Permaculture Principles in an annual garden

Today we clean up, organize, design and expand the annual garden. We're going to take some permaculture principles into this design, such as contour, water flows, energy flows, polycultures, biochar, manures, compost, and more!
Oh, and a quickie before I continue, midway through the video I'm walking up the path next to the pond, pointing out mint along side the path and I say "mint and garlic" when the garlic is Egyptian Walking Onion. My brain and mouth betray eachother sometimes, and my brain thinks Onions and my mouth says garlic. I think it's a funny dyslexia thing maybe?
Also, good news! My land is now officially certified as a wildlife habitat!
What does that mean, in a practical sense?
To be honest, not really a whole lot. However, one thing I'm hoping that it does is that people who walk by see my place as contributing positively to the Earth. Sometimes changing someone's perception of that big woodchip pile, or all those weedy looking plants like Dandelions that I leave growing in my lawn and garden... maybe it is the trigger that opens their mind, and unplugs them. Worst case? It's a cool sign and it makes me feel good, so "Imma do it."
Then we take a wander around and show more food forest updates. The updates come quick this time of year. Each day is a new tree blooming.
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[@TheWeedyGarden]

Holy moly they were nice asparagus!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thanks David! It's all about that soil building. This is a garden bed that has been in about 20% biochar, compost/manure/soil mix for the other 80% for 5 years now, with a deep mulch of woodchips, and a groundcover of nitrogen fixing clover on top of that, which I chop and drop to the asparagus. Science baby! It works! You know, your understanding of the science is right at the tip top of permaculture producers. High five from across the world, brother!

[@TheWeedyGarden]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy Yum yum! Asparagus paradise. I saw your next vid also 🙏🏻👍

[@carolschedler3832]

Congratulations on your National Wildlife certification!!! 🎉🥳👏🎊

[@kyleor7]

Relieved to see the trees survived!

[@annburge291]

You already know how much I appreciate your garden. It's a slice of paradise that we get a glimpse into. It's looking splendid in it's spring outfit. Is there a way you could keep track of how much you eat out of your annual gardens compared to the food forest section. Perhaps you could have a pad in the kitchen where you give a stroke for each meal that incorporated food from a particular section. The food forest takes up more land area but it has less direct sunlight at ground level. It's already providing you with food. From what you grow, apart from the cucumber, pumpkin and grape leaves, I would end up eating more out of the forest section because of your variety of green leaves, onions, garlic, mushrooms, asparagus, herbs, dandelions. Greenleaffanatic would fit in a bit more kale, wild broccoli, nasturtiums, violets, cabbage or two, green beans, swiss chard, parsley, coriander, celery... I was surprised that you built the annual garden beds up higher than the 'swale wood chip paths. I was expecting you to have them level but the paths with more lose fill for water penetration. I was also surprised to see that the paving stones were only in the paths and not a few in the middle of the beds. A few floating rocks could help with harvesting because of not having to stretch out as far.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

I may see if I can do that. The problem is that I just randomly forage so much from the food forest. I'm out there snacking constantly. Also, I really just don't enjoy that kind of thing, and the last thing I need right now is another chore! So no promises, but I may see if I can track some data to share.

[@threemooseketeersalaska3614]

Wow. That rabbit went to town. I just got apple trees from a nursery and the lady told me to wrap the trees with aluminum foil for the winter.

[@littlehomesteadbythebeach]

Love it! Love it! Love it! Thank you for all that green!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thanks! This season is going to be fantastic.

[@growshakephil]

Planted my “Swale Kale” over the weekend. I love mixing in annuals in permaculture beds.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

I find it impossible to just do rows of plants. Lol

[@armandhammer2223]

Great tip about the comfrey and hostas! I planted my first perennial garden on the long weekend. Looking to learn from my mistakes this year and come back stronger the next.

[@banksarenotyourfriends]

Congratulations on the certification, Tree Hugger!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

🎉 Good to know that's what my son thinks of me lol

[@banksarenotyourfriends]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy I lol'd. There's worse things he could call you I guess! 🙃

[@danhaley4465]

What I would do for an artesian well! Lucky to have that!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

In my land selection video, it's rank #1.

[@williammcduff6531]

Nice to see your food forest and approach evolve over time.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

For sure! The only thing that never changes is change itself.

