How Much Food Can I Grow Around My House?

[@atenadurham2172]

This lady is FANTASTIC! So much inner peace and love for nature in an urban area. I love her way of really starting to change things! Thank you for your video! Both of you!

[@buckfastbee]

Whow, this video is really inspiring! I love the whole PeakMoment series because Janaia let's the people talk, it is like listening to friends. Thank you! ,-)

[@lkhfun6575]

This is one of my favorite Peak Moments. You and Robyn find the best folks to share their stories. So inspiring. Thanks.

[@ertyderty7]

I love her rain collection system.

[@silbernagelm]

I watch this video at least one a quarter! Thank you so very much for taking the time to produce such a fine quality teaching tool. For two years now I have been working toward self sustainability, and gathering information from where ever I could find it. This video has enlarged my vision. Thank you!

[@dionysusstar]

Loved this episode!! So many of us live in an urban setting with limited land space, it's great to see someone being successful on this scale on so many different levels of sustainability.

[@cookingupastory]

Kudos to Judy and all who participated in this life changing 'experiment'. Very cool what she was able to create in order to collect the rainfall. I'm working towards what she is doing, but it's on a MUCH smaller level, at this point, but will grow big over time. Thanks for posting.

[@katiatomsk]

The statement about it being fun, is a good statement. We had so much fun with our little garden this year. Our summer was so hot that came on early, that our garden did not do as well as it could have. But, we just left it all and so much has started producing again, in September. So we are harvesting again.

[@brocurt1]

I've been re-watching many of the videos because of the new outlook I've come into because of some of your more recent guests and the realization that we already are in decline and we need to learn how to live in this world as many of our foundations collapse. Judy is a real inspiration. I love it that she takes what she learns and uses it, and then shares what she has learned with those around her in her community. She is going to be on top of things as our world is changing. Thanks.

[@lavenderdawnstar]

For a great follow up to see what she has accomplished, look for the video "How Many Community Gardens" to see where she has taken this start.

[@chenderhan]

Awesome! I love the project for all the reasons of self-sufficiency and environmentalism and all that, but I love most that Judy just decided to see "what if?"

[@peakmoment]

The guys are gardening, too. Take a look at Peak Moment #51 "An Experiment in Backyard Sustainability", with Scott McGuire; #106 on Community Gardens with Patrick Marcus; #117 with Bicycling Horticulturalist Ryan Nassichuk; and our latest #123 "Cultivating a Suburban Foodshed" with Owen Dell.

[@heindlwest]

It's nice to see someone who stands by her scruples and invests in her world a fairly non-intrusive method to conserve resources. This lady is doing something and good for her. I hope more follow.

[@gregmitchell7600]

This is true quality programming. They were so into the system of organic gardening. The bees making the garden produce more, made me certain that I will have a hive.

[@jlouracagiwaydin3264]

How could anyone ''dislike'' this? Makes absolutely no sense. Me - I loved watching this again! After 2/3 years? Just as inspiring as per the first viewing. And, thrilled - think I will soon be relocating to P.T. as well. Ready to...see how much I can grow, barter, and share:-) Thank you, wonderful women!

[@MrLoverThe]

This is the video that started my interest in permaculture and sustainable living. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@Cdngardengirl]

Really enjoyed this one. Judy got me interested in vermicomposting and expanding my rain barrel systems, and I set up mason bee houses in my mini orchard. Thanks.

[@gladmama]

Peakmoment/Judy, thanks for this video, very inspiring and informative, nice to see highly dedicated people like July encouraging growers and non growers to keep growing and aspire for more. Thanks a mill.

[@TheHiTechRedneck]

I am utterly in love with this series of vids. THANK YOU, for posting these up. Admittedly, upon viewing the nomenclature, I was a bit skeptical. But after watching several of your vids, I'm excited. You're showing how normal, everyday folk are contributing to the ethic of sustainability. Whether it be a rental house garden chock full of edible and medicinal plants or a unique, homemade, gravity-feed rain-water cache system, your videos exemplify what true, individual sustainability IS.

[@hippytreehugger4ever]

Those rain barrels are freaking awesome :-)

[@peakmoment]

We taped a follow-on conversation with Judy about her work to create neighborhood gardens within walkable distance, all around her community. It's "How Many Community Gardens?" episode 198.

