Our Moringa "Forest", 2017

[@TheBigfoot567]

Another great video, Robert. I'm amazed at all you and Debbie are accomplishing out there in the desert. Thanks.!

[@asthewheelsturnrv8624]

Just found your channel. We are growing Moringa in Arizona and have about 20 trees. We have to haul water but can get 300 gal for about 1.25. Trees grew to 6 feet and the cold came things are dormant now. We hope the trees will come back for the Spring. If not we will start again. Awesome video.

[@Miss_Judy]

oh it is a forest! How lovely! so wonderful! Your place is what I want to have - great great video! LOVE IT!

[@ecoranchusa]

Finally, we have harvested about 50 seeds (so far) from our own trees. Each of these will make one more tree and turn that area into a REAL forest!

[@cyndiburkhart3619]

Guy, you are not boring in the least. My brother and I are considering getting a bit of land out in West Texas ourselves. You are helping me to prepare! I love the moringa, btw. You might want to consider selling seeds too? And the water garden! Inspiration!

[@dmjdwebactivity6827]

I have found great success with chop and drop...I live in Central West, Australia...it is a bit of a sacrifice in the beginning (first year) but my trees are amazing . Also, I have had a lot of success planting my pruned branches ....a really tall Moringa is not conducive to my needs! Thanks for the video....love your passion!

[@judilynfitz5863]

I love Moringa, so many ways to cook then, stir fry with shrimps, soup with potatoes green beans, or make a Moringa Stew with chicken add coconut milk, so delious.

[@moringathetreeoflife7466]

Very entertaining. Good luck with the trees, coming along nicely

[@thecfarchive7816]

Dave Stone has some really good youtube videos on his channel called "Develop Awesome Skills" about growing moringa. He is in the phoenix area, so he is at about the same climate as you. He has about 2 or 3 feet of wood chips throughout his whole garden yard. As they slowly decay from underneath, they fertilize his moringa trees and other plants. Your moringas would get huge fast if you did this. The wood chips also help the ground hold in the water and make the perfect soil conditions to grow. He also has mycorrhizal fungi that grow in the soil under and throughout the wood chips. This fungi forms a symbiotic relationship with the roots of plants giving them more nutrients than the roots could gather on their own, resulting in much greater growth. I hope this helps.

[@khmericankitchenseeds8776]

"Kang Kong" is known as water spinach, Trokuon in Khmers. Its botanical name is Ipomoea aquatica. Back home, most Cambodian prefers the wild grown vs farmed water Spinach do to fear of mechanical fertilizers and pesticides. The Wild family have radish brown stems and leaves, and monthly growing in rice paddy, river, and and pond, ect. Wild family growing in a vine like and likes to swing in plentiful a water environment and it will not thrive on dry land with a scheduled watering system. The Farm family is light green and is growing up-right on dry land and will do well with the water we feed them. They taste somewhat different.

[@jessiemartinez7681]

Robert, great video. You're giving me hope about my moringas I planted in 2018. I had the brilliant idea of chopping the trees at about a foot and then wrapping them with pipe insulation, you know the insulation that protects from freezes. Anyway, dumb idea, I think the trees rotted. But seeing that your trees came back at the root, gives me hope. I'm in Kemp, Texas, also in zone 8.

[@OG1919]

In Zambia, Africa they use the Moringa as fertilizer for their plants as well as many other things it's commonly used for.

[@pn3940]

You should try growing purslane plants. they're arid climate plants as well and are healthy, taste good too.

[@1voluntaryist]

Need to conserve water? Mulch! I didn't see any. It feeds and builds topsoil also. No mulch? Use rocks or weedblock fabric but cover that bare soil. Here in the Las Vegas area it has been 108-9. I am organic and frugal so I fertilize with my urine. You can compost with it.

[@tarapaul8212]

I really enjoy your videos. I am in zone 6a so I will try this as an annual. Or maybe grow in the house.

[@samprakash7197]

I have a bunch of moringa seeds, unfortuntely they are not sprouting, i've had it for 2 years, could it go bad, old and stale?

[@ecoranchusa]

All seed's viability lowers as it ages.

[@anndorthor4635]

I have lousy soil what I have been doing is drilling 14 inch round holes 4 feet deep, then cut trench to fit 2 inch tubing with holes three quarters up then wrap geo fabric around the out side to keep soil out at angle to the bottom of the hole and sticks out of the ground about 14 inch's then use gallon plastic bottles cut the bottoms off and tie it to the top of the tube as a funnel, I fill the hole with layers gypsum, soil and wetting agent between each layer of, animal manure, kitchen scraps, grass, and tree pruning's from chipping, leave it compost and plant my trees, when I get rain I put a cap of liquid wetting in each tube this helps the water to penetrate the sub soil. cheers

[@srinigypsy]

young moringas roots can make nice horseradish you need more water for good seed pods. bury old wood,cactus etc around the tree to retain moisture

[@davidbloch5370]

Put goldfish in to fertilize. Love your show keep up the good work.

