Powerful Plants - Edible Perennial Garden Tour

[@seraphimsusan7862]

When I was a kid, a family friend wrapped comfrey leaves around a pony's broken leg and it healed it.

[@mjk9388]

I live in San Antonio, TX and have a lot of the same plants in my food forest. Natchez Thornless Blackberries, Goji Berries, Lovage, Turkish Rocket, Egyptian Walking Onions , about 8 Avocado Trees (Joey Variety), 2 Pakistan Mulberries, 1 Illinois Everbearing Mulberry, 2 Ozark Premiere Plums, Loquat, Fuji Apple and Pecan. I use Green Chard and Swiss Chard as an understory/cover. I plant Moringa trees in the garden as a die back perennial and as a shade cover for our hot summers. I plant annuals in between the spots that don't have any plants. Perennials are they way to go. My garden's productivity grows every year and I have to invest less and less time each year. Great content!

[@stevejacobson8958]

Wow MJ K. That is so cool!! I'll have to look up your channel and subscribe! I so wish I could grow avocado trees in Rhode Island. Also tough for us to grow Pakistan mulberries since were are just on the fringe of the right zone. which is Zone 6. I'll have to lookup and see if you have any videos of your food forest! :-) Can you grow Kiwis where you are?

[@mjk9388]

@@stevejacobson8958 Hi Steve, I don't have a KZbin Channel, but thank you. In a couple of years when I retire I'm going to start one and give fellow Texans what plants from around the world do well in our area. Yep, every growing zone has things you can and can't grow. I knew you were from about that area based on the plants you were growing. For instance, I can't grow Raspberries and Blueberries here because the soil is not acidic enough. Kiwi is another fruit I can't really grow because I'm too far south and it needs more cold (it will grow in North Texas though). Here's a quick tip for you...if you need access to a lot of wood chips, you can go to getchipdrop.com and order however much you want for almost no money. I had 30 cubic yards delivered to my house for a tip of $60. The website connects local arborists who want to get rid of wood chips with those who want them. You just give them a tip for their time. Anyways, I hope that helps you. Keep safe and well and keep growing!

[@stevejacobson8958]

@@mjk9388 Well when you do Retire, Please make sure you do a KZbin Channel because I think alot of people would love to see what you are doing on your property!!! Also thanks for subscribing! I should have some real good content this spring and summer! :-)

[@debrafuller5693]

In Fla.we enjoy our Barbados Cherry Bush!

[@YalisCommunity]

Great video! Thanks for sharing! I enjoy growing lots of perennials so this is awesome to see you grow so many great additions that I also want to add to my garden! Great inspiration!

[@keysreanthvea3760]

Thanks for showing us

[@rosewood513]

Nice video some unknown to me. I love my Jerusalem artichokes raised bed. You will never go hungry if you plant these. Sorrel of any kind is very healthy and prolific. My escarole which is my favorite green lasts all winter so it is sort of a perenniel. Thank you....

[@stevejacobson8958]

Well thanks for saying hello. I planted a type of perennial wild broccoli as well called turkish Rocket and it comes up every year. The leaves can be cooked as well.

[@frustratedmajority851]

Check out jerusalem artichokes and egyptian walking onions. Also, every garden should have lemon balm!

[@erikjohnson9223]