[@PaleGhost69]

Your land is a better wildlife habitat than the wild.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

LOL

[@PaleGhost69]

Too late now, but I think the tomatoes and cucumbers could've been swapped. The cukes can climb chicken wire a lot easier than tomatoes, plus you could string trellis the tomatoes to the top of the wire trellis.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Yeah, we have some old twine that I will use to help the tomatoes a bit. I used to grow them with A frames and a string hanging down, which worked really well.

[@PaleGhost69]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy Shame that would be a $100 trellis now a days. Oh, you could use branches to make your own teepee trellis for them and use the cages for the cukes to train up and onto the wall.

[@annburge291]

Certainly has a lot more food, clean water and sheltered positions... Says a lot about our natural reserves in the world.

[@MadnessOfOurTime]

Wow I just found out about that cert Yesterday, pretty cool

[@IS-217]

HEY HEY! Nice new gardens guys! Love the rock paths stepping stones and stepped beds, looks great. Watch out for frost tonight! It might hit us, hopefully not too bad. Get some covers on those warm crops overnight just incase, would hate to see all your hard work get zapped with a freeze. Happy to hear your pear tree looking ok after all that rabbit damage. Funny story, the only tree in my food forest that got chewed by a rabbit is the only one showing flowers! A little stress may have pushed it to set fruit I guess? This is the first year for any of my fruit trees to show signs of fruit. (1 of 4) originally planted 2 years ago (2020). My 5th tree is my peach which I planted last summer (2021). All my trees were bare root whips. Its so amazing how fast they transform into trees. I had to look back at my pics to see when I planted my trees. I would've thought it has been longer... I'm kinda surprised actually, and happy, lol. I noticed my blackberry plant and my grapes haven't done much yet this spring, I worry they got too cold this winter? At the same time it is only May, so maybe I'm just getting too excited and impatient lol. The blackberry has started to leaf out but only about 2ft up the cane from the soil level, it has also sent up a couple new canes. What you think about this. I know you have grapes and blackberry, how do yours look? Have your grape vines started popping out leaves yet. Are your blackberry overwintered canes leafing out yet, if so how far off the ground? Thanks for sharing. Always love seeing your property progression. Oh btw, congrats on the wild life certification. I had to look it up after I saw yours, I would love to get one as well. I also looked up the Canadian wildlife certification, I think I'll register with them too! Your property is looking great. The "old man trail" has been getting quite a bit of attention lately, lots of new trees and plants, very exciting. Omg and the chickens, oh man the chickens, it happened Keith, congrats on that victory. I'm still working on my wife ;) lol. I have faith lol, these things take time. Can't wait to see those chickens working hard making compost / fertilizer for your forest. Blah blah blah, lol I do this every time now. (I think I like your channel the best haha) Cheers guys! Happy gardening.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Haha thanks for the awesome comment. I was just planting 40 asparagus down in the old man trail after work tonight. By blackberries and grapes are both leafing out, but only just recently (last few days or so). I have one grape that I think died. I transplanted it from the maple tree where it was getting shaded out (I was hoping I could use it as a trellis, but too much shade), and I don't think it made it. Maybe it will shoot up from below ground, so I'm leaving it for now.

[@IS-217]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy Thanks for the reply. Nice 40 asparagus! Love it. I worry my grape got hurt this winter but I’ll wait and see. I think you warm up just before me where you are. I’m crossing my fingers. I had it trained up my entry arbor it looked great last summer I got my first bunch of grapes last year. Fingers crossed I guess. If it’s not meant to be there then so be it. I guess I’ll have to buy another one, more cold hardy. Too bad eh. I hate buying new plants….. Hahaha gotcha. Cheers man.

[@juliehorney995]

So inspiring! Thank you.

[@ninemoonplanet]

I'm severely limited in space, so I can only use above ground planting, but I still put a small pile of soil on tarp, then added green and brown material to it. My planting is all small pots, so I collected twigs and cut them small enough to fit the bottoms. I looked at the difference between "perlite" and vermiculite, understood vermiculite is produced by extreme heat, adding to the GHG, so I am using coir and perlite. Some people are not convinced that "vermiculture compost tea" is worth the time and effort. I only know it's definitely benefited a few fruit trees here on the "WET" coast with a record cold spring. I added the tea to both the base and foliage, blossoms are greater in number. The one major improvement I made was a small box with flowering plants. If nothing else, the fungi will be plentiful this spring.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thanks. I like most of that, but not growing on the tarp. I would be careful doing that due to contaminating the soil with microplastics as the tarp breaks down. That is, unless the tarp is more like an EPDM liner which is really stable. But then you'd need to poke holes it it for drainage. Myself I'd rather just skip the tarp all together.