[@MrCarmelo1204]

A newbie on your channel....love it..

[@normahogarth6695]

I seen a cooking show that was somewhere in Southeast Asia. They cooked Moringa leaves like you do spinach. And they fix them most every day.

[@meshkamerusso9198]

!! Moringa hot tea drink every morning , but how good it is for your health or business ?.

[@GailBecker-MSED-CM-Author]

I love it!

[@aheadsup6492]

Hey just found your channel and im glad i did. Yeah im one of those folks looking for something that is possible in few areas and thats one of them. Any first i heard of moringa some more research might be in order and i liked the fish idea. I have subscribed but dont comment much. Peace.

[@CharlesCarabott]

I'm planning a small moringa forest here in Malta. Moringa is almost completely unknown here except to the Philippine community which is quite large. I hear my phillipine friends complaining they don't find moringa here. Sounds like a way to make some money for me and at the same time provide something others need

[@williamchamberlain2263]

Great to see how strong they're growing. Question on the native vegetation: have there been any trials of fencing off areas for natural regeneration? - no intervention except fencing with mouse- and rabbit- proof mesh, and then letting the existing native seeds germinate, sprout, and grow for a handful of years without heavy grazing by mice, rats, rabbits, and so on.

[@ecoranchusa]

Not that I am aware of. The rabbits are a terrible danger to any vegetation here. I am told by our County Agent that if we just remove the creosote bush, native seeds will germinate though. This can be an issue too however, as much of those pants are grasses that will grow, then dry out in drought, causing a huge fire danger!

[@foamformbeats]

I think the roots can even be used! Be careful with that and the seeds though especially. Just have to be aware of the preparation procedures etc.,

[@Michael-ft3rc]

I would kill the shit out of that chicken at 20:12 thru 20:55 lol. And I think you do a wonderful job out there! Robert Earl if someone hates you they have a problem. You're to much of a likeable person for someone to dislike. Remember this quote "if you don't like me & still watch everything I do, you're a fan" ;)

[@ecoranchusa]

I did kill that rooster and many of the others. Still, they gather around when I am "crowing" and they add their voices!

[@CharlesCarabott]

I live in a zone 11 area but we have a few nights in winter that might go down to 4C / 40F. Will moringa go dormant in these conditions?

[@ecoranchusa]

They seem to take a couple of cold nights fine. But with cold days too, they will go dormant.

[@u007foshay]

Thanks for all the great videos. Can I add MORINGA to my **CHICKEN FEED?** If so, how would you incorporate it as a "percentage" in the feed for corn, soy, etc.? Thanks.

[@ecoranchusa]

Moringa is 45% protein, so you can substitute it for soy...... IF your birds will eat it. Mine will only eat it if I dry the leaves and mix that is their feed. Moringa can be a huge money saver for any livestock and I recommend everyone learn all they can about it!

[@EmmanuelAchileIdoko]

Maximum composition should be 4% of feed

[@foamformbeats]

Wheatgrass juicing is amazing for the body and also easy/cheap to grow! Do people brew kombucha out there?

[@ecoranchusa]

I think some folks do make kombucha here. Those types of foods are not MY thing, so we do not. Wheatgrass would be too difficult to grow here and Moringa is not, so we have to go that way, but all are great foods!

[@tracyjamestavares3255]

In some shots , we see green ground cover go way back to distance . Is there anything good out there ?. Hows your water retention projects ?. Very much luck to you an yours

[@ecoranchusa]

For the most part, that green is Creosote Bush, an invasive, opportunistic plant that has taken over most of the desert areas now. When the 19th century cattle ranchers over-grazed this area and the rest of the SW, the cows ate all the good grass and spread Creosote seeds around, they took over. The are pretty much evergreen, do they make it LOOK lush, but they actually produce a chemical (creosote?) that poisons the soil around the base of the plant so nothing else can grow. The good news is remove the creosote and the grasses return on their own, the bad new is creosote is hard to eradicate!As far a surface water retention, we have not done anything else this year. The check dam below the Moringa forest will hold up to 2000 gallons for several days after a rain and that has made the areas below the check dam very green. But there is a lot of creosote there to remove.

[@richardlwellington]

Good stuff. But I think you should consider to Implement the Back to Eden method, by Paul Gautschi. If you can get free wood chips and just start covering the ground and leave the small rocks. I think it would be very beneficial to you.

[@ecoranchusa]

No wood chips in the desert.