[@xs0heavenly]

This is great! I can't tell you enough how much this video series has inspired me. Thank you so much!

[@mamalovesthebeach437]

This type of living is so critical . . . we are much too dependent on outside food sources than is sane. We moved to a tiny lot so my ability to grow is greatly diminished but I can still grow much of the greens we can consume. I've learned from the 'preppers' and store beans, legumes, rice and quinoa. We have a chest freezer and I have a cache of soups, fruit, pesto, nuts and seeds stored. I'm looking to do more ~ thanks so much for the interview and tour ~ very inspiring!

[@lightenupyourlife]

Hi Richard, I never weighed the total produce from a year... although a member of a community garden nearby did, and she easily harvested 500 pounds from that garden. For me, I "measure" according to my needs being fulfilled, and in that regard, I annually have ample potatoes, winter squash, kale, broccoli, onions, garlic, shallots, apples, pears, (both fresh and dried), plums, jam from plums, dried tomatoes, and all the spring/summer/fall greens, cukes, tomatoes, etc that I can eat, fresh...

[@flowerchild777]

LOVE this watering system! Thx for sharing. I look forward to seeing other similar videos.

[@iWh15tl3]

This is amazing!!! i congratulate you Judy this is incredible i definitely would LOVE to do this in the future.

[@carlagarrett3244]

I go back to this one repeatedly for inspiration. I finally 'retired' and was able to move to a double lot I could afford near family.... this summer the challenge begins!

[@patricianunez4025]

Carla Garrett I would love to hear your progress. I created a no-dig cottage garden Spring of 2017. Was hoping for greater results but guess it takes time to build up the soil.

[@carlagarrett3244]

I will do!

[@bpmca69]

Great show. Great tips. I'll send a link out to friends with land. Keep it up. Love the bees.

[@peakmoment]

Folks into permaculture have made a good start at doing these things. More of these technologies and practices are showing up. Go for it!

[@dorothymcleod1]

I'd love to see more like this ..what an amazing lady!

[@peakmoment]

The classes she spoke of are from the Northwest Earth Institute (which has study groups all over the country). For NYC, also look for permaculture classes.

[@Steltunes]

This was very inspiring to watch!

[@Amarlee]

fantastic garden / sustainable project ... thank you so much for sharing

[@crumb9cheese]

2015 and its still relavant. Loved this urban farm

[@have_a_nice_day7529]

I started growing tomatoes this year. I have a lemon tree that produces fruit all year. I have some eggplant starting to grow....the BEST part of all of this - picking the fruit and delivering them to my neighbors. First they are completely caught off guard by my visit after only waving hi and goodbye for a decade. Second their eyes light up seeing the fruit grown in my yard and third and most importantly, we talk...and talk. I would guess that in every neighborhood there are many, many people from all over the world like in mine...Russian, Algerian, Vietnamese, Palestinian..and on and on. It's a cool thing to listen to others and their stories...all over little tomatoes.

[@suneetsalvi1200]

Total respect. I am about do something similar but on a larger scale in India. God Bless Suneet Salvi

[@peakmoment]

Thank you, lishana. We love that you watch them!

[@lightenupyourlife]

I do both: preserve food by canning, drying, freezing things; I also grow what I can, all year: kale, leeks, carrots, beets, broccoli. I expand my knowledge each year growing new storage crops, (this year, garbanzo beans, lentils, last year, popcorn,Tibetan purple barley), while also trying new things to preserve. I want to can salsa and soups this year. Early on I learned to dry most fruits, although I also exchange my extra berries with a local fisherman friend for salmon! I love that!

[@dianehall5345]

Judy, just discovered your channel. I'm not on the net very often, as we are 4th generation NH Farmers. Busy life, doing all those things you talk about. Yes-Yes, people have been lulled into thinking that all is well and if not, our government will rescue us. I'm not convinced and at 68, as an Original Mother Earther, I have seen the hand writing on the wall. My husband Jim and I built a new home in 2016 at the base of our main family farm. We are set up to take advantage of the grid for as long as it lasts. Then we can switch to cooking on our 1930 Home Comfort kitchen wood stove and living off-grid, in a 1935 NH lifestyle. My brother-in-law raises grass fed beef, commercial hays and logs on our 350 acres. None of us are under 65. I'm learning and using the OLD WAYS, in order to live as sustainably as possible.

