are called paddocks that you put different cells as you call it..like 👍 how you set up your land to to keep moving them goats ahead that's called rotational grazing....

[@TapoNothFarm]

You're right, it is! We have been using rotational grazing ever since we had cattle here six years ago. We practice a relaxed leader system, the goats lead, followed by the geese then hens.

[@mariagibbons8437]

Wondering if you could talk more about how you use the comfrey to relief aches and pains? after hard work at the garden my knees call for remedy. I have tried hot compressing but not much relief.

[@TapoNothFarm]

Hi there....so far we have made infused oil (dried comfrey leaf is macerated in olive oil for several months before straining) and ointment. We found recipes on these online.

[@pastryshack551]

Can the comphrey be sautéed and eaten, I figured if the beautiful goats can eat it maybe i can too

[@TapoNothFarm]

I'll leave that one up to your research as we've never eaten it. I know there are recipes for human consumption but I also know there are some doubts about suitability and safety for human consumption.

[@pastryshack551]

@@TapoNothFarm thanks I was raised in the carribean and my had some goats, she always say that goats will always eat Clean food they know what will harm you so I was curious because I thought if it were harmful they would not eat it. I live in Canada so with 3 months of summer, I plant every thing under the sun. I use comphrey for compost, but now that I found your channel I will see what tips I can pick up. The geese & goats are beautiful. Thank you

[@Warrior_A.I]

It's awesome ❤️

[@tonyblast4592]

Do sheep eat comfrey as well?