You didn't mention your location/climate, but I will guess somewhere between USDA zone 5 (past which it is hard for Passiflora incarnata [maypop, hardy passionfruit] to survive the winter) and 7 (which is probably the southern limit for rhubarb in the East) or are in the maritime West where most things seem to survive without difficulty unless they need summer heat. I would suggest Eleaegnus multiflora (goumi) since it is a nitrogen fixer with nice drupes (& isn't invasive like some other oleasters), Ribes odorata [=R. aureum sbsp. villosum, the buffalo currant] where you want a low shrubbery that is beautiful spring--fall with tasty berries, pawpaws [Asimina triloba; best ones are coming out of KYSU or Neal Peterson's work, but these modern ones tend to be patented]), regular garden sage, various thymes (avoid rose-scented, though: it tastes like soap), French tarragon (ugly in the garden but very useful in the kitchen), and triploid chives (Ritcher's herbs sells them under the trademark "Profusion"). Regular chives are just as indestructible, but seed around and have a shorter bloom season (the flowers are pretty, support bees, and give vinegars a beautiful color). I like chives (& other onions) for repelling pests from low-espaliered fruit and other valuable plants. Monarda fistulosa is a bit more oregano-y than the Earl Grey tea scented Monarda didyma that I like for tea, but is good for butterfly nectar and doesn't get the mildew. Some people like perennial arugula (Diplotaxis tenuifolia) but it is too strong flavored and weedy for my own tastes. However taller perennials and dense growth like Sedum sarmentosum do smother it, so it really is only likely to be a problem in annual vegetable beds. If you have wet spots or a raingarden, elderberry, sochan (Rudbeckia laciniata, a Cherokee spring vegetable), and Apios americana (groundnut, which is a perennial, nitrogen fixing, vining tuber--harvest after 3+ years) are well adapted to that. I don't care for the flavor of elderberries myself, but you seem to like antioxidant fruits, and it is one. Quince (Cydonia oblonga) is unfortunately susceptible to the diseases that attack apples, but the fruit is very useful for its aroma and pectin and rarely found in most stores. Just don't schedule vacations during the spring fireblight season. Rootstock quince cultivars are useful for grafting compatible varieties of European pears (the USDA ARS-GRIN site in Corvallis, OR, is a great reference for pears and quinces) and a few other pome fruits. If you keep it pruned low so that it doesn't reach tree height, Toona sinensis is a useful woody vegetable for soups and stir fries (leaves have a somewhat "beefy" onion flavor). You can eat the flowers and leaves of the Viola sororaria I saw in your yard. The roots are toxic. Kiwi and Schizandra aren't related to each other, nor to gooseberries. "Chinese gooseberry" is just a common name, based on the fruit flavor and green color.

[@stevejacobson8958]

I live in Zone 6 Area of Rhode Island. Some awesome information Erik! Thanks so much!!

[@rebeccacook5494]

Great video, thanks!

[@debbielicona5030]

Artichokes and asparagus! 7b

[@randallcrawford4141]

Blackberry root is also has medicinal properties..

[@spazticarwen]

Every time I watch one of these videos, I wonder if it’s gonna be relevant to my zone and the moment I heard your Boston accent I knew I was good!

[@stevejacobson8958]

I didn't know I had an accent :-) But I'll take it LOL!!

[@barneygimble8497]

I'ma gonna plant some.roo Bab right now

[@ant9228]

Trying to grow sea Kale starting tomorrow

[@allendeanhuscusson459]

Thank you for the suggestion and I appreciate your link. What about gooseberries

[@donaldcowick4280]

Wonderful video....Thank you! My Aronia spreads so that single plant is now a slow spreading thick patch and not that sour. I can only remember the Viking variety although I have two types as recommended.

[@stevejacobson8958]

Thanks! I so love to hear what others are doing!! My aronia actually got mowed down to half its size by deer however it came back strong!! :-)

[@vickisavage8929]

The fastest, easiest way I know of to deal with blackberries is goats, which will snarf them down like chocoholics turned loose in Willy Wonka’s factory. Probably best just to have them there BRIEFLY, so they don’t destroy everything...

[@stevejacobson8958]

Awesome advice. The only problem that I'm thinking of is that goats have a hard time with morning glories and they are all over my garden. The roots can run deep and the seeds they cast are bad for goats . Maybe I'll get turkeys to help get rid of the morning glories! LOL

[@vickisavage8929]

@@stevejacobson8958 Are they actually morning glory? Bindweed looks like a small flowered, white morning glory and is one of the most cursed invasives in the US. It is known to smother Johnson grass and hold its own against quack grass, wisteria, and buttercups, and give kudzu and Japanese knotweed a run for their money. I would do some online searching for better knowledge.

[@stephanieromero308]

FYI, Valerian root is the best for Valium. No wonder your all calm!!!!!