[@jennifer6198]

Nice! The organic veg farm I work on offered me a rental on their 10 acres. This means I'll live there & get to start my mini food-forest! B.C.🇨🇦

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Awesome I'm so happy for you. You've wanted this since you first came here! Congrats

[@BarnBootsandCountryRoots]

It is looking great! Congrats on the designation for wildlife. Love Will’s narration 🤣. I am starting to plant some of my stuff. I can’t wait to see our new food forest in a couple of years!

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

Brothers from a different mother, I tell ya! How often do you say something and I'm like, "Yep, I was thinking the very same thing!"

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Nice.

[@prokhorovkuntsevich]

Hello! Thank you so much for the video! I watched a lot of your episodes with pleasure, as I also grow a forest garden. Helped a lot! You are a wonderful person, and you also have very beautiful children! I wish you peace and harmony. Sincerely, Sergey.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thanks Sergey!

[@veronicajacobi8779]

funny, YAY TREE HUGGERS

[@vonries]

Good luck this season.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Cheers 🍻

[@coarsegoldguy7414]

Congrats on the Wildlife Habitat certification. That's awesome!

[@formidableflora5951]

The smaller tomato cages work well for determinate tomato varieties if you pound a tallish stake between concentric rings. Tall cylinders of concrete reinforcing wire make great cages for indeterminate varieties and last for years and years.

[@melanieallen8980]

love your walking stones.the pond is amazing!!Inspiring video.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thanks Melanie 😊

[@whereswendy8544]

You are certainly being blessed for all your hard work and dedication to such a beautiful environment. It has been so chilly and rainy here on Vancouver Island, but things are coming along slowly. I'm happy to live vicariously through your awesome vids.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thanks! Pretty cold here today, dipping down to 4C overnight. I hope that's as cold as it gets. If not, I have backups if things don't survive tonight, but hopefully they will all be okay. If they are okay tonight, we should be good to go, weather for the rest of the month is looking fantastic.

[@MartinaSchoppe]

Wow, awesome asparagus! 😯 I planted mine only last year and have to wait at least another year for the first harvest, but they seem to like theri spot so far (interplanted with strawberries). Also congrats on the wildlife award thing!😍 I'd try to get more of those tomato cage thingies and wire them up-side-down to the existing ones. And for the water storing I'd try to find some IBC tanks. They are even stackable AND come with a trellis to train some nice climbers 🙂

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Certification? Thanks 😊 These asparagus were grown in a bed that has been about 20% biochar for 5 years now, and hasn't been amended since. That's a pretty good example of the fertility of biochar I think. They are also SURROUNDED by creeping Charlie, but still pump out huge stalks like this.

[@MartinaSchoppe]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy I hate the keyboard of my lap top. Especially the touchpad. touch it at the wrong spot in the wrong way just the slightest bit and boom, it deletes half of what you've written AND clicks "save" at the same time...

[@logan_black]

Wow, that's amazing! Congratulations on the certification!!! More than well deserved!!! 😀👋👋👋

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Cheers bud

[@tracyleal2609]

Good on you and all your work on the land as well as tutorial videos! You inspire me- and I don’t say that casually! Big hugs.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Awww thanks Tracy 😊

[@julie-annepineau4022]

Congrats on the wildlife cert! Such a happy accomplishment. I just got accepted for the land and house I wanted so I will be starting building my food forest and gardens soon. Will you be doing consults again in the fall/winter?

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

It's possible, I have to see how busy we are.

[@krzysztofrudnicki5841]

I found that slugs much prefer bitter dock than my lettuce and chard. It just popped next to my plants and I just left it to grow. For me it's a good trap plant.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Awesome info!

[@JessicaJLandi]

Wow, this is going to be amazing to see when the veggies take over and you have more produce than you even expected! p.s. - my Canadian-Permaculture-Legacy inspired peach tree & pawpaw tree & asparagus planted last year are all doing well. Looking forward to planting way more trees & bushes.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Haha awesome! 😄

[@annburge291]

What does the wild life certification really mean? It's very nice to be recognised for all your work. In Australia it's illegal to have native animals as pets, but if they come of their own accord and you 'don't feed or restrain them' its OK. My mother has a few wallabies, possums and an echidna or two that have taken up residence.

[@annburge291]

As viewers we have also moved in...

