Planting Fruit & Coca (Cocaine): Syntropic Farming

A morning planting a few different species of trees, including some Coca!.. With my brother Jack and mate Eva. Hope you enjoy. Cheers for watching. Az Ep3.
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[@thisll-doit]

That was a Black Beetle/Curly Grub Larvae, a general lawn "pest". Witchetty Grubs are mostly found inside timbers, base of tree trunks and the sort.

[@Aykosss]

Pretty sure that was a Curl grub not a Witchetty grub. I think they’re still edible but it pays to be 100% when recommending bush foods to be consumed.

[@mickthefisherman1562]

Definitely a curl grub, I recon that black bit at the end of the grub would taste like crap.

[@jasonbywater]

Yeah, curl grubs are beetle larvae, witchetty grubs are moth larvae found under the bark of a tree not in soil. Personally i wouldn't eat curl grub that lives full time in the soil, could have nasties in them, purging might help.

[@bilaalmanselljones10]

You can plant banana plants below soil level it helps to prevent the plants from being up rooted by the wind.

[@b2bhomesteading]

Thats a good idea- makes sense, I guess I am just used to doing soil level with trees to prevent rot.

[@larryhess9454]

I got a new banana, lady finger , 1 foot long , i like in my cereal.

[@sencha__]

Yeah atm my banana tree is about 2m high and being pulled over by the storms lol

[@clifbradley]

I just started watching this this morning when I found out about the channel, amd asked about cocoa. That's funny,

[@Umesh-Kumar]

i love how they match their freak 🙏🙏

[@gerardlesaulnier9229]

Nice video. About pawpaws, you can also eat them green in a salad, chop them up fine and use a salad dressing.

[@andresamplonius315]

Ensalada Thai, tomato but no avocado😡 Not chopped up but in long strings. Also cooked with "sofrito" and fermented in brine into "sauerkraut".

[@doctoredic]

Great work , i love the Johnson River couch . The best grass up here. That grub is a Elephant betel larvae , Whitchety grubs are only found in Mulga scrub. 😅

[@b2bhomesteading]

Hahah! Cheers Mark, I'll be onto it for next time.

[@Dstick1Spearfishing]

Great fun to watch crew, well done on thinking about the future! Cheers for sharing the adventure! Stay safe, have fun! 👨‍🌾👩‍🌾💪👊

[@fj6763]

Love your Chanel bro..watching all your 🪴 🌱 they remind me bck to my island..Kingdom of Tonga 🇹🇴..

[@jameswearne3079]

Those grubs are Christmas Beetles. Witchety grubs are found in Central Australia in very dry climates. You find them at the base of a tree, actually in the root system. BTW, I love your new venture.

[@anthonymitchell6764]

Was thinking that the whole time.

[@Ren-io4mw]

Nope, it's a curl grub. Larvae of African black beetle

[@JDRockinfeller]

You all have opened my eyes to the beauty of Australia. Absolutely outstanding.

[@bunyipdan]

There have been a couple of comments correctly noting that the grubs were not Witchity grubs (which are larval form of a group of native Australian moths - host plant Acacia)...... they are in fact lawn curl grubs the larval form of scarab beetles - group includes Christmas beetle, and the introduced African black beetle) ..... not sure that they rank on any culinary scale (maybe Bear Grylls .... but that’s more of a bucket than a scale) ..... Bin chooks (ibis) love them

[@downrightdaffy3692]

Have you thought about intensive gardening? Instead of planting in rows you would plant in blocks. Even better, if you would build raised gardens. This is my preferred method though I never planted on such a large homestead as yours. 😀😁😍

[@clifbradley]

The ix35, aka the Hyundai Tucson here in America. I have the Palisade addI heard they really upgraded it from what I have. Like ventilated seats in the second row and a 12 iinch infotainment screen.

[@petergodzi3074]

beautiual as always,soil looks so healthy and fresh everything is covered

[@Hotsauce760]

reminds me of the land before time

[@graceng1555]

My son CQ (8yrs old) loves your videos… we’ll come and visit you next time we’re up your way…

[@LegacyInstitute]

With those Pawpaws, if they get too tall, you can lop them off, tie a bag on the top after, and they will grow back and fruit again at a more managable height👍🏽

[@crikeymacca]

I just thought it was entertaining and informative. Bravo lady and chaps.

[@kmfa3842]

Your durian plants are impressive. They’re usually really hard to grow. Awesome.

[@b2bhomesteading]

Thanks! Hasn't been easy

[@rikkcampbell8975]

Fun fact those grubs are not witchity grubs

[@b2bhomesteading]

Sure aren't! And I am not sure she'd go eating any more haha

[@rikkcampbell8975]

@@b2bhomesteading it obviously didn't hurt her so they are edible at least 🐛🐛

[@raychua3415]

Wow you grow durian! I love it

[@gazpearce3700]

That was awesome mate, gone far in 3 months 🤙🤙 lovin the new channel Az

[@danartriatmojo]

I am imagining how your farm will look like years from now when all those durian start to bear fruit. lovely.

[@helensiapis904]

Hi, absolutely love the video. What organic matter did you use?

[@b2bhomesteading]

fish frames, chicken n duck shit, and mulching mainly.

[@sayantannaskar9542]

You can add drumstick into curry, it tastes pretty good and very healthy, we in India use it in fish curry.

[@kaizanatorcatchncook]

Az i hope ur doing well after that last one with ur mate near dieing out there. Ur a real ledge bro. One mate every one could do with. Keep up the home sted filming . Stay strong mate. ( my dad build the dan murphies and the taven at smithfeild.)

[@Ivesy85]

Nice video mate, that gumpun looks very much like one of Trina’s grafts

[@TheRealTimmyK]

Moringa leaves are also traditionally used in PNG to cure hair loss, but scrubbing your scalp with them.

[@b2bhomesteading]

Really? And you've seen success at all?

[@svenngunnarrustgard1228]

So jealous if i ever win the lottery im buying a homestead,not cheap to get started, looks awsome

[@cameronmaltby8193]

My basil got hammered by the sun this last month too.. however rosemary and tomatoes are going strong

[@SuperMarioY]

I could live there forever, heaven.

[@garrynorth6199]

Very interesting guys, love the self sufficient gardening but I won’t be eating witchety grubs anytime soon 😁👍🏼

[@richardtaihitu8998]

Mungkin anda bisa tanam pohon daun kelor . Dengan kegunaan yg sangat banyak. Daun dan bunga yg masih muds bisa di buat masakan sayur bening. Juga bisa di olah menjadi obat2an herbal

[@danielpassingham6851]

Have you thought about growing areas of passionfruit to create shade for a period of time?

[@shawnduddridge]

Back to 'basics' - the most commercially driven youtube brand in Australia 😂

[@alisonphilp7497]

Epic ads great episode guys and hey I’m up the road if u want some galangal I got some u can have mate Love ur work ❤🙏🤙

[@b2bhomesteading]

Thanks Alison, I have Galangal too it goes crazy . But need some more ginger.. catch up soon:)

[@clumsy1333]

All of that guinea grass is competing with your plants trying to establish. You need to mulch or use some sort of hessian cover otherwise you're going to end up with an overgrown mess. I'm also surprised you aren't amending your planting holes with organic matter. Mill mud, ash and Bell's Creek tip mulch are easy to source in our area and will make a world of difference.

[@thomasprince4992]

its a beer night watching youtube

[@barber0611]

looks like you have really good soil!

[@larryhess9454]

Watch out for the durian , mine are 100 feet tall Philippines. American retired. I have many fruit trees.

[@b2bhomesteading]

What varieties are the best over there - would love to come and try. 100ft .. how old do you think? Incredible!

[@michaelwalsh9881]

My wife grew up in el arish, not to far from where you guys are

[@josephhill2010]

Hi, do you use nitrogen fixer in your forest tree rows? When i was in Costa Rica on a young tropical fruit farm about 9 years back, the owners almost always planted a nitrogen fixer called saragundi round newly planted trees, you could just put a freshly cut stick in the ground and it'd root (bit like willow), and it would grow super quick, provide loads of shade and biomass for 'chop and drop', and had beautiful yellow flowers the bees loved. Do you have something like that there? Planting durian is always particularly exciting- nice one!!

[@graceng1555]

Awesome homestead! Well done for just under 2 years… what is the fertiliser bucket that you used during planting fruit trees? Where can we source it from? Is it similar to Blood and Bone? Grace, Central Coast

[@johnniejumper9810]

I have tried dry coca leaves with ambil quite a bit. Good medicine! Have you ever tried ayahuasca or bufo alvarius venom?

[@jamesblake7338]

Any chic that will eat a grub right out of the ground is my kind of girl!❤

[@deaniselin4756]

Hi mate Where do you get all your plants from? I’m in northern qld

[@moonmountain_2841]

I live in SE Florida USA and have a Sapodilla Tree in my front yard thats about 40 years old. I don't care for the fruit but every year I get a knock on my front door asking if I'd mind if they picked the fruit and I of course say yes...my only request is they leave a few for the squirrels...they like them too 🙂

[@b2bhomesteading]

Awesome! Theyre one of my favourites. Do you know what type you have? I hope to have fruit in maybe 2 years

[@moonmountain_2841]

@@b2bhomesteading I'm not sure what type she is, but based on the people that come by they are native to Jamaica, they are round, the size of a smaller sized naval orange and the color is a lightish brown. The inside is a whitish fleshy type of consisty

[@moonmountain_2841]

@@b2bhomesteading Oh and theres a rather large seed on the inside...I'd have to check with the Department of Agriculture to see if I can ship it overseas, if I'm allowed to send you a few I'd be more than happy to send them when it starts to bear fruit :)

[@sayantannaskar9542]

@@b2bhomesteading you will get fruits even before 2 years if it is grafted.

[@HieuTran-vr8ex]

Where can I get some coaine plants?

[@Bigbluff19]

Can a coca plant be graft?

[@lexluther1122]

how much would you charge me fore some of the coca seeds? i wanna grow my own

[@willsgarden6740]

Nice, coca is definitely not legal here though, careful showing the internet them haha, assume they are novo variety? Garden looks amazing.

[@mattikujanpaa]

no lychee, mangos or avocados?? are you even in australia ahahaha from Gladstone qld

[@FM-qm5xs]

That's a curl grub not a witchetty.

[@timmorris2624]

Good stuff mate! Learning a lot thank you!

[@jasonhung8787]

Lawn grubs.

[@sethbarker1727]

MORE HOMESTEADING!

[@rickfranke4886]

Finally

[@petergodzi3074]

can i have the bull,will bring him back after a moth hahaha

[@thomasprince4992]

any pot plant ? i grew green crack and pineapple express

[@kennycarder2211]

Is it spring time there??, it’s winter in the USA

[@nzcoindealer]

There are places in the world that aren’t the USA… Jesus Americans

[@kennycarder2211]

I was not being sarcastic, I really like your videos, I was just truly asking?

[@Vmb07]

@@kennycarder2211 We don’t have such defined seasons up here in the tropics, more like wet season and dry season so atm we’re heading into the wet season. But yes for the more southern parts of Aus there are 4 distinct seasons 😊

[@kennycarder2211]

Ok thanks

[@kennycarder2211]

Thanks for explaining this for me, my life dream is to go to Australia , to fish and see the beautiful scenery 👍👍

[@adpryan]

What kind of fertiliser did you add to the top and bottom?

[@pulleyking]

Do you not need to mulch or control grass around the trees or are they just so vigorous in the tropics that it doesn't matter?

[@b2bhomesteading]

Ideally I should control the grass better, plants are vigorous here, but still the grass is taking WAY too much nutrients

[@tylerwestover234]

Im jealous you can grow mangosteens.

[@johnstevens5992]

Did you develop a cocaine habit when you were starring in The Highlander b/c it was so much stress being "The One"?

[@indianahoosier5794]

Ate part of a grub worm on a dare as a kid... nasty bugger! As a kid you don't think of charring them black before eating them...

[@maureenbartolo6375]

They are definitely not witchity grubs..They will eat holes in your sweet potatoes..

[@siminikiwikii]

What was that fertiliser you were using?

[@ericnyamu9981]

So now you are going to enlist everybody in your family into your cartel? 😂😂😳

[@sencha__]

Where in the actual heck did you find those seeds to get shipped into Aus ?

[@sencha__]

Mate I’ve been wanting these as an ornamental hjust about forever but to my knowledge they are illegal just in general?

[@sencha__]

Oh they’re not in Aus that makes way more sense no

[@nishanthiwickramage3967]

Wher is your farm.... wihich cuntry...

[@akaMr.Boombastic]

Bby come back.

[@lesmansom7817]

Those grubs will taste a bit ordinary. Ask me how I know😎

[@matwhite6481]

That is not a witchetty grub! That is the larvae of the cockchafer 🐞(yes, fair dinkum!) beetle! You dont eat them.

[@_FNQ]

Awesome project! Witchetty grub or Mulligrub?

[@elizabethscott7660]

It's a cockchafer grub which are pests. Witchety grubs are found under the bark of trees.

[@_FNQ]

@@elizabethscott7660 Great information Elizabeth!

[@enterthedragon5979]

Where's the cocaine

[@wakeup6751]

It's called click bait

[@fj6763]

Nxt time you plant new banana cut the top and you see how fast they grow up

[@Bernie5172]

Jubals. aka Witchery grubs dont live in the dirt , they live in holes in a tree. What that girl ate was a lawn grub laid by scarab beetle, : yuck

[@helensiapis904]

Hi, absolutely love the video. What organic matter did you use?

[@b2bhomesteading]

K teck, blood and bone, hay mulch and fish frames

[@RobertPatroney]

Those grubs are cane grubs, they bought in the cane toad to try to get rid of them, the cane toad ate everything but them, don't eat those ghastly things, yuck.

[@RobertPatroney]

They turn into so called Christmas beatles

[@andresamplonius315]

Tender Coca plant leaves are edible, have them on a green salad same as Moringa leaves. Onions, chili, garlic, ginger, Roselle, Nasturtium flowers... Can make tea, chew them with a bit of baking soda or dehydrate and grind into flour. Won't allucinate with them, don't worry. Just works similarly to Stevia, keeps blood glucose stable, used traditionally for energy when working in the farm.

[@shaynedixon]

Great channel :)

[@b2bhomesteading]

Glad you enjoy it mate

[@GunShot101]

maringa good fresh in soup

[@angel00078]

Ol Shagger