[@saronaalesana684]

Wow, I love your rainwater catchment system. Very inventive. I wanna do something like thiat. Thanks for the video. Awesome

[@richardspringer55]

Wow, so inspiring. Getting into this home farming is great!

[@mushymcsquishy]

this is wonderful. i wish i had more than a tiny apartment! but anyway, i also found it delightful to see such happy, healthy chickens. :D i hope to see more people following your example.

[@heavymechanic2]

Doing for yourself has been forgotten with the ease of going to Safeway as you mentioned. There are a lot of preppers who are attempting to re-learn the old ways of survival. It irritates me to see the younger generations who demand government assistance such as food stamps who are too lazy to try to grow a garden or attempt to provide for their family. These are the same people who believe compost is an eyesore and worthless, have no concept of recycling trash into something useful. I work with a worm bin and a small garden and some containers to grow food every year. Sometimes it does not work out, but at least I tried to produce something myself.. Great informative video!

[@WaskiSquirrel]

Her irrigation system was fascinating. I have been paying attention to my gutters lately to keep water out of my basement. But, I got to thinking that it would be great to be able to save the water and put it on my garden. In western North Dakota, water is a big deal! I like her system of barrels. It's much simpler than my idea. Now I have to decide how to get that water to my garden. I was also fascinated by her worm farm. I love the way she simply buried it with a lid. I like that idea much better than what I do now: burying it in the garden with hope.

[@lizzyanthus1]

I would love to have a follow up video on how Judy is doing these days. I am so impressed on all she has accomplished. I really really like the chickens. :) Bees would be awesome too, but I'm allergic to their sting, so probably not a good idea for me to have them. I do think it was remarkable how much having them increased her yield. Again thank you for this very well done and informative video.

[@boxa888]

thanks for the great video! this is great! we should all start doing this, especially with this uneasy economy! fruit trees as well! thanks peak moment!

[@peakmoment]

Many areas have university cooperative extension services, sometimes called Agricultural Extension, that were created to help rural enterprises. You'd need to check in your own area. You can sometimes find 55 gallon plastic wine barrels (used) that can work.

[@peakmoment]

Port Townsend gets 14 inches of rain per year -- in winter only. She saves what she can in barrels. And yes, she is using drip irrigation. I realize one can go further and build underground water storage.

[@universallyinsync]

I miss my ability to have a garden. I expect to have a balcony next year and I'll grow tomatoes and salad-lettuce and herbs grown in stackable food-grade containers (Lowes). Back in the stone-age, when my youngest was born, we ate salad all summer and into the fall-we were living on $305 a month then! I love this idea...like Victory Gardens.

[@orsie200]

Great video...I learned a lot. I am committed to having a great garden this year. We garden organically.

[@peakmoment]

Thanks so much--that's exactly what we're hoping to do with all of our Peak Moment shows: inspire people that they can become more self-reliant, and besides get healthier food, energy less dependent on foreign oil, and closer communities.

[@Shadowrom]

2nos. 4feetX4feet coup that neatly fits the last plot and is automatically fertilised by the chickens. We have sunshine all year round so, our harvests are roughly double of what you get in colder climates. The most important concept in this sort of compact gardening is to always know the right seeds to plant for maximum harvest. I usuully get them seeds from the local Agri University.

[@deborahmouser]

This is incredible! I intend to try a lot of this myself- though being in the city it may get complicated. Have to start somewhere!

[@Seodotcom]

self sufficiency.. I love it.

[@iowanne]

I sure would love it if you would have shown HOW you grew your potatoes and explain how you grew the cauliflower. That type of information would be a way to help people to learn how to do the same. One person at a time. If you have a web site with your growing instructions I would love to check it out. Thanks

[@Automedon2]

What an articulate and passionate woman.

[@PeakOilBoy]

Janaia, you are a hero! (And Robin, too!)

[@jzinius]

Thank you for this wonderful video, I enjoyed it and very inspiring! Best to you!

[@artravision]

I so love your interviews.

[@kaisenji]

There are fast growing tomato varieties for cool weather too. Same for cucumbers-look for varieties that work for cool weather.

[@permacultureli]

Janaia, how beautiful it is to experience the power and beauty of womankind in many of your interviews... it is delightful to see how women like you and your guests bring a special gentle light to the whole range of earth nurturing and life-preserving ideas and practices. It is almost like a flourishing of a holistic feminism, inspiring to all of us humans.