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

I mention it in the video description. It doesn't really mean anything to be honest, but its a good way to pre-empt nosey neighbours who may complain about "weeds" and "messy gardens", "piles of woodchips", etc. That's not a problem for me here, but for more urban areas it can help. It may also help stave off nasty HOAs. I applied for it mostly so neighbours know my place is a little different, and maybe it will start a conversation someday, maybe it will convert someone else to a nature lover, maybe they will stop spraying dandelions with herbicides, etc. Who knows, maybe it does nothing, but maybe it does something that I'll never know.

[@JoelKSullivan]

Congratulations on the wildlife habitat certification! That's pretty awesome! I always enjoy these little tours. Are you considering doing in-person tours this year?

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

I'm open to it, but all my weekends are getting booked up. I tried to book a weekend with a lifelong friend who I haven't seen in 5 years, and we only had like 3 days available!!

[@JoelKSullivan]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy yeah I get that

[@kittycat3312]

Good gardening inspiration! I was planning to skip planting my annuals this year, because I don't want to work too hard while pregnant. But then so much stuff re seeded itself or was perennial that I'm going to fill it out. I used so much dead leaves and stuff that I think I can get away without tilling!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Congrats! Definitely take it nice and easy and take care of yourself and your baby. The best part about self seeded volunteers is that they are usually super productive since they grew their whole life in their spot.

[@rgb5031]

I Love, Love, Love Your POND & Food Forest, (though I think you may have too much grass area left & too much mowing), ... L@@Ks like you might have room to expand on your Food Forest, which NO doubt You could come up with a few more useful things to grow. LOL.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Haha you and me both! The front ajd backyard grass areas are off limits though LOL. If it were up to me I would have food forest right up to the front door, but we have dogs and kids who want spaces to play, so instead I just seed it to a polyculture (clover, creeping thyme, etc).

[@rgb5031]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy I understand, though Kids do eventually grow up, so eventually you'll get your chance to grow food right outside your front door & won't that be fun! Also I forgot to mention, the beginning of your video, with drone footage, was Excellent!!!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thanks 😊 I have to remember to break out the drone more often. It takes such great B-roll. For some reason the clip thos week was "waving" and rippling. Not sure why, but it was SUPER windy out, and the drone was having a hard time standing still.

[@rgb5031]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy I never even noticed any wind, though I did notice the music & really liked it a LOT!

[@danhaley4465]

What did you use for the ground cover? My food forest is beginning to look a lot more like yours! 35 new trees and berries this spring! Surrounded in comfrey borage nasturtiums calendula etc Thanks for the inspiration!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Awesome! It was a bunch of stuff. Clover, borage, creeping thyme, lupine, bee balm, wood sorrel. Just some random stuff that grows well here, including nitrogen fixing plants, creepers, varying heights. Just something to fill in blank spaces.

[@arexius3]

Even though you probably know, I wanted to stress how important it is to assess the quality of municipal "compost". Most of the time it is just reduced green waste, if you smell any ammonia or other forms of nitrogen gas. Those smells of rotten eggs etc. Also make sure that the composting process is finished and that its temperature came back to ambient for at least a week before putting it onto any beds. Most vegetables need a fungal to bacterial ratio of around 1:1, so do not overdo it with the fungal foods (; Brassicas will actually be killed by mycelium, so no point trying to grow it around this awsome king straphoria. Do you know if I can innoculate pine wood chips with king straphoria? I got a bunch of comfrey cuttings, which I will also use in the same way like you suggest, to keep out the grasses. Save Soil!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Great post. One of my concerns this year is that some of this may be too hot, but worst case is that some plants struggle or die for a bit, and I just replant new stuff. That's one reason I mixed in so much of the "next level" compost, because that stuff has been sitting around for 1.5 years (and was in a horse manure pile for 1 year before that). Some sections I put those mycelium bricks, and I was sure to put them between blank spots for the exact reason you mentioned. A brick of mycelium like that represents a soil ecology of a very late succession food forest, not an emergent grassland ecosystem such that many annual plants would have evolved in. That being said, I want a crop growing out of my woodchips in those gardens, so I do want them in there. Long term I can manage the soil fungal/bacterial component by mainly adding manure and compost when I plant new plants each year, because those beds (with the woodchip mulch) will have all the fungal component they ever need. So it's the bacterial side that will always need topping up. Fantastic post Sam, I can tell you are learning so much from Dr Elaine Inghams course! How great 👍 👌 😀

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

For the pine mulch question, I think it should be fine, because there are pines native all around me, so the mulch I get from arborist will be very heavy in pine chips, and my winecaps thrive. Whether it'd ideal or not I can't tell you, I'm sure something like oak and maple may be ideal, but some pine in there, even heavy pine component, it should be okay.