[@rodrickadams5639]

I have seen some sites on Utube for getting water from the dew at night it's " Warka Water towers harvest drinkable water from the air" on site (Dezeen) and your soil could benefit from charcoal char and mushroom mysilium to build up the soils nutrients your water system could water the trees and a garden other types of water catchers the dew is materials that could be set up like tent sides giving some shade for crops to not be burned up I hope you benefit from this building the soils up with the mysilium and the char holding the water in the ground to give it a chance to root and make a lattice structure thanks for listening Rod Adams

[@ecoranchusa]

We don't have enough humidity nine months of the year for dew harvesters to be of any help.

[@captsam54]

Love Moringa... Discovered it down in the islands... That and Guanabana.. (Sour Sop) The Moringa seed pods that are dried out can filter water.... Then you lost me with the Ramen Noodles... lol.. 600 mls of sodium??

[@ecoranchusa]

ELECTROLYTES!!! You can drink all the water you can, but without electrolytes, it flushes out the salts and you STILL will suffer heat exhaustion and worse! I had two bouts earlier this Spring. Not only did my doctor endorse the ramen, he has me making a Gatorade-like drink AND drinking a minimum of 1.5 quarts of that a day. I may well be the only 65 year old you ever meet, whose doctor ORDERED him to add salt to his diet!!!!

[@captsam54]

HUH.... I was stationed in Korea in the army back when Loved Ramen.. Maybe I will take it up again....

[@angiekrajewski6419]

Do you do compost?...with humanure?...wonder if you coukd buy manure and or compost to make it easier to start off?...

[@ecoranchusa]

We don't compost here. We feel it is to dry and we cannot afford to add water. The chickens, or rocket stove get all our waste. I love the CONCEPT of humanure. But how safe it is is dependent on HUMANS being conscientious, which they are not always! I feel the cholera risk is too great, so we have gone with a septic system.

[@aheadsup6492]

Yeah i love the concept of humaure as well and im sure some folks (Paul Wheaten etc) have it masted. Unfortunately Folks who are on medications, and we all know how toxic those can be, have that to deal with. So for me i would consider humanure maybe only as a part of a larger non edible or decorative compost if a way such as eco-ranch mentioned wouldn't work for you

[@angiekrajewski6419]

eco-ranch.us yes ...your right ..i know a youtube channel that you might know Doug and stacy..off grid also..but in missouri which makes the whole difference..they have water ..and plenty of saw dust ,,etc all it takes to have very healthy humanure ..besides the fact that they live a very healthy life....and they have been doing ir since so many years with very good vegetables results... A pity that there is a lack of water...have you heard of this man in africa...that have planted for 30 years ..in this part of his village that had turned into a desert...and he has been planting trees ...everyday ...watering them a little bit to began with..and so on til now what was ,.nothing....now became a forest with all sorts of animals coming back and with the trees a eco system came back ,,and stops the clouds .,which means water by raining came back ,,etc et. ..all other villagers treated him as a crazy person but now they praise him ..he saved the village...you did a great job..so much to think of..and it isn’t easy with health issues...keep it up....thanks for sharing..

[@kelvinalston1128]

maybe a super heavy mulching of wood chips would help that seems to be a lot of help to people growing food forest

[@ymimad49]

I had constant headaches, doctor couldnt find any reason. I began taking moringa powder capsules just for nutrition and within days found my headaches gone. OVer a year now and still no headaches. so it must have been my diet was missing nutrition that cause the headaches. I love moringa.

[@ecoranchusa]

Adding any "super food" to the Western diet causes great improvements. That is how BAD our diets are! Congratulations on the changes!

[@charliedelpilar6473]

Do you also dry it in the air sir for your duck and chicken.? I have heard that vitamins in moringa will disappear or lost if we do sun drying.

[@ecoranchusa]

This is true. We dry ours in the shade, as is done in Africa.

[@davidb9708]

More mulch under meringas. enjoyed.

[@ecoranchusa]

As long as the chickens are free-ranging, they dig out any mulch, anywhere. Give me another year o get them penned up.

[@ecoranchusa]

He has spelled it differently that we do in the West. MORINGA is the spelling and you can watch my videos on it, or one of the 200 or so others have posted.

[@gogreenprojects7708]

we miss your videos

[@ecoranchusa]

KZbin friends! I have been off the air for several months for two reasons: 1) I took a few months off to work on the house construction 2) Our computer is very old and will no longer recognize any camera or card or anything USB. We need a new one before going back on KZbin. We won't have the money to do this until October unless, we raise it somehow! Since so many of you have asked about where we are, I have created a FACEBOOK FUNDRAISER to raise the money sooner than October. If you miss our videos and want to see us back soon, you can go to the channel main page and donate anything there, or go directly to the fundraiser page and donate there. It is not a lot of money, so anything, however small will help. Here is the link: facebook.com/donate/267473988494429/ See you all soon...... I HOPE!!!

[@ravincathomestead-cecilia2894]

Just came by and noticed your channel . l did enjoy it and wondering about the seeds, do you sell them. l am on a limited budget and l would like one or two seeds if l can get them from you. Please let me know. Thank you.

[@ecoranchusa]

Sorry, I don't have any seed this season! Very poor results with the moringa

[@ravincathomestead-cecilia2894]

@@ecoranchusa l am so sorry that you had a poor season, hope you recover real soon, take care and be well

[@pn3940]

Hi. you've mentioned about the land brokers online. I've seen ads online in Sierra Blanca and surrounding areas. I'm considering but dubious about these ads. I'm not near those areas, so coming out to look first isn't practical. What can you suggest I could do?

[@ecoranchusa]

If you would be comfortable taking a wife sight unseen, then you may be happy buying land sight unseen. Otherwise, you need to look at the land first. If you cannot go to see it, then the timing is wrong.

[@ruthespy1576]

Be very careful of those ads. My husband and I visited the Sierra Blanca area a couple of times looking at properties. The first 5 acres we looked at was up a terrible road and in the middle of what looked like a shanty town. Another advertised good maintained road's, but our car barely made it in. Another advertised electricity on the property, but that was not the case. I suggest making a list of several properties and taking the time to visit the area.

[@Moe-sx6ss]

U can use tooth brush to brush on flowers, then u will get more fruit pots.

[@ecoranchusa]

That may be our future if the bees continue to decline!

[@ganeshbasyal8538]

now a days we also planting Dhabkhola Barangdi Palpa Nepal

[@edwardseaton2902]

The powder called "mana" from the bible could have been Moringa .....food for thought

[@ram1brn]

you could try hand pollinating im in southwest nm and i seem to be lacking bees also usually they will come drink at my ponds but very few this year

[@ecoranchusa]

I have been hand pollinating my melons and squash this year. The tomatoes seem to be getting pollinated somehow. We too get thirsty bees, but I have not seen one in my garden!

[@danskisbees7348]

I lost two beehives this year and can't figure out why. They call it colony collapse disorder because no one can figure it out, I did everything right, they were strong hives. Probably pesticides.

[@rittaslusher2369]

thanks for sharing .. very informative..only one suggestion you need to work on the soil with your horse poo more or it seems to me.. a place far south of you that seems to have worked a lot of horse into parts of his place and I think he has used mulch (what kind) i donot know only seen the place on tv..just thoughts you are doing wonders keep it up

[@ecoranchusa]

I have not put very much effort into the gardening because of the need to complete the structures. We will amend the soil we use when I can address it better though! Thank you for commenting!

[@homertalk]

Are there Hawks around there that can get the chickens?

[@ecoranchusa]

There are a few hawks, but with a number of roosters always on watch, sounding the alarm about every strange bird in the sky, they cannot get close enough to catch one.

[@patriciahazeltine9986]

They all need wood chips and compost!!

[@ecoranchusa]

Dries up and blows away out here.

[@onlyoriginal6399]

Hello, How many days can you water? Thank you!

[@ecoranchusa]

I found that if I water a little bit, every other day, they grow best HERE.

[@onlyoriginal6399]

Do you drop water every day?

[@sjr7822]

Iust put Moringa seeds on my Amazon wish list for the next order Has a lot of protein. I can't eat animal protein without kidney pain, but, so far I can handle vegetable protein.

[@ecoranchusa]

We love moringa!

[@foamformbeats]

Did the lotus end up growing?

[@ecoranchusa]

The lotus did not. The Kang Kong completely overwhelmed it! We will try again when the "swamp" is completed in the greenhouse. Lotus seeds can keep for centuries!

[@davidb9708]

Your short stubby first maranga,.... look at gardening as gambling and truly enjoy your wins, first marqnga treat like bonsia?

[@ecoranchusa]

Our MORINGA trees are in their third year without replanting. They come back in late Spring and grow to 12 feet by November, so yes, bonsai...… if bonsai grow to 12 feet!

[@candisbrendel7396]

GROW SOME FLLOWERS DUDE, THE BEES WILL FIND YOU IF YOU GROW FLOWERS THE BEES LIKE!! SAVE YOUR SHOWER WATER, AND MAKE SWALES ON YOUR LAND WHERE EVER THE WATER RUNS WHEN IT RAINS. YOU LOOK OK ENOUGH TO PILE SOME SOIL UP AND BLOCK THE WATER AND MAKE IT GO DEEP INTO THE SOIL!! JUST SAYING, OLD ONE LEGGED JOSEPH T.

[@ecoranchusa]

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, SENOR ALL CAPS????? My 160 videos show us doing ALL that and much more, including setting up bee posts for our solitary pollinators. Our one acre cactus garden provides flowers for the pollinator from Spring to Fall, as Nature intended in this desert. Thanks, but we got all that seven years ago!