[@AlexisHopeBambii]

Inspiring! Bees, worms, chickens & irrigations systems, all awesome. But I would have liked to find out just how much food was produced. Or how much was supplemented. I've only progressed to the worm part, about to embark on bees. But am curious to find out just how independent you can be(e) by all this.

[@qualqui]

Wow,what the rest of us are missin' out on! Since viewin' from the start like i felt an attraction to the great outdoors, so i guess the easy part is mother earth is in each and every one of us, just gotta let her grow and be beautiful! 5 stars peakmoment and thank you very much for sharin' this AWESOME vid!=)

[@emmiwemmy]

Bees are awesome! The expense that is involved was a bit shocking and it has kept me from pursuing it... until I found out about Top bar hives... Really, it is virtually free, and lets the bees live and build naturally. Not for everyone perhaps, but it is worth checking out if you want to keep bees but don't want to spend money on conventional equipment that you really don't need.

[@grofys]

@3bdura7man i would check with a roofer to see what kind of sealant or other treatment is used on flagstone or ceramic roofs. also, for those with wood shingle roofs, i forgot to mention above that a fire retardant is applied to the wood, so that might be a concern.

[@peakmoment]

A few commenters are name-calling. I want a tone of respect. Stop I'll remove your comments and ban you from the channel. You know who you are.

[@Magickirk1]

kwo dell?

[@donnalawson264]

thanks for putting that tone of respect for your neighbor out there I just hate the bickering that has become a part of evey website you go to. After 25 years of having a beautiful home and garden I now live in a food desert in a tiny dingy dark apartment but oh joy I have a sunny front balcony. I've always had gardens last year I decided to see if I could have success with vegetables in pots on my balcony. My rule whatever I plant must be organic like everything I grow. Not every thing was a success but many were. I didn't buy tomatoes till September. I also had strawberries greens peas, peppers and herbs. All on my balcony in large black plastic pots. I did end up using neem oil, the area I live in has heavy pesticide users and pest and disease are persistent and difficult to control, along with the neem oil it took a lot of hand removal of aphids and tiny green caterpillars which I ended up doing daily. In April I'll be moving from WA State and returning to California.. I'm not sure where in the state I'll actually be moving to you can bet the first 2 things I'll be doing is unpacking my books and planting a garden. I'm not sure if I'll have space for a garden but you can bet I will be either planting in well tilled soil or the organic soil in my pots.

[@sislertx]

+Donna Lawson wonderful you are trying. I watched a video about people who made bags of soil right next next to their front door. thry grew fast greens snd potatoes...and other crops when before thry could not even get anything . another group went to the top of their building and used thrown away containers and hydroponics too....and grew fish and veggies and made money too.

[@debbieellison4711]

Sislertx a

[@UPGardenr]

Thanks for posting

[@akoanani]

thanks for uploading I learned a lot

[@peakmoment]

If you enjoyed this Peak Moment video, be sure to also watch #51 "An Experiment in Back Yard Sustainability" and #100 "Suburban Permaculture with Janet Barocco and Richard Heinberg"

[@Sudschick610]

@peakmoment Yes I saw everything and learned a lot, but I REALLY was looking forward to a tour of her garden beds. I'm a visual person, so I learned a lot; especially about her watering system, but oh well. :)

[@peakmoment]

Judy says: garlic, corn, basil, broccoli, cauliflower, strawberries, marion berries, blueberries, arugula, tah tsai, cilantro, spinach, zucchini, shallots, carrots, parsnips, leeks, asparagus, beans, cucumbers, dill, thyme, oregano, rosemary, parsley, sage, artichokes, rhubarb, plums, peaches, 2 kinds each of cabbages (red & green), kale, raspberries, beets, peas, pears, cherries 3 kinds each of apples, tomatoes, & potatoes 4 kinds each of winter squash & onions 6 kinds of lettuces Whew.

[@rosemarymurray8256]

This is fantastic! I have a quarter of acre and I'm going to do this !😀😀😀😀

[@80Manzanita]

This is an inspiration. Do you have to preserve food for winter or are you able to grow all year around?

[@pgm98387]

Exactly, this is my intention for getting rid of my lawns and planting fruit trees!!

[@oldhacks]

ive been waiting and waiting for this topic

[@butterflymagicwithhottea9291]

Thank you for posting.