[@arexius3]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy this is the obvious struggle, but underground it might creat havoc, especially if the oxygen levels are shifting and not strictly aerobic. As it sounded you did not have time, but if you do I suggest you mix your own and the municipal compost and let it rest for around 10 days, so that the organisms from your compost can wipe out the bad guys from the municipal one (: Ever thought of buying a microscope? It is actually quite easy to assess the generals of soil and it is absolutly crucial not to add any pathogens, especially for gardners with limited time (; That sounds great, I suppose it is better to do it like this, as it is much less likely that nutrients will blow off due to wrong bacterial activity. We actually also bought municipal reduced waste, and I think this is what happened. It was back to ambient temperature, but it was clearly lacking of any fungal components and it is too black, meaning that it was anaerobic during composting, which means that the nutrients most likely blew off, which is why our starts where struggling after reaching a certain size. It was all we could get and ones I get my microscop I will check the microbes out (: Oh I absolutly love Elaine, her way of teaching and especially what she teaches. It is permaculture of the soil and the absolute foundation stone to having a healthy ecosystem which has everything it needs, when it needs it and in the amounts it needs 💝

[@arexius3]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy this gives me hope. I will probably try it out 🙏🏻

[@lrrerh8090]

Very cool designation. Congrats! Also, those are monster asparagus! Mine certainly don’t get that big.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

The crazy thing is, they are good almost all the way down. I used to pick them so much earlier because I feared they would get too woody. I only had to cut an inch or 2 off each one of these. The rest went into soup.

[@SgtScourge]

Was that the annual garden space that wasn't doing very well due to the herbicides in the feed that the horses ate?

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Yeah. So far everything is doing pretty good this year. We'll see.

[@The-Ancestral-Cucina]

Thank you for the tour. Everything looks amazing. It is “an exciting time”. Love the crisp new green colour of Spring. Couple of questions: 1. Can Comfrey be divided and planted in several locations at any time during the growing season? Or is it best done Spring and Fall? 2. Did you dig swales/paths and mound the dug up soil where you placed the beds? I am curious about the paths. I understand they collect moisture and would be a beneficial source for surrounding plant growth. I live on a lot with a very steep front yard as well as very steep at the rear of the back yard. I am feeling overwhelmed at the thought of hand digging deep-ish swales. I also find the way to map them out kind of confusing. I’m thinking I may have taken on way too much at one time. Hence the overwhelm😂 I truly value your videos and all you share and teach. Thank you! When my budget allows I will be joining your ‘premier membership’ to help support all you do.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thanks Susan! I love comments like this, because I'm pretty aure they always end up helping multiple people. For #1) you can do it anytime. It's best in the spring and fall especially in hot climates. For me up here, I can do it anytime. Comfrey is bulletproof here. For #2) we didn't do any digging, we just built up. We'll I guess we "dug down" when we raked back all the woodchips from the top. We then added the mix about a foot thick, and added that along contour. We now had berms. We then also had "trenches" along the pathways that we didn't add material to yet. We then put 6 inches of woodchips on top of the beds and a foot of woodchips in the pathways. Then we added stepping stones on the woodchips. I will pin this so people can see more details on how the beds were made. The end result is slightly raised beds made with compost, manure, soil, and walking paths that are a foot thick of woodchips, which will act like water soak age. Also, when the plants in the beds send roots into the pathway area, those should be fairly nitrogen depleted (all carbon), and it should keep them staying roughly in the beds.

[@The-Ancestral-Cucina]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy Amazing! Thank you for taking the time to reply. I understand this is a very busy time for you.

[@kevinducharme5117]

Are you using hardwood twig woodchips (BRF) or just any type of woodchip you can get your hands on?

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

They are woodchips from an arborist and contain leaves, bark, twigs, and other higher nitrogen sources of wood. I believe this is the best type of woodchips we can use for the purpose of soil building mulch on top of gardens.

[@livingportside]

It's not too cold at night to plant out stuff like squash and cucumbers? Our overnight temps are still going down to like 3-5C.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

They should be okay at those temps, but I'm definitely playing with fire. I do have backups if these fail. I started too many seeds this year!! However my upcoming week and weekend are going to be super busy, so I thought I'd give it a shot planting out week early. Tonight will be the coldest day and it should be 4-6C, which should be fine.