[@timothygoh7395]

for my zone 5B garden , I have some edible perennial I grow , like fern (fiddlehead ), will sorrel (sheep sorrel),chives , Sunchoke (Jerusalem artichoke ) , asparagus ( wait at least 4 year to harvest ). I am in Toronto ,Ontario,Canada

[@zaneymay]

I've been looking for black Goji berry plants. Where can I buy? I'm also looking for 9 star broccoli do you know where to buy them in the USA? Are you selling the Turkish rocket?

[@pablovonlichtenberg3268]

Hello. I appreciate all the valuable tips you gave in this video. Thanks. You mentioned that you had a website in order to acquire some of the Turkish Rocket seedlings. I must be a bit too technologically inept to find where you shared the link. If you are still offering these plants - I'd be interesting in getting some...

[@stevejacobson8958]

Hello there! I do have alot of turkish Rocket seedlings and they will showup when the weather gets more warm in our area. I live in Zone 6

[@pablovonlichtenberg3268]

Thanks - I'll keep an eye out...

[@tammyreyers1119]

I live in zone 7 any recomendations

[@AneShiroo]

What kinds of woods did you use, to build your food trellises on? And are they perennials too? Meaning can it take Zone 6b temperature. What Zone do you live ??? Because you didn’t share that with your viewers. Curious...

[@cynthiaowens1639]

What hardiness zone are you in? Do you have a web store?

[@root123]

how its the flavor of turkish rockets compared to Good King Henry?

[@joosesalmi896]

I have hear somewhere that using valerian is not suggested because it contains things that may cause cancer

[@leelanger-ni8zr]

Where are you located?

[@vanuza5356]

What’s your planting zone?

[@Youdontknowmeson1324]

Winter hardy kiwi isn’t a gooseberry it’s a true kiwi that grows in cold climates gooseberries are in the currant family which is the order saxifrales so like plants distantly related to jade plants and kiwis are in the kiwi family. Kiwis are in the order of the heaths and allies so distantly fruit there related to is cranberry’s and blueberry.

[@3bouldersurban653]

Hello.. are you still selling the goji berry clones?

[@stevejacobson8958]

Im not at the moment but I have a few that I could resurrect by paying attention to them more!

[@3bouldersurban653]

Steve Jacobson oh ok, keep me posted, would you? I’m interested. Thanks!

[@stevejacobson8958]

I don't know if its cool send information or not to another person on here. If I can, I will definitely try and hook you up with a black Goji Berry

[@3bouldersurban653]

Steve Jacobson talk to the person about it and let me know

[@CuriousinNY]

What zone do you live in?

[@bobbader4789]

Can you grow the male and female kiwi on the same trellis?

[@stevejacobson8958]

Yes you definitely can. Keep in mind though that the vines can grow 20 feet wide :-) Both the male and female vine can grow that big. Its great to put both of the vines together, both male and female and have the male vines trained in one direction and the female vines in another :-) That just the way I've done it at a couple of houses that I've had. You can even plant the male plant 20 feet away from the the female. The bees will find there way to both vines for sure! I hope this helps!

[@trumplostlol3007]

Sorrel, black locust, blue elderberry, Indian plum, service berry, garlic, potatoes, rocket arugula, mugwort, American currant, crabapple, ... Don't bother using wood chips. Let your grass and weed grow. Harvest them as mulch and fertilizer.

[@Nightowl5454]

1 male to 10 female kiwis might be far too great of ratio. I've heard 1 male to 4 females is best.

[@silviac6120]

I didn't finish watching the video because as a non native English speaker I can't understand what you are saying when you say the name of a plant, especially the ones I don't already know. If you edited in the written name of all the plants, I could read it and understand, but the way it is right now, this video doesn't help me at all. I was looking forward to learn something... Maybe next time.

[@stevejacobson8958]

Here are the names of the plants in the video. Rhubarb Valerian Goji Berry Lovage Blackberries Comfrey Turkish Rocket Welsh Onion Winter Hardy Kiwi Gooseberries Red Raspberries Aronia - Chokeberry I hope that helps