[@JDXanith]

Okay. The conversation seemed cut off thought maybe there was another section. Thanks for responding.

[@grofys]

@peakmoment well, since fungus(i forgot to list this) is also a concern, i'm not sure. some wood shingles are asphalt-based and/or contain a fungicide which is supposed to be toxic. i was wondering about slate roofs as well. fecal matter is also a concern with roof runoff but since cats and birds usually use veg gardens for toilets, what's the difference?

[@jamesallenbaker1]

peakmoment: fantastic channel & videos

[@peakmoment]

Thanks James! Hope you subscribe to our channel. Visit our website for a tag cloud where you can choose to watch videos on your favorite topics. peakmoment.tv. ~Janaia

[@flyonthewall75]

Very awesome, i was born and raised in Port Townsend and now have a landscape co. in super beautiful Port Ludlow. need some volunteers?

[@peakmoment]

@grofys thanks for this information. Is this true for wood shingle roofs as well?

[@timboggio667]

Hi. She mentioned she bought her barrels at the Extension Services. Where is this place? Can you give me some guidance? Thank you.

[@Canm4]

Wow this is amazing stuff..going back to the basics is so much better than waiting in long lines at Wal-Mart. I have sp much to learn. Whats the best way to start?

[@growingNokc]

Today I was contemplating making a video about the difference between passive resource use (ie how is use the land in my back yard to grow food) vs. active resource use (ie how we use non-renewable resources from the earth). And how we need to transition from an active, detrimental, resource society into a more passive resource society. Now, I know that I MUST make a video about this!

[@peakmoment]

Peak Moment Conversations are produced by two folks in California. We traveled along the Pacific coast in 2006 taping programs like this one, which is in Port Townsend, WA. We also taped programs in Vancouver and Vancouver Island, B.C. You can learn more and subscribe to our e-newsletter at peakmoment(dot)tv.

[@Beardy-plays]

It doesn't matter what your gender, I'm just glad to see people getting back to nature.. This video is insperational, I am totaly getting a garden going next year.. Any good resouces you could reccomend? websites? books?

[@peakmoment]

@Gusupulus, there's no question those in power will do what they can to use the situation to their advantage, just as you say. But that's a separate issue from the physical dynamics happening around us, including the decline of cheap oil, topsoil, large ocean fish, phosphates for agriculture, and increasing CO2 loads in the atmosphere.

[@learningforself]

I am interested in organic gardening. She spoke about classes or workshops, what was the name of the organization? Hopefully I could attend this in NYC or surrounding areas??? This is new for me I am a city girl , as I get older I'm smoothly move into a lifestyle of gardening and maybe a few animals Thank you this was great!

[@LindaCasey]

A lady after my own heart ... thank you

[@QueenCrystall]

This is just so cool!!! But, how much did it cost? How many of us cann afoord to just do this? I can't, and if I could, I would be planting today.

[@malenazuleha5280]

this video is very inspiring to me...thank you

[@JDXanith]

Is there a part 2 to this? I couldn't find it.

[@eneidialawhead8920]

Good job!

[@nhralph]

Good information that most people can actually use.

[@dandoran59]

@grofys Like to kow where you buy your shingles from! yes they are mmade from those products but did you actually analyse tha water. Its better then the county.

[@peakmoment]

@roymaitland -- thanks for this video on protecting bees from insecticides...colony collapse disorder is very worrisome. Agriculture relies totally on bees and other pollinating insects.

[@peakmoment]

David and lizzyanthus1, We taped 3 shows with Judy when we revisted in 2010. She's expanding her circle of influence, helping form a number of neighborhood gardens, and supporting food producers in nearby communities. Watch here on KZbin: "How Many Community Gardens?" v=K4UN4h2w4bo and "Menu for the Future - Bringing Farmers to the Table" v=eRQyJO8Pl6I She also sold her car and is sharing with another family: "Two Households, One Car" v=We4BGkA-WYE No slouch that gal!

[@kaisenji]

I would like to know if you guys have been down to Southern California? We definitely could use more active people in sustainable living when so many think life ends and begins with a green, perfect, fertilized, dead looking (read: lack of insects) lawn.

[@peakmoment]

Good thinking -- be aware of what you're sending into your local waterway. I suppose runoff from your garden (if you didn't use pesticides) is okay?

[@danielle17250]

love the vido the rain barell set up