[@tracyleal2609]

Ps around 1:55 mark on video, you are wheel barrow dumping soil by tall fencing- what part of property is that? New garden?

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

It's in my backyard. The new annual garden is back there, and my wife wanted a nice tall clean trellis so we built one last year.

[@mybelovedchaos]

Did you see all that asparagus?? Its been 3 years and I have only harvested 2 spears, I cant wait until I can make an actual meal with mine!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

That was one day also! We had that much every day for about 2 weeks. I think we're going to probably plant more also. So many people make a patch then that's it, and that entire patch ages and one day slows down. I think it's a good idea to always be adding some, so that you are "rotating" through your patch constantly with new plants. For example, planting even just 1 new crown a year is an average of having 20 crowns over the 20 year life of an asparagus plant.

[@liabobia]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy you can dig up old plants and separate them, then put them in a new bed. It resets the clock on them, except the split crowns usually only need one year to get up to speed instead of three or four.

[@MsCaterific]

@@liabobia huh.. that's good to know, thx.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Wait, so I can take a 15 year old asparagus plant, dig it up, split the crown, replant them and get another decade or so out of them?

[@jrdahl711]

I believe I heard you mention listening to a podcast. What are some permaculture podcasts you listen to if I heard that correctly? A search gave too many to know what to choose so some suggestions would be helpful. Also what was the ground cover you were using?

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

I like John Kempf podcast. I also like the survival podcast when he talks about permaculture and preparedness stuff. I disagree with him (politcally) on a lot of his other stuff, but others may like that stuff also. Although I do disagree with him on many things, I can see past that, and still enjoy the other stuff.

[@jrdahl711]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy Thank you for the answer. On the same path, are there other KZbinr's you recommend for permaculture and food forests? Also I was inspired to also register our yard as a Certified Wildlife Habitat so our neighbors have a better idea of what we are doing. I had already planned to put up some kind of sign describing what our food forest front yard was for, for everyone walking by once it had some growth. I want to encourage people to pick our fruit, share with our neighbors, and maybe in kind they can share some compost materials or other help one day. Or even better ask questions and maybe start transforming their yards as well. Our city just passed permanent water restrictions for everyone all year. It's encouraging that this may start more of this kind of permaculture movement and I'm glad we are leading the way in our neighborhood.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

I really like the weedy garden and edible acres

[@threemooseketeersalaska3614]

Where do you find the comfrey that won’t spread that you talk about? I haven’t been able to find any.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

I got mine from a lady in Ontario. You are looking for bocking 4 or 14

[@threemooseketeersalaska3614]

Thank you so much!

[@aidegarabedian2073]

What you use for cover ground?

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

A few different things, but clover does really well and is a nitrogen fixer, so it's nitrogen footprint is low. I also really like creeping thyme because it's great for bees.

[@MsCaterific]

❤Well well well, will ya look at that. Looks like you're Legit! Noice! CoNgRaTs!!! 🎉🍻'Clink'

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Lol cheers 🍻

[@Myladybug70]

How close do you have your sea buckthorn plants? I know they are wind pollinated. I have a SW to NE wind in the spring and summer. My female plant is directly S of my male but I got 4 berries this year. The plant is about 6’ high. Suggestions are welcome 😦

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

I think this year was a bad year. I got roughly 50 pounds of seaberries last year. This year almost none. Mine are about 6 feet away from eachother, but I've heard that 50 feet is fine.

[@Myladybug70]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy thank you. I was concerned I planted them in a way the wind was blowing a different way and wouldn’t pollinate them. ☺️

[@helio2k]

My pawpaw's leaves look a little yellow and pale spotted. yours seemed to, I couldn't tell for sure. Is it normal for young leaves?

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Yeah, mine always look like this at the start if the season. They end up looking dark green once they fully come out.

[@helio2k]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy awesome. Than I am relieved. Really exited to see this tree. My little backyard garden is really filling in. When it's your due date for your viewer spring tour? :D And I am excited to see more from your annual garden! I wish you a great season

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

I'm trying to sort out a weekend. We also want to control numbers a bit, so we may actually charge an entrance fee, just to hopefully need itat or around 50 people max. I have so many young plants, I don't want a herd of elephants trampling thousands of dollars worth of trees!

[@helio2k]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy it seems I have been unclear. I meant the due date to send you videos of our gardens for your compilation

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Oh, I'm honestly not sure. As soon as things start looking nice, take some footage and hold onto it, or email me at [e-mail]. this summer is going to be insanely busy for me, I can already tell we are way